Blind Girls' Book Talk

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about our thoughts on Book Tok, BookTube, and the other bookish social media spaces.  Belle had watched a video from the creator, According to Alina, about BookTok and overconsumption.  We just wanted to talk more about this topic merely as people who are part of the book social media space and give a different take.   Email us...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am going to give another tipsy bad retelling of a Dickens' Christmas story.  This time we are covering "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain".  We hope you enjoy and we hope you have a happy holiday season! A reminder, if you are going to enjoy some special adult beverages because you are of age to drink them, please do so responsibly.   E...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am talking about my experience with the National Novel Writing Month challenge.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are celebrating 100 episodes of the podcast.  Today, I've decided to test Belle's knowledge of famous book quotes as well as connecting Harry Potter quotes to their characters.  I don't think I said it in the episode, but I do want to take the time to say a big thank you to everyone who has been listening to the podcast for any length of...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about some of our favorite book quotes.  Let us know your favorites.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle has recommended that I read "Persuasion" by Jane Austen.  Since I've listened to the audiobook, I'm going to talk about my thoughts on the book.  SPOILER WARNING.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are revisiting the first sentence challenge and seeing how well we know the books we have (or haven't read).  Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find thi...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I have been given the opportunity to read and briefly discuss a book before it is released.  We also got the chance to ask the author of the book some questions.  The book is called "The Star and The Strange Moon" by Constance Sayers.  The book will be released on November 14, 2023 and I definitely recommend this book.  We hope you enjoy this e...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle is ranking some of her favorite (and not so favorite) fictional men in a tier list.  If you want to play at home, the tiers are: Somebody Make Him Real I'd Go On a Date And See What Happens He's Alright But There Could Be Improvement I'll Pass Immediately No Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  In honor of Halloween coming up, we are going to do another bad retelling of Poe short stories.  The stories we will cover this time are "Shadow - A Parable", "Silence - A Fable", "Never Bet The Devil Your Head", "Masque of the Read Death", and "Hop Frog".  As always SPOILER WARNING and CONTENT WARNING.  Poe stories are...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are talking about that books that made us feel some type of way be it embarrassed, sad, strange, or happy.  Pardon the random Piper noises in the background.  She was being very noisy in the recording room.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am alone in the recording room, but I'm going to talk about Mary Shelley and her life.  I found out some interesting things in the research for this one.   Research Links: https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/mary-shelley https://www.bl.uk/people/mary-shelley https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Since it is Blind Awareness Month, Belle and I decided to talk about blind representation in books.  We also have a big announcement.  We are launching a new podcast!  It is called It's a Blind Life and it will be where we talk about our lives and how we function as blind people.  For more information, feel free to check out the show.  It will be hosted everywhere...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle is going to do a bad retelling of "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  With Belle feeling under the weather and realizing we have talked a lot about our favorite series in this podcast, we have decided to change things up.  This is just a random bookish conversation about reading slumps and other random topics.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on W...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are doing another challenge.  This week we are picking some fictional characters and a few items that have washed up on a deserted with us.  We are going to see if the luck of the draw will help us survive... or not.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to give some tips for the best way to move a very large library of books.  Since we have just moved to our new place, we wanted to talk about what we did and how it helped our moving process.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our o...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Beth is joining Belle and me as we talk about tropes and put them in our own tier list.  The tropes are a mix of different ones found across literature and the tiers include: Best Stories Ever Pretty Good Books Not my Cup of Tea but I Respect It Could We Not Use This Please Immediately No Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsb...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about some bookish confessions and if we are guilty of the same things.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I read a book that Belle had been recommending to me for awhile now.  This episode is covering the first book and part of the second book in the "Storm and Silence' series by Robert Thier.  This series is free to read on WattPad so check It out!  SPOILER WARNING! Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out &...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about our recent reads.  The series I am going to talk about is "The Elemental Phases" series by Cassandra Gannon.  Belle's book is "My Dark Romeo" by L.J. Shen and Parker Huntington.  If you find these books interesting, please check them out and show these authors some support.  SPOILER WARNING (especi...

Hello fellow ink drinkers! Today we are finishing the "Who Knows Belle Better?" challenge.  I want to give a big thank you to Beth for joining us and being a good sport through this challenge.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life"...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle's friend Beth and I are competing to see who knows Belle better (bookishly of course).   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Belle isn't able to record with me, so I'm going to give a life update as to why she isn't with me and what all has been going on in our lives.  Sorry for the short episode, but the next two episodes are definitely going to be longer ones.   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beas...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to talk about the book series that we did not finish.  No spoilers in this episode!   Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast