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Book Club with Julia and Victoria - 103 This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

103 This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

10/22/22 • -1 min

Book Club with Julia and Victoria

Lord Byron’s Letters of the Future

Julia and Victoria needed to scream about how much they loved crying over the romantic, angsty sci-fi novella This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, so now it is an episode.

Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading Challenge

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Wingspan Board Game

The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone

The bird meme from Amal’s Twitter: (original comic by @FalseKnees

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Doctor Who

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

“Blue-da-ba-dee” by Eiffel 65

Recommendations:

Good Omens by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett

Julia’s “Becoming Blue” playlist

Travel Light by Naomi Mitcheson

Currently Obsessed:

League of Their Own on Amazon Prime

Hold the Girl by Rina Sawayama

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Lord Byron’s Letters of the Future

Julia and Victoria needed to scream about how much they loved crying over the romantic, angsty sci-fi novella This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, so now it is an episode.

Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading Challenge

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Wingspan Board Game

The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone

The bird meme from Amal’s Twitter: (original comic by @FalseKnees

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Doctor Who

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

“Blue-da-ba-dee” by Eiffel 65

Recommendations:

Good Omens by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett

Julia’s “Becoming Blue” playlist

Travel Light by Naomi Mitcheson

Currently Obsessed:

League of Their Own on Amazon Prime

Hold the Girl by Rina Sawayama

Previous Episode

undefined - Bonus: Historical Fiction with Rebecca Stott

Bonus: Historical Fiction with Rebecca Stott

Julia and Victoria explore the Dark Ages with writer, historian, and former professor Rebecca Stott. They discuss Rebecca’s new book Dark Earth: about two sisters who run away to a ruined Roman city in 6th century Britain. They talk genre, archaeology, breaking boundaries, and Julia gets very excited about swords.

Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 100+) Reading Challenge

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.

Follow Rebecca Stott:

Website: https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/

Twitter: @RebeccaStott64

Listen to her radio broadcasts for BBC Radio Four’s A Point of View

Mentioned in this Episode:

The Secret Island by Enid Blyton

“In the Waiting Room” by Elizabeth Bishop

Recommendations:

Cwen by Bryce Gibby

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

A Tale For the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Circe by Madeline Miller

Currently Obsessed:

Elephant’s Breath paint by Farrow and Ball

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Only Murders In the Building on Hulu

Marchita by Silvana Estrada

Next Episode

undefined - 104 Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

104 Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Julia and Victoria acknowledge that they do not always know what is going on while diving headfirst into the incredible debut poetry collection from Ocean Vuong: Night Sky With Exit Wounds.

Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge

Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading Challenge

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

War baby: the amazing story of Ocean Vuong, former refugee and prize-winning poet (The Guardian)

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Only Murders in the Building

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Schindler’s List (Movie)

Recommendations:

Crush by Richard Siken

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

Currently Obsessed:

League of Their Own (TV Show)

Interview With The Vampire (TV Show)

Paper Girls (TV Show)

Being Funny in a Foreign Language by The 1975

Spelling the Tea: The Vampire Tea Room Magical Mysteries by Erin Johnson

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