Little Sleep//Much Reading

A brief discussion about the book Bunny by Mona Awad with our Special Guest and best friend Jessica D'ambrosio. Also a lot of tea and gossip and silly talking.

ITS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE EPISODES OF THE YEAR. This episode ALWAYS SLAPS and this year is no exception!! The LSMR Ladies once again found too banger books by Native American Authors to share with you today.

Hello Ghouls and Ghosts! Welcome to another episode of LSMR. Since last week we took a look at Classic Horror, this week we read some Modern Horror titles that mirrored the themes and tropes in our Classic Reads.

Liza and Riss go back to their spooky roots with this episode about classic horror!

Hello Ghouls and Pals! This week the LSMR Ladies read books with strong bodily themes//body horror, thus title Anatomy! Liza read "Eyes Guts Throat Bones" by Moira Fowley. Riss brought in a Y/A pick that came out in June called, "This Delicious Death" by Kayla Cottingham.

This week the LSMR Ladies crack into some little books, some light reads, some pocket-sized pieces. Riss read "The House Guest" by Amparo Dávila while Liza dug into "And Then I Woke Up" by Malcolm Devlin.

Hello Friends and welcome to season five of the Little Sleep Much Reading Podcast. We are so sorry we were gone for so long, but we are so excited to be back talking books with all of you. This week is a summer catch up episode, where we tell you everything we've read since May...and of course we get a little off topic with things, and share some bookish opinions. We missed you so much!

Well... after avoiding this book like the PLAGUE, Liza and Riss finally caved in! And guess what! WE LOVED IT. Yeah, it is hard not to absolutely devour this book...although our hosts had different reasons for doing so. Liza was fueled by love while Riss was fueled by hate (F U TAMLIN). Sarah J. Maas Cult Girlies RISEEE!!!!

Can you believe we recorded this entire episode and didn't make a single 69 joke?? Thats maturity. Anyways this week Liza and Riss read books with really just specific and weird plot lines.

Guess who's back....back again... its the LSMR Ladies with Lexi Anderson coming at you on a SUNDAY with a BONUS EPISODE to really celebrate National Poetry Month!!!!Welcome back to Poetry with the ladies. Part two features Riss and Liza's books and then a reading of some of Lexi's own writing!

The one, the only, Lexi Anderson is back guest hosting the LSMR Podcast with us! We are beyond excited to talk Poetry with one of our favorite Poetry Queens. If you don't remember Lexi from our Body Horror Episode aaaaalll the way back in Season One (Episode 8), you may recognize her name from when we thank her for making our fabulous music. That's right! She is the creator of the LSMR tune! As an...

A bit of a shorter episode today, but we did something a little different today! Happy Birthday to the one, the only, William Shakespeare!!!! The Little Sleep Ladies celebrate this monumental birthday not be reading a classic by the literary giant, but by doing a Choose Your Own Adventure book of Hamlet!!! It was beyond fun, and we highly recommend it to any teacher for their class, any Shakespear...

Hey Besties! April 13th is celebrate Teen Lit day so the LSMR Ladies picked up some wonderful YA reads! Liza went with the fantastic Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games Prequel "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" while Riss picked up a book that recently had its TikTok moment, "Clown in a Cornfield" by Adam Cesare.

Hey Sleepy Readers! Riss and Liza are proud to bring to you.....DEAD WEEK!!!! Here at the LSMR Podcast love dead things! Both of the gals read books having to do with, you guessed it, DEATH!While Riss read a (questionable) Sci-Fi/Fantasy book, Liza graced us with a nonfiction pick!

We are celebrating wonderful Women's History Month, by bringing you this episode on one of the very last days of March! We know that almost every week is Women's Week here on the LSMR podcast, because we read so many amazing women authors, but it is always wonderful to slow down and take the time to recognize it. Riss shook things up with a nonfiction book, while Liza read something that enlighten...

Last week the Little Sleep Ladies took a tiny break to catch up on our reading, but this week we are back with some fresh content for your ear holes!!!Liza and Riss were thrilled to read books that were Fairytale Retellings. Both ladies sort of interpreted this theme in their own way, which we love! Riss brought in a book that is a retelling, but also a modern fairytale in its own right, that has...

Besties, we're all a little bit obsessed with something, especially in the Age of Social Media. This episode the Little Sleep Ladies read books centering around obsession, coincidentally both books involved idols, and the obsession with other people. We go off on a few tangents in this episode so prepare for that! Also be prepared that Marissa's book in particular is disgusting! Make sure you chec...

Hey Besties! This week the LSMR Ladies are talking about one of their most favorite topics ever: MOTHER MONSTERS!!!!! We definitely go off on a few long tangents about mother horror, and believe it or not, but also Father horror and what that would be. Riss read Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects. Liza read Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth. Both such lovely and thrilling books!

Hey Sleepy Readers! This episode is a celebration of Jewish Book Week! Did you know that was a thing? We certainly did not, but are excited to celebrate it with you today! We both picked books by Jewish authors, and books that aren't fiction. Marissa picked a Poetry book and Liza picked a Nonfiction book. At the end of the episode we even name a few books we considered reading, that you can pick u...

Sleepy Readers, have you been reading books by black authors??????? Have you been buying from black owned bookstores???? How have you been celebrating Black History month? Aliza and Riss read books by black authors this week! Riss went for a classic author, the amazing, Octavia Butler and read "Fledgling." Aliza picked a Pratt Professor, James Hannaham, and read his new book "Didn't Nobody Give a...

A VERY explicit episode not at all about corn. Hey sleepy readers! This week the Little Sleep ladies read Porn books. Join us on this wild ride. Liza enjoyed a tame book about a girl on a self discovery called "Shmutz: A Novel" by Felicia Berliner. Marissa went very dark and dirty with Katee Roberts' "Court Of The Vampire Queen".

It is that time of year again where humans let a weird kind of rodent tell us if it is going to stay cold or get warmer...in other words it is Ground Hogs Day! To celebrate in our own way, the two Little Sleep Ladies picked books with big themes of winter and/or darkness. This episode is a little bit on the shorter side because we had one DNF this episode! Whose book do you think got the chop???

Hey Sleepy Readers! We are celebrating another raging birthday here on the Little Sleep Pod. This time we are giving a big happy birthday to Mister Edgar Allen Poe! For this episode we picked Gothic Horror books or a retelling of a Poe Tale. We also have a fun conversation about Gothic Horror and some of our favorite Gothic Writers!

Hello Sleepy Readers! Your favorite reading fools are BACK with a new season for you! HAPPY SEASON FOUR!!!! To kick this one off we are giving you our top ten favorite reads of 2022! Some of our favorite books we talked about with you are featured on this episode as well as some favorites you didn't get to hear about! So come hang out with us while we tell you all about our top ten of 2022.

Happy Thanksgiving and Welcome to the Little Sleep, Much Reading Podcast's Second Annual Feast Week extravaganza! We are so excited to celebrate with you and yours while you make your dinner, or take a nap from your turkey coma, or even while you use us as a distraction to avoid your annoying family! This Feast Week specializes in Cannibalism books!! Riss is in love with her pick this week, Ania A...