Talk Booky To Me

Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we get real...into nonfiction. We are celebrating November by talking some news related to indigenous censorship before lightening the mood with TBRs full of essays and memoirs. Titles range from geeky dives into pop culture, to snake-handling churches, to butts (not joking). We finish the episode with a fun discussion of literary letdowns. Thank you for listening, a...

Happy Halloween! To wrap up our month of jump scares, gore, and haunted houses, we, Felicia and Aaron, are reviewing some books and handing out superlatives. We cover some headlines about banned books astrology before digging into our TBR progress and ending with an extensive discussion about the things that scare us most. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at any of the outlets below....

It's been a whole year since this little project started, and we, Felicia and Aaron, are feeling nostalgic. In this special episode, we take some time to reflect on our first year of the podcast by looking back at our monthly themes, exchanged books, and special episodes. We manage to fight the tears long enough to set goals for our second year. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the...

We are halfway through October and already terrified by our TBR lists. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we break down our reading progress, give some rapid-fire recommendations of horror and mystery novels, and discuss books we will never read again. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email: talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram: @talkbooky Felicia's GoodReads: goodreads.c...

Talk Booky is officially one year old! As this little project grows into the infant years and learns to waddle around, we, Felicia and Aaron, decided to do a few anniversary episodes. In this first one, we expand on our episode zero "get to know us" segment by listing our top three books in various genres. The discussion goes some interesting places as we reflect on overlaps in our lists and obvio...

It's our second October on the podcast which means a few things: 1) we are planning a fun birthday party for the show; and 2) we are planning to scare ourselves senseless with our TBRs. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we discuss some upcoming books, exchange spooky books, set reading goals for the month, and close with a fun question about DNF'ing books (which is also scary). Thank you for listenin...

School's out! For us, at least. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we wrap up our month of academia books. We cover a few lists during the news segment before catching everyone up on our TBR progress, and then, we end with a somber recommendation. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram - @talkbooky Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com...

School buses are clogging up traffic, syllabi are thrown away, and students are already settling for C's. That means we are halfway through September, and we, Felicia and Aaron, are ready to catch up on a half month of academia books! In this episode, we update everyone on our TBR piles and go off the rails with some rapid fire recommendations all about school. We end by dissecting our favorite tr...

September is when many students settled into the semester across the U.S., so we, Felicia and Aaron, decided to join them. Join us as we set up a TBR that will take place across classrooms filled with literal magic and the magic of education (read: anxiety). We swap books, introduce the theme, and cover some upcoming releases that have us excited for Fall. Thanks for listening, and you can reach u...

August is over, and, hopefully, Fall is on the horizon. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we talk about books that revolve books at the end of a month with the themes of books. We might even work in some news about books and answer some questions about books, but you have to listen to find out. Basically, we love books around here. Thank you for listening to this slightly unhinged episode and reach o...

Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we finally wrap up our thoughts on Jace and Clary's second adventure as the weirdest siblings in literature. We unpack the last third of the novel and discuss our overall thoughts with plenty of criticisms of uncomfortable themes and praises for engaging action scenes. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at any of the outlets below.   Email - talkbooky@gmai...

It's been so long (three days)! Welcome to the mid-month episode for August where we, Felicia and Aaron, share our reading progress, give some recommendations for books about books while talking about more books, and talk about some awards. Thanks for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram - @talkbooky Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/femar...

Hey, August is here (ten days ago)! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, on this late episode fueled by cold medicine, caffeine, and pure guilt for breaking our schedule. We introduce the theme for the month and set up a very book-focused TBR. We end with some recommendations to follow the rise of one media empire and the fall of another. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below....

Hey everyone! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we wrap up a small month of reading delicious books. This snack-sized episode covers everything we read since mid-month, awards some superlatives, and ends with a fun question about befriending fictional characters. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at any of the outlets below.   talkbooky@gmail.com goodreads.com/atcole1400 goodreads.com/fem...

Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we spoil the second part of Cassandra Clare's City of Ashes! We dig into the interesting plot developments and character fumbles in this critical analysis of the book, and we look forward to finishing strong. Reach us at any of the links below:   Email - Talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram - @talkbooky Felicia's GoodReads - Goodreads.com/femarie Aaron's GoodReads - Goodrea...

It's the middle of July and we are roasting! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we check in on our July TBR and give some rapid-fire recommendations on food before ranting about the best wrestler-turned-actor and worst way to pay homage to Shakespeare. Thank you for listening and please reach out through any of the outlets below.   Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Instagram - @talkbooky Felicia's GoodReads...

Hey everyone! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we unpack the first part of City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. In this episode, we spoil the entire plot of part one and break down themes, characters, issues (plenty of them), and appreciations. You can reach us at the outlets below. Thank you for listening:   Instagram - @talkbooky Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/femarie...

It's July and everything is heating up! Summer is in full-swing, and with the year halfway over, the pressure to catch up on reading goals has our feet to the fire. In this episode, we, Felicia and Aaron, introduce our monthly theme, swap books, set up a TBR, and try to contain our appetites with plenty of random discussions about food. Thank you for listening, and feel free to reach us at any out...

It's the end of June! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we break down our reading progress for the month. As usual, one of us read about one book per day and the other read one book per week (we will let you guess which ones), and we get on several tangents related to Shakespeare and classic literature for some reason, but it's all very fun. Thank you for listening!   Email - talkbooky@gmail.com Feli...

Hey everyone! We, Felicia and Aaron, finished our very first spoiler episode. In this episode, we discuss Cassandra Clare's City of Bones in preparation for our three-part spoiler series on City of Ashes. Join us for an in-depth discussion of the book, spoiling every major plot point. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.   Email - Talkbooky@gmail.com Felicia's GoodRe...

Hey, everyone! Thank you for joining us, Felicia and Aaron, as we celebrate the middle of Pride Month. We talk about our TBR progress so far and give some rapid-fire recommendations for LGBTQIA+ books. One of us read quite a bit more than the other (around five times more), but we find time to recognize all the reading victories, small and large. Thank you for listening and check us out through th...

It's pride month! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we exchange a pride themed book and set up a TBR for June. We share some interesting news on awards and Summer recommendations before moving into a colorfully diverse TBR discussion, full of post-pandemic books, books related to graphic novels, and books on body parts. Thank you for listening, and use the links below to keep up-to-date on the podcas...

Hey everyone! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we go off-the-rails in this end-of-month episode where we discuss our TBR progress, give some reviews, and rant about some very problematic books. We hope you enjoy our ramblings and find some good books to read, and some to avoid, while we work through our thoughts on questionable King Midas retellings, Lovecraftian horror while fishing, and our shared...

Hey everyone! We are halfway through May and working through our TBRs. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we deliver some news on API month and discuss books we finished. In this episode, we discuss the cultural politics of reviewing excellent books in less than three words and the recipes of Appalachia...we have range. We also dive into rapid fire recs on theme for this month and get passionate about...

Welcome to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we exchange Asian literature and establish a TBR full of Asian fiction and memoirs. It's down to the wire on some of our reading goals as we close in on the middle of the year, but we are going into the month with renewed enthusiasm. Thank you for listening!