Talk Booky To Me

A new month brings in a new theme for this podcast, and this will be colorful one - literally. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we talk through some hopeful news about young people reading, set up a TBR with lots of hues and shades, and end with questions about our favorite part of many books - the villains. Thank you for listening and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Contact: Email - talkbo...

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Welcome to an extra-large mid-month episode! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we struggle through a weird and rambling discussion about the absolutely random assortment of books we read this month. It's a little spooky, a little romantic, a little depressing, and most other emotions you want from two book podcasters. We start with some fun news, discuss our monthly TBR progress, take a scavenger hun...

Welcome to May! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we prepare for a very sporadic, likely random, maybe a little chaotic month of reading. We open this one with a few light book articles before exchanging books based on our own randomizer systems and set a TBR with possibly the most range we have covered. We end with a fun question about ranking book characters and walk away from the mic with a fresh...

The end of April is upon us, and we, Felicia and Aaron, are ready to venture forth into the great beyond of...okay, we are just tired and ready to wrap up our reading month. Join us for a conversation about some recent purchases, a very wide range of books (from feminism to vampires to superpowers related to "finishing"), and a fun ranking of book formats. Thank you for listening, and check us out...

Welcome to the middle of April and the halfway point of the great TBR spring cleaning of 2025! It's going...well, it's going. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we have a more subdued conversation about the Hugo awards, some recent releases, the little reading we managed during a hectic few weeks, and run down some rapid fire recommendations that haven't made it to the podcast. Thank you for listening...

The temperatures are rising, and the pollen is giving everything a nice yellow glow, so it must be Spring. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we struggle through allergies to cover some news about book bans and new releases, exchange some books, and set up a TBR related to Spring. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram - @talkbooky F...

Another month is wrapping up, and our reading is back on track! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we cover some March releases and recommendations for Spring Break before covering our reading progress and awarding some superlatives. Expect plenty of range from Hallmark romances, to dark academia romances, to vampire romances, to inanimate object romances, to...what is going on in this episode? Anyway...

Happy Women's History Month! Although we, Felicia and Aaron, did not focus on Women authors and literature for our March theme, we wanted to take some time to highlight some crucial works by Women in this episode. Join us as we cover some fun news on calligraphy (for some reason) and book awards, discuss recent purchases, and catch up on our current TBR progress. This is all a prelude to rapid rec...

Time for another special episode! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we test our booky knowledge with a rather lengthy quiz full of questions about authors, books, publication dates, and almost everything else you can imagine. We prepared a three-part quiz for one another that we use to test each other in alternating rounds. It's designed for you to play along, so you may want to pull out your phone o...

The long February is over, and we, Felicia and Aaron, are trying to cheer things up in March. Join us on this first episode as we combat lingering strands of pessimism while exchanging books, setting up a TBR with a little...mixing things up. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram - @talkbooky Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/...

Thank you for joining us, Felicia and Aaron, as we wrap up an unbelievably long February. The social and political climate has taken a toll on us this month, and our reading ground to a halt for a few weeks. In this episode, we share some news, give some sad updates on our TBR progress, try to ignore superlatives for the month, and end with a fun question about what should be at the end of a book....

A few weeks into the shortest, and somehow longest, month of the year, we, Felicia and Aaron, regroup to cover our TBR progress and give some rapid fire recommendations on social and political literature. This is a more subdued episode as our brains are slowly decaying with the constant stream of bad news, cold weather, and rain, but we manage to find the energy for some engaging conversations. If...

In this special episode of Talk Booky, we, Felicia and Aaron, decide to rank some book related topics in a way that is a little more...competitive? Mean? Fun? A little of each. We choose four categories and compile lists of items for each category. The list is then read to the other cohost, one item at a time, and the listening cohost has to choose to keep or leave each item. The catch is that we...

It's the start of February, and a lot has happened. We, Felicia and Aaron, decided to address issues in the U.S. head-on by focusing on books that speak to our current political and social situation. In this episode, we introduce the theme, rant about red-lining (me - Aaron), and set up our TBR for the month. It's an episode full of social and political commentary, so if that's not for you, maybe...

We are a little late, but we are better than ever...well, the same as ever. In this episode, we cover some news, talk about our monthly reading progress, and name some awards. It's the end of January but the beginning of a new year, so we appreciate you joining us. You can reach us at the outlets below, and thank you for listening!   Instagram - @talkbooky Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Felicia's Goo...

Thank you for joining us, Felicia and Aaron, as we continue the journey through our most overlooked genres. In this episode, we share some articles about books we would likely never come across naturally, catch up on our mid-month reading progress, give rapid recommendations in odd genres, and end with some random recommendations. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below....

In our first episode of 2025, we, Felicia and Aaron, kick off with some genres that push our boundaries. Our resolutions are to try some literature we may not like, such as high fantasy for Aaron or historical fiction for Felicia or pseudo-scientific, psycho-religious, indoctrinating self-help (that one is a joke). We cover some fun 2025 news, set up our January TBR lists, exchange books, and end...

Alright, this is the legitimate final episode for 2024. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we reflect on a year full of books (around 240 between us both). Throughout this episode, we share our reading statistics to personally brag about how many words we read, award some individual superlatives to brag on all the great authors who bestowed these words on us, and work our way through a bracket to brag...

It's finally happened...2024 is over. Well, there's an awards episode to watch, but this is the final, regular episode for 2024! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we cover some astrology book recommendations, run down a long list of books we were gifted and purchased, and wrap up with our reading progress and superlatives for December. This is an interesting one full of cold books, spicy books, holid...

Halfway through December, we, Felicia and Aaron, have huddled under a blanket with a microphone to catch up on our reading progress. In this episode, we discuss the GoodReads book awards, update our reading progress, give rapid-fire recommendations of cold and snowy books, and end with a fun, reflective question. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email - talkboo...

With several major holidays around the corner and plenty of readers to buy for, we, Felicia and Aaron, have assembled once again to provide a gift buying guide! In this special episode, we cover a range of gifts that most book lovers will enjoy, so you don't need to worry about that quiet nephew you can never find a gift for. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Em...

Hey everyone! Welcome to the final month of the year where we, Felicia and Aaron, need to huddle around a fire with a book and cup of tea to finish our annual reading goals. In this episode, we introduce our 12-books-of-Christmas themes, set up a TBR full of holiday cheer (sort of), and end with a fun question about collecting books instead of reading them. Thank you for listening, and you can rea...

Another November comes to a close as those in the U.S. are gorging on turkey and mashed potatoes, avoiding conversations with those awkward family members we see once a year, and falling asleep before 6 PM. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we try to liven up this cold and dark month with our monthly wrap-up of non-fiction reading. In this episode, we cover some new astrological sign and NY Times new...

Halfway through November and suffering from lack of sunlight, we, Felicia and Aaron, check in on our TBR progress for non-fiction November. We open with some news on GoodReads awards, discuss everything from being a clever girl to being "too much," and run down some short non-fiction and indigenous recommendations. This one...goes off the rails. Either the darkness and cold is getting to us, or we...