Did You Read The Book?

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, domestic and mental abuse, and murder. Please be advised.   Welcome back (after a long break!) to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Mary, to dive real deep in to (you guessed it) another dark topic of murder, corruption, and how to be a real badass in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, domestic and mental abuse, murder and self harm. Please be advised. If you or someone you know struggles with domestic abuse, please seek help by contacting the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my gold star guest, Julie, to break down the...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, war violence and suicide. Please be advised. Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my stellar guest, Dan Rector, to finally switch topics from Alan Moore to Frank Miller, where we geek out over epic Spartan tropes, beyond scrumptious actors, and just have a good ol' time talking more graphic novels...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses topics of suicide, murder and body gore. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my rock star guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, for a spooky session to talk about monsters, religious zealots and (the scariest part I think) how crazy human nature is during a crisis in The Mist by Stephen King. Happy spooky se...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Daniel Palmer, as we (you guessed it) geek out over more Sci-Fi elements, from sound production to cerebral concepts depicted beautifully in Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang and adapted to screen in Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve.   Recommendations Learn more about the Writers Strike! - SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around suicide, sexual abuse and physical abuse. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Mary, as we have ourselves a good ol' fashion nerd out around amazing high fantasy design, sexy and beautiful characters, and a wonderful representation of chosen families in The Witcher by And...

Hey ho my lovely fam! I cannot believe that we're already at the end of Season 2! I am still floored that I've continued to see such wonderful support over the past 2 years. You are magnificent and majestic, my lovelies, and I am beyond grateful for you. Cheers to many more episodes to come!   Erin

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we geek out over yet more sexy vampire stories, wonderfully detailed lore, and have a good laugh/cry over the adaptation of The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damne...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, physical abuse and murder. Please be advised.  Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Dan Rector, for a round 2 discussion (because one episode JUST wouldn't cut it) where we (mostly me) geek out over beautiful costumes, sweet choreography and fight scenes, and break down more Alan Moore in...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around sexual abuse, physical abuse and murder. Please be advised.  Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Dan Rector, as we dive  REAL deep into yet another graphic novel with stellar character creation, beautiful imagery, and dissect all the hot mess express dynamics of broken vigilantes in Watchmen written b...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Spencer Fife, as we unwrap yet another classic story, somehow bring sci-fi into the conversation once more, and get gooey over some amazing character development in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.   Recommendations From My Guest The Expanse produced by SyFy & Amazon (back for a second recommendation!)...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Daniel Palmer, as we dive back into yet another Sci-Fi classic, geek out over some long standing tropes, and amazingly make it through the whole conversation WITHOUT crying over some cute pupper sadness (RIP Sam the pup pup) in I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.   Recommendations From My Guest American Psycho by Bret E...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, suicide, and sexual and physical abuse. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guests, Julie and Mary, as we cannon ball into all things mopey vampire drama, reminisce about the beauty of gothic romances, and severely fan girl around pretty much everything in Interview with the Vamp...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guests, Dan Rector and Keith Daniel, as we rediscover a cult classic, geek out about sweet power armor, and have a few groans around some interesting writing style choices in Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein.   Follow My Guest! The Librarian by D.G.P. Rector BattleTech: Shrapnel, Issue #11 (The Official BattleTech Ma...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Spencer Fife (we can never be rid of him, lucky me!), as we rediscover an age-old classic, break down all the Christmas tropes, and the quirky adaptations that have sprung from this beloved story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.   Recommendations From My Guest Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around death and sexual abuse. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Spencer Fife, as we fawn over the beautiful backdrops, mad wizardry of cinematography, and swan dive back into yet another love fest for all things Taika all the time with Hunt for the Wilderpeople directed by (...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Yvonne Worden, as we wade through the unbelievably complex creation of stop motion films, discuss beautiful themes of epic proportions, and officially kick off the spooky season with Coraline by Neil Gaiman.   Recommendations From My Guest An Education of An Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power Tracks: A Woman's Solo...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around suicide, sexual abuse and assault. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my two guests, Julie McCulloch-Francis and Kendall Lawley, as we very actively break both rules 1 and 2 over the phenomenal imagery, wicked prose, and get really serious with our next thesis topic in Fight Club by Chuck...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, suicide, sexual abuse and assault, mental abuse, physical abuse, self harm, unstable mental health, and toxic relationships. Please be advised.   Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, BJ Kingery, as we have a mini melt down about the breathtaking intrigue, sociopathic characters and th...

Hi all my lovelies! I just wanted to give a little thank you message to wrap up my very first year of the podcast! To all my listeners, guests and fellow collaborators: You are amazing and I couldn't have gotten here with out any one of you. Thank you for being my podcast fam!   Erin

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Dan Rector, as we have yet another freak out over the amazing (and bizarre) storytelling, artwork and blood curdling details of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in From Hell written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Eddie Campbell.   Follow My Guest! Mysterion ; featuring On Charis Station by D.G.P. Rect...

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Spencer Fife, as we dive into the turbulent era of WWII, break down what life was like in the Hitler Youth and get completely side tracked fawning over everything Taika Waititi in Caging Skies by Christine Leunens.   Recommendations From My Guest ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times by Andrew MacLean SP4RX by Wr...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around murder, suicide, sexual abuse and assault, mental abuse, physical abuse, substance abuse and addiction, self harm, unstable mental health, and toxic relationships. Please be advised. If you or someone you know struggles with self-harm or substance abuse, please seek help by contacting the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around toxic relationships, mental abuse and sexual abuse. Please be advised. Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and Daniel Palmer once again for Part 2, as we break down (for real this time!) toxic relationships, misrepresentation of the BDSM culture and just pure confusion around why Danny Elfman decided to participate...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses mental abuse, sexual abuse and self harm. Please be advised.  Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my unofficial sidekick, Daniel Palmer, as we jump into a somewhat unconventional format to discuss relationship dynamics, bold stylistic choices and saucy conspiracy theories (backed up by some sweet theme music!) in Fifty Sha...