Book Reviews Kill

It was a Tuesday and all was not a'right in the land of the written word. Many a tome-titillated soul spent the first day of the week rending their clothes and donning sackcloth and ashes in protest of Monday’s episode experiencing delays. Untold thousands of book lovers were out their weekly recommendation. The question of “what to read?” that so many take succor in having an answer to - if only...

Reading - something you do alone . . . or is it? Like pretty much everything in life, with the exception of going number two, it’s better with friends. If you are lacking those of a bookish disposition in your life, or simply are seeking better ones. These two fearless hosts invite you to join them and our awesome discord community for another week of friendship, joy, happiness, and tears as we hi...

Though ten thousand and eighty minutes have passed since we last Monday’d, it seems like ten long book-less lifetimes have transpired. There are friends and then there are friends who read together. Then there are friends who read together AND listen to the Monday Morning Minute! Our fearless hosts have a juicy one for you today, folks. Not one rabbit trail will be passed, no page will be left unt...

Monday was AWFUL! It is fair to say the book community was on shaky ground for the last 24 hours. The Monday Morning Minute, starting book-folk’s weeks off since the dawn of time was delayed. It was only the promise of a Tuesday Minute that allowed many to push on through. Due to one whose name shan’t be mentioned (the handsome one), bandwidth was at an all-time low this week, and even after the d...

Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Haven't changed, still have too much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy… At a slight risk of a lawsuit from Lizy and her athletic nature, it is safe to say the Boys are back in Town! We are back Ladies and Gentleman! Join in the fun as you can audibly hear the shouts as good bookish folk the world over cheer as th...

Bookteam assemble! It is Monday and yes, finally, ye of stout bookish heart, the wait is over. The Monday Morning Minute has arrived. In a world overwhelmed with media, stories so abundant they twinkle like the stars in the night sky, two best friends set out to talk about some books, shows, movies, and high-level physics theories that they are not in any way qualified to discuss and barely unders...

 *SPOILERS FOR DAMSEL* Hello, fellow book friends - 'tis time once again for everyone’s favorite weekly episode the Monday Morning Minute!  But first: an idiot named Chad would like to extend his humblest apologies for the late episode, somehow the audio was garbled when the aforementioned dingus uploaded it late last night, before he quickly fell asleep. But fear not! It has been remade and injec...

Join Evan and Chad For their summary and review of The Queen of Shadows as they once again delve deep into the acclaimed Throne of Glass series by Sarah. J. Maas. I shall waste no more breath than I must keeping you here dear friend, just know we are excited to have you here as you are, hopefully, excited to be here for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!  🏆Join The Patreon Family👉 ht...

Dear friends, fellow spelunkers of the page, your friendly face brings solace to our fearless hosts as they once again dive deep into this world - safety, a thing fully disregarded as they boldly explore The Memories of Ice Book Review warren. Today their feet will take them through, The Spark and the Ashes, the first book in the third volume of Stephen Erikson’s epic saga, Malazan Book of the Fal...

Whatdya know the boys are back at it again. And once again they cower in fear the night before rushing to produce the perfect episode of book-reviewing brilliance. An episode so chock full of bookish delights and whimsical fantasy treats that their audience just might decide to allow them to live one more week. The call of the minute echoes across the American countryside as pyre after pyre is lit...

Join Evan and Chad as they enter into the seriously awesome book that is Heir of Fire. Their foray into the past still fresh in their minds, our fearless book-reviewing hosts needed a fresh book to revitalize their love for the characters and story within the Throne of Glass series. And boy did Sarah J. Maas deliver! Wow - this book stands as a testament to the growth and dedication Maas has for h...

It’s the Monday Morning Minute these podcast hosts’ll tell ya, does it ever get better? Can they really see the future or just predict the weather? Are we in our finest hour or headed for disaster? Use your superpowers and rescue me. We were there at the start we've got Polaroids to prove it. Skateboards and scars and embarrassing home movies. But if you really want to see where it's all going, St...

There are those days that the episode is so fun, so enjoyable, so teeming with two best friends who can’t help but stay on topic that it just feels wrong, amoral even, to force a long podcast episode description upon you. This is a consensual reading after all and I don’t want to take the precious time you spend making me feel like I am not wasting the precious time I spend, many time spending ser...

