Adult Book Club

Welcome to the 96th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Because this book is a LITRPG and not a conventional act based set up, there is no spoilers section or maybe spoilers throughout depending on how you look at it. We start by discussing our who...

Welcome to the 95th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks. Discussion of the book starts at the 10th minute. Spoilers are between the 37 and 1:11 minute marks. We discuss our three points of view and the mystery surrounding each of them. In spoilers we talk about the Wastel...

Welcome to the 94th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. Spoilers are between the 39 and 55 minute marks. We discuss our main character Helen’s life and routine as well as how it is disrupted for the betterwhen a mouse unexpectedly comes into her life. We talk...

Welcome to the 93rd Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch. Discussion of the book starts at the 11th minute. Spoilers are between the 37 and 1:22 minute marks. We break out the red yarn and plot boards as we try and figure out what actually happened in this story with its multiple timelines and many pos...

Welcome to the 92nd Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures Night Train by Martin Amis. Discussion of the book starts at the 11th minute. Spoilers are between the 41 and 1:01 minute marks. We go in depth about how learning this book was meant as a parody after the fact, changed how we viewed it. In spoilers, and before, we go off the rails...

Welcome to the 91st Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. Spoilers are between the 30 and 1:09 minute marks. We talk our lead point of view and what we liked and didn’t like about his investigation into his patient Alicia and her silence. In spoiler...

Welcome to the 90th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 32 and 1:11 minute marks. We talk about our two points of view and the magic system that Marske created. In spoilers we get into the relationship between Robin and Edwin a...

Welcome to the 89th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 34 and 1:01 minute marks. We talk about Tress and the incredible world she lives in where spores can kill you at any time. In spoilers we discuss her quest to s...

Welcome to the 88th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Spoilers are between the 34 and 1:06 minute marks. We talk about the characters and setting and how the lack of description in both made it difficult to get into the story. In spoilers we disc...

Welcome to the 87th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 32 and 1:20 minute marks. We talk about our return to Klune’s magical world and how he made it feel fresh and kept us interested using mostly the same characters. In spo...

In the Bonus episode for 2024 we cover two different books from the Big "D" Dads: The Daltons series by Joanna Wayne and then have some year end trivia to wrap up 2024. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 86th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures The Survivors by Alex Schulman. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 39 and 1:15 minute marks. We spend a lot of time discussing the set up of this book as well as the interesting way it waswritten. In spoilers we get more into our characters a...

Welcome to the 85th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 47 and 1:22 minute marks. We discuss our characters and how much we enjoyed the realismcreated by the setting of this novel. In spoilers we get into the portr...

Welcome to the 84th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 26 and 59 minute marks. We discuss the perspective of this book and what it’s like being inside of Christopher’s head. In spoilers we get int...

Welcome to the 83rd Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold. Discussion of the book starts at the 10th minute. Spoilers are between the 41 and 1:44 minute marks. We discuss our three different points of view as well as our setting and cause of the apocalypse. In spoilers we get out our string and creat...

Welcome to the 82nd Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Discussion of the book starts at the 10th minute. Spoilers are between the 37 and 1:21 minute marks. We discuss how much we enjoyed the set up of this book and our main character Katey as well as the setting of 1938 New York City. In Spoilers we...

Welcome to the 81st Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. No spoilers section for this book as we change up thepodcast form to fit the novel. We discuss the structure of the book and how it often left us confused as to what was actually happening and whic...

Welcome to the 80th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Virtual Mode by Piers Anthony. Discussion of the book starts at the 8th minute. Spoilers are between the 38 and 1:16 minute marks. We discuss how this book lost us from the start and never got us back. In spoilers we get into the rest of our characters and how the ideas of them m...

Welcome to the 79th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Discussion of the book starts at the 5th minute. Spoilers are between the 35 and 1:25 minute marks. We discuss what we liked about the world and school that Yarros built as well as which characters stood out to us and why. In spoilers we get into th...

Welcome to the 78th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Abandon by Blake Crouch. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. Spoilers are between the 36 and 1:31 minute marks. We discuss how Crouch handled the dual timelines and bleed through of past and present at length. In spoilers we dig into both timelines and discuss the ch...

Welcome to the 77th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree. Discussion of the book starts at the 11th minute. Spoilers are between the 39 and 1:11 minute marks. We discuss our characters and the decision to write a prequel to a best seller at length.  In spoilers, we get into the rest of our tro...

Welcome to the 76th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Discussion of the book starts at the 6th minute. Spoilers are between the 27 and 1:03 minute marks. We discuss our characters and the decisions that they make and how they deal with the consequences.  Inspoilers, we get more in...

Welcome to the 75th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. Spoilers are between the 39 and 1:08 minute marks. We discuss our charactersand the magic of being able to read people and things out of a story and into your world. In spoilers we talk about the not-so-...

Welcome to the 74th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. Spoilers are between the 47 and 1:43 minute marks. We discuss our strong female lead and her growth throughout the story. We spend a lot of time in spoilers discussing the secrets of Gaea Station...

Welcome to the 73rd Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Spoilers are between the 40 and 1:16 minute marks. We discuss our three points of views and two timelines at length as well as what we thought about the magical realism in this book. In spoilers we...