Book Reviews Kill

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....

The Expanse. A space opera whose resonance will echo long in the minds and hearts of Book Reviews Kill. True to its name it is vast in scope, gracefully weaving a story of friends, lovers & enemies. Death, hatred and destruction on a massive scale joins hands with overwhelming hope and indomitable resistance as humanity struggles to reach for the stars. Some mysteries are solved and some questions...

Could it be? Another Monday shows it's merciless face, hungry and cold - a mere 7 days since the last Monday stumbled in. Clearly, Monday had been drinking and without the slightest provocation it pulled out a bat, the words “adulting” crudely carved into its side. Chaos ensued, the masses tripping over one another in their haste to escape cruel Monday as it began swinging with abandon. Good folk...

Doth the sound of metal on hammer please yourn ears like the turning of a page? Soothing yet determined as it crafts ever onward! Join Evan and Chad for a fun Friday Forge episode where their hammers strike hard delving into the age old quandary of which books should be TV shows and which books would make better games? Each host is tasked with picking one of countless different alloys gleaming upo...

Lightning crackles as once again the Thunderhead pontificates about its own perfection. Is it perfect? Is it God? Does it deserve worship? Join Book Reviews Kill for their review and discussion of Thunderhead, book two in Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe series. What do Evan and Chad think the answers are to the Thunderhead’s questions? Find out in another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!...

It is once again time for everyone’s favorite book podcast episode, the Monday Morning Minute! Join Evan and Chad as they discuss Lord of the Rings, Neil Gaiman, Splatter punk and Evan’s love of period piece films made in the nineties. Which one caught his fancy this week? Find out in another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!  Support Book Reviews Kill👉 https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK----...

Feeling a bit bookish? Need some fantasy, science fiction and horror book recommendations? You have come to the right spot! Hang your coat and grab a hammer as we gather for the Friday Forge, a weekly episode whose cup overfloweth with bookish chatter. Join our hosts, Evan and Chad as they hammer out some listener submitted questions discussing magical pets, fantastical foods and who knows what el...

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Rocinante. It’s nine book mission to blunder forward, angering unknown vastly powerful entities via feeding it antimatter bombs just to see what will happen. To spread our petty squabbles and infighting to the far reaches of the galaxy even in the face of utter human destruction. To take our self-destructive nature to strange new worlds to se...

One podcast episode to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, in the land of book stuffs where the pages turn . . . It is time for the one. The only. The Monday Morning Minute! Join our hosts Evan and Chad as they stay super on topic (not) and discuss IQ Tests, high school, and how much Evan sucks at pottery. Oh and books! Right. They of course discuss this weeks reads at great length as we...

Hear ye’ hear ye’! Gather round the forge fires as tho’ summer be almost upon us the bookish forge shall not be stifled. Nay the fires burn bright on this special day - the day that Evan was born into this world and a collective sigh of satisfaction arose from book-folk everywhere. Join Chad as he discusses what makes a story, from the dramatic structure to the 6 emotional “shapes” every story can...

Hello and welcome once again to the best book podcast of the week (besides any other episodes BRK will release this week of course), the Monday Morning Minute! Join our hosts as they discuss cleaning up the ‘ol TBR, fighting monsters, Sumo wrestling and complaining about things they love. Evan also passes along some excellent advice for anyone wanting to create some content on the interwebs, what...

This series has been a long time coming! What would a society without death look like? How would it function? Join our hosts Evan and Chad as they dive into the first volume in Neal Shusterman’s award winning trilogy: Arc Of A Scythe!  🎁 Buy us Books Evan's👉 https://amzn.to/42czFm5   Chad’s👉 https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8   --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books 📚Arc Of A Scythe 📕Scythe (book 1)👉http...

Hope you brought your Hawaiian shirts and flip flops as casual Friday is upon us! Join our hosts Evan and Chad at the forge fires as they catch up on this week’s bookish exploits and generally have an excellent time nerding out with each other. Don’t miss this casual Friday edition of Book Reviews Kill! 🎁 Buy us Books Evan's👉 https://amzn.to/42czFm5   Chad’s👉 https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 🏆 Support...