Shelf Aware Podcast

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading an Ax POV that is actually a rare direct continuation of the previous book. We've got tons of action, tons of boat facts, and… human morphs? Join us next week for the last book in our prehistoric unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawar...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our Great American Novel unit by very calmly discussing the sad book we read for our comedy podcast. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: Our Stories Carried Us Here by Green Card Voices Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Twitter: @shelfawarecast,...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! We're in the endgame now, and this Marco POV did not come to play. We've got some closure, some angst, and some intense plot. Only nine books to go after this… Join us next week for the last book in Em's unit on the Great American Novel! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing our listener slubmitted unit on prehistoric fiction with the classic novel, The Land That Time Forgot. We've got sabotage on the high seas. We've got a long lost land with weird evolution shit going on. We've got maneating dinosaurs. And yet somehow, this is still not an exciting book? Recommended Readi...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading a Cassie book where she takes part in some extremely confusing action scenes, travels all the way to Australia in the cargo hold of a plane, and then becomes a kangaroo to save the day. Yeesh. Join us next week for the next book in our prehistoric fiction unit! A very special thank you to Ben...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're finishing Anna's unit on Highlander time slip romances with a Christmas romcom! Will this book change Anna's perception of the genre? And just how many books can Em read in a week? Join us next week for another Morph Monday! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: yo...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware. This week, we're reading a Tobias POV, where once again, Tobias is sad and grappling with way too much shit on his own. Also, weird sexual tension? Featuring manipulative! Rachel and funny! Ax. Join us next week for the last book in our unit on Highlander time slip romances! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for ou...

cw: racism, domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, incest, child abuse, misogyny. This book is pretty heavy, so please proceed with caution. Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware. This week, we're reading the second book in Em's unit on the Great American Novel, The Color Purple. This book was actually very good and dealt with a lot of difficult topics, s...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're taking a field trip through Marco's body, a la Magic School Bus. That's right, the Helmacrons are back, and they've entered Marco's body. What are a bunch of Bandalites to do but shrink themselves and follow suit? Please let this be the last time we see the Helmacrons. Join us next week for the second...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new listener slubmitted unit on prehistoric fiction with the much beloved book, The Clan of the Cave Bear. Also included: discussion on the novelization of agrotourism; how Neanderthals were telepathic, I guess?; and content warnings galore. We go over an extensive list at the beginning of the episode....

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday of Shelf Aware! This week, we're going time traveling to a future where the Bandalites failed and the Yeerks have won control of the planet. Awesome sounding premise, right? Well… Join us next week for the first book in a new listener submitted unit on prehistoric fiction! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out hi...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing Anna's unit on time slip Highland romances (that aren't Outlander, because Outlander isn't a romance), with another early example of the genre. This one is at least less offensive than Beyond the Highland Mist. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: When the Tiger Comes Down th...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading the last of the Megamorph books, alas. But you know what that means. More time travel bullshit! Beloved character, The Drode, is back, and he's trying to mess with the Bandalites once again. Join us next week for the next book in Anna's time slip Highland romance unit! A very special thank you...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're starting a new unit on The Great American Novel. No pressure, right? We're talking about (and shitting on) F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved classic, The Great Gatsby. Recommended Reading: Taskmaster Love O2O The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington Always Only You by Chloe Liese People We Meet On Vacation by Emil...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we've got a Marco POV that provides further evidence of the assholeish nature of the Andalites, and finally, someone becomes a bee. Also, what an UNFORTUNATE choice in titles. Yikes. Join us next week for the first book in Em's new unit on The Great American Novel! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for o...

Welcome back, Literary Slimmers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're discussing the sexy, sci-fi romp, Electra Rex by April C. Griffiths! Join us as we discuss new methods of identity theft, the sisterhood of the traveling horny pants, and our thoughts on garbage girls and medical science fiction. Join us next week for another Morph Monday. A very special thank you to Ben Cope for...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! First they gave us alien toilet and alligator pregnancy. Then it was Marco poodle. Now… Buffahuman. The morphing cube is back in play, and the Bandalites gain a new member (kind of). What could go wrong? Join us next week for the final (?) book in our garbage girl unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our the...

cw: Sexual assault, dub-con Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're kicking off a new unit on Highland time slip romances with Beyond the Highland Mist. Is this one of the most offensive books we've read? Yes. We've got yucky consent issues, overly-domineering men, and a female protagonist with no personality (other than her hatred of beautiful men). Wi...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we are discussing The Arrival, and the Andalites have finally showed up on Earth! Or have they? We also have to deal with the fact that Jake is a little bit of a badass in this book, and the save that Ax might be a fully grown adult hanging out with all these kids. Join us next week for the first book in An...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up Em's unit on the great detective trope with an absolutely bonkers historical mystery. Did Anna find something in the genre that Em could like? Also included, a brooding taxidermist, a butterfly loving garbage girl, and so much good banter. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading a book that truly destroyed one of our favorite characters, introduced another random alien race that probably won't be mentioned again, and reveals a secret about Cassie's family that we didn't see coming (spoilers: it's not that exciting). Join us next week for the last book in Em's great de...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing our quest to find the perfect garbage girl with The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham. Does the main character fit the trope? And if not, will we ever find the perfect character who does fit the bill? Darcy Garbage Girl, where are you??? Join us next week for another Morph Monday episode! Recommended Reading:...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're discussing a bit of a wild Jake POV. Maybe the Animorphs have discovered the lost city of Atlantis. Maybe the citizens of Atlantis are mutants. And maybe they're bent on taking over the surface. One thing we're fairly certain of, this new threat will never be heard from again. Probably. We've been wron...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're wrapping up Anna's military sci-fi unit with Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie. Was Em successful in finding a book on the genre that Anna could appreciate? Kind of?? I mean, it was definitely a good book, probably. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by...

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're kind of reading To Kill a Mockingbird, I guess? Anyway, here's the excellent follow up to one of the most garbage books in the series. Is it a middle grade scifi book? Or is it a courtroom drama? Either way, this book is so fucking good. Join us next week for the last book in Anna's military sci-fi un...