Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

It’s episode 213 and time for us to talk about “Found Books,”  that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps! We discuss the recently returned book cart, getting books for free, getting rid of books, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet Other Media We Mentioned Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Returnal Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello White Dwarf (Warhammer magazine) Links, Articles, and Things #UBCnoox Meghan’s map  Public bookcase (Wikipedia) Little Free Library (Wikipedia) Against Little Free Libraries Vegetarian Peanut Soup Cottage: North America Sudoku (Wikipedia) Paper embossing (Wikipedia) Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, July 1st when we’ll be discussing the genre/format of Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. not prose). Then on Tuesday,  July 15th it’s time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read.

It’s episode 212 and time for us to talk about excellently complicate the non-fiction genre of Linguistics & Language! We discuss 🤔, our academic backgrounds, the power of words, accents, and more!   You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann Goldstein I is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World by James Geary Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages by Gaston Dorren Other Media We Mentioned 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: With More Ways by Eliot Weinberger Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher Otherwords - Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics Your Computer Is on Fire edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Marie Hicks, and Kavita Philip What the Font?! - A Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi Ashiya Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography by Fumiyo Kouno, translated by Ko Ransom The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō, translated by Cathy Hirano Occasional reminder that whenever you say "sparks joy" you are not quoting Marie Kondo.You are quoting her translator, Cathy Hirano. She invented "sparks joy" out of whole cloth. What Marie Kondo says is "This makes my heart go pitter pat.” -Zack Davisson Eine wie Alaska [Looking for Alaska] by John Green, translated by Sophie Zeitz “I would read it in German, for a few reasons” - John Green Die kleine Fledermaus Wegda by Nanna Nesshöver and Wiebke Rauers Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren, translated by Alison Edwards Links, Articles, and Things Great Vowel Shift (Wikipedia) Lolcat (Wikipedia) Kinokuniya There are four Kinokuniya shops in Texas. Four! Put one in Denver! Abugida (Wikipedia) Episode 209 - Design 15 Language & Linguistics Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Otter's Journey Through Indigenous Language and Law by Lindsay Keegitah Borrows The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Lisa Delpit Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, and Ayelet Tsabari Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education by Lorena Sekwan Fontaine Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language by Jila Ghomeshi A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism by Tomson Highway My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría Hudes Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases by Maia Lee-Chin with illustrations by Marta Bertello Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter – Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter The Ecology of Language Evolution by Salikoko S. Mufwene Mâci-Nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree by Solomon Ratt with illustrations by Holly Martin Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture by Lee A. Tonouchi Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 3rd when we’ll be discussing “Found Books,”  that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps. Then on July 1st we’ll be talking about Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. fiction that’s not prose)!

 It’s episode 211 and we’re talking about books and other media we’ve enjoyed recently! We discuss early internet chatrooms, shuttlecocks, haunted dolls, what constitutes a “banger”, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What We’re Into: Anna Acid West by Joshua Wheeler Two Point Museum Trailer R.E.P.O. || Crossing the Streams R.E.P.O. on Stream Matthew Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl by Tim Hanley Yakuza: Like a Dragon 7 Weirdest Yakuza: Like a Dragon Quests That Were Bizarre Even by Yakuza Standards Mantracks: a True Story of Fake Fossils Jam WEBFISHING Trailer Murdle Volume 1 by G.T. Karber RuPaul’s Drag Race adjacent media Runnereye (YouTube) Drag Her (podcast) UpUntil Dawn (YouTube) I Got Dr*nk and Built the Lego Tuxedo Cat (Crashout Included) Crystal Envy & Lexi Love’s “Alter Ego” Lip Sync Arrietty & Lydia B Kollins’ “Boogie Wonderland” Lip Sync Meghan Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Badminton Pilou Meeting Infinity and Infinity Wars (short story collections) Other Media We Mentioned Didi (film) Doechii - Denial is a River Links, Articles, and Things RA in a Day folio - 019 - immanence 01 - with jam edwards & garbageface aka gnostic front aka karol orzechowski Spaceport America 15 Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Myths, and Folklore books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Women Wide Awake: Stories, Sculptures and Poems From Sindhi Folklore by  Nimra Bandukwala and Manahil Bandukwala Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Romance by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph F. McCarthy The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar Blackberry Blue: And Other Fairy Tales by Jamila Gavin Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon The Dragon Slayer: Folktales From Latin America by Jamie Hernandez Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions by Tomson Highway Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre An Introduction to Yōkai Culture: Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History by Komatsu Kazuhiko, translated by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda Rediscovering Turtle Island: a First Peoples' Account of the Sacred Geography of America by Taylor Keen Night Stories: Folktales From Latin America by Liniers Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories From India by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy Vietnamese Folktales for Children: Stories of Adventure and Wonder in Vietnamese and English by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran, illustrated by Dong Nguyen and Hop Thi Nguyen The Little Hummingbird by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 6th when we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language! Then on Tuesday, June 3rd we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps.

