Shelf Aware Podcast

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on domestic thrillers. Anna finally realizes why she doesn't like the genre (better late than never). The main character has no self-preservation whatsoever. So! Many! Twists!! Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole The Appea...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we've got a chores book full of cat relationship drama, yay. We also talk a lot (like, way too long) about IF the cats were actually people, who would be the hottest? Please, don't analyze our thoughts too closely. Join us next week for the last book in our domestic thriller unit! Twitter: @shelfawareca...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a brand new listener slubmitted unit on sad girl books. We're diving into a YA contemporary featuring classic teen issues such as: teen pregnancy, a strained relationship with your parents, a boyfriend who is pressuring you for sex, and an ex-boyfriend who comes to your house every Friday night and pouts on your couch because you parents a...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we've got relationship drama, chores, and lots of badgers. Also featuring a lot more questions about what happens when cats die and go to StarClan. StarClan book when?? Join us next week for a brand new unit about very sad girls! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're continuing our unit on domestic thrillers with a classic YA thriller that is one of the most disturbing books we have read in a while. And make you stick around to the end of the episode to find out some of what happens in the rest of this series. It's a wild ride. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: The Woman in th...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, the Boogie Boarders finally make their way home, but everything in the forest is so very sad and hungry. Have they returned too late? Also, we have very strong opinions about how the titles in this series. But when don't we have strong opinions, lmao Join us next week for the next book in Anna's domesti...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special guest episode of Shelf Aware! While Anna is busy moving house, she challenged Em and Brad (@StoryBookWeaver) to read the first book in one of her favorite cozy mystery series. Did they like it? Well, no. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebe...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, our band of traveling cats comes across another group of cats that don't follow the Warrior Code (and are super cultural appropriation-y), and end up kind of taking place in a white (silver?) savior narrative. Also, Firestar continues to struggle with the destruction of the forest as warriors slowly start disappearing as well...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a new unit on domestic thrillers with a book that Em thought she'd be able to avoid for the rest of forever (sorry not sorry). How does Anna feel about this book ten years after she first read it? Recommended Reading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz River of Shadows by Karina Halle Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe Daughter of the M...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're starting the second series of Warrior Cats books, The New Prophecy. We've got new cats, but the same problems. Something's threatening the forest. Cats still can't understand prophecies. Also, is there a Cat Hell? Join us next week for a brand new unit with a book Em swore she would never read. Twitter: @shelfawarecast,...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on novels based on TTRPGs with a trip to the B-B-B-BOOOONEYAAAARD. Who would have known that a book called Boneyard would be spooky? Not Anna, apparently. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And even though half the year is up, you can still join our 2022 reading challenge. Details are on our Twitter! Recommended Re...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we are talking about the final book in the first Warrior Cats arc. Fireheart is now the leader of ThunderClan. TigerStar is out there causing more mischief. And we meet a new clan?? Also, will this book be amazing enough to propel us to read more Warriors books? Join us next week for the last book in our TTRPG unit. And even...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up Em's unit on no-sex romances with a contemporary romcom. Was it enough to change our stance on romance without sex on the page? Was this book even anti-horny enough to count? And why did everyone make such a big deal about a perfectly normal way to deal with grief? Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And don't forget about o...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, Fireheart deals with a lot of shit including more Tigerstar schemes, some actual dogs, and a leader who wants to go to war with the cat ghosts who live in the stars. What's a poor deputy to do? Join us next week for the last book in our clean romance unit! And don't forget we have a reading challenge for 2022. You can check i...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're talking about the first book in a beloved fantasy series starring the most perfect little drow lad in all the land. We've got schemes! We've got fights! We've got hard to pronounce fantasy names that we don't pronounce consistently! Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma Coming Back by Jes...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week we're discussing who should voice the completely hypothetical fully-casted Warrior Cats audiobook. Also, we learn a lot about the shipping preferences of this fandom. Also also, Our Flag Means Death season 2 when??? Join us next week for the second book in our ttrpg book unit. And join our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter and...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're continuing our unit on "clean" romances with a 1979 chores book that takes place on the Canadian frontier. Topics up for discussion include a background on the genre, an extremely annoying main character, and the popularity of Lean Cuisines in the 1800s. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday. And don't forget, you can still join in on our...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're on book three of the Warrior Cats series, and things are starting to pick up (or Stockholm syndrome is setting in, either one). This book is full of intrigue, betrayals, and, of course, SECRETS. But only one cat seems to be interested in tracking them all down… Join us next week for the second book in our unit on clean...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new (kind of) listener slubmitted unit on books based on TTRPGs. We're starting off with a book set in the universe of Vampire: The Masquerade, and wow, did nothing happen in this book at all. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twi...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode! This week, we've got new names for our main characters, and some feuding BFFs. Not to mention, a lot of concerns about age differences in Warrior Cat romances. Join us next week for the first book in a new unit on novels based on TTRPGs! Also, as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph! Twit...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a brand new unit on clean romances with the book Edenbrooke. We've got an underaged main character, miscommunication upon miscommunication, and so much fucking TWIRLING. Will we find a book in this genre we can appreciate, or are we just truly too horny for a proper romance? Join us next week for another Mew Mew Monday! And don't forget to...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to the moment you've all be waiting for probably! That's right, it's our first Meow Meow Monday. We're embarking on a brand new journey, as young kits, eventually training to become strong WARRIOR CATS. How will Anna and Em enjoy this series? Does it compare to Animorphs? Will they ever be able to keep track of these cats' names?? Join us next week for the first bo...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're covering the last book in our listener slubmitted grabbag unit with Recursion by Blake Crouch. We're in for some timey-wimey, Jeremy Bearimy kind of adventure that Anna and Em were literally quite split about liking. Don't forget to listen until the end to find out what our next long-running series will be. 😺 And as always, check out our 2022 readi...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to the final Material Monday episode of Shelf Aware! Will and Lyra travel to the Land of the Dead, accidentally kill God, and save the worlds, all while following our favorite rule of combat: JUST BE KNIVES. Join us next week for the final book in our listener slubmitted grabbag unit! And don't forget to check out our 2022 reading challenge on our Twitter or Storyg...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're discussing the final book in Anna's unit on movie novelizations with a book that was based on a movie that was based on a comic book series: Wonder Woman. Join us as we discuss the strangely Christian origin story of a hero based on Greek mythology? Recommended Reading: The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia...