Shelf Aware Podcast

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! The plot thickens as the Dark Forest cats start to meddle in the politics of the Clan cats. Firestar is behaving in a very un-Firestar manner. Dovepaw and Ivypaw are growing further apart. Also featuring a fancasting of the prophecy cats. Join us next week for the conclusion to our dystopian unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @e...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new unit on modern mythology brought to us by our friend Hannah. Thank you, Hannah! No goofs here, this book was actually super good. Go read it! Recommended Reading: Shipwrecked by Olivia Dade A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark King of Wrath by Ana Huang Join us next week for another Meow Meow Mon...

Warriors: The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter by Anna and Em

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a… kind of Meow Meow Monday? This week, we're reading a classic dystopian novel about a man who crash lands on Mars and comes across a civilization of Cat People that are addicted to eating leaves and being lazy. You know a book is gonna be a good when the author himself says he views it as a failure!! Join us next week for an ACTUAL Meow Meow Monday. Recommende...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special Mafia Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our mafia romance unit (again?) with a Gordon Korman recommended to us by Brad. Thanks Brad! We've got starcrossed lovers, Jimmy da Rat, and Buca di Beppo, all the classic hallmarks of the genre. Join us next week for another book in our dystopia unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on mafia romances with a book that turned out to be a little spicier than we intended. Did we finally find an example of the genre we enjoy? Or should we just stick with our shifter romances? Recommended Reading: Queer mafia romances I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Join us next week for…...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're wrapping up another series of Warriors books, and wow, did this one go places. The relationship drama of the last arc has finally paid off. StarClan is fighting StarClan. And Ashfur's murder is solved. Join us next week for the final book in our Mafia romance unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instag...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a new unit with a book that both Anna and Em have read before. Is this a first for the podcast? We've got a Not Like Other Girls girl, a possibly geriatric love interest, and the terrible boy-next-door with an inferiority complex. So nostalgic! Join us next week for the last book in the Power of Three series! Recommended Reading: Trial of...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're starting the new year off right with an absolute banger of a book. It would be easier to say what DOESN'T happen in this book than what does. We get time travel, we get political intrigue, we get romance, mystery, action. Finally, so much time with the warrior cats is paying off. Join us next week for the first book in...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a very special holiday episode of Shelf Aware. That's right, we're here for our fourth year of reading the book series the worst Christmas song in the world is based on. What will be the religious moral of this story? And will the shoes be mentioned? We are taking a week off next week, but join us in the new year for our next Meow Meow Monday! Recommend Reading:...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we've got intrigue, battles, and possibly an invincible cat? Also, a new player enters the game, the sun goes out, and we're reminded that feral cats don't know shit about science. Join us next week for everyone's favorite time of year… that's right, it's Christmas Shoes season once again. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee,...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're reading the second book in our mafia romance unit. We've got another forced marriage to a teenager, but hey, at least the age gap is smaller this time. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram:...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, our cats are headed back to the mountains to spread the good word of the Warrior Code to the poor, uneducated cats of the world. Truly, this is ThunderClan's burden. Also make sure to subscribe to our totally real and very secret Patreon to read the first chapter of Double Mulan: The Warriors Fanfic today! Join us next week f...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're wrapping up our unit on YA horror with a book we both actually loved. We've got a haunted house, difficult step siblings, and a ton of facts about bedbugs. Like, so many bedbug facts. Do not read if you have a fear of bedbugs. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco The Tea Dragon So...

Warriors: Dark River by Erin Hunter by Anna and Em

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! We're starting a brand new listener slubmission unit on mafia/mob romances (thank you, Charlie!) with a book that… well, let's just say this one had a lot of problems with this one. At least we can only go up from here, right? Maybe? 😬 Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Pathfinder: Kingmaker has taken over our lives Rent a Boyfrie...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! We’re finally back with another Meow Meow Monday episode. We’ve got a new series of Warriors books with a whole new generation of cats to follow. But don’t worry, we still have all of our old favorites: Firestar, Tigerstar, and fucking Spottedleaf making another fucking comeback. Where will this new arc take us? Join us next week for the first book in a new unit on...

Happy Halloween, Literary Slummers! This week, we have a classically spooky YA horror book about a haunted house, an EXTREMELY small town, and really awkward sexual tension between step-siblings. Join us next week as we FINALLY return with a Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Dwellers by Eliza Victoria Potion Permit Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Em...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to our final Maritime Monday episode. That's right, we're wrapping up the Dive series and saying goodbye to our scuba teens. Will they steal the treasure out from Cutter's nose? Will Star recover from the bends? How many ghost sharks will feature? The answers may surprise and disappoint. Join us next week for the next book in our YA horror unit! Twitter: @shelfawar...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our sad girl unit with a listener slubmitted author (thanks, Bryn!) We've got a quirky girl medical illustrator and a bad boy graffiti felon navigating a relationship with lots of sad things in both their back stories. We've got banter, we've got bad relationships with parents, we've got consensual stalking. #JustSadGirlThings Recommend...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Maritime Monday! We're continuing our journey to the depths with the second book in The Dive series. Our teenaged treasure hunters are starting to get in over their heads. There's ghost sharks, sentient museums, and a surprisingly dark ending to this middle grade book. Join us next week for the final book in our sad girls unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast,...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're kicking off a new spooky unit on YA horror with a book Em read as a kid and did not care for. Have her thoughts changed returning to the book as an adult? Look for Anna's guest episode on All the Good Dogs! And join us next week for another Maritime Monday. Recommended Reading: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Howl: An Indigenous Anthol...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're continuing our listener/friend slubmitted unit on sad girls with a classic sad girl novel. We also discuss high school reading assignments and the literary canon, but maybe it's more entertaining than it sounds. Please excuse Anna's still slightly sick voice. 😔 Look for Anna's guest episode on All the Good Dogs! And join us next week for the first...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special Maritime Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, Anna and Em are *diving* into a short middle-grade series to give us a little break from the Warrior Cats. We've got 13-year-olds doing an internship with a prestigious marine biology institute. Of course. Very realistic. Also, treasure. Join us next week for the next book in our sad girl unit, and the...

Warriors: Sunset by Erin Hunter by Anna and Em