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A podcast in which we tell you about a book we just finished, and what we thought of it.
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1Scott read Wells’ latest and thinks you should too! Now we await the eventual Murderbot/Witch King crossover.
Scott McNulty
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Witch King
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Antony recommends a book that (finally) accurately explains how videogames are made, and the struggles involved.
Antony Johnston
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
[Amazon]
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Antony reads the first in a rip-roaring space opera series in which humanity is faced with an existential threat, and comes away impressed.
Antony Johnston
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The Cruel Stars
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Antony recommends a crime novel that’s already won multiple awards, and which he considers one of the most accomplished debuts he’s read.
Antony Johnston
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The Man on the Street
[Amazon]
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Erika continues enjoying her reread of the Fallen Blade series. And Blade Reforged is a good jumping-on point!
Erika Ensign
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Blade Reforged
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Text version of podcast on Erika's blog
Sometimes entertaining escapism means three short, bloody books about vampires.
Erika Ensign
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Nightshades
[Amazon] [Apple]
Switchback
[Amazon] [Apple]
Outbreak
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Text version of the podcast on Erika's blog
A beautifully written, complicated queer romance … plus politics … plus a fire elemental.
Erika Ensign
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Fireheart Tiger
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Text version of the podcast on Erika's blog
Who would want to jockey against a sea of debutantes to win a marriage to a Duke when there’s a library full of books to be read and plenty of good tea to drink?
Erika Ensign
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Tea and Sympathetic Magic
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Get "Tea and Sympathetic Magic" free until June 20, 2021
Text version of this podcast on Erika's blog
A post-myth Robin Hood tale that is at turns sad, dark, frightening, and eventually hopeful. With fae and dragons!
Erika Ensign
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Brightfall
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Text version of this podcast on Erika's Blog
It’s a book in which nothing much happens, just a bunch of aliens sitting around waiting for the sky to clear. And yet Becky Chambers works her magic on it, and makes it memorable and moving. What a magic trick.
Jason Snell
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
[Amazon] [Apple]
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In anticipation of the upcoming Apple TV+ show, Antony recommends a spy series quite unlike any other.
Antony Johnston
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Slow Horses
[Amazon]
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Erika revisits an old favourite and discovers it’s even better the second time!
Erika Ensign
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Broken Blade
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Erika enjoyed a regency-style fantasy novel about war! Who woulda thunk it?
Erika Ensign
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Guns of the Dawn
[Amazon] [Apple]
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This book is (partially) set in Edmonton, which is exciting for Erika. It’s about monsters and friendship and what monsters can do to friendship.
Erika Ensign
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Beneath the Rising
[Amazon] [Apple]
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A compelling book on a difficult subject, telling the stories of people who lived behind the Berlin Wall and lived in fear of the Stasi.
Antony Johnston
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Stasiland
[Amazon]
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Do you like meta-fictional meditations on the nature of storytelling and Italy? Has Scott got the book for you!
Scott McNulty
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Or What You Will
[Amazon]
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Scott hasn’t left his apartment in 4 months, so he decided to read a book about fictional people who had it even worse.
Scott McNulty
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Plague Land
[Amazon]
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Charles Yu has been working in television for awhile, and it isn’t hard to see that (obvious) influence on this novel.
Scott McNulty
Scott finally finished a book by Robert Caro (no, not that one).
Scott McNulty
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Working
[Amazon] [Apple]
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Need a book to restore your readerly habits? This one worked for Scott!
Scott McNulty
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The City We Became
[Amazon] [Apple]
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