This is Lit!
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis is Lit! is a podcast about literature & friendship, with a little wine poured in!
Join good friends, Casye and Elizabeth, every other week as they discuss their latest read with a glass of wine at their side. The books range from classic works like 'Pride and Prejudice' to modern works like 'Ready Player One' or the Harry Potter series. Remember, too much work, and no vacation, deserves at least a small libation! Cheers!
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Episodes
Episode 15 - Green Light
January 15, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBHappy New Year! Casye & Elizabeth are back with more wine, more books and side tangents. It's a time of year to reflect on the past. That's why this week we are covering 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The past is a nice place to visit, but please don't live there.
Episode 14 - Pork Pies & Sherry
December 31, 2018 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBHappy New Years Eve! To celebrate, the hosts visit Discworld in Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather. It's the last night of the year in Discworld. It's Hogwatch time, when the Hogfather leaves gifts for good little boys and girls. Wait, why is he a skeleton carrying a big sythe? Oh no, that's just Death. Happy Hogswatch everyone.
Birthday Episode! - Scary Ghost Stories
December 24, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBMerry Christmas! It's another wonderful holiday here at This is Lit! It's Casye's Birthday! To celebrate, we are reading 'The Boy in the Smoke' by Maureen Johnson. Who's ready for some scary ghost stories?
Episode 13 - Holiday Spirits
December 15, 2018 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBIt’s Christmas time! That means it’s time for our first ever holiday episode! Join us as we dive into A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Scrooge is a selfish old miser, until the spirit of his old business partner appears to him on Christmas Eve in an attempt to save his soul.
Episode 12 - Jinkies!
November 30, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBThe hosts follow the Blyton Summer Detective Club in Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero. The sleuths thought they closed the Sleepy Lake Monster case 13 years ago. Then, what is calling them back to Blyton Hills? What happens when the monster’s mask doesn’t come off?
Episode 11 - She Was Stronger Alone
November 15, 2018 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBIt's finally time for some Jane Austen! High society is difficult to maneuver, especially when all hope of a good marriage is thwarted by the death of your father. In Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, the girls discover which is more difficult: being ruled by your heart, your head or a nosy match-making neighbor.
A Brief Interlude about Sound Quality
November 11, 2018 14:45 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MBWe have an announcement!
Episode 10 - Creatures of the Night
October 31, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBIt’s our favorite time of year, Halloween! We will descend into the depths of fear as we read Dracula by Bram Stoker. Keep your stakes handy and make sure that red in your glass is really wine...
Episode 9 - Physics & Fantasy
October 15, 2018 04:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBIn episode nine, the hosts travel to England with the first book in the Samuel Johnson Series, The Gates by John Connolly. Boredom is bad. You may open something you don't want too...
Episode 8 - Wuv! Twoo Wuv!
September 30, 2018 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBIn episode eight, the girls pay a special tribute to one of their good friends, Taylor! Happy wedding! Follow us as we discuss The Princess Bride by William Goldman...the book, not the movie.
Episode 7 - Crime Is Terribly Revealing
September 25, 2018 16:30 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBIn episode seven, the girls start their descent into the crime world. Will they be able to survive Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None? So far, the odds aren't looking good.
Birthday Bonus! - Tale as Old as Time
September 12, 2018 04:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBIt's Elizabeth's Birthday! In celebration, we have a bonus episode just for you. The birthday surprises don't stop there. A special guest joins us in the studio. Listen as we play drinking games and discuss the classic tale of romance, Beauty & the Best!
Episode 6 - WarGames, but Cooler
August 31, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBFor their 6th episode, Casye and Elizabeth will dive into the world of OASIS with Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Casye, the gamer of the two, will have to explain references while Elizabeth stares at her like a deer in the headlights. The subject of 'The Hero's Journey' will come up a lot along with every 80's movie Elizabeth has seen. All hail John Hughes. Perhaps it's time to brush up on your 80's pop culture.
Episode 5 - What Fools These Mortals Be
August 15, 2018 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBIn episode five, team wine takes on everyone's high school dread, Shakespeare. A love triangle has sprung up between four young Athenians and friends. Also, the queen of the Fairies is tricked into falling in love in love with a donkey. Comedy ensues in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Episode 4 - Science Was Meant to be Hard
July 31, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBIn episode four, the girls visit a friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep in the second, stand-alone Welcome to Night Vale novel, It Devours! by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Strange at last. Strange at last! Thank God Almighty, we are strange at last!
Special Announcement
July 25, 2018 13:36 - 1 minute - 1.59 MBHello listeners! We have a quick update for you before our next episode.
Episode 3 - Presume Nothing
July 15, 2018 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBFor the third episode, Elizabeth and Casye will explore one of the greatest mysteries and mystery-solvers of all time, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We attempt to follow in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Are the Moors haunted by a ghost dog? All we know is there are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners.
Episode Two - Ineffable
June 30, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBIn the second episode of 'This is Lit!' Casye and Liz explore one of their favorite novels, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch by Neil Gaiman & the late, great Terry Pratchett. We discuss religion, politics, 80's technology and the choices of humanity...but in a funny way!
Episode One - In a Hole, There Lived a Hobbit
June 15, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBEpisode one is here! The first ever episode of 'This is Lit!', Casye and Elizabeth delve into the world of Middle Earth and J.R.R. Tolkien with the book that started it all, The Hobbit.
Episode 0 - Sneak Peek!
June 01, 2018 04:00 - 2 minutes - 2.24 MBJoin us for a sneak peak of the upcoming show, This is Lit! Meet the hosts, a Casye and Elizabeth. Better grab a bottle of your favorite wine. This is going to be fun!