Book Cult

Today we are talking about Grampa Goosebumps himself, R.L. Stine! A man who has never had writers block and it shows, R.L. Stine has written an insane amount of books you will not believe the amount he has had published.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support .

A children's book that is so relevant. Today we are talking about Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. This book is about a young girl immigrating to California from Mexico during the Great Depression and yeah it's historical fiction but like damn is it real. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support .

A very non comprehensive view of immigration in the United States and why people who don't think we should allow immigration are very wrong. Just remember literally everyone trying to come to this country is literally just a person trying to survive and have the best life possible and why would we make that illegal???? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult-...

She might not be the fairest of them all but she a baddie (in the worse way). Today we are talking about Fairest by Marissa Meyer, the prequel to the Lunar Chronicles series. In this book we get a villian orgin story, lots of royals getting killed, and of course, brain control. Listen to hear why Levana is a victim turned very problematic villian.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.s...

Catch me on smurf-fiction.net or wherever she was. We watched The Hating Game starring Lucy Hale playing a character also named Lucy. Based on the book, The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, this movie follows the plot pretty well with some wild changes. Please tell me who decided to switch her proposal from ebooks to chatrooms, I have questions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker...

She's short, he's tall, can i make it anymore obvious? Today we are talking about The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. This book has all your fave romance troupes but isn't super cliche. Besides the unrealistic depection of working in publishing, we liked it and you should listen because you might like it too. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/supp...

Today we are talking about the "Godfather of Rap", writer and musician Gil Scott-Heron. He is a major influence on modern day music and political protest songs and yet we have never heard of him. Listen to hear how this ties into Kendrick Lamar and the Superbowl Half-Time Show. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support .

Her name might not be Sara but she is out there kissing people and helping them find love. Today we are talking about I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuinston. If you want to read a book about queer teens in a Christain school in the bible belt, this is the book for you. The more you read, the gayer it gets! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/...

Todays stories include a woman just trying to live her life without a man in the late 1800s and a guy named Stupid Hans who gets to win a wife just by telling the truth, getting help from a wife who loves to gaslight her husband, and having a man who carries people on his back across the lake drown the king. How long are those legs that he was just giving everyone a piggyback ride?????? WARNING: S...

Such a shame they had to break such a nice window. Today we are talking about The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket, which is a book about three kids who go to live with a woman they don't know in a house that would not pass inspection. Don't say you will be a guardian for three orphans if you are willing to give them over to a murderer just so you can go and hide in a cave the rest of your life. Beco...

Today we are talking about a $49,000 emergency paint job, making sure Americans can't be investiaged to international crimes, and of course the southern border. Pete Hegseth is the current Secretary of Defense, only getting the job becuase his new besties VP was the tie breaker, who immediately asked for tax payer money to renovate his home. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker...

Dinner & a show! Join us as we watch the universe implode and talk about The Resturaunt at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. This book is all over the place and asks some of life's most important questions like "can the man who control the universe cook?" or "is it okay to eat a cow if they tell you they want to be eaten?" or "what question has the answer of 42?" If you are a math nerd...

Every Kennedy has Lyme disease and nobody knows why! Today we are talking about RFK Jr's second confrimation hearing where he continously asks to be shown the studies, says he would totally tell people to take vaccines, claims black and white people should have different vaccines, and isn't sure what side to take on 9/11. He also keeps mentioning his uncle (the former president) and how he was in...

This is it, we are finally talking about the most problematic of all teen vampire books, Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers. This book has it all: waiting for marriage, falling in love with a newborn, and questionable biology. Listen in to find out how little we apparently know about the male reproductive system! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--571887...

Netflix made a movie adaptation of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and then casted some of the hottest actors out there. Tune in to listen to us talk about how the future is made of concrete and suits with lights on them and how casting could have maybe tried a little harder to make these people look less like models. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--57188...

Stop being so brain-missing. Today we are talking about Extras by Scott Westerfeld. The government might not be giving everyone brain damage anymore but now we have a whole society of influencers, so progress? Join us as we talk about the origins of aliens, the science behind having a bunch of steel floating around in the earths atomsphere, and if the show Black Mirror is actually about a utopia....

One of the biggest losers of 2024, today we are talking about Matt Gaetz. This man quit one job before getting another and then dropped out of the running for the Attorney General position due to all of the crimes he's committed. According to the House Ethics Committee this man has committed statutory rape, possession of narcotics, and paid women for sex but it's all good because he will not see a...

If you're a woman, it's all your fault. Today we read the way too popular self-help/relationship advice book, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gary. Will this finally be a book with decent relationship advice? NOPE! John will tell you that men and women are from different planets and therefore you cannot expect a man to understand the nuances of langague. Remember ladies, it is coul...

Yes we call him Gary for most of the episode, oops. Today we are talking about the best selling author, John Gray, but known for Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. On the cover he advertises his PhD but what does he really have a doctorate in??? It has a lot more to do with meditation than you would think. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--571887...

Two for the price of one! Today we are talking about Silent Night and Silent Night 2 by R.L. Stine. If you want to be on the side of the murderers and kidnappers, this is the book for you because honestly Reva kind of has it coming. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support .

Today we are talking about the probably soon to be FBI Director, Kash Patel. As with all good heads of governmental departments that are supposed to be nonpartisan, Kash Patel sees Donald Trump as a king. He literally wrote a book about it, so embarrassing for him.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support .

Let it snow but only if you want to be stuck in a random midwest town at a Waffle House or maybe a Starbucks but you also get to be a teen who falls in love so maybe the snow isn't really that bad and you get to forget about your parents being in jail or the fact that you have an irrational hatred of cheerleaders. Really this book is just a bunch of cheerleader hate because these kids are literall...

The 2019 Netflix movie, Let It Snow, might be based on a book but it is loose at best. Is it better than the book? Maybe not but it is a vaguely holiday themed teen romcom? Yes, it is and that is all we can really ask for. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support .

Today we are talking about Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls. If you want to watch the children of rockstars try to pretend they aren't obsessed with each other then you would love to watch the 14 hour a day livestream these characters go through. Truly wild how popular they are but you know what, that's America. Which band would you be this stoked about to see reunite? Become a supporter of this pod...

Surprise, you got a murder for Christmas! Today's holiday episode is The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Bennedict. If you want to hear about rich British people being extra, families who really shouldn't spend the holidays together, and a love of corsets then you will want to listen to this episode. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support...