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Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover

114 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover is a podcast where every other week our two hosts tell you what a book is all about. Except they don't ever read the book and they both get distracted easily. Check them out every other Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to drop and rating and subscribe!

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Episodes

Episode 112 - Adventures On Other Planets

September 16, 2021 11:30 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MB

Episode 112, Happy 3 years of podcasting to us! We (eventually) judge the book Adventures On Other Planets by Donald A. Wollheim. As much as it a celebration episode for keeping this thing going for the last three years, Candace and Jess are going on a bit of a hiatus. It might be for only for a month, it might be indefinitely. We do our best to explain ourselves in this episode, and we want to thank each and every one of you for just being there to listen the you could. We couldn’t have don...

Episode 111 - That Hideous Strength

September 02, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

Episode 111 we (eventually) judge the book That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis. We also share, grow, laugh and love. Jess got a dog! We share some songs that floored us and then really deep dive into a good music chat. This here’s fun episode with some good old totally unprepared classic Candace and Jess. Enjoy, because we had fun recording it.

Episode 110 - The Psychic Power Of Plants

August 19, 2021 11:30 - 44 minutes - 61 MB

Episode 110 we (eventually) judge the book The Psychic Power Of Plants by John Whitman. We also talk about so many other things too! Oh my the things we talk about. Whatever I could possibly say in this short writeup simply wouldn't do our talkings justice, you should just listen to the episode and enjoy the fun!

Episode 109 - Hornblower In The West Indies

August 05, 2021 11:30 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MB

In this episode we judge the book Hornblower In The West Indies by C.S. Forester. We also talk about orange wine and ballsy choices, getting the good greets, Jess’ gettin’ boxes and moving house, Next Care foot tape, songs that floored you, UK weather update, A Cinderella Story, the many moves of the podcast, space ships, like ships in space, also spaceships, and white pants stress.

Episode 108 - Mike Mars & The Mystery Satellite

July 22, 2021 23:31 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MB

Episode 108 we (eventually) judge the book Mike Mars & The Mystery Satellite by Donald A. Wollheim. We also talk about what we did on our summer vacation, wine, saltwater taffy, river floats, songs that floored us, and the spaced out schedule adventures of spaces sensational sci-fi son Mike Mars!

Episode 107 - The Napoleons Of Eridanus

July 08, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

We (eventually) judge the book The Napoleons Of Eridanus by Pierre Barbet. In this episode we are joined by our first ever guest! Tino Fera! We chat about life, being hot, wet man voices, doing character voices, Candace’s gold teeth dreams, wearing masks, eating onions, eating hot sauce, death sports, so many new death sports, The Running Man, songs that floored us, and then we talk about space Napoleon. Join us!

Episode 106 - My Friend Leonard

June 24, 2021 11:30 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MB

Episde 106 we (eventually) judge the book My Friend Leonard by James Frey. We also talk about dreams, pencil vampires, Kids In The Hall, Jess is making demos, character voices, unfinished ghost business, Bo Burnham’s new special, songs that floored you, The Hidden Gem, Candace read a book, and so much more!

Episode 105 - The Currents Of Space

June 10, 2021 11:30 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MB

Episode 105 we (eventually) judge the book The Currents Of Space by Isaac Asimov. We also talk about mouth drums, we do some vocal warm ups with you the listener, bad smokey vodka, the end of a podcast, what's new about Candace?, she's a pirate now, big moths, aliens are real, sandwiches are great, songs that floored us, Eurovision and also being on drugs. Join us!

Episode 104 - A Good Year

May 27, 2021 11:30 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MB

Episode 104 we (eventually) judge the book A Good Year by Peter Mayle. We also talk about tiny paint tubes in giant boxes, Candace is growing some spicy peppers, Jess' part time job, songs that floored you, Walkmans and cassettes, wine and vineyards, also a very short Jess list, and also there's some technical difficulties as well!

Episode 103 - Ballroom Of The Skies

May 14, 2021 02:24 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MB

Episode 103 we (eventually) judge the book Ballroom Of The Skies by John D. MacDonald. We also talk about shoes vs barefoot, Tom Sawyer adventures, secondhandsongs.com, our wake up alarm preferences, songs that floored you, sky dancing, Travis McGee, and a bit of research about Fred Astaire.

Episode 102 - The Left Hand Of Darkness

April 29, 2021 11:30 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MB

Episode 102 we (eventually) judge the book The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. We also talk about reading books, time zones, imagination, quick robin news, so many songs that floored you, And Out Come The Wolves, Rancid, a book cover, Face Off, Dr. Phil and we also have some merch now! Buy a sticker!

