Why am I Reading This?!

Chasity and Andréa delve into what seems to be a utopia where gender doesn't exist until you're 16... but is it? T.C. Morgan's "Gendered" explores what might happen if humans modified themselves to birth sexless "slates" who are then given a test that reveals their gender. And how it might all go terribly wrong. Find the book here or in bookstores! (also, buy the audiobook when it's available!)

Cthulhu-esque monsters, witchy scientists with portals, and a lot of screaming? Sounds like a sapphic romance to me! In the second installment of trying to read books based on their husbands' interests, Andréa ended up finding a book that was more to hers and Chasity's interests...whoops! This is also our first tipsy edition! Find this book here or in bookstores.

Chasity and Andréa are dragging their husbands into it! This week's surprise "make me read it" was Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots. A combination of "The Boys" and "The Venture Brothers", Hench follows Anna, as she goes from office working temp for villains to master airer-of-dirty-laundry on the superheroes. Even though Chasity didn't finish (we were on a time crunch!), the first half of this mas...

Please note, we have some pretty bad mic issues. But there is no way we were recording this one again. This book was ROUGH. This week, the hostesses try to manage their way into their most..... complain-filled episode yet! Check them out discussing "Taken By Dinosaurs" by Whitney Fox.

This week Chasity and Andréa get a little bit too excited over more girl-girl love in A.M. Kelly's "Grave Robber Roses". Ashton realizes that her father has no intention of allowing her to study for a degree in necromancy, she disguises herself as a man and runs off to make a name for herself. Find this book here or in bookstores.

Come back for part two of this silly presidential mystery while our politics burn themselves to a terrifying future! Chasity finishes off hilarious buddy-cop book "Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery" by Andrew Shaffer with special guest Mike and co-host Andrea. Who is the murderer? WAS there a murderer? Will Joe get his milk?! Find it here or in bookstores. Please forgive the occasional stran...

This week, Chasity decided that the current political climate calls for time to make fun of politicians. And what perfect book to do that with than ""Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery" by Andrew Shaffer. Special guest Mike, a friend from Chasity's High School days joins them for this hilarious fictional politician mystery... With hilarious impressions! Find it here or in bookstores. Oh and S...

This week, Chasity and Andréa got into some seriously weird 18+ shenanigans with Unhinged by Vera Valentine. When a Door falls in love with the new tenant in his apartment, can he convince her to love him so that he can save her? Join us for this strange and strangely hot read! Find this book here , here, or in bookstores.

This week Chasity and Andréa are talking about Death's daughter in Pip Paisley's "Always Carry Your Scythe". Trixie is a waitress at her Aunt Harry's bar when the Angel Investigative Bureau (AIB) comes asking about her estranged mother, Death herself! When Trixie's best friend is in danger, this girl is willing to go to any lengths to save her. Find this book here or in bookstores.

"She did NOT pull a Mean Girls!" Chasity and Andrea read through the wild and disturbing world of Grady Hendrix's "My Best Friend's Exorcism". Set in the 1980s, this book has teens, body horror, religious schools, and drugs! Get ready for gore - it's the 80s, baby! Find it here or wherever books are sold.

This week, Chasity and Andrea read "I'm in Love With Mothman" by Paige Lavoie. To get away from her Influencer life, Heather moves to a remote cabin in Ohio where there are rumors of a creature lurking in the forest. But like... he's kind of hot? Cozy cottagecore with cryptids! Find the book here or wherever books are sold!

This week, Andrea took a break and Chasity kept on with the theme of Alice in Wonderland with "Reagan Through the Looking Glass" by Allyson Lindt. Hares, Hatters, and Hoe-y Alices run amok in this steamy fairytale retelling. Will Andrea want to read it? Find it here or in bookstores. Also, preorder "The Solstice Court" by Jade Juniper here ! Please forgive the strange popping in the audio. Sadly,...

This week, Chasity took a break from reading to deal with medical shool things, so Andrea read "Peter Pan in Wonderland" be Jeni Conrad. In this fairytale crossover, Peter and Alice are siblings who fall into a funhouse mirror and find themselves in a land with more whimsy and danger than they bargained for. Let's make Chasity read it! Find it ⁠ here or in bookstores.

This week, Chasity and Andrea get into some crazy Western shenanigans with Brian Allen Carr's "Motherfucking Sharks." A weird man rolls into a desert town, warning them of the onslaught of the motherfucking sharks... obviously we should believe him. The hosts get very distracted by dogs while trying to make sense of this book. Find it if you dare here or in bookstores.

This week, Andrea and Chasity delve into the peri-apocalyptic novel "Hollow Kingdom" by Kira Jane Buxton. Following the adventures of a domestic crow and his dog sidekick, what are they to do in a world where their Cheetos ™ -giving mofos have turned into zombies? Listen in on the host's rollercoaster of emotions as they discuss pets, AI images, and their new favorite animals from the story. "Holl...

This episode, Andrea and Chasity laugh through a very popular, strange parody book. One that Andrea did not know was a parody of a certain magic franchise that shall not be named... Enjoy while Chasity once again can't remember names and Andrea has to remind them every few seconds. Morty butts in and decides he's in the podcast too. Read this lovely parody found wherever you can find books or on A...

**NOTE: This episode was originally posted January 17th, 2024. Due to some posting issues, it is being reposted again. This episode, Andrea and Chasity try out some baking! AGAIN! But this time, there's no coffee. Instead there's sourdough and ginger bread men. Enjoy while Chasity compares this book to... everything. While never remembering names, and Andrea carries the entire show by remembering...

This week, Andrea and Chasity torture themselves with "The Haunted Vagina" by Carlton Mellick III. This story is about an young man and a young woman with a haunted vagina... So she sends the young man up it to explore and... befriend the vagina ghost? Listen to their bemoaning, their manical laughter, and mostly their descent to madness as they discuss this strange, thought provoking masterpiece....

Andrea and Chasity open up their first podcast episode with the cozy book "Legends and Lattes" by Travis Baldree. This story is about an orc who decides to open up a coffee shop after tiring from adventuring. Listen to their favorites, their shocks, and mostly their chaotic laughter as they discuss this good-feeling novel. Novel can be found wherever you buy books as well as on amazon here .

Welcome to Why Am I Reading this! A podcast between two friends who wanna read book sand report back to each other! Coming December 20th!