Remedial Lit

After taking some time to record some episodes, Connor continues our favorite lizard themed series. Continuing one FBI agent's hunt for the truth, our trusty albino billionaire may have more trouble than he's bargained for. We learn lots about logistics as well as botany in this sequel that shows just how far a talented pair of authors can really stretch an idea.

We test our understanding of genetics and geography with the 90's techno-thriller Relic. Which is a fancy way of saying we make Connor tell us about it and I saw half the movie. With twists even dumber than you could expect, we get to travel through time to the R-rated cut of A Night at the Museum. Also there are possibly cat ghosts.

I've got to quit using the word "explicitly". Back after we took some time to record our next series. Concluding our story with a long drawn out whimper rather than a bang, Eragon battles an evil king and saves the kingdom. Kind of. After a lot of feasts. Join us as we button up this tale and prove you really make any book novel length if you attach enough side stories.

Joined by our upbeat friend Cole, as well as our evil dopplegangers at the end, we continue to explore the journey of Eragon through the third book in the Inheritance Cycle. This novel further elaborates on the political systems of the magical world that remind us why everyone loved the Star Wars Prequels. Then they remember they're in a fantasy universe and throw in some dragons at the end. A...

Eragon continues to stumble through the plot while his cousin desperately tries to salvage this sequel with courage, bravery and adventure. We somewhat stay on topic and ignore all those parts though to make sure we cover the elven politics. The training arc has begun, now we just have to stay awake for it.

The award winning movie with John Malkovich apparently has a novel tie in we just had to check out. I had to go on blood pressure medication after reading this one but we're back. The 2010's answer to Fourth Wing, Eragon tells the tale of the world's most moronic dragon knight and his origin in a small (possibly British) village. All of the plot is in the last ten minutes.

Apologies for the delays! We've been busy working on everyone's favorite series that follows an annoying blue dragon and barely had time to edit. This episode, we continue down a dark path of torture, loss and recipe discussions as everyone's favorite sociopath returns. Now forced to live his own neighborhood, Morgan must care for his family while waging a one man guerilla war against...

The delving into paranormal romance continues with the Ex Hex, a novel by Erin Sterling. Two lovers, one cursed by the other, meet again after years apart only to find their reunion has triggered the doom of Graves Glenn, Georgia. Not that any of that matters, they pretty handily ignore that aspect and instead go on plenty of dates. As the first 1/10 we've given, I congragulate this book for b...

Apologies for the delay folks, our writers are on strike and we had to get our AI up and running to get this script done. This episode, we dive deep into Max Brook's second best known novel and take a look at the basest desires of humankind such as food, security and seven million dollar homes complete with a retinue of servants. When a disaster strikes though, the annoying residents of a quai...

We go back to our roots with a thrilling zombie tale. When Rick's family is put in danger, he'll have to call on the help of his closest friends who he's met just five minutes ago: a computer nerd, his old captain and a cartoon quoting serial killer. Along the way this lovable band will find monster truck riding assassins, hordes of dead gangsters and a cheap knock off of the best John...

Four straight, white men bravely take on the popular new Eastern inspired women's empowerment novel. Iron Widow is a story of moral questions and tough answers, answers our heroine, Wu Zeitan, ignores as she carves a bloody path to power and revenge. She is assisted in this task by her loyal simp henchmen and together they take vacations, cook sweet rolls and briefly fight the space faring ali...

I ate too much Easter candy and forgot to upload. This episode Joe Goldberg grabs his flannel shirt and IPA and heads off to the Pacific Northwest where he's vowed never to kill again. Instead, he's forced to get creative this book through elaborate frames and internet campaigns to get the newest girl of his dream. If it just so happens that the girl already has a wife and husband, well Jo...

When Joe Goldberg has to chase his dream girl to LA, he sees everything Hollywood has to offer. Meeting fresh new comedians, rising scriptwriters and building a crew to help follow his dreams (of murdering a woman), Joe goes on a spree that takes him from the streets of California to the oceans of Mexico. Netflix really botched this one so sit back, tune in and listen to all the ways I can complai...

We cover Joe Goldberg's beginning in our review of You by Caroline Kepnes. A romantic tale of a man determined to find love, Joe has to overcome many obstacles in his path to find the right woman. See all your favorites from the big screen (or whatever you watch Netflix on): Benji, Peach, Beck and Dr. Nicky as Joe demonstrates his creativity in making sure the perfect woman falls for him.

Wax and Wayne saddle up for one last ride. Years after their retirement in the Bands of Mourning, the two are called back for one last mission. Relying on their usual band of wacky hijinks, the two slaughter literally hundreds of men on their mission of revenge. This is the one where Wayne goes emo and we intoduce the multiverse of madness. They call it that because the concept makes me unreasonab...

A little late but you can all blame North Carolina's terrible internet for that. The third book of Mistborn Era Two, we get to go full Indiana Jones with mass slaughter of nameless guards and ancient temples full of free cultural artifacts. Wax finds religion, Wayne gets cancelled and we have a special interview with the author.

When an old enemy turns back up, Wax is sent on a mission from god. With the city in turmoil and a new brand of insanity on the loose, Wax is forced to use only his wits, his guns and his immense magical powers to crush the person getting workers to ask for more rights. Near the end we discover Fletcher has the divine gift of prophecy. 

We get topical and review Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, logically starting at book four. Magical cowboys who eat as much iron as they strap to their hips, Mistborn is everything I ever wanted from a book as we follow the lawmen Wax and Wayne on the trail of the mysterious Vanishers. Fletcher becomes enchanted by a serial killer, Connor channels his inner communist and Madre (unfortunately)...

Nazis. Clone assassins. Mutant soldiers. If I need anything else to sell you on this you might just hate fun. Joe Ledger is back and this time it's slightly more personal than it was before. He will still kill you an equal amount, so maybe that's not terribly important but you can rest assured that this book will bring with it the grindhouse level of violence and sexual depravity we've come to kno...

Ann Aguirre reaches out in this exciting tale of forbidden love and steamy romance. Well...it's a steaming pile anyway. When I was told a witch hunter was going to be in this book I expected someone who might actually at some point hunt witches. Come join us for this magical journey, or at least hang out until the talking mouse shows up.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's popular novel, set in a very poorly described time and place, follows Noemi, a young girl who refuses to help her family. Follow this brave woman as she goes to High Place, an english manor set high in the mexican highlands. Here she meets the equivalent of the Addam's family and that's where we step in to give it the ol' Remedial Lit feel.

The explosive conclusion to the Red Rising Saga! With Darrow on the attack, the story of slavery, slaughter and sci-fi Romans comes to a head. With tensions high and loyalty in doubt, someone is bound to go nuclear...

The beginning of the end of Red Rising. Following his capture at the hands of the Jackal, Darrow continues his wacky hijinks across the galaxy. Mutilation, mayhem and (legally defensible) murder abound in this delightful romp that's fun for the whole family. There's some snow, some moons, and a whole lot more of Cassius' suffering. We had to split this episode into two parts, so that right there s...

Doing his best to emulate the much beloved politics of the Star Wars prequels, Pierce Brown continues to amaze in the second book of his series. Darrow, now fully enveloped in Gold Society, graduates school (again), crashes a party, meets new and interesting people and brings new meaning to the phrase "make it rain".

The first of our three part series covering Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga. Following the heroic terrorist and confirmed murderer Darrow of Lykos, watch as a loving young Red meets the whole rainbow of sadists and scientific horrors. Experience the joys extreme body modification and human depravity, delivered with the due care and respect we've come to expect from any YA novel.