Episode 101 - Till We Have Faces

April 15, 2021 11:30 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MB

Episode 101 we (eventually) judge the book Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. We also talk about the new oil infuser, Betty Davis eyes brand crow brush, sky toilet warning, birds, Candace's robin problem, it's the Dalmatian episode, songs that floored you, blur, W.A.S.P., Marshall Mathers, the story of faces, skin eggs, and the god of management.

Episode 100 - The Giver 2?

April 01, 2021 11:30 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

It’s our 100th episode! We did it! We take a moment to reminisce back to our first episode. A bit of a trip down memory lane. We also talk about our new merch! We’ve got some songs that floored you, we talk about the movie Taken, we do a second judgement for The Giver (kinda). We want to thank everyone who has listened to this thing we do.

Episode 99 - To Say Nothing Of The Dog

March 18, 2021 11:30 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MB

Episode 99 we (eventually) judge the book To Say Nothing Of The Dog by Connie Willis. We also talk about Jess graduating college, songs that floored you, Jess does some bad puns, episode 100 plans, how we say hi to a dog, a summer jammer and a winter jammer, and a bunch of other fun stuff. Wayne Gretzky.

Episode 98 - Espresso Shot

March 04, 2021 12:30 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

Episode 98 we (eventually) judge the book Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle. We also talk about national toast day, toast sandwiches, living that salad cream life, a roof goose, Jess Garner's Untitled Food Media Project, songs that floored us, How To Bee, why Bren McDibble is awesome, lattes, a coffee gun and weddings.

Episode 97 - How To Bee

February 18, 2021 12:30 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MB

Episode 97 we (eventually) judge the book How To Bee by Bren MacDibble. We start this episode out talking death sports, then move on to ducks, Jiminy Cricket, songs that floored you, Ministry, DJ Shadow, more death sports, and bees! I’m gonna be honest it’s the night before the episode goes live and I’m fairly exhausted. We have fun and that’s the bottom line.

Episode 96 - The Sisters Brothers

February 04, 2021 12:30 - 37 minutes - 51 MB

Episode 96 we (eventually) judge the book The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt. We also talk about how strangers voices become home, podcasts are like going home, what podcasts we're both listening to (Candace: Last Podcast On The Left, Jess: Dimension 20), Jess talks DND, Candace won't cut her hair, songs that floored you, and then we talk about some cowboy moon children that shoot the moon.

Episode 95 - She's Come Undone

January 21, 2021 12:30 - 43 minutes - 60 MB

Episode 95 we (eventually) judge the book She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. We also share some songs that floored you, lockdown talk, something fantastic from Jess’ mum, we get to the book earlier than usual, college report card update, rollercoasters, living up in the cloud, how would you decorate your cloud house?, new social media platform, Faceboat, and more.

Episode 94 - Endgame, plus 4 more books

January 07, 2021 12:30 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MB

Episode 94 we (eventually) judge the book Endgame #27: Chicago Run by David Robbins, but we don't stop there! We also judge the books The Pride Of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh, The Wolf's Hour By Robert R. McCammon, The Return Of Nathan Brazil by Jack L. Chalker, and The Jupiter Theft by Donald Moffitt. So many books to start this year off right!

Episode 93 - The Whale: A Love Story (The Christmas Episode 3)

December 24, 2020 12:30 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MB

It's the Christmas episode and it's actually Christmas! We (eventually) judge the book The Whale: A Love Story by Mark Beauregard. Other things happen in this episode too Jess sings Perry Como, Candace reads twas the night before Christmas, Littlest Hobo watch, songs that floored you, Jess got to talk with Graham Clark (Stop Podcasting Yourself) and Mike Browne (Dark Poutine Podcast), whale Christmas story, Friends, whale plus house: a tender love story, and an original song by Candace!

Episode 92 - Final Girls

December 10, 2020 12:30 - 44 minutes - 61 MB

Episode 92 we (eventually) judge the book Final Girls by Riley Sager. We also talk about how Jess is feeling the end of term 3 hustle, accordion hipster plays My Way, The Baby Yoda Show: Baby Yoda eats space stuff, what we do on the show, we read books, Candace's dog story, Littlest Hobo Watch, four girl power best friend post apocalyptic squad, and songs that floored you.

Episode 91 - Island Of A Thousand Mirrors

November 26, 2020 12:30 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MB

Episode 91 we (eventually) judge the book Island Of A Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera. We also talk about big english breakfast energy, Guy Fawkes Day, the blue boys club, taking the long way home, we still don't know what our podcast is really about, we do a bunch of radio call letters, are you a cat person or a dog person, baby Yoda, the video game Grounded, James Blackwood: Racoon Whisperer, the racoon intestine story, songs that floored you, and mirrors.

Episode 90 - Ghost Girl

November 12, 2020 12:30 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MB

Episode 90 we (eventually) judge the book Ghost Girl by Leslie Thomson. We're so close to episode 100! In this episode we talk about Guy Fawkes Day, taking other peoples coffee, new idea Lana Delray or Taco Delray?, songs that floored you, Coyote Ugly, Jess needs a desk, terrible places for playgrounds, ghost girl has a good ghost family, and the series of Little Women books that only exist in our heads.

Podcast of Horror #3

October 29, 2020 11:30 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MB

It's the Halloween episode!! The best time of the year!! We judge two books in this episode. First we (eventually) judge the book The Green Mile by Stephen King, then we (eventually) judge Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman. Other talking points: Spooky fridge, talk show screens, backyard dogman, emo-doberman-man dream dogs, My Chemical Romance: A Band For Dogs, podcast tips, songs that floored fans, songs that floored you, the bus stop man and all the books, Stephen King: King of Stephens,...

Episode 88 - Every Breath You Take

October 15, 2020 11:30 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MB

Episode 88 we (eventually) judge the book Every Breath You Take by Michelle Spring. We also talk about.. well this episode is a bit of a musical one so buckle your seatbelts. Talking points: we're a tiktok, banana peel mystery, songs that floored you, the police, and many more things too!

Episode 87 - Murder House

October 01, 2020 11:30 - 44 minutes - 60.4 MB

Episode 87 we (eventually) judge the book Murder House by James Patterson & David Ellis. We also discuss: books are stone fruit?, ghostbusters are the best, halloween, hotdogs, podcast of horror 3, powerful looks, masks, mask snacks, songs that floored you, sparkle vampires, tag team book writing, and ghosts.

Episode 86 - Daisy Jones & The Six

September 17, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MB

Episode 86 we (eventually) judge the book Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We also talk about what we did on our summer vacations, happy weddings, the king of hugs, innertube adventure, unprepared hiking, big rock candy mountain, things we're thankful for, so many songs that floored you, Candace's work book, the gorilla band, and groups of animal names.

Episode 85 - The River Why

September 03, 2020 17:29 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

Episode 85 we (eventually) judge the book The River Why by David James Duncan. Jess does the intro this time, then we talk about cat sacks, problem bear weekend, bear pranks, shaved bears, laundry neighbours, tiny dentist, songs that floored you, package couriers, big ass fishing hook, fish pun names, Candace: Lake Owner, and a river poem.

Episode 84 - The Outsider

August 20, 2020 11:30 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

Episode 84 we (eventually) judge the book The Outsider by Stephen King. We also talk about Jess the pillow, Buck Owens, vacuum your driveway, songs that floored you, I would do anything for love music video, Meatloaf's candle butler, powerful looks on the 99, Stephen King, ducks, alien abduction, Die Hard carpet trick, and Candace's audio kinda dies near the end.

Episode 83 - Web Of The City

August 06, 2020 11:30 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MB

Episode 83 we (eventually) judge the book Web Of The City by Harlan Ellison. It's a fan episode! We had submissions from fans so we made an episode around them! Talking points: Cool Candace and Hot sweaty Jess, Powerful look, Canadian tuxedo history, denim milk, vegan fish and chips, Songs that floored you, drugs?, A city has a million stories and most of them are spiders, Richard Scarry books, spider world, spider fashion, and bag of pickles.

Episode 82 - The Lovely Bones

July 23, 2020 11:30 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

Episode 82 we (eventually) judge the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Other talking points in this episode more hours in the day/working hours, cherry pie, recurring bits, songs that floored you, listener reactions, truck names 2, Star Trek, The Lovely Bones, Skeletons, Dad Jr, and Spiderman's hot ropes.

Episode 81 - Neon Prey

July 09, 2020 11:30 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MB

Episode 81 we (eventually) judge the book Neon Prey by John Sandford. Other talking points in this episode, 24 dollar book, camping cat, personal pandemic, Jesus ewoks, Coughing through powerful looks, Sad food option: Fan sausage story, songs that floored you, Lucas Davenport sofa-detective, neon jungle, neon prey, lazer predators, death sports, and why we hate blog recipe posts.

Episode 80 - The Active-Enzyme Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch

June 25, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

Episode 80 we (eventually... I mean we really drag this one out a bit) judge the book The Active-Enzyme Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch by E. W. Hildick. We also talk about space, Major Tom, big truck names, powerful looks, songs that floored you, Manny Coon, acting, Alec Baldwin, heterochromia, and we use all of your favourite words. That's right! They're all here!

Episode 79 - Reckless Endangerment

June 11, 2020 11:30 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MB

Episode 79 we (eventually) judge the book Reckless Endangerment by Robert K. Tanenbaum. Also in this episode Jess has forgotten to turn on his microphone, he sounds like he's trapped inside a can. We also introduce some new bits, which may or may not come back in future episodes. New bits are: Sad food options, songs that floored you, and that's a powerful look. We also talk about the beach!

Episode 78 - Bluebeard's Egg

May 28, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MB

Episode 78 we (eventually) judge the book Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood. We also talk about ear spoons, step dads getting bitten by dogs, pirates, and we also make a lot of tree puns.

Episode 77 - Gordon Pape's 1997 Buyer's Guide to RRSPs

May 14, 2020 11:30 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MB

Episode 77 we (eventually) judge the book Gordon Pape's 1997 Buyer's Guide to RRSPs by Gordon Pape. We also channel some big studel energy (or power), talk about the isolation crazies, discuss Candace and Jess moving to youtube, and fantasy wizard goblins!

Episode 76 - Whiphand

April 30, 2020 11:30 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MB

Episode 76 we (eventually) judge the book Whiphand by Dick Francis. We also talk in a chaotic fashion about, Nardwuar, Johnny Knoxville, Whiteclaws, a boy with a great name, and many other things too!

Episode 75 - Lord of the Flies

April 16, 2020 11:30 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MB

Episode 75 we (eventually) judge the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. We also talk about the mind palace, the laker girls, the tiger king, closed bookstores, school boys, the fly king, all the people you find at school, and candy and caramel apples.

Episode 74 - Primary Inversion

April 02, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MB

Episode 74 we (eventually) judge the book Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro. We also talk about Jess' pandemic unicorns, saying pandemic wrong, owning pets, bad Tinder, farming moss, fish and spaceships, and tacos.

Episode 73 - Hollow Kingdom

March 19, 2020 11:30 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Episode 73 we (eventually) judge the book Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. We also talk about spring, cowboys, flies, a wild toupee, Ron Jeremy, giant birds, and detective dogs.

Episode 72 - Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy

March 05, 2020 12:30 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Episode 72 we (eventually) judge the book Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter. We also talk about spaghetti, the big dog show, spying on your neighbours, and the cream cheese angel. There's also a song at the end of this one!

Episode 71 - Murder in the Reading Room

February 20, 2020 12:30 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB

Episode 71 we (eventually) judge the book Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams. We recorded on a Friday, and we talked about flower store experiences, portrait drawing class, not liking Mondays, and cats that murder people.

Episode 70 - The Thirty Nine Steps

February 06, 2020 12:30 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

Episode 70 we (eventually) judge the book The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan. We also talk about death sports (again?), songs, steps, trains and guns.

Episode 69 - Daybreak 2250 A.D.

January 23, 2020 12:30 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

Episode 69 (nice) we (eventually) judge the book Daybreak - 2250 A.D. by Andre Norton. We also talk about the year 2020, retrowave, Billy Idol, Cats (the musical and time travel ones), and David Bowie sort of.

Episode 68 - The City of Gold and Lead

January 09, 2020 12:30 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MB

Episode 68 we (eventually) judge the book The City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher. It's a brand new year and we are finally living in the future! 2020 is now! We talk about Star Wars and Baby Yoda, the future, Prince Harry, the origin of the gas station banana, and also this episode has a song at the end!

Episode 67 - The Christmas Episode 2

December 26, 2019 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

It's our Christmas episode released on Boxing Day! We take a week off and don't judge any book in this episode. Prepare yourself for a Christmas adjacent episode where we discuss elf on a shelf, burgers, and what's going on in the middle of December. 

Episode 66 - Deliver Us from Evil

December 12, 2019 12:30 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

Episode 66 we (eventually) judge the book Deliver Us from Evil by David Baldacci. We talk about some fun things, like spiders, the start of Christmas crazy, and moving house. Also nothing goes wrong with any books!

Episode 65 - You Can't Escape

November 28, 2019 12:30 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Episode 65 we (eventually) judge the book You Can't Escape by Nancy Bush. We really kick it out in this episode, also we talk about 80's hair metal, ringtones from phones past, and Candace tells us a story about her previous life as a daredevil.

Episode 64 - Tim

November 14, 2019 12:30 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB

Episode 64 we (eventually) judge(?) the book Tim by Colleen McCullough. We also talk about our Halloween nights, Fight Club, and all the famous Tims that we can remember.

Podcast of Horror #2

October 31, 2019 11:30 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MB

Welcome to the PODCAST OF HORROR #2!!! It's our second Halloween episode! THRILL! As we talk about costumes! CHILL! As we talk about dreams! SPILL! As we talk about Ghost Song by Sarah Rayne!