Reading Renegade

In this last bonus episode, Lindsey talks about the Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo, more commonly known as the Charlie Bone Series. Meanwhile Molly does a deep dive into her childhood when she reminisces about the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Stay all the way to the end of the episode for a very special announcement! This is a tumblr post that explains a little bit why Molly...

In our second Pride Month special episode, Molly talks about the ups and downs of being Queer in the military during World War II when she covers Coming Out Under Fire by Allan Berube. Meanwhile, Lindsey gives a broad overlook at the asexual experience with Ace by Angela Chen. Content Warning: Queer-phobia mentions The link to the post about General Eisenhower can be found here , and another post...

In our first Pride Month special episode, Lindsey learns just how much she loves Bengali food through Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar, a YA Queer Fake Dating novel. Molly rhapsodizes about the lack of love angles in Iron Widow and the hysterical tiktoks of the author Xiran Jay Zhao. Here's the link to Xiran's tiktok where they describe their book that Molly me...

With this spin of the wheel, Molly and Lindsey were hurled into quite the dilemma of choosing which movie was better than its book basis. Play spot the difference with Molly as she goes over the long history of The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith; how many puppies were really there? Join Lindsey on her adventure of reaching the inconceivable conclusion that The Princess Bride movie is better than th...

In our first non-fiction episode, Lindsey regresses into the childhood experience of reading Little Women she never had as she discusses "Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy" by Anne Boyd Rioux. Molly does a deep dive -ha ha- into the autobiography Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton.

Welcome to a wild ride, listeners! Get your drinks and snacks and strap in; this week we dive into Molly and Lindsey's favorite fanfics! Also, we have no edits! So bask in our unhinged glory as Molly talks about the link between two of her favorite Clintasha musician AU fics; We Together Make A City by CloudAtlas , and runaways are running the night by anothercover . Lindsey goes through the f...

In this episode, Lindsey talks about a book by one of her favorite childhood authors -this time it's actually for her age range- Cruel Prince by Holly Black. Molly gets Lindsey to curse her out in three languages when she talks about Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn.

Today's episode brings allllllllll the feels when Molly covers the entirety of Sappho's work, and Lindsey finds a lot of uncomfortably personal parallels in The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace. If you feel the need to skip Lindsey's portion due to the trigger warnings she gives at the beginning, skip from 37:03 to 1:04:04 to hear our lackluster Encyclowheelia pick.

In this episode Lindsey harkens back to yesteryear when she was a pathetic weirdo in high school as she covers Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Molly dives headfirst into the primordial soup (literally) that is Animorphs - specifically book one, Invasion - by K.A. Applegate. Apologies for the sound quality for most of this episode; we're trying out some new software and it's a bit fiddly. You can find the...

We're back! *evil laugh* In our Season Two premiere, Molly goes full Horse Girl on Eragon by Christopher Paolini, and Lindsey contemplates never reading another book again as she covers Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass. The article by Chris Winkle Molly mentions can be found here , and references to Paolini's AI art shit here , as well as why it's now illegal here .

Thank you to all of our wonderful listeners for sticking with us! This isn't goodbye forever, just goodbye for now. Enjoy some of our many flubs and faffs, as well as some stories we haven't been able to fit in!

In our extra holiday episode, Lindsey discovers the magic of ritual chanting in The Spirit of Yule by Thomas Roswell, and is determined to convince you that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is, in fact, a Christmas book. Meanwhile, Molly delves into the world of Hanukkah romance novels in The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer, and goes WAY more in depth than necessary on A Christmas C...

Lindsey waxes poetic about diet culture and (other) in The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil, and Molly tells a tale of librarians being the backbone of society and this book review in particular because they are the ones that managed to help her remember her book for this episode: Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters.

Molly starts us out with her OG love of CSI: Miami with Florida Getaway by Max Allan Collins and then somehow talks more about Lindsey's pick than her own. Don't worry though, Lindsey still manages to have a lot to say about The Con Job by Matt Forebeck.

Lindsey starts out lighthearted with one of BookTok's favorite queer romances: Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake, and then Molly continues on a more serious note with If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan. Resources on what's happening in Iran right now: Iran: Where the regime opposes women’s rights Iran: Women and girls treated as second class citizens, reforms urgently needed, sa...

In this week's episode, Molly puts up with Lindsey comparing a character's father incorrectly to Liam Neeson from Taken as she tries to get through the plot of Green Rider by Kristen Britain in less than three hours. Lindsey then goes on to horrify Molly by talking about a creepy military leader; but don't worry! Hunted by the Sky (written by Tanaz Bhathena) also gave Lindsey a bi panic with the t...

In our special Halloween bonus episode, we talk all about Edgar Allan Poe's life, literary theories, and Lindsey's inexplicable hatred of The Raven. Lindsey covers both The Cask of Amontillado and Annabel Lee, while Molly handles The Tell-Tale Heart and does a dramatic reading of The Raven (much to Lindsey's horror) (but isn't that the point of Poe?) Now with fabulous spooky cover our by our amazi...

Lindsey talks about the time she scared her roommate when she dropped Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas on her dorm room floor, and Molly rants about why she can't stand Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. Das Mervin's Twilight Sporkings can be found here -> https://das-sporking.livejournal.com/77053.html and their other Sporkings are here -> https://das-mervin.livejournal.com/66934.html

Molly talks about the problematic elements of both The Mists of Avalon and its author, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Lindsey does a speedrun of the entire Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. The National Sexual Assault Hotline is is toll free, 100% confidential, and available 24 hours a day. 1-800-656-4673 The National Sexual Violence Resource Center website -  https://www.nsvrc.org/find-help The...

In this episode, we talk about our Paranormal Romance picks! Molly grouses at Lindsey's choice of Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout because it reminds her too much of Twilight, and Lindsey gets nervous that there might be bestiality in Molly's book, Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (there's not, btw).

In our very first official episode, Molly waxes poetic about Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra, and Lindsey explains why stepping on the third rail is sometimes a good thing with her review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston.

Our introductory episode! Listen to Molly and Lindsey talk about themselves and their weirdness, and we explain what the heck an Encyclowheelia is. You also get to hear Molly's exasperation at Lindsey's antics. Also, small correction; the hosts of A Teacher and A Crime Scene Tech are Ashley and Tahlia. Molly flubbed 😅