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It's time for Book Club, and for the first time on the podcast, we're talking about the sequel to a book we've already discussed: 'Infinity Reaper' by Adam Silvera! This episode contains books spoilers. Discussion begins at 27:22. Picking up immediately where the first book left off, the story of magical superheroes, fantastical creature, and severe family drama continues and deepens the world far...

The wait is finally over! New Pokemon Snap for the Nintendo Switch is out! Join us for our first impressions and thoughts on it. Convo starts around 26:15. Before we jump in, we chat about what we're reading, watching, and playing. Reading: 'Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times' by Katherine May 'What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental C...

Our 2021 May Book Club is here! This episode we talk about 2020's ‘The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea’ by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. The spoiler-filled chat about this queer pirate fantasy begins at 23:00. Before we dive in, join us as we catch up on what we’re playing and watching! Playing: • Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds (3DS) • Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch) • Spirtfarer (Switch) • Pac-Man...

We're talking about games! But not video games?! We're diving into our favorite card, board, and paper & pencil games. As we long to hang out IRL once again, we discuss games we grew up with, games we've played virtually, and games we can't wait to play in person! As always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, playing, and thinking about. Reading: 'The Amazing Spide...

Our April 2021 Book Club is here! This episode we talk about 2017’s ‘Artemis’ by Andy Weir. The spoiler-filled discussion about this sci-fi, action packed, moon city story begins at 28:30. Before we jump into that, join us for a catch up around what we’re playing and watching! Playing: • Paper Mario (Switch) • Bloodstained (Switch) • Far Cry 5 (PS4) • Far Cry 3 (PS4) • CrossCode (PS4) • Legend of...

Happy anniversary, 3DS! The handheld console recently turned 10 years old! Listen in as we reflect on our relationship with it, the games we’ve played (and still want to!), and some quirky things about it. As always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and playing. Reading: • 'The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative' by Florence William...

Book Club is back for March 2021! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 27:42. This week we're talking about 'The Space Between Worlds' by Micaiah Johnson, a book about multiverse traveling, oppressive systems, queer romance, corporate colonialism, and so much more. But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Playing: Bloodstained (Swit...

Games, games, games! It's a gaming Q&A! Each of us prepared one video games related question for the group to chat about! If you find yourself answering them as you listen, be sure to let us know, and we'll read your answers next time! As always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about. Reading: 'Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir' by Clint Hill...

It's our book club pick for February 2021! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 23:32. This week we're talking about 'Infinity Son' by Adam Silvera, the first book in the 'Infinity Cycle' series featuring a world full of magical superheroes, twists and turns galore, and the familiest drama of all! But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking a...

It's still January, so it's still okay to make resolutions, right? Well we did! Each of us thought up a few gaming-related resolutions, and would you believe it: a lot of them overlapped! (It's like we're friends or something.) As always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about. Reading & Thinking About: 'Fragments of Horror' by Junji Ito 'Star Wars:...

Our first book selection and first episode of 2021! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 31:53. This week we're talking about 'Midnight Sun' by Stephenie Meyer, the fifth book in the 'Twilight' saga, and a retelling of the first through the eyes of Edward Cullen. But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Playing: Bugsnax (PS5) Hades...

It's our last episode in the year 2020! Huzzah! What better way to close out the year than by talking about the best stuff we played, read, watched, listened to, and followed! But as always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, playing, watching, and thinking about. Reading: 'Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir' by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin 'You Are A Badass' series by Jen...

Our last book club discussion of the year is here! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 21:51. This week we're talking about 'Each of Us a Desert' by Mark Oshiro, a queer dreamy fantasy novel about a girl who's given the power to relieve her small village of memories that cause regret, pain, and embarrassment and her journey beyond the village to learn about and challenge that...

It's another gaming episode! It only makes sense since we had two Book Club episodes in September. This time we're trying to answer trivia questions we made for each other. Play along and let us know how well you did! As always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're playing, reading, watching, and thinking about. Playing: PlayStation 5 (Vicki's first impressions) Bugsnax (PS5) Animal Crossi...

It's just a handful of days after Halloween, and we're still in the spooky spirit, so we're talking about games that scared the pants off of us as kids... or even as adults! Of course, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, playing, watching, and thinking about. Reading: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel Pokemon Adventures Collector's Edition, vol....

October's book club discussion is here! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 33:00. This week we're talking about 'America Is Not the Heart' by Elaine Castillo, a novel about a queer woman refugee from the Philippines and her family in the United States... which only scratches the surface of this beautifully dense story. But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've bee...

We're back to chatting about video games! This time we're putting together our "gaming starter packs," a set of five games that show off our gamer personalities. Before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about. Reading: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (our next book club...

It's another September book club episode! (We were still figuring out our release schedule when we recorded this.) This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 25:40. This week we're talking about 'My Sister, the Serial Killer' by Oyinkan Braithwaite, a novel set in modern Nigeria featuring... murder sisters! What would you do if you found out your younger sibling was a serial killer?...

We're back with our first book club episode! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 12:37. This week we're talking about 'The Night Tiger' by Yangsze Choo , a novel set against the backdrop of colonial Malaya with murder, mystery, were-tigers, and a romance that none of us were rooting for! But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Pla...

It's our very first episode! And what better way to kick things off than by talking about how we got into gaming in the first place? Before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about, and Doug officially breaks the f-bomb barrier. Reading: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (our Ep. 2 Book Club book) Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern I...

Every podcast needs an introduction episode, right? Well, here's ours where we tell you who we are, what our podcast is all about, and why we started it up in the first place. Look for new episodes every first and third Thursday of the month! Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux