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Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a bonus episode where we cast the roles for a film/tv show if they were making one of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova.  Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don't already, follow us on Instagram and Facebook Art by Justin Miller Design Check us out here !

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about Anxious People: Viewing an apartment normally doesn’t turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As the pressu...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about A Day of Fallen Night: In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for gen...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review Defending Jacob by William Landay Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about Defending Jacob: Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a bonus episode where we do a BookTok challenge and find out if we're legit book worms or just normal, everyday readers.  For those of you unfamiliar, this is a challenge that can be found on TikTok that we’ve done on the show instead! Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don&apo...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review The Midnight Library by Matt Haig! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about The Midnight Library: Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made oth...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a bonus episode where we talk about the books we're most excited for in 2023!  Our choices are in no particular order. Let us know what you're excited to read in the new year! Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don't already, follow us on Instagram and Facebook Art by...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review Recursion by Blake Crouch! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about Recursion: Memory makes reality. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a bonus episode where we do a BookTok challenge and find out if we're legit book worms or just normal, everyday readers.  For those of you unfamiliar, this is a challenge that can be found on TikTok that we’ve done on the show instead! Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don&apo...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Cordova! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free.  Here's a little about The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk about some gift ideas for the book lovers in your life. Enjoy, and let us know if there's something we missed! Stay tuned at the end for some bloopers! We hope you enjoy this episode! Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don't already, follow us on Instagram and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 4!! This month we read and review Dark Matter by Blake Crouch! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about Dark Matter: Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatt...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we came together and talked about our journey as a podcast and our favorite memories and moments over the last 3 years. Join us as we take a walk down memory lane! We hope you enjoy this episode! Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don't already, follow us on Instagram and F...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about The Shadow of the Gods: After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrið. Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the woods and...

Send us Fan Mail For our bonus episode this month we read and review A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about A Spindle Splintered It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinn...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. We are joined by special guest, our friend Leah of YA Book Chat ! You can check out her show by following that link. Here's a little about Blade Breaker: Fighting beside her band of unlikely companions, Corayne is learning to embrace her ancient lineage an...

Send us Fan Mail For our bonus episode this month we read and review Legendborn by Tracy Deonn! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about Legendborn After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems lik...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about The Life We Bury: College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review The Diviners by Libba Bray! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about The Diviners: SOMETHING DARK AND EVIL HAS AWAKENED… Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City—and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about Mistborn: The Final Empire For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity,&qu...

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone! We're back with another bonus episode. This time Michael and Barbara talk about our dream cast if they ever make a movie/TV show based on The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Enjoy! Let us know who you'd cast or if you agree with our casting choices. Artwork: Justin Miller Music: Hooksounds Do you have a book you'd like us to review on th...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a bonus episode where we talk about 10 books each that are on our TBR list right now. Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Want to give us some feedback? Send us an email at badassliteraturesociety@gmail.com If you don't already, follow us on Instagram and Facebook All music from hooksounds.com Art by Justin Miller Design Do you have a boo...

Send us Fan Mail This month we read and review The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd! Like all of our reviews, the first part is spoiler free. Here's a little about The Secret Life of Bees: Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for another bonus episode of Buy it, Borrow it, or Forget about it! Barbara received another ARC copy. This time it was The Drowning Summer by Christine Lynn Herman, which comes out April 19th, 2022. Barbara tries to be as spoiler free as possible while still reviewing the book and letting you know her thoughts on whether you should pick it up yourself! We hope you enjoy t...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in for a bonus episode where we do a Book Series challenge from BookTok and tell you about some of our favorite (and least favorite) book series. For those of you unfamiliar, this is a challenge that can be found on TikTok that we’ve done on the show instead! Do you have a book you'd like us to review on this show? Want to give us some feedback? Send us an email at badas...