Episode 190 - Reading Resolutions and Rants
02/20/24 • 59 min
This episode we’re discussing our 2024 Reading Resolutions (and Rants)! We talk about how we’ve already failed our 2024 reading resolutions, audio books, short stories, reading long things, not being able to read long things, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Media We Mentioned
- Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
- Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery
- War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy (Wikipedia)
- Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy (Wikipedia)
- Animal Farm by George Orwell (Wikipedia)
- Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler
- The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley
- Baldur's Gate 3 (Wikipedia)
- Yakuza (franchise) (Wikipedia)
- Feed by M.T. Anderson
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao
- Minecraft (Wikipedia)
- Two Point Hospital (Wikipedia)
Links, Articles, and Things
- Episode 167 (version 2) - 2023 Reading Goals & 2022 Reading Report
- Which Pokémon are the most goth? 🦇 - Friday Night Spooktacular
- 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
- Manga for Teen Librarians (page 26) by Matthew Murray & Jean Broughton
- Episode 187 - Favourite Reads of 2023
- Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong (Podcast)
- Teacher training programs don't always use research-backed reading methods
- Literacy crisis in college students: Essay from a professor on students who don’t read
- Hark Episode 354: A Special Kind of Horny
- Topping & Company Booksellers
Our Reading Resolutions
- Anna
- Read (and finish) a book
- Listen to audiobook fiction
- Jam
- Reading (physical books) on public transit
- Matthew
- Read the books in his office
- Read (all) the graphic novels on library ebook platform wish lists
- Read short story collections
- Meghan
- Read more (very) long books
This episode we’re discussing our 2024 Reading Resolutions (and Rants)! We talk about how we’ve already failed our 2024 reading resolutions, audio books, short stories, reading long things, not being able to read long things, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Media We Mentioned
- Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
- Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery
- War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy (Wikipedia)
- Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy (Wikipedia)
- Animal Farm by George Orwell (Wikipedia)
- Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler
- The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley
- Baldur's Gate 3 (Wikipedia)
- Yakuza (franchise) (Wikipedia)
- Feed by M.T. Anderson
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao
- Minecraft (Wikipedia)
- Two Point Hospital (Wikipedia)
Links, Articles, and Things
- Episode 167 (version 2) - 2023 Reading Goals & 2022 Reading Report
- Which Pokémon are the most goth? 🦇 - Friday Night Spooktacular
- 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
- Manga for Teen Librarians (page 26) by Matthew Murray & Jean Broughton
- Episode 187 - Favourite Reads of 2023
- Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong (Podcast)
- Teacher training programs don't always use research-backed reading methods
- Literacy crisis in college students: Essay from a professor on students who don’t read
- Hark Episode 354: A Special Kind of Horny
- Topping & Company Booksellers
Our Reading Resolutions
- Anna
- Read (and finish) a book
- Listen to audiobook fiction
- Jam
- Reading (physical books) on public transit
- Matthew
- Read the books in his office
- Read (all) the graphic novels on library ebook platform wish lists
- Read short story collections
- Meghan
- Read more (very) long books
Previous Episode
Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance
This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Romantic Comedies! We talk about the difference between “fun” and “funny,” crossover romance genres, cataloguing romance fiction, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Things We Read (or tried to...)
- The House Witch by Delemhach
- A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
- Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
- Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
- Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown
- I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander
- The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Other Media We Mentioned
- When Harry Met Sally... (Wikipedia)
- The Bear (Wikipedia)
- Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- The Martian (Wikipedia)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Beetlejuice (Wikipedia)
- The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
- A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare
- You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- Judgment (video game)
- Bridgertons Series by Julia Quinn
- Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
- A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
- The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan
- Cats (2019 film) (Wikipedia)
Links, Articles, and Things
- Episode 119: Regency Romance
- What does a happily ever after look like? (romance novel covers)
- Sensible Chuckle (Know Your Meme)
- There Is Only One Bed (TV Tropes)
- Pop Culture Happy Hour
- Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
- Does the Dog Die?
20 Humorous Romance by BIPOC Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (B...
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Episode 191 - Dark Fantasy
This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Dark Fantasy! We talk about horror, grimdark, violence, amoral protagonists, epic fantasy vs small scale fantasy, the importance of tone, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Things We Read (or tried to...)
- Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Wikipedia)
- The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett)
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
- Shadowland by Peter Straub
- Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn
- Twice Cursed edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane
Other Media We Mentioned
- Dark Souls (Wikipedia)
- Elden Ring (WIkipedia)
- Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP
- Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino
- The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Episode 147 - Contemporary Fantasy)
- Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Wikipedia)
- Ravenloft (Wikipedia)
- Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
- Leech by Hiron Ennes (Episode 184 - Horror)
- The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy)
- Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton W. Snyder
- Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (Wikipedia)
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists (Wikipedia)
- Children of Men (Wikipedia)
- The Children of Men by P.D. James
- Fables by Bill Willingham and various artists (Wikipedia)
- Deerskin by Robin McKinley
Links, Articles, and Things
- Dark fantasy (Wikipedia)
- Grimdark Magazine
20 Dark Fantasy by BIPOC Authors
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