The House is Dead and its gates remain locked to all but the bravest with the purest of intentions. Join Evan and Chad as they explore the Deadhouse Gates Warren, book 4 of the second volume of Steven Erikson’s infamous Malazan Book of the Fallen.  This is the final part of this 4 episode series covering the second book, Deadhouse Gates, called by the same name, Deadhouse Gates. Emotions are high...

Join Evan and Chad as they take a break from the present-day timeline of Throne of Glass as they recap and then review The Assassin's Blade - a collection of short stories taking us through important events of this story's past. New characters, old loves, evil mentors, aspiring healers, and revenge-driven horse thieves take center stage as our fearless hosts process and discuss this important preq...

What’s that? You are looking to hang out with two best friends who love their books? Join Evan and Chad for the highly anticipated weekly book discussion episode the Monday Morning Minute! They talk books, maybe some stories, books, and even yes, books. Chad also might make fun of Evan for not continuing to watch Andor, the new Star Wars show, and Evan may be a bit enamored with The Last Of Us, wh...

Once again, our fearless hosts find themselves deep within the terrifying warrens of the second volume of Malazan Book of the Fallen. Best friends and amazing listeners joining them in their perilous journey are many times the only thing giving them the courage to proceed. Today they trek through the book review warrens of book three, Chain of Dogs from Stephen Erikson's second installment in the...

Join our fearless hosts Evan and Chad as they boldly go where many have gone before and review the second book in Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series, Crown of Midnight. It is not recommended you listen at midnight though as there be assassins in these parts. If they catch you, they will make you fake your death and leave town, and if you need 30 days arrange business and life that can be arran...

Emotions are high as Evan and Chad, our fearless hosts summarize, review, and discuss Lightbringer, the 6th book in Pierce Brown’s insanely popular science fiction series, Red Rising. Much like Darrow’s uprising, the last three books of this review series were a bit drawn out and tedious as scheduling conflicts and life events replaced the typical one-book-per-week clip that is the BRK norm. Pleas...

You have survived the hell that is the weekend once again! I applaud your strength ye Tome Terror, Page Pulveriser, Master and Commander of the far Page of the Papyrous. Many of you at least faking a smile, pretending to be happy - but all the while knowing nothing can supplant the sheer raw joy and happiness felt when Monday occurs and a fresh Minute awaits you. The wait is over and the BRK boys...

Oh, the humanity! Rebellion has whipped the sands and peoples of the Seven Cities into a frenzy. Join our fearless hosts as they boldly explore the second book (Whirlwind) in Steven Erikson’s Deadhouse Gates, volume two in Malazan Book of the Fallen. The sandy Book Review Warren is fraught with shape changers, insane wizards, demons, unexplainable warren magic, lost wanderers, thirsty prisoners on...

Like lightning striking sand the BRK boys are at it again, this time their fearless book-reviewing expedition takes them deep into the secret tunnels beneath the Throne of Glass. Book one, bearing the same name, is Maas’s much-loved debut novel she started writing at the age of 16. While Chad was longboarding barefoot routinely picking glass and gravel out of his feet and Evan was changing the nam...

Once upon a time it was now and you found the best book review podcast ever. Holy cow, you also found a link to the best book community discord server ever👇. Truly a bastion of bookish delights and a welcoming home for your page-slaying soul, where pages turn almost as fast as heads as this community is also insanely good-looking. Oh wait, that was a mirror, dang you are looking good today - you’...

Our fearless hosts find themselves deep past the Malazan Book of the Fallen event horizon, unable to turn back even if they wanted to. Today, they traverse the warren of book two in this series, Deadhouse Gates - specifically diving deep into Raraku, the first of this four-part tome. Danger and confusion are their only companions in this dark magic-filled realm. Well - their only companions beside...

It's Monday - yay! Every week thousands of you, our beloved Book Benders, gnash your teeth, rip your clothes, and cover yourself in sackcloth and ashes every weekend waiting for this exact moment. Is there anything that fills one so fully with rage on Friday knowing that if the weekend didn’t exist the Monday Morning Minute would be right now? Your resilience in getting through the doldrums of eve...