FROM THE VAULT: May Topic - Currently Reading

BONUS EPISODE FROM THE VAULT!For this month’s guest episode, Stephanie and Hannah are joined by their good friend and fellow reader, Ann Marie, to discuss a book that Ann Marie loved and Stephanie hated: The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. (Hannah hasn’t read it, but we all know she doesn’t care about spoilers.) Join these three friends as they discuss print vs. audio books, the perils of listening to books at work, and the awkwardness of dragon sex (yes, you read that right) in this New Adult fantasy romance novel. And be prepared to laugh. A lot. Ann Marie’s bookstagram account: @annmariereadsWrite to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS EPISODE FROM THE VAULTThis month, Hannah shares with Stephanie summaries and reviews of some of the worst-rated books on Goodreads. There is no “might” about how much these reviewers hate these books! Join the ladies as they discuss everything from authors behaving badly on social media to the perils of self-publishing. Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SURPRISE! We've released another BONUS EPISODE FROM THE VAULT!This month, Stephanie and Hannah make good on a previous idea and review the movie adaptation of one of the books featured on the show. Together they watched the 2017 adaptation of Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending, and then reconvened to answer the all-important question: Was the book really better than the movie?Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SURPRISE! An episode from the vault!For this June’s guest episode, Stephanie and Hannah again return to their book club and invite English professor, Dr. Loren Warf, to share two books: one that she loved to read but hated to teach, and another that she loved to teach but hated to read. Join these three friends as they discuss Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Neal Shusterman’s Scythe, and what there is to love and hate about both. Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SURPRISE! An episode from the vault!For this month’s bonus topical episode, Hannah and Stephanie share all the other books they’re reading. You know, the books they actually choose for enjoyment. Join them as they discuss everything from celebrity memoirs to parenting books to collections of short stories and more!Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SURPRISE! An episode from the vault!For May’s bonus guest episode, Stephanie and Hannah invite their friend and fellow book club member, Marla Record, to the show. Marla asked Hannah and Stephanie to read Abbott, the limited run comic series about a Black female detective in Detroit in the 1970s who encounters not only systemic racism, but a supernatural threat to her city. Join the ladies this month as they have a lively discussion about the medium of comics and graphic novels (and why you definitely shouldn’t hate them). Resources: Detroit Under Fire: https://policing.umhistorylabs.lsa.umich.edu/s/detroitunderfire/page/home Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SURPRISE! An episode from the vault!For this April’s bonus topical episode, Stephanie and Hannah sit down with their friend Kacye to discuss common tropes in the genres they love! As they enumerate the tropes they love and, of course, hate from the romance, fantasy, and thriller genres, they find they have more in common than they thought.  Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Hannah takes Stephanie back to their very first episode by assigning another Kazuo Ishiguro novel, The Buried Giant. Will Stephanie hate this one as much as she disliked Never Let Me Go? In post-Arthurian Britain, where a dragon sleeps guarded by Sir Gawain and a mist of forgetfulness covers the land, an elderly couple named Axl and Beatrice search for their son. As they encounter neighbors who can no longer remember the war that once pitted them against each other, the couple slowly starts to recover their memory and finds that their love will be tested. Join Hannah and Stephanie this week as they discuss fantasy, allegory, and literary fiction, and how these things do (or don’t, depending on who you ask) work together. Resources: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-book-of-sorrow-and-forgetting/384968/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/23/the-uses-of-oblivion https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/books/review/kazuo-ishiguros-the-buried-giant.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/books/for-kazuo-ishiguro-the-buried-giant-is-a-departure.html Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

36. A History of Wild PlacesThis week, Stephanie assigns Hannah another thriller: A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw. Will Hannah hate this thriller as much as some of the previous Stephanie has made her read? Maggie, a children’s author, goes missing in the woods. Travis, a private detective with a supernatural gift, follows her in the dead of winter. And Theo, his wife Calla, and her blind sister Bee, live in a mysterious commune called Pastoral, trying to avoid a deadly disease spread by the trees. As these characters' narratives collide, they all discover something new about each other and themselves. Join Stephanie and Hannah this week as they discuss everything from hypnosis and cults to beach reads and celebrity crushes. Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Hannah takes Stephanie back to her childhood with the podcast’s first children’s book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster! But will adult Stephanie have enough whimsy to enjoy the ride into the Lands Beyond? Milo, home from school with nothing to do, is bored. Then a mysterious package arrives in his room, taking him to the Kingdom of Wisdom bereft of its Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Milo’s journey to restore the princesses is rife with word-play and whimsical adventures as he learns just how fun it can be to learn. Join Hannah and Stephanie this week as they discuss puns, learning, strange 70s cartoons, and the experience of reading children’s book for the first time as an adult. Resources:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/17/broken-kingdom https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63166/11-whimsical-facts-about-phantom-tollbooth Support this show by subscribing and leaving a review! You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hatethisbookpod Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Write to us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.