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Episode 82 - The Lovely Bones
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - July 23, 2020 11:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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 Spiderm...
Episode 81 - Neon Prey
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - July 09, 2020 11:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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, ne...
Episode 80 - The Active-Enzyme Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - June 25, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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, heter...
Episode 79 - Reckless Endangerment
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - June 11, 2020 11:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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: S...
Episode 78 - Bluebeard's Egg
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - May 28, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - May 14, 2020 11:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - April 30, 2020 11:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - April 16, 2020 11:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - April 02, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - March 19, 2020 11:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - March 05, 2020 12:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - February 20, 2020 12:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - February 06, 2020 12:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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.
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - January 23, 2020 12:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - January 09, 2020 12:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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 ...
Episode 67 - The Christmas Episode 2
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - December 26, 2019 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt'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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - December 12, 2019 12:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - November 28, 2019 12:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - November 14, 2019 12:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 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
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - October 31, 2019 11:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome 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!
Episode 62 - The Suicide Murders
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - October 17, 2019 18:17 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 62 we (eventually) judge the book The Suicide Murders by Howard Engel. We also talk about short people, bagels or donuts, and we learn a little bit about detective novels too.
A Quick Message from Candace and Jess
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - October 03, 2019 11:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHey guys, we don't have a full episode this week, but here's a little message explaining why. We will post our next full episode on Oct 17th. See you all then!
Episode 61 - Bear Island
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - September 26, 2019 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 61 we (eventually) judge the book Bear Island by Alistair MacLean. We also talk about Red Bull/Black Swan, Jess' new computer, and an island of bears.
Episode 60 - Anansi Boys
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - September 19, 2019 11:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 60 we (eventually) judge the book Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. We also talk about jalapenos, dogs, and Weekend at Bernies.
Episode 59 - The Mission Song
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - September 12, 2019 11:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 59 we (eventually) judge the book The Mission Song by John Carré. We also celebrate a full year of making this podcast! We also talk about coffee, zebras, and the Kinks! Join us won't you!
Episode 58 - Lock Every Door
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - September 05, 2019 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 58 we (eventually) judge the book Lock Every Door by Riley Sager. We've started doing some renovations in preparation of our first year episode. We also talk about where cosmetics come from, stories from the bookstore, and anxiety.
Episode 57 - The Wishing Garden
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - August 29, 2019 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 57 we (eventually?) judge the book The Wishing Garden by Christy Yorke. We also have a very healthy talk about spider friends, remember spiders that are no longer with us, and Candace sings us the best song ever!!
Episode 56 - A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - August 22, 2019 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 56 we (eventually) judge the book A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America by probably so many people I couldn't even begin to list them.... also some birds helped too! We also talk about what we did on our summer vacation, and Jess has all of the technical issues with his...
Episode 55 - Goblins
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - August 15, 2019 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 55 we (eventually) judge the book Goblins by Vincent Courtney. We also talk about the difference between good girl parties and bad girl parties, soda flavours, and Dungeons and Dragons.
Episode 54 - The Secret Life of Bees
Candace and Jess Judge A Book by its Cover - August 08, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 54 we (eventually) judge the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Jess is sick and takes the wrong cold pills, and then reveals some totally true, definitely not made up truths about his life! It's exciting! Join us won't you?
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