It’s Wednesday, and our new theme song has finally dropped! Well may you ooh and aah, for it is the greatest theme song in all the land, and its creator, Jessie, agreed to stop by the podcast and describe her Process for us (in the manner of a podcast we all love called Song Exploder). You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 58 For the impatient among you who want to hear THE WHOLE SONG before you hear Jessie talking about it, we…
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This week, the Reading the End Bookcast has a very special announcement! But you’ll have to wait until the end of the episode to hear what it is. Meanwhile, we’re talking about dystopian fiction and finishing up the Forcening1 with Patrick Ness’s The Knife of Never Letting Go (sorry, Whiskey Jenny). You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 57 What We’re Reading The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Becky Chambers (also, I watched Ex Machina and it was creepy) Does Jesus…
1 CommentThe Forcening begins! Whiskey Jenny Forcens me to read Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding, and you can see for yourself how that goes. But first, we recap a few of the things we didn’t get to in 2015. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 56 What We’re Reading Sister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (because of how much I liked Falling in Love with Hominids) Spectacle, Pamela Newkirk City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg What We Missed in 2015 The Jinx (HBO series) Oreo,…
4 CommentsThe Hatening continues, except that I am a failing failure who failed to choose a book that Whiskey Jenny would truly despise. We talk about Hamilton (yes, again), the books that we’re currently reading, and Emma Newman’s Planetfall. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 55 Books/Links Discussed (in order of appearance) Hamilton crushed it, of course, at the Grammys. As if there was ever any doubt. Also, because it’s charming, a Got Milk? Hamilton spoof for you to enjoy. What We’re Reading Consider the…
8 CommentsThe Hatening commenceth! Spoilers: Whiskey Jenny did an incredible job choosing a book that I would, and did, hate. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 54 Books discussed (in order of appearance) Winter Books! Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights, Salman Rushdie Winter, Marissa Meyer The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness illustrated Harry Potter! City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende Ripper, Isabel Allende Under the Udala Trees, Chinelo Okparanta Thirteen Ways of Looking,…
Leave a CommentThe Jennys return in 2016 to recap our year in reading in 2015, highlight some bests and worsts among our podcast reads, and discuss our past and present New Year’s Resolutions. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 53 Books discussed (in order of appearance) (and not counting books we read for podcast) Witches of America, Alex Mar Books We Unexpectedly Loved Moneyball, Michael Lewis (Whiskey Jenny) Barbarian Days, William Finnegan (Whiskey Jenny) Funny Girl, Nick Hornby (Gin Jenny) Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel…
2 CommentsIT IS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE TIIIIIIIIME! Whiskey Jenny and I propose awesome holiday gifts for all your giftees, and then make specific recommendations for the folks who used our submission form. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 52 Gifts by the Jennys 1) Illustrated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I mean, look at it. 2) Litrally anything from the Rifle Paper Co. 3) Book art stationery by Justin Rowe. 4) Classes at the Brooklyn Brainery. 5) Book Riot Quarterly! 6) Speaking…
4 CommentsAs we prepare to recommend books for you and your loved ones, Whiskey Jenny and I discuss how and when we recommend books (spoiler alert: enthusiastically and always), as well as how we cope with failed recommendations. Then we review Salman Rushdie’s latest novel, Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 51 You can access our holiday gift guide form here. Be sure to get your entries in soon! Our gift guide podcast will air next week!…
1 CommentIt’s our fiftieth episode!! Recurring guest star Ashley joins us to discuss the books that shaped us as readers, review a Nancy Drew and a Hardy Boys mystery, and play a teen sleuths GAME of Whiskey Jenny’s devising. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 50 You can access our holiday gift guide form here. Be sure to get your entries in soon! We’ll be recording in early December with some gift ideas for you Get at me on Twitter, email the podcast,…
Leave a CommentThe Jennys are here to hash out the new genderswapped Twilight! Then we talk about some fall books we’re excited to read, and we review Aline Ohanesian’s debut novel Orhan’s Inheritance. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 49 Here’s the gay Twilight link of which I spoke. Here’s the full, entire live-tweet of genderswapped Twilight. Be warned that after Whiskey Jenny and I recorded this podcast, the live tweet of genderswapped Twilight took a Turn. There was a Great Divergence from original…
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