This is the re-introduction episode for the new NBR podcast format. Cameron will be recording episode mostly by himself while riding in his tractor for most of the year. He discusses why there was a 4 year break and what things will look like moving forward.

Cameron and Chris discuss The Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang. The book is a standalone novel in the Theonite series. It was published this year (2019) and is 651 pages long.

Shards of Honor, written by Lois McMaster Bujold, was originally published in 1986 and is the first book in the extensive Vorkosigan Saga. Barry and Cameron review the novel in this episode.

In this episode Cameron and Chris talk about The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons. The book was published in February of 2019 by Tor Books, it is 560pgs long and the first book in the A Chorus of Dragons series.

In this episode Barry, Cameron, Erick and Tyler, a first timer on the show, discuss the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. This episode is pretty much spoiler free even though we do talk about all three books in the first trilogy.

In this episode Cameron interviews Patrick LeClerc. We talk about his SPFBO finalist novel Out of Nowhere, as well as his life as an EMT and his various hobbies that influenced the writing of the novel.

In this episode Cameron interviews author Steven McKinnon. His debut fantasy novel is a finalist for this year's SPFBO competition.

This episode is Part 2 of our Game of Thrones talk. In this episode we talk about the series as a whole and the Television show as well There will be massive spoilers for the series as a whole!

In this first part of a two part episode we talk about the 1996 book Game of Thrones, the first book in the Song of Ice and Fire Series. The book clocks in at 848 pages long, the shortest book in the series by far. In part 2 we will talk about the rest of the books and the HBO tv series as well.

There is no book review in this episode! It is an update on the podcast.