Book Reviews Kill

Monday is once more upon us and the day is ripe for some book talk. Join Evan and Chad as they talk about their lives and the books that have been their companions recently. So many books and so little time. But right now stop what you are doing as it is time for The Monday Morning Minute! What should you be reading right now? Let our fearless hosts help with some book recommendations on what is s...

Hello book friends! It is once again time for everyone’s favorite book review weekly podcast episode, the Monday Morning Minute! Join Evan and Chad as they hit the books once again discussing Robin Hobb, seventy years old and just crushing her game. They also discuss some fun things happening in their lives and end by discussing the year of no sun, and the timeless classic it produced . . . which...

Happy Monday! It is recommended by wizened forest hags and tower wizards everywhere that Mondays should be consumed in small bite sized chunks, don’t eat Monday all at once, you might choke! Just take it by the minute - the Monday Morning Minute. Join Evan and Chad as they discuss: things made from skin, twin stuff, black licorice, and what beverage you would choose if you could change one of your...

Wow just wow - Join Effy, Evan, and Chad as the compliments flow like water on this recap and review of Morning Star, Book Three in the Red Rising Series. Pierce Brown is once again swinging (if this could even be possible) an even sharper sword in book three. Mr. Brown - we know your listening and if you haven’t figured it out, let me state very clearly, you are a master of your craft. But to the...

Monday, a day for new beginnings. A day to get up and crush life, to grab the world by its horns and seize your own destiny. Since the dawn of time every great thinker, sage, philosopher and poet, have consistently only ever espoused one piece of advice. It has been said many ways, but the general message is, “Thou shalt listen to the Monday Morning Minute.” Said differently, “Man can survive off...

The day is Monday, the podcast is Book Reviews Kill bringing you another fun Monday Morning Minute. A weekly podcast episode that will never be one minute but will always be full of fantasy book reviews and the best science fiction and horror book recommendations. This week Chad lets everyone know some exciting news and Evan admits to really liking a show (Wait, I thought this was a book podcast?...

Welcome back to the tale! A joint story written in alternating chapters and without any discussion out side the podcast about how the story will unfold. Each chapter being a surprise to the other host as they read it on these episodes. Chad started us off and Evan carried it on with Chapter 2, if you have not listened to both those episodes I would very much recommend listening to them as this wil...

Join Evan as he sits down with Kristopher Triana, the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of  Gone to See the River Man, Full Brutal, The Thirteenth Koyote, They All Died Screaming,  and many other terrifying books. His work has been published in multiple languages and has appeared in many anthologies and magazines, drawing praise from Rue Morgue Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Scream Magazine, and many m...

Few books so perfectly encapsule the word "epic" as Malice, the first installment in The Faithful and the Fallen series. This series begins epic, and only gets more so as it pick up momentum and the tale unfolds. Join Evan and Chad as they unravel this juicy tangle of: plot, character, battles, betrayal, prophecy and deific interference within book one of John Gwynne's sizeable debut. With a helpf...

Talking and writing, reading and talking and writing and writing and talking and reading and, oh! *Ahem, really snuck up on a fella. Click louder or something next time . . . oh, you’re at work and don’t want your boss to hear you clicking on the best book review podcast this side of Orion's Belt? That is . .  . actually totally acceptable - well played, you devious book sneak. The only type of sn...

You may all return from the weeklong perch upon the edge of your seat as it has finally arrived. Chapter two of what is affectionately being referred to as, “The Tale” and Evan’s first installment is here! Join us for . . . well, you get it - I won’t make you wait any longer, though it brings many a warm thumping to my heart knowing that all of you read every word of each and every episode descrip...

Happy Friday! To commemorate this lovely day the hosts of Book Reviews Kill decided to whip out a short story. It’s an oldie but a goody as they say, though be prepared, as the subject matter is not as bright and shiny as this day will surely be. Join Evan and Chad as they review the classic short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”. While the story (linked below) is a bit creepy it does nothing to lesse...

The sequel to Red Rising, Golden Son By esteemed author Pierce Brown is both properly named, being a golden book that shines bright in it’s genre of science fiction novels, and properly preceded as by the second book this series is not rising it has risen! Wow. What a ride. Join Evan, Chad and Effy as they discuss the motivations of characters, the meaning of events and generally go deep in their...

A few things never change: Lord of the Rings is the best movie, George RR Martin can’t get enough of killing his character’s, and Patrick Rothfuss can’t seem write about the character we want him too, and once again Monday is saved by everyone’s favorite book podcast episode, The Monday Morning Minute! Pretty sure another thing that will never change is someone’s actually impressive ability to wri...

Though at risk of a lawsuit from Subway, the Book Review Kill hosts are at it once again - keeping it so fresh! Evan and Chad have put their minds together and have come up with another addition to the weekly episodes that you all have come to know and hopefully love. With a mission to expose their inadequacies as publicly as possible while maximizing the stories and entertainment value contained...

If one thing can be said about the Book Reviews Kill podcast hosts, say that they don’t read nearly enough - as such they have decided to add another series to the 4-7 books each are reading currently. They just can’t help themselves. You may recall Chad gushing about Joe Abercrombie’s simple yet delightful Shattered Sea series, well Evan has jumped aboard and they have decided the BRK book review...

Monday, Monday, Someday, well . . . today, actually right now in fact! The wait is over! Join us once again for everyone’s favorite weekly book review podcast episode the Monday Morning Minute! Join Evan and Chad as they discuss Evan’s book editing misery and Chad reading Misery, as well as Chad’s favorite new sub genre, (sailing excluded - nothing will ever rise above sailing fantasy). What could...

Can these summer days get any more hot? Yes, indeed they can, the forge fires flare with a sweat-inducing heat this week as our hosts delve once again into the hot takes submitted by you, our lovely listeners: bookish folk of the highest quality. That use of the word "bookish" is dedicated to one of the BRK listeners (you know who you are, the rest of you will know after this episode). Will you ag...

A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night. It's not just red blood though, it's violet, yellow, green, orange, gray, silver, brown, and most striking - Gold. The world has been divided into a caste system each person stuck within the class they are born to - forced to follow the reign of the ruthless Golds or suffer the consequences. From the lowest of the Low the "LowReds" a brave, heart...

Well team, it is done. The third and final installment in Neal Shusterman's Arc of a Scythe Series has been read, reviewed, and returned to the bookshelf. Our hosts Evan and Chad would be honored if you would join them one final time for their review, discussion, and recommendation(?) - that remains to be seen - of this book series. Is the name of this book a reference to the toll this book makes...

Monday: a day typically known for its return to the tedium of everyday life, once again shouldering the responsibilities of adult-hood. Like Christian from Pilgrim's Progress one must set out trudging ever onward. This Monday however, a clear scent of fresh new beginnings is upon the air, a proverbial Mr. Great-heart has come along beside you to assist your trek up the hill of Difficulty and towar...

Oh how the fires do blaze hot this Friday. Welcome once again to the best way to end your week, The Friday Forge! Join our hosts as they once again take up their hammers and forge deeper into the “hot takes” shared during last weeks episode. Last week after Evan and Chad shared some unpopular opinions of their own they asked listeners to continue the conversation in the Discord and share their own...

MJ Kuhn is the internationally bestselling author of Among Thieves and its upcoming sequel, Thick As Thieves, which releases on July 25th. Join Evan from Book Reviews Kill as he sits down with MJ and picks her brain about her books and journey as an author. As Book Reviews Kill continues to grow (credit goes to you, our lovely listeners) we hope to bring you more and more conversations with amazin...

A new week has officially begun! And it wouldn’t be a proper Monday without the best fantasy, sci-fi, and horror book review podcast to start it off! Join our hosts as they take you on a merry bookish journey with many book recommendations and stories from their past. Both Evan and Chad surprise each other with having ginormous book weeks this last seven days each of them consuming a double portio...

Dink! Dink! Dawnk! Was that the sound of discord amongst the typically steady and positive beat of the Friday Forge episode? 'Tis true dear friends - in this “Hot Takes” episode our hosts reveal a few of their most controversial bookish opinions. They end the episode as enemies, the future of the Book Reviews Kill podcast hanging precariously upon Evan and Chad resolving the rift now between them....