Reading the End
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratingsA book-focused podcast in which two girls named Jenny review books and discuss events in the literary world.
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Episodes
Episode 155 - The Last One
April 20, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBThe Jennys bid the podcast farewell with a final episode containing a game, a strong effort not to recap the working horse controversy, and a chat about the lovely and charming Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim.
Episode 154 - 2021 in Review
February 07, 2022 16:38 - 59 minutes - 64.6 MBThe Jennys chat about their year in reading and then spend thirty entire minutes on FISH FACTS from Helen Scales's The Brilliant Abyss.
Episode 153 - Art Friends and TL Huchu's The Library of the Dead
December 01, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 61.8 MBThe Jennys catch up on The Three Musketeers, chat about the ethics of using other people's lives in your writing, and review TL Huchu's The Library and the Dead.
Episode 152 - 2021 Book Preview (Part 2) and Dial A for Aunties
September 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBThe Jennys chat about the books they're excited for in the second half of 2021 -- the only joy we can experience in this world is books! -- and then review Jessie Q. Sutanto's comedy novel Dial A for Aunties.
Episode 151 - The Life-Changing Magic of DNFing Books
July 21, 2021 12:29 - 50 minutes - 55.6 MBAbandoning books that aren't working for you is a glorious gift you can give yourself! The Jennys chat about DNFing books and review Uzma Jalaluddin's new novel Hana Khan Carries On.
Episode 150 - Interview with P. Djèlí Clark, Author of A Master of Djinn
July 07, 2021 13:20 - 39 minutes - 24.1 MBGin Jenny speaks with debut SFF novelist P. Djèlí Clark about his new alternate history murder mystery, A Master of Djinn.
Episode 149 - Moms in Fiction and the Hatening Concludes
June 23, 2021 12:20 - 53 minutes - 58 MBThe Jennys reunite to chat about moms in fiction (just in time for Father's Day!) and conclude the 2021 Hatening with Christopher Yates's Black Chalk.
Episode 148 - Interview with Brina Starler, Author of Anne of Manhattan
June 09, 2021 12:20 - 44 minutes - 25.9 MBGin Jenny interviews Brina Starler, author of the new romance novel and LM Montgomery homage Anne of Manhattan. We chat about the book, what's relatable about Anne Shirley, and whether the bananas thing is true.
Episode 147 - Interview with Nicole Jarvis, author of The Lights of Prague
May 26, 2021 13:59 - 44 minutes - 33.3 MBGin Jenny speaks with Nicole Jarvis, whose debut SF novel The Lights of Prague is out now from Titan Books.
Episode 146 - 2021 Book Preview and The Hatening Begins
April 28, 2021 11:55 - 51 minutes - 58.1 MBThe Jennys discuss their most-anticipated books in the first half of 2021 and begin the 2021 Hatening with Joseph O'Connor's The Star of the Sea.
Episode 145 - A Belated 2020 Recap and Emily Danforth's Plain Bad Heroines
April 07, 2021 14:24 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBThe Jennys reunite to chat about their 2020 year of reading and review Emily Danforth's sprawling gay novel Plain Bad Heroines.
Episode 144 - Interview with CL Clark, Author of The Unbroken
March 24, 2021 12:14 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBGin Jenny interviews author CL Clark about their new military fantasy novel, The Unbroken, and finally discovers the distinction between Kansas City, KS, and Kansas City, MO.
Episode 143 - Interview with Rose Lerner, Author of The Wife in the Attic
March 17, 2021 12:30 - 59 minutes - 46.3 MBGin Jenny chats with Rose Lerner about her new Audible Original romance, The Wife in the Romance, and her timeless obsession with an Edwardian Holmes/Watson gay jewel thief AU.
Episode 142 - Interview with Talia Hibbert, Author of Act Your Age, Eve Brown
March 10, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 26.1 MBGin Jenny talks to romance author Talia Hibbert about biscuits, rom coms, and her latest novel, Act Your Age, Eve Brown.
Episode 141 - 2020 SF in Review, with Renay!
January 27, 2021 18:00 - 48 minutes - 38.6 MBGin Jenny is enjoyed by special guest star Renay to chat about the best of SF in 2020 across all genres. Then Renay shares a gaming starter pack for nervous gamers, and Gin Jenny explains cross-stitching.
Episode 140 - Holiday Gift Guide 2020 and Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half
December 16, 2020 12:55 - 45 minutes - 50.5 MBThe Jennys recommend the best gifts for the 2020 holiday season and rave over Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half.
Episode 139 - Spoopy Books and Kwana Jackson's Real Men Knit
November 04, 2020 16:23 - 1 hour - 70 MBThe Jennys are joined by Friend of the Pod Ashley to talk about scary books, review a romance novel that didn't quite work for them, and play a Goosebumps-inspired game.
Episode 138 - Fictional Travel Destinations and Elizabeth Little's Pretty as a Picture
October 07, 2020 12:17 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBThe Jennys return to their Three Musketeers readalong, chat about fictional places they'd like to visit, and review Elizabeth Little's mystery novel Pretty as a Picture.
Episode 137 - Fall Book Preview and Alisha Rai's Girl Gone Viral
September 23, 2020 14:16 - 48 minutes - 54.5 MBThe Jennys chat about the Fall 2020 books they're anticipating, then review another romance novel about a viral moment, Girl Gone Viral, by Alisha Rai.
Episode 136 - Interview with Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
September 09, 2020 17:00 - 36 minutes - 26.2 MBGin Jenny talks to debut novelist Andrea Stewart about her new book, scuba diving, and how her job as a grants and contracts analyst prepared her for writing The Bone Shard Daughter.
Episode 135 - Books We Bought in the Quarantine and Talia Hibbert's Take a Hint, Dani Brown
August 26, 2020 17:00 - 54 minutes - 61.2 MBThe Jennys catch up on all the books we've bought under quarantine, then review a romance novel they both absolutely loved, Talia Hibbert's Take a Hint, Dani Brown.
Bonus Episode - Fixing the Hugo Awards
August 12, 2020 17:00 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MBGin Jenny welcomes Adrian Ryan from the Spectology podcast to chat about the recent Hugo Awards and why they are such a mess.
Episode 133 - Harrow the Ninth Roundtable
August 05, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBGin Jenny assembles a roundtable to scream about Tamsyn Muir's Harrow the Ninth. She's joined by Bria LaVorgna of Tosche Station, Constance Grady of Vox, and Natalie Zutter of many places including Tor.com, and they all have feelings about Gideon and Harrow.
Episode 134 - Harrow the Ninth Roundtable
August 05, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBGin Jenny assembles a roundtable to scream about Tamsyn Muir's Harrow the Ninth. She's joined by Bria LaVorgna of Tosche Station, Constance Grady of Vox, and Natalie Zutter of many places including Tor.com, and they all have feelings about Gideon and Harrow.
Episode 133 - What We Missed and Quan Barry's We Ride Upon Sticks
July 22, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 58.8 MBWhiskey Jenny returns! The Jennys chat about the media we missed and caught up on in 2019, then review Quan Barry's debut novel, We Ride Upon Sticks.
Episode 132 - Summer Book Preview and NK Jemisin's The City We Became
June 24, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBGin Jenny is joined by Hugo finalist Claire Rousseau to discuss our quarantine media consumption, preview some Summer 2020 books we're excited for, and review NK Jemisin's The City We Became.
Episode 131 - Nonfiction Extravaganza with For Real's Alice Burton
June 10, 2020 11:43 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBGin Jenny welcomes Alice of Book Riot's nonfiction podcast, and they build a nonfiction starter pack, compliment Nicholas Hoult, and anticipate some great nonfiction reads for the back half of 2020.
Episode 130 - A Philosophy of Comfort Reads, and The House in the Cerulean Sea
May 20, 2020 11:08 - 46 minutes - 36.7 MBGin Jenny and Guest Second Chair Renay chat about quarantine media, figure out what makes a comfort read, and review TJ Klune's new novel, The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Episode 129 - Spring Book Preview and The Theory of Everything
April 08, 2020 11:39 - 55 minutes - 42.9 MBThe quarantined Jennys are back to talk about The Three Musketeers, their most anticipated books of Spring 2020, and Prince Gomolvilas's comedy play The Theory of Everything.
Episode 128 - Interview with Intisar Khanani, Author of Thorn
March 25, 2020 11:52 - 39 minutes - 32.2 MBThe Jennys talk to author Intisar Khanani about her wonderful YA fantasy debut Thorn, based on the fairy tale "The Goose Girl."
Episode 127 - The Knight Before Christmas
February 20, 2020 13:24The Jennies defy the strictures of the calendar and review a Christmas movie in February, the Netflix classic The Knight Before Christmas.
Episode 127 - The Knight Before Christmas
February 20, 2020 13:24The Jennies defy the strictures of the calendar and review a Christmas movie in February, the Netflix classic The Knight Before Christmas.
Episode 126 - 2019 in Review and Mary H. K. Choi's Permanent Record
February 05, 2020 18:00 - 55 minutes - 63.5 MBThe Jennys return with the first full-length podcast of 2020! They recap their 2019 reading and review Mary H. K. Choi's YA novel Permanent Record.
Episode 125 - Reading Catch-Up
January 22, 2020 02:05 - 26 minutes - 32.3 MBThe Jennies try to get back in the podcasting groove with a short episode about what books they've been reading, giving, and receiving this past holiday season.
Episode 124 - Fall Book Preview and Eric Gansworth's Give Me Some Truth
October 16, 2019 17:00 - 48 minutes - 54.7 MBThe Jennys kick off the Three Musketeers readalong, preview the best of autumn books, and review Eric Gansworth's YA novel Give Me Some Truth.
Episode 123 - Settings, More Hatening, and a Game about Houses.
October 02, 2019 12:30 - 53 minutes - 60.8 MBThe Jennys are joined by Friend of the Podcast Ashley to conclude the 2019 Hatening, fight about settings, and play a game about famous houses of fiction.
Episode 122 - The 2019 Hatening Begins with Susan Choi's Trust Exercise
September 18, 2019 10:54 - 48 minutes - 55.1 MBThe Jennys return with another shelf review for oldest unread books, then launch the 2019 Hatening with Susan Choi's weirdo novel Trust Exercise.
Episode 121 - Busting Reading Slumps and Sarah Gailey's Magic for Liars
July 31, 2019 14:26 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThe Jennys chat about Veronica Mars, types of reading slumps and how to bust them, and Sarah Gailey's debut novel Magic for Liars.
Bonus Episode - The Lord of the Rings Appendices
July 24, 2019 12:44 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBBonus episode! The Jennys talk through the many, many family trees of the Lord of the Rings appendices, and find among their branches a shocking name revelation.
Episode 120 - Hope in Books and Lauren Wilkinson's American Spy
July 10, 2019 12:05 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThe Jennys chat about the reads that make us feel hopeful, disclose an astonishing accomplishment by Whiskey Jenny, and renew Lauren Wilkinson's American Spy.
BONUS: A Roundtable on Alyssa Cole's A Hope Divided
June 26, 2019 11:16 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBThe Jennys are joined by friends of the podcast Robert and Ashley to discuss Alyssa Cole's historical romance novel, A Hope Divided. Euphemisms for sex organs are discussed.
Episode 119 - Summer Book Preview and Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress
June 12, 2019 14:17 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThe Jennys wrap up their read of Lord of the Rings,chat about their most anticipated books for summer, and review Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress.
Episode 118 - A Spectology Crossover Event
May 01, 2019 12:56 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThe Jennys welcome one of the hosts of the Spectology podcast to chat about books that cross over the boundary between literary and speculative fiction, and review Karen Lord's The Best of All Possible Worlds.
Episode 117 - Anticipating the Backlist and Lauren Beukes's Zoo City
April 17, 2019 12:19 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBGin Jenny and special guest Renay talk about backlist books they're excited to read, then review Lauren Beukes's urban fantasy novel Zoo City.
Episode 116 - Our Oldest and Newest Books, and Helen Oyeyemi's Gingerbread
April 03, 2019 12:09 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBThe Jennys do their first-ever shelf review to tell you about their oldest and newest books, then review Helen Oyeyemi's dreamy unsettling fairy tale Gingerbread.
Episode 115 - Changing Our Minds and Nicholas Johnson's Big Dead Place
March 20, 2019 12:03 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBThe Jennys talk through books and genres they've changed their minds about, and review Nicholas Johnson's memoir of Antarctic life, Big Dead Place.
Bonus Episode 7 - Reboot Camp
February 27, 2019 15:11 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBInspired by One Day at a Time, the TV show that made Gin Jenny cry the most, the Jennys pick out three properties to get rebooted.
Episode 114 - Nontraditional Narratives and Gina Apostol's Insurrecto
February 13, 2019 13:10 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBThe Jennys are joined by the marvelous Charlotte Geater to talk about experimental, epistolary, and other nontraditional narrative formats, and then to rave about Gina Apostol's latest book, Insurrecto.
Episode 113 - Spring Book Preview and a Play by Jackie Sibblies Drury
January 30, 2019 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBThe Jennys deal with Eowyn feelings, chat about their most anticipated books of Spring 2019, and review Jackie Sibble Drury's experimental play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia.
Bonus Episode 6 - Consider the Kondo
January 23, 2019 12:13 - 13 minutes - 12 MBIn this bonus minisode, the Jennys chat about Marie Kondo's attitude on books and whether it's actually fine. (It is.)