Babel, or the Necessity of Violence

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01/16/23 • 66 min

Bimbo Book Club

This week we’re reading Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang.

We’re talking the science of magic, colonialism and the joy of reading a great book for the first time.

We’re also talking the nuances of otherness, transmutation and the tightrope of keeping heavy topics simple.

Holly’s struggling to find the right genre for this book and Harley’s getting ADHD brain tingles.

While talking first reads and adventure stories we also give an honourable mention to The Hunger Games, A Little Princess, Indiana Jones, and The 1999 cinematic masterpiece The Mummy.

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-014

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

This week we’re reading Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang.

We’re talking the science of magic, colonialism and the joy of reading a great book for the first time.

We’re also talking the nuances of otherness, transmutation and the tightrope of keeping heavy topics simple.

Holly’s struggling to find the right genre for this book and Harley’s getting ADHD brain tingles.

While talking first reads and adventure stories we also give an honourable mention to The Hunger Games, A Little Princess, Indiana Jones, and The 1999 cinematic masterpiece The Mummy.

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-014

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

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Neon Gods

This week we’re reading Neon Gods by Katee Roberts.

We’re talking how spicy a book needs to be to really be considered smut, the pacing of turning up the heat in fiction and the complexities of consent.

We also talk about tall, dark and brooding leads that are just a little too cuddly to deliver, expecting the kinkiest dom in all of Olympus to offer a little more variety in his play and how the author both nails it and falls short at the same time.

Holly puts in a request for the perfect daddy dom content creator to call her a good girl for drinking her water today and Harley wonders if the Goodreads reviews are actually better than the book.

While talking about visual versus written smut we also mention The Story of O by Pauline Réage.

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-013
To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

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The Dressmaker

This week we’re reading The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham.

We’re talking the weird genre that is Australian Gothic, small-town gossip and the books we’re forced to read in school.

We’re also talking the village slut, the slow burn of revenge and why you should stay out of silos.

Holly’s still trying to figure out whether she actually liked the book and Harley’s trying to find the time to bust out her sewing machine.

While remembering the English curriculum when we were in year 11 we mentioned To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen.

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-015

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo

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