Escape with Me Bookclub

Four books later, eight if you count the Uglies series, we reach the end of a series. Tally Youngblood has once more shown up to be the leader for our narrator, but her appearance marks a massive decrease in quality. Filled with continuity errors, dropped plot lines and nuked characters, Youngbloods is exactly how not to end a series. Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠ https://scottwesterfeld.com/⁠⁠ F...

Growing up watching the movie over and over, it wasn't until adulthood that we learned that the classic movie was based on a movie. Having managed to locate a copy, how does the book hold up to the movie? Especially since the author wrote the screenplay. Follow the Author: Website: https://beagleverse.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeterSBeagleBooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

After there was the Twilight empire, Stephanie Meyer returned to her world, asking the question "But what if Bella was a boy?" Continuing in that vain, we ended up getting "Life and Death"... but was it worth it? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠https://stepheniemeyer.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stephenie_meyers/?hl=en⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://mobile.x.com/i/flow/login?re...

Poirot vacating in the beautiful beachside of Cornwall. Once again attempting to retire, Poirot finds a mystery the intrigues him. Lively Nick has had several attempts on her life, but doesn't seem to be taking them all that seriously. Can Poirot save her from her fate? Or is trying to solve a murder before it happens too much for the aging detective? 00:00 Intro 00:40 Historical Context 05:03...

The final Crosstime Traffic book is here, but how does Turtledove choose to end the series? Is the post-apocalypse really the best setting to end things? Did Turtledove even know this would be the last book? Follow the Author: ⁠Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/hnturtledove⁠⁠⁠⁠ GoodReads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29479.Harry_Turtledove⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/lunar_...

Frey is back on home ground, but she quickly realizes that she might know the city she grew up in as well as she thought she did. After navigating the criminal underground, social cliques, and radiation poisoning, will Frey finally get the show down with her father that she was hoping for? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠https://scottwesterfeld.com/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠h⁠ttps://www.facebook.com/scottwester...

There are many great stories, and anyone attempting to list them could not skip this nod to the classic epics and fairytales of earlier days. But how does a simple story about rabbits earn so much critical praise? Well, it all starts with two rabbits: Hazel and Fiver. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Background 03:33 Age Level & Content Warning 05:55 Judge a Book by It's Cover 06:58 Discussion 01:11:51 G...

The original Cat Who trilogy was published in the 1960's, and then no more books came until 1986. Where did the author go? We'll never know, but now that our favorite cats and mustache has returned, how did the break affect the series? 00:00 Intro 01:31 Background 02:03 Age Level & Content Warning 03:15 Judge a Book by It's Cover 05:19 Discussion 48:36 General Thoughts 50:37 One Qu...

Agatha Christie has inspired many writers, Alice Feeney being one. How does her book compare to it's inspiration "And Then There Were None"? And should you be picking it up for this year's Halloween read? Follow the Author: Website: https://www.alicefeeney.com/ Faceboook: https://www.facebook.com/AliceFeeneyAuthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicewriterland/?hl=en Twitt...

Over a 100 years after The Island of Doctor Moreau is published, Silvia Moreno-Garcia has extended the conversation. Now including the female perspective, mental health, different types of love, colonization, and many more perspectives to the original tale, is the book ready to shoulder this weight, or is it overburdened? Follow the Author: Website: https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/ Facebook: https...

The third book by the "modern day Agatha Christie" is here! A haunted island, an angry goddess, a famed actress suddenly retiring at the height of her fame for unsaid reasons and we're going to ignore most of that. Instead, listen to the same scenes four times. What could possibly go wrong? Follow the Author: Twitter: ⁠ https://twitter.com/alexmichaelides ⁠Instagram: ⁠ https://www.in...

The second book is here, and everything is going down: the city of Paz, "father's" schemes, and Frey's relationship with Rafi. As the city struggles to right itself, who can Frey trust in this fight for power? And who will betray her? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠ https://scottwesterfeld.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠h ttps://www.facebook.com/scottwesterfeldfan⁠ Twitter: ⁠ https://twitter.com...

We take a break from our regularly scheduled Poirot books to bring you the Poirot Play! Part of the cannon story, how does the Queen of Mystery do at tackling a new kind of writing? And what lengths would we go to to see it? 00:00 Intro 01:00 Historical Context 05:16 Background 06:14 Age Level & Content Warning 06:37 Judge a Book By It's Cover 09:03 Discussion 46:19 General Thoughts 47:09...

A magic system revolving around color, how does the world change? Who is celebrate? Who is repressed? And what does it mean to be worthy to rule? With all these questions we get one more: what happens if you prove unworthy? Through in an enemies-to-lovers and a mystery and you have Cast in Firelight. So what did we think? Follow the Author: Website: https://www.danaswiftbooks.com/ Facebook: https:...

The 5th book in the Cross Time Traffic series pivots from previous topics tackled with a look at what might happen if communism became the dominate economic structure instead of capitalism. For the first time Cross Time is not sending a teenager into an alternate, but that doesn't mean two teenagers won't save the day once again. Follow the Author: Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/hnturtled...

10 books into the Disney's Twisted Tales series and the 6th Liz Braswell book, we have finally seen the author reach the potential we knew she had since book 1. The Nonsense might have tripped some authors up, but we think this is Liz's natural element. The stars have surely aligned, but will the align again? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠ https://www.lizbraswell.com/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠ https:...

The world of Uglies is back in this new spin-off series that takes place decades after the original events. Coming back a decade later, can the author pull off the Ugly world in the 2020's? Or is this a series better left in the past? Follow the Author: Website: https://scottwesterfeld.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottwesterfeldfan Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottWesterfeld Insta...

We return to France with the departure of the Blue Train. The height of luxury, the train regularly transports the famous and wealthy. Unfortunately, this time not all of the passengers will make it to their final destination. Will Poirot solve this mystery? Or will he find himself in an incurable slump? 00:00 Intro 00:48 Historical Context 02:39 Background 02:53 Age Level & Content Warning 03...

We're back for a second dose of Wonderland! Alice finds herself in the middle of an evil plot to bring back the evil Queen when suddenly she is separated from her friends and family in the mad dash to get to the Red Castle. Can they finally get the Heart? Or will the mysterious villain best them? Follow the Author: Website: ⁠ www.llmckinney.com⁠ Facebook: ⁠ https://www.facebook.com/ElleOnWords...

We enter another alternative, where the Constitution was never ratified and the states now act on their own. Has this allowed them to be stronger, as some people seem to believe or has it made each of them weaker? Follow the Author: Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/hnturtledove⁠⁠ GoodReads: ⁠⁠https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29479.Harry_Turtledove⁠⁠ 00:00 Intro 00:50 Background 01:59 Age Level...

It's Cinderella's turn up at the plate, and it is also the return of series favorite Elizabeth Lim. Is this book as good as her first? ... Okay, we can't even pretend. YES! The series new score is 2 out of 9. Follow the Author: Website: https://www.elizabethlim.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elimpix/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizlim TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elizabe...

We have reached the final book of the All Souls Trilogy and it is... inconsistent to say the least. We're bringing out the Best Dropped Subplot Award for this one after plot line after plot line never pops up again and the continuity turns into a bat and flies away. But hey, we read it all, so we're going to rant. Follow the Author: Website: ⁠ https://deborahharkness.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠ http...

Set before the events of Cinder, this 0.5 book is the villainous backstory of the Evil Queen: Levana. Explore how and why Levana has ended up how she has. But! The best time to read it is between Cress and Winter. Don't make the mistakes we did! Why? Well, let me tell you... Follow the Author: Website: ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.marissameyer.com/⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MarissaMeyerAutho...

Alice once again falls down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, but this time to fight the creatures called "Nightmares" from destroying her world. As old enemies rise up again and new ones show themselves, will Alice be able to handle her responsibility as a Dreamwalker, daughter, and friend? Or will she die trying? Follow the Author: Website: www.llmckinney.com Facebook: https://www.faceboo...

The self-proclaimed "High Fantasy with Low Stakes", Legends and Lattes have proven the commercial viability of the Cozy Fantasy. But what does that look like? And what can we look forward to in the future? Follow the Author: Website: https://www.travisbaldree.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravisBaldreeNarrator/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TravisBaldree Discord: https://discord...