It’s episode 210 and time for us to talk about the genre of Romantasy! We discuss romance series, happily ever afters, tropes, social media, and more! Plus, special guest romance fiction researcher Christine Larson! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis, narrated by Amanda Leigh Cobb A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty The Significance Of S.A. Chakraborty’s Name Adjustment In Upcoming Book One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix  (not mentioned in episode) The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen (not mentioned in episode) Order of Swans by Jude Deveraux (not mentioned by name) Other Media We Mentioned Love in the Time of Self-Publishing: How Romance Writers Changed the Rules of Writing and Success by Christine Larson Ender’s Game / Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Graceling by Kristin Cashore Redwall by Brian Jacques Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor The Cruel Prince by Holly Black The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold Empty Crown by Rosemary Edgehill  A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamiton Links, Articles, and Things RA in a Day Episode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian Noir Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Let Them Eat Tropes: Why Romantasy Needs to Grow Beyond Trends Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story? What is ‘romantasy,’ and why can’t readers get enough? (Interview with Christine Larson) 15 Romantasy books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi  Faebound by Saara El-Arifi Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya Witchmark by C.L. Polk Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 15th for our Spring Media Update! We’ll let you know about the media we’ve been enjoying recently that we haven’t experienced for the podcast. Then on Tuesday, May 6th we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language!

 It’s episode 209 and time for us to talk about the genre of Design! We discuss graphic design, interior design, the line between design and art, fonts, kerning, footnotes, and more! Plus: Anna talks about evidence synthesis and search design! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Make Your Own Pixel Art: Create Graphics for Games, Animations, and More! by Jennifer Dawe and Matthew Humphries The Wright Style: Re-Creating the Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright by Carla Lind  The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers by Debbie Berne Maker Comics: Design a Game! by Bree Wolf and Jesse Fuchs Patternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns by Jude Stewart Design: The Definitive Visual Guide Other Media We Mentioned Graphic Wit: The Art of Humor in Design by Steven Heller and Gail Anderson Bear and Breakfast Two Point Campus Cat Cafe Manager 2 Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century by Mark Lamster The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt Links, Articles, and Things Folio - 019 - immanence 01 - with jam edwards & garbageface aka gnostic front aka karol orzechowski Jam's Pokémon design  Kerning River (typography) Ampelmännchen (East German pedestrian walk signal) 16 Design Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech by Meredith Broussard Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini The Layered Edible Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Creating A Productive Food Garden Layer by Layer by Christina Chung Exploring Game Mechanics: Principles and Techniques to Make Fun, Engaging Games by Maithili Dhule Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth by  Janice George, Leslie H. Tepper, and Willard Joseph Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Josh A. Halstead, Leslie Xia, Farah Kafei, Kaleena Sales, Ellen Lupton, Valentina Vergara, and Jennifer Tobias Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes Reimagined Worlds: Narrative Placemaking for People, Play, and Purpose : A Designer's Manifesto by Margaret Chandra Kerrison The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid by Hideo Kojima User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble Now You See Me! An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design by Charlene Prempeh Just Enough Design: Reflections on the Japanese Philosophy of Hodo-Hodo by Taku Satoh Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games by Steenz and Samuel Sattin Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook by Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 1st we’ll be talking about the genre of  Romantasy! Then on Tuesday, April 15th it’s time for our Spring Media Update, as we talk about books and other things we haven’t read for the podcast.

It’s episode 208 and time for us to talk about our Reading Resolutions for 2025! We discuss our love of spreadsheets, the churn of books in public libraries, literacy, unschooling, and more!  You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards 2025 Goals/Intentions/Etc. Jam Theme of the year: “Cultivation” Use Storygraph instead of Goodreads Jam on Storygraph Maybe put a book on the nightstand so I’ll read it before bed Meghan Subscribe to print reading material Anna Track favourite reads of the year in the spreadsheet Try to figure out why she reads less fiction than she used to Matthew Read every book on fiction to-read list published before the year 2000 Record the “why” when adding books to TBR Other Media We Mentioned Folio podcast Jam’s episode isn’t out yet Immanence British Library Tales of the Weird The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan, translated by Yuri Machkasov X-Men Classic Omnibus by Chris Claremont and others Role Models by John Waters Radical Unschooling: We NEED to Talk About This!  Sold a Story podcast Links, Articles, and Things Episode 190 - Reading Resolutions and Rants r/AmItheAsshole (Wikipedia) If Books Could Kill (Wikipedia) 50 Recent Short Story Collections by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. For this list of short story collections, we’ve focused on titles published within the past four years. Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda (2024) Coexistence: Stories by Billy-Ray Belcourt (2024) Death by a Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat (2024) Your Utopia by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (2024) Green Frog by Gina Chung (2024) Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman (2024) Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima (2024) Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan (2024) Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi (2024) Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (2024) A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo (2024) Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang (2023) Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (2023) Every Drop Is A Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (2023) No One Will Come Back for Us: And Other Stories by Premee Mohamed (2023) Drinking From Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (2023) Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran (2023) Tiger Work by Ben Okri (2023) Skin Thief by Suzan Palumbo (2023) Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele (2023) Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go by Cleo Qian (2023) New Suns 2: More Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl (2023) The Goth House Experiment by SJ Sindu (2023) Chrysali by Anuja Varghese (2023) Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality by Lindsay Wong (2023) The Hive and the Honey by Paul Yoon (2023) Girlfriends by Emily Zhou (2023) Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang (2022) Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (2022) God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (2022) Self-Portrait with Ghost by Meng Jin (2022) The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai (2022) Bliss Montage by Ling Ma (2022) Uncertain Kin by Janice Lynn Mather (2022) The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae  (2022) The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz (2022) Man Made Monsters by Andrea Rogers (2022) Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty (2022) Her First Palestinian by Saeed Teebi (2022) Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (2022) Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (2022) Home of the Floating Lily by Silmy Abdullah (2021) Skinship by Yoon Choi (2021) Tainna: The Unseen Ones by Norma Dunning (2021) Eat The Mouth That Feeds You by Carribean Fragoza (2021) My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (2021) The Rock Eaters by Brenda Peynado (2021) 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell (2021) Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So (2021) Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (2021) Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, March 4th when we’ll be talking about the genre of Design! Then on Tuesday, April 1st we’ll be talking about the genre of  Romantasy!

 It’s episode 207 and time for us to talk about the genre of Monster Romance! We discuss what counts as a “monster,” massive hogs, Beautify and the Beast, listening to audiobooks at 3.5x speed, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta A Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. Nascosta Sworn to the Orc by Evangeline Anderson, narrated by Ada Sinclair That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming Strange Love  by Ann Aguirre How to Marry a Marble Marquis by C.M. Nascosta Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon, narrated by Felicity Munroe and Hiro Diaz Other Media We Mentioned In the Arms of the Spider Hunk by Nova Wrytzwell The Shape of Water (Wikipedia) The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming Mistlefoe by Kimberly Lemming Gargoyles Taken by my TBR: A Sentient Object Story by Holly Wilde Links, Articles, and Things Where To Get Started With Monster Romance 15 Monster Romance Books That Will Make You the Biggest Fan Monster Romance 101 Minotaur Sex: The Best New Smut Genre  Bad Dragon (Wikipedia) There are lots of other companies doing similar things Hark! Episode 374: Biblically Accurate Krampus Were|House - We Try to Date a Kelpie - Friday Night Spooktacular Visual Novel Stream Baba Yaga (Wikipedia) 11 Monster Romance Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel My Summer Girl by Maeve Black The Captive Merman's Promise by Zoey Castile  I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend by Jessica Cage Queenie & the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres How to Fail at Avoiding an Alpha Demon by Liz E. Cooper  Threads of Fate by Lexi Esme Sasquatch Summer by Talia Greer That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, February 18th when we’ll be discussing our reading goals and resolutions for 2025! Then on Tuesday, March 4th we’ll be talking about the non-fiction genre of Design!

It’s episode 206 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cultural Studies! We discuss bureaucracy, affluenza, dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, Batman, The Fast and the Furious, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber Clever Girl: Jurassic Park by Hannah McGregor They Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of D&D by Thom James Carter Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back, 3rd Edition Mutation by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas Naylor Second Language Learning and Identity: Cracking Metaphors in Ideological and Poetic Discourse in the Third Space by Mika Yoshimoto On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies edited by Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis Other Media We Mentioned Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson  Suicide Squad Isekai Dimension 20: Never Stop Blowing Up Links, Articles, and Things Tartan Noir Secret Feminist Agenda Jurassic Park Extreme Championship Wrestling Pyotr Kropotkin Chainmail Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Lambda Literary Awards Girl Dad Press 30 Cultural Studies by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Aboriginal TM: The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition by Jennifer Adese The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa The Location of Culture by Homi K. Bhabha The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen Crey Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique by Roderick A. Ferguson Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution by Amin Ghaziani Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures by Gayatri Gopinath White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics by Lisa Lowe Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century by Bianca Mabute-Louie The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics by José Esteban Muñoz Decolonize Hipsters by Gregory Pierrot Black Meme: A History of The Images That Make Us by Legacy Russell Introducing Cultural Studies by Ziauddin Sardar The Afterlife is Letting Go by Brandon Shimoda Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre by Niigaan Sinclair Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture by Francesca Sobande Music Is History by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr. Gaza on Screen edited by Nadia G. Yaqub Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, February 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Monster Romance! Then on Tuesday, February 18th we’ll be discussing our reading goals and resolutions for 2025!

 It’s episode 205 and time for us to talk about our favourite reads of 2024! We discuss fiction and non-fiction books we read for the podcast, plus comics, videos, music, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Check out Hark! Jam's holiday music podcast! Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence (Episode 200 - Library Fiction) Jam A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking) Matthew The Sixth Gun Omnibus, vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree, and Tyler Crook (Episode 201 - Weird West) Meghan Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Episode 203 - Dark Academia) Not for the podcast Jam Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman Matthew Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day: And Other Tales of the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard, narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith Meghan When Among Crows by Veronica Roth Anna Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Trailer Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher (Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction) Meghan Telling It to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court by Arthur J. Ray (Episode 197 - Law & Legal Non-Fiction (for the layperson)) Anna Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (Episode 194 - Indie Publishers) Jam Why I Adopted My Husband: The True Story of a Gay Couple Seeking Legal Recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi (Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics) Not for the podcast Meghan Secret Gardens by Jennifer Potter  Anna Bunker: Building for the End Times by Bradley Garrett Jam Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans Matthew How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Other Favourite Things of 2024 Anna Cats Buldak Cream Carbonara Go Go Town! Jam Diceomancer “California” by Chappel Roan Galway Food Tour Matthew The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny Nicholson Giant Days by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Lissa Treiman Spy x Family by Tetsuya Endo Matthew talked about this and Giant Days in Episode 193 - Spring Media Update Spy x Family / Designer Chairs Meghan Living Small - Laura Fenton (series: Small Takes) BBC: The Secret History of British Gardens with Monty Don Dwell magazine Runner-Ups Jam Books for the podcast Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Episode 204 - Cozy Fantasy) Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance) Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante (Episode 194 - Indie Publishers) Picture Books I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle Games Wingspan (both board & Switch Edition) Crossword puzzles Movies/TV/Video Delicious in Dungeon I Saw the TV Glow Robot Dreams Gastronauts I Want to Tell You About My Favorite Fight Scene  Anna River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (Episode 201 - Weird West) Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza (Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics) Matthew Comics (For series I’m linking to volume ones regardless of what volumes I read or how many I read this year.) Astro City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson Blade Runner 2029 by Mike Johnson and Andres Guinaldo Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang Do A Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson Friday by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente Kit + The Wolf by John Allison Lost Cat by Jason Night Cry by Borja González Orcs by Christine Larsen Reckless, vol. 5: Follow Me Down by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Silver by Stephan Franck Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly Wang Where The Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Manga (For series I’m linking to volume ones regardless of what volumes I read or how many I read this year.) A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch by Hiro Kashiwaba Akane-banashi by Yūki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi Dementia 21 by Shintaro Kago The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All by Sumiko Arai Heavenly Delusion by Masakazu Ishiguro I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I’m Fine by Hilnama Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki Mimi’s Tales of Terror by Junji Ito, Hirokatsu Kihara, and Ichiro Nakayama Okinawa by Susumu Higa Seven Little Sons of the Dragon by Ryoko Kui Sketchy by Makihirochi Soara and the House of Monsters by Hidenori Yamaji Books Fiction A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction By People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian Episode 201 - Weird West Tales of the Tattooed: An Anthology of Ink edited by John Miller Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing by Hailey Piper We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang Non-Fiction Anime: A History, 2nd edition by Jonathan Clements Media Law Through Science Fiction: Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? by Daxton Stewart Episode 197 - Law & Legal Non-Fiction (for the layperson) Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman by Pádraig Ó Méalóid Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr Episode 199 - Summer Media Update Video Essays Alpha Protocol Retrospective | An Extremely Comprehensive Critique and History Reform! X Men Video Game Retrospective | A Complete History and Review  DB2024 - The Taco Bell "Wedding" in Decentraland The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games Meghan French Balcons by Marianne Brisebois (contemporary fiction) Cariacou by Olivier Lussier (poetry, prose) La véritable histoire de la maison mobile des Miller by Dave Eggers (childrens, illustrated) Fiction The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (horror, translated) Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (cosy fantasy, series) The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (supernatural) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (time travel) The Gathering by C.J. Tudor (horror, vampires) Bride by Ali Hazelwood (supernatural romance) The Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (horror, series) Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante (contemporary) Frontier by Grace Curtis (scifi, western) Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (horror) The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan (weird, translated, series) The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (scifi, spy thriller) Roaming by Jillian Tamaki by Mariko Tamaki (graphic novel, new adult) Nonfiction Instructions for Travelling West by Joy Sullivan (poetry) Island Home: a Landscape memoir by Tim Winton (essays, memoir, Australian) Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place by Daniel Coleman (essays, history, Canadian) Occult/Mysticism/New Age books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda The Living Tarot: Connecting the Cards to Everyday Life for Better Readings by T. Susan Chang The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey You Are the Medicine: 13 Moons of Indigenous Wisdom, Ancestral Connection, and Animal Spirit Guidance by Asha Frost Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft by Gabriela Herstik Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor by Alice Sparkly Kat The Power Wish: Japan's Leading Astrologer Reveals the Moon's Secrets for Finding Success, Happiness, and the Favor of the Universe by Keiko Spell Bound: a New Witch's Guide to Crafting the Future by Chaweon Koo Spirit Talker: Indigenous Stories and Teachings from a Mikmaq Psychic Medium by Shawn Leonard Blood Sex Magic: Everyday Magic for the Modern Mystic by Bri Luna Red Tarot: A Decolonial Guide to Divinatory Literacy by Chris Marmolejo Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color by Lorraine Monteagut Next World Tarot: Pocket Edition by Cristy C. Road The Mexican Witch Lifestyle: Brujeria Spells, Tarot, and Crystal Magic by Valeria Ruelas The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz Crystal Clear: Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans For Everyday Life by Jaya Saxena Enchantments: A Modern Witch's Guide to Self-Possession by Mya Spalter Signs & Skymates: the Ultimate Guide to Astrological Compatibility by Dossé-Via Trenou White Magic by Elissa Washuta Tarot of the Divine Handbook: A Guide to Understanding Tarot Symbolism by Yoshi Yoshitani Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, January 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Cultural Studies! Then on Tuesday, February 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Monster Romance!

It’s episode 204 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cozy Fantasy! We discuss what makes something cozy, romantasy, breakneck cozy fantasies, how much fantasy people need in their fantasy, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Comparison between US and UK covers Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree  The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Sorcery and Small Magics and Maiga Doocy The Baker & the Bard by Fern Haught Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynn Jones Howl's Moving Castle (film) Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe Other Media We Mentioned The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Matthew meant “solarpunk” as the genre that this is often described as Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children) The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Canadian residential school system Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne LoadingReadyRun The House Witch by Delemhach Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu Moonstruck, vol. 1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill The Tea Dragon Society Card Game Balatro Links, Articles, and Things What Counts as Cozy Fantasy? In Defense of Low-Stakes Fiction Iyashikei “portraying characters living out peaceful lives in calming environments, and is intended to have a healing effect on the audience” 11 Cozy Fantasy by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. VenCo by Cherie Dimaline  Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi DallerGut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna The Fae’s Bride by R.L. Medina The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, December 17th it’s time for our “best books of the year” episode! Then, on Tuesday, January 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Cultural Studies!