An Unthinkable Fate

WE’RE BACK! Hello! This episode is about the wedding that wasn’t, and Lydia and Tay are annoyed. We recap & discuss Bridgerton s2, e6, "The Choice."Lydia’s recs:Watching: How to Build a Sex Room, House of the Dragon, and Rings of PowerReading: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, a local MN author, Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood, sequel to The Love Hypothesis Tay’s recs: Ali Hazelwood’s Love on the Brain, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, Jeannie Lin’s Pingkang-li series (murder and forbidden love in the Tang Dynasty), [Also mentioned: Ordinary Grace by WKK, The Night Watchman by LE, The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. PLUS Desi Geek Girls ep 70]We’ll put out the next episode as soon as we are able- thank you so much for listening!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Lydia and Taylor are back, with a meandering and impassioned discussion of Season 2, Episode 5 of Bridgerton, An Unthinkable Fate.Lydia’s recs:  I haven’t been reading much the last several weeks…but I have been watching Kenobi and Ms. Marvel on Disney+ Tay’s recs: I’ve been obsessed with the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells & I read some of Ellen O’Connell’s great western historical romanceWe’ll make the next episode as soon as we are able- thank you so much for listening!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Lydia and Tay discuss s2, e4 of Bridgerton. Surprises, schemes, and double standards abound. We’ll be back in 2 weeks with episode 5.Our reccs:Lydia- EK Johnson’s Padme series, Moon KnightTay- Vita & VirginiaThanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Grab the Mallet of Death, listeners, because Bridgerton Pall Mall is finally happening! Lydia and Tay recap and discuss season 2, episode 3 of Bridgerton. Rants ensue.Our reccs:Tay: Maggie Osborn’s A Stranger’s Wife and Crash Landing On You (Netflix)Lydia: Everything Everywhere All at Once Links mentioned:Cameron Diaz on Graham Norton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXhk8zE_Ac0**SPOILER ALERT** Article that mentions oiling hair– don’t read if, like Tay, you haven’t watched all of season 2! https://joysauce.com/bridgerton-kate-edwina-sharma-indian-sisters/?fbclid=IwAR2jl-en6LIylCTERDliBT6ys22WFogIcc-7BYGfQImDZaVp61pzsPTXqKMThanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Lydia and Tay recap and discuss season 2, episode 2 of Bridgerton. We go on at least three rants and detour into Austen, Newsies, Lord of the Rings, and My Fair Lady. Join us in celebrating poetry month this April by insulting Byron in true Bridgerton fashion! P&P film comparison tik tok:​​https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdHrVg29/ Prank interview with Elijah Wood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8jfzN5OkI&list=PLy-0fc3G7o83gWBEDyhk4G_b6cskoRF3O&index=1 My Fair Lady: Come on, Dover, move yer bloomin’ arse!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWWULKZB-Y8‘Apologies to the King,’ Part 2: The Failure of ‘My Fair Lady’By Andrew Kleidon, Peninsula Pulse – July 31st, 2020https://doorcountypulse.com/apologies-to-the-king-part-2-the-failure-of-my-fair-lady/Our reccs:Tay: Crash Landing On You (Netflix), Hunt the Stars (Starlight’s Shadow #1) by Jessie MihalikLydia: Still reading The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Watching Snowpiercer (HBO).Thanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!We're back next week to discuss episode 3.Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Lydia and Tay recap & discuss episode 1, season 2, of Bridgerton. The Pride & Prejudice vibes are real, folks!What we're reading/watching:Both: Starstruck, a rom com series in the vein of Notting Hill, Our Flag Means Death, an irreverent pirate romp with surprising amounts of romance, and Taskmaster (go check it out on Youtube!)Lydia: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma, Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas, and Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev.Tay: Reread Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell; The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

...and so are we! Lydia and Taylor return from an extended hiatus to discuss the upcoming Bridgerton season 2.Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYNCws-a6CQNetflix video we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdIeuLTXKJ4Thanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Lydia and Tay jump into gender roles and the logic of dominance among changelings with our discussion of Nalini Singh’s Branded by Fire. Mercy worries she’ll never find a mate as a dominant female and Riley thinks he wants a submissive wolf mate, but don’t worry, we relate this all back to real life (it's actually... super relatable).We’re taking a short break, listeners! We’ll be back with our next episode, Blaze of Memory, on Feb. 1.  EDIT (2/16/22): We'll be back by the end of Feb!In this episode, we also revisit Tally and Clay to discuss a really insightful article sent to us by listener Mystery. We highly recommend the article, “In Defense of ‘Unlikable’ Heroines,” by Aarya Marsden on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books (**SPOILERS for Kiss of Snow, Tangle of Need, and Shards of Hope**):  https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2019/04/in-defense-of-unlikable-heroines-a-case-study-of-three-heroines-from-nalini-singhs-psy-changeling-series/Reading Recs:Mercy shiftersMercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy)Co-workers/opposites attractShadowdance (Darkest London #4) by Kristen Callihan (historical paranormal romance)Partners in Persuasion by Nalini Singh (you can also find this novella in the collection Wild Embrace)All the Feels by Olivia Dade (contemporary romance)Thanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Book 6 of the Psy-Changeling series starts with a bang, and Lydia is HERE FOR IT! Tay and Lydia recap Branded by Fire and add to our series playlist.We’re back again in 2 weeks with our deep-dive discussion of this book!Psy-Changeling Playlist:Tay:Boss Bitch, Doja CatIt’s Raining Men, The Weather GirlsShut Up, Kiss Me, Angel OlsonWildest Dreams, Taylor SwiftWhat I Like About You, The RomanticsLydia:Dive, Ed SheeranKing of Anything, Sara Bareilles Mr. Know It All, Kelly ClarksonSweet Creature, Harry StylesJealous, Nick JonasI want you to want me, Cheap Trickhttps://music.apple.com/us/playlist/psy-changeling/pl.u-r2yBAexTPRd661 What’re we reading? Tay: Wolfsong by TJ Klune, & rereading Patricia Briggs’s “Alpha and Omega” seriesLydia: Single All the Way on Netflix and All the Feels by Olivia DadeThanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Lydia and Tay dive into themes of Hostage to Pleasure, book 5 of Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. Is Dorian a Mary Sue, and do we care? We get into a somewhat heavy discussion around women’s bodily autonomy, because sci fi is RELEVANT.Next episode: Branded by Fire Reading Recs:Enemies to loversPeter Darling, Austin Chant, (queer romantic fantasy)Magpie Lord trilogy, KJ Charles (queer historical paranormal)Folk of the Air trilogy, Holly Black, (YA Fantasy, romance comes later in the trilogy)The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, NK Jemison, (dark romance-y fantasy)SistersThe Consortium trilogy, Jessie Mihalik (slow burn, romance-heavy sci fi)Thanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod Twitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod Email us at [email protected]. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.