Shelf Aware Podcast
277 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 39 ratingsPodcast by Anna and Em
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The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
March 14, 2023 00:04 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThe School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan by Anna and Em
Warriors: Fading Echoes by Erin Hunter
March 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! The plot thickens as the Dark Forest cats start to meddle in the politics of the Clan cats. Firestar is behaving in a very un-Firestar manner. Dovepaw and Ivypaw are growing further apart. Also featuring a fancasting of the prophecy cats. Join us next week for the conclusion to our dystopian unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/...
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
February 27, 2023 15:09 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new unit on modern mythology brought to us by our friend Hannah. Thank you, Hannah! No goofs here, this book was actually super good. Go read it! Recommended Reading: Shipwrecked by Olivia Dade A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark King of Wrath by Ana Huang Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shel...
Warriors: The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter
February 21, 2023 22:06 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBWarriors: The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter by Anna and Em
Cat Country by Lao She
February 13, 2023 06:33 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to a… kind of Meow Meow Monday? This week, we're reading a classic dystopian novel about a man who crash lands on Mars and comes across a civilization of Cat People that are addicted to eating leaves and being lazy. You know a book is gonna be a good when the author himself says he views it as a failure!! Join us next week for an ACTUAL Meow Meow Monday. Recommended Reading: Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Fumbled by Alexa Martin Twitter: @shel...
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
February 06, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special Mafia Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our mafia romance unit (again?) with a Gordon Korman recommended to us by Brad. Thanks Brad! We've got starcrossed lovers, Jimmy da Rat, and Buca di Beppo, all the classic hallmarks of the genre. Join us next week for another book in our dystopia unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/u...
The Professional by Kresley Cole
January 30, 2023 08:24 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on mafia romances with a book that turned out to be a little spicier than we intended. Did we finally find an example of the genre we enjoy? Or should we just stick with our shifter romances? Recommended Reading: Queer mafia romances I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Join us next week for…. Another mafia romance?? Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shel...
Warriors: Sunrise by Erin Hunter
January 23, 2023 21:01 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're wrapping up another series of Warriors books, and wow, did this one go places. The relationship drama of the last arc has finally paid off. StarClan is fighting StarClan. And Ashfur's murder is solved. Join us next week for the final book in our Mafia romance unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz
The Selection by Kiera Cass
January 17, 2023 03:33 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a new unit with a book that both Anna and Em have read before. Is this a first for the podcast? We've got a Not Like Other Girls girl, a possibly geriatric love interest, and the terrible boy-next-door with an inferiority complex. So nostalgic! Join us next week for the last book in the Power of Three series! Recommended Reading: Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland Twitter: @shel...
Warriors: Long Shadows by Erin Hunter
January 09, 2023 07:15 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're starting the new year off right with an absolute banger of a book. It would be easier to say what DOESN'T happen in this book than what does. We get time travel, we get political intrigue, we get romance, mystery, action. Finally, so much time with the warrior cats is paying off. Join us next week for the first book in Anna's new unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast E...
The Christmas Promise by Donna VanLiere
December 26, 2022 05:22 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to a very special holiday episode of Shelf Aware. That's right, we're here for our fourth year of reading the book series the worst Christmas song in the world is based on. What will be the religious moral of this story? And will the shoes be mentioned? We are taking a week off next week, but join us in the new year for our next Meow Meow Monday! Recommend Reading: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake Twitter: ...
Warriors: Eclipse by Erin Hunter
December 22, 2022 03:17 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we've got intrigue, battles, and possibly an invincible cat? Also, a new player enters the game, the sun goes out, and we're reminded that feral cats don't know shit about science. Join us next week for everyone's favorite time of year… that's right, it's Christmas Shoes season once again. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/u...
Bound by Honor by Cora Reilly
December 12, 2022 05:12 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're reading the second book in our mafia romance unit. We've got another forced marriage to a teenager, but hey, at least the age gap is smaller this time. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz
Warriors: Outcast by Erin Hunter
December 05, 2022 06:12 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, our cats are headed back to the mountains to spread the good word of the Warrior Code to the poor, uneducated cats of the world. Truly, this is ThunderClan's burden. Also make sure to subscribe to our totally real and very secret Patreon to read the first chapter of Double Mulan: The Warriors Fanfic today! Join us next week for the second book in our Mafia Romance unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliz...
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
November 29, 2022 04:40 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're wrapping up our unit on YA horror with a book we both actually loved. We've got a haunted house, difficult step siblings, and a ton of facts about bedbugs. Like, so many bedbug facts. Do not read if you have a fear of bedbugs. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfaware...
Warriors: Dark River by Erin Hunter
November 21, 2022 14:12 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBWarriors: Dark River by Erin Hunter by Anna and Em
The Kiss Thief by L.J. Shen
November 14, 2022 15:05 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! We're starting a brand new listener slubmission unit on mafia/mob romances (thank you, Charlie!) with a book that… well, let's just say this one had a lot of problems with this one. At least we can only go up from here, right? Maybe? 😬 Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Pathfinder: Kingmaker has taken over our lives Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao The Verifiers by Jane Pek Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza ...
Warriors: The Sight by Erin Hunter
November 07, 2022 07:14 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! We’re finally back with another Meow Meow Monday episode. We’ve got a new series of Warriors books with a whole new generation of cats to follow. But don’t worry, we still have all of our old favorites: Firestar, Tigerstar, and fucking Spottedleaf making another fucking comeback. Where will this new arc take us? Join us next week for the first book in a new unit on mafia romances! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast E...
Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersley Cusick
October 31, 2022 06:04 - 1 hour - 73 MBHappy Halloween, Literary Slummers! This week, we have a classically spooky YA horror book about a haunted house, an EXTREMELY small town, and really awkward sexual tension between step-siblings. Join us next week as we FINALLY return with a Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Dwellers by Eliza Victoria Potion Permit Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz
Dive: The Danger by Gordon Korman
October 24, 2022 11:48 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to our final Maritime Monday episode. That's right, we're wrapping up the Dive series and saying goodbye to our scuba teens. Will they steal the treasure out from Cutter's nose? Will Star recover from the bends? How many ghost sharks will feature? The answers may surprise and disappoint. Join us next week for the next book in our YA horror unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Co...
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett
October 17, 2022 06:53 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our sad girl unit with a listener slubmitted author (thanks, Bryn!) We've got a quirky girl medical illustrator and a bad boy graffiti felon navigating a relationship with lots of sad things in both their back stories. We've got banter, we've got bad relationships with parents, we've got consensual stalking. #JustSadGirlThings Recommended Reading: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez Jessica Darling series b...
Dive: The Deep by Gordon Korman
October 10, 2022 05:01 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Maritime Monday! We're continuing our journey to the depths with the second book in The Dive series. Our teenaged treasure hunters are starting to get in over their heads. There's ghost sharks, sentient museums, and a surprisingly dark ending to this middle grade book. Join us next week for the final book in our sad girls unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: yout...
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
October 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're kicking off a new spooky unit on YA horror with a book Em read as a kid and did not care for. Have her thoughts changed returning to the book as an adult? Look for Anna's guest episode on All the Good Dogs! And join us next week for another Maritime Monday. Recommended Reading: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Howl: An Indigenous Anthology of Wolves, Werewolves, and Rougarou DISNEY DREAMLIGHT VALLEY Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @...
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
September 26, 2022 05:39 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're continuing our listener/friend slubmitted unit on sad girls with a classic sad girl novel. We also discuss high school reading assignments and the literary canon, but maybe it's more entertaining than it sounds. Please excuse Anna's still slightly sick voice. 😔 Look for Anna's guest episode on All the Good Dogs! And join us next week for the first book in Em's new unit on YA horror. Recommended Reading: DISNEY DREAMLIGHT VALLEY Notes of a C...
Dive: The Discovery by Gordon Korman
September 19, 2022 09:15 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special Maritime Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, Anna and Em are *diving* into a short middle-grade series to give us a little break from the Warrior Cats. We've got 13-year-olds doing an internship with a prestigious marine biology institute. Of course. Very realistic. Also, treasure. Join us next week for the next book in our sad girl unit, and then back to our regularly scheduled programming. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteli...
Warriors: Sunset by Erin Hunter
September 13, 2022 01:54 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBWarriors: Sunset by Erin Hunter by Anna and Em
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
September 05, 2022 22:07 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on domestic thrillers. Anna finally realizes why she doesn't like the genre (better late than never). The main character has no self-preservation whatsoever. So! Many! Twists!! Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole The Appeal by Janice Hallett Caraval by Stephanie Garber Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnote...
Warriors: Twilight by Erin Hunter
August 29, 2022 05:50 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we've got a chores book full of cat relationship drama, yay. We also talk a lot (like, way too long) about IF the cats were actually people, who would be the hottest? Please, don't analyze our thoughts too closely. Join us next week for the last book in our domestic thriller unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope:...
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
August 22, 2022 07:17 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a brand new listener slubmitted unit on sad girl books. We're diving into a YA contemporary featuring classic teen issues such as: teen pregnancy, a strained relationship with your parents, a boyfriend who is pressuring you for sex, and an ex-boyfriend who comes to your house every Friday night and pouts on your couch because you parents are BFFs and have weekly Friday night movie nights and he doesn't have enough of a social life to ...
Warriors: Starlight by Erin Hunter
August 15, 2022 05:05 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we've got relationship drama, chores, and lots of badgers. Also featuring a lot more questions about what happens when cats die and go to StarClan. StarClan book when?? Join us next week for a brand new unit about very sad girls! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
August 01, 2022 04:17 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're continuing our unit on domestic thrillers with a classic YA thriller that is one of the most disturbing books we have read in a while. And make you stick around to the end of the episode to find out some of what happens in the rest of this series. It's a wild ride. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill Yerba Buena by Nina LeCour Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, ...
Dawn by Erin Hunter
July 25, 2022 05:44 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, the Boogie Boarders finally make their way home, but everything in the forest is so very sad and hungry. Have they returned too late? Also, we have very strong opinions about how the titles in this series. But when don't we have strong opinions, lmao Join us next week for the next book in Anna's domestic thriller unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast ...
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
July 18, 2022 05:22 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special guest episode of Shelf Aware! While Anna is busy moving house, she challenged Em and Brad (@StoryBookWeaver) to read the first book in one of her favorite cozy mystery series. Did they like it? Well, no. 🤷🏻♀️ Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/u...
Warriors: Moonrise by Erin Hunter
July 11, 2022 06:02 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, our band of traveling cats comes across another group of cats that don't follow the Warrior Code (and are super cultural appropriation-y), and end up kind of taking place in a white (silver?) savior narrative. Also, Firestar continues to struggle with the destruction of the forest as warriors slowly start disappearing as well. Join us next week for a special guest episode with Em and Brad, where Anna subjects them to ...
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
July 04, 2022 05:18 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a new unit on domestic thrillers with a book that Em thought she'd be able to avoid for the rest of forever (sorry not sorry). How does Anna feel about this book ten years after she first read it? Recommended Reading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz River of Shadows by Karina Halle Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Twitter: @shelf...
Warriors: Midnight by Erin Hunter
June 27, 2022 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're starting the second series of Warrior Cats books, The New Prophecy. We've got new cats, but the same problems. Something's threatening the forest. Cats still can't understand prophecies. Also, is there a Cat Hell? Join us next week for a brand new unit with a book Em swore she would never read. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: you...
Boneyard by Seanan Mcguire
June 20, 2022 04:47 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on novels based on TTRPGs with a trip to the B-B-B-BOOOONEYAAAARD. Who would have known that a book called Boneyard would be spooky? Not Anna, apparently. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And even though half the year is up, you can still join our 2022 reading challenge. Details are on our Twitter! Recommended Reading: Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Maste...
Warriors: The Darkest Hour by Erin Hunter
June 13, 2022 05:43 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we are talking about the final book in the first Warrior Cats arc. Fireheart is now the leader of ThunderClan. TigerStar is out there causing more mischief. And we meet a new clan?? Also, will this book be amazing enough to propel us to read more Warriors books? Join us next week for the last book in our TTRPG unit. And even though half the year is up, you can still join our 2022 reading challenge. Details are on our T...
The Accidental Text by Becky Monson
June 06, 2022 05:45 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up Em's unit on no-sex romances with a contemporary romcom. Was it enough to change our stance on romance without sex on the page? Was this book even anti-horny enough to count? And why did everyone make such a big deal about a perfectly normal way to deal with grief? Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And don't forget about our 2022 reading challenge. You check it out on our Twitter or Storygraph. Recommended Reading: ...
Warriors: A Dangerous Path by Erin Hunter
May 30, 2022 05:56 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, Fireheart deals with a lot of shit including more Tigerstar schemes, some actual dogs, and a leader who wants to go to war with the cat ghosts who live in the stars. What's a poor deputy to do? Join us next week for the last book in our clean romance unit! And don't forget we have a reading challenge for 2022. You can check it out on our Twitter or Storygraph. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagra...
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
May 23, 2022 17:55 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're talking about the first book in a beloved fantasy series starring the most perfect little drow lad in all the land. We've got schemes! We've got fights! We've got hard to pronounce fantasy names that we don't pronounce consistently! Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Emai...
Warriors: Rising Storm by Erin Hunter
May 16, 2022 05:15 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week we're discussing who should voice the completely hypothetical fully-casted Warrior Cats audiobook. Also, we learn a lot about the shipping preferences of this fandom. Also also, Our Flag Means Death season 2 when??? Join us next week for the second book in our ttrpg book unit. And join our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter and Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email:...
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
May 09, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're continuing our unit on "clean" romances with a 1979 chores book that takes place on the Canadian frontier. Topics up for discussion include a background on the genre, an extremely annoying main character, and the popularity of Lean Cuisines in the 1800s. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday. And don't forget, you can still join in on our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter or Storygraph! Recommended Reading: Marshmallow and Jordan ...
Warriors: Forest of Secrets by Erin Hunter
May 02, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're on book three of the Warrior Cats series, and things are starting to pick up (or Stockholm syndrome is setting in, either one). This book is full of intrigue, betrayals, and, of course, SECRETS. But only one cat seems to be interested in tracking them all down… Join us next week for the second book in our unit on clean romances! And don't forget, you can still join in on our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter or St...
Toreador by Stewart Wieck
April 25, 2022 05:10 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new (kind of) listener slubmitted unit on books based on TTRPGs. We're starting off with a book set in the universe of Vampire: The Masquerade, and wow, did nothing happen in this book at all. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph! Recommended Reading: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Everything Everyw...
Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter
April 18, 2022 04:29 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode! This week, we've got new names for our main characters, and some feuding BFFs. Not to mention, a lot of concerns about age differences in Warrior Cat romances. Join us next week for the first book in a new unit on novels based on TTRPGs! Also, as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast...
Warriors: Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter
April 18, 2022 04:29 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode! This week, we've got new names for our main characters, and some feuding BFFs. Not to mention, a lot of concerns about age differences in Warrior Cat romances. Join us next week for the first book in a new unit on novels based on TTRPGs! Also, as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast...
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
April 11, 2022 04:02 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a brand new unit on clean romances with the book Edenbrooke. We've got an underaged main character, miscommunication upon miscommunication, and so much fucking TWIRLING. Will we find a book in this genre we can appreciate, or are we just truly too horny for a proper romance? Join us next week for another Mew Mew Monday! And don't forget to check out our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter and Storygraph! Recommended Reading: This is ...
Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
April 04, 2022 13:57 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers, to the moment you've all be waiting for probably! That's right, it's our first Meow Meow Monday. We're embarking on a brand new journey, as young kits, eventually training to become strong WARRIOR CATS. How will Anna and Em enjoy this series? Does it compare to Animorphs? Will they ever be able to keep track of these cats' names?? Join us next week for the first book in Em's new unit on clean romances. And as always, don't forget to check out our 2022 reading...
Recursion by Blake Crouch
March 28, 2022 13:49 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWelcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're covering the last book in our listener slubmitted grabbag unit with Recursion by Blake Crouch. We're in for some timey-wimey, Jeremy Bearimy kind of adventure that Anna and Em were literally quite split about liking. Don't forget to listen until the end to find out what our next long-running series will be. 😺 And as always, check out our 2022 reading challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph. Recommended Reading: The Murder of Roger Ackroy...