That Pretentious Book Club

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #8 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode, the club covers childhood-favorite Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. This famous middle-grade fantasy originally written in German is a world-renowned children's tale rife with danger, magic, and adventure - the likes of which has never been seen in a children's fantasy book before. Join the host...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #7 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode, the club covers listener recommendation and all-time favorite, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series remains one of the most beloved  stories for children and adults alike, from magical fantasy lands to surprising allies, complex sibli...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #6 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode, the club covers listener recommendation The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This epistolary novel reads like the wind, full to the brim of sparkling wit, vivid characters, and themes of recovery and growth following extreme adversity - in this case...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #5 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode, the club covers a favorite of many by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream. From short girl power to utterly absurd conflict premises and fangirling over these fae in particular, this story has plenty to offer - even to Shakespeare skeptics. Join the hosts as they dive into this ridicu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #4 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode, the club covers Wheezy's all-time favorite book, Ingo by Helen Dunmore! This story offers an extremely unique take on mermaids, not to mention coastal cottage core vibes and sea VS earth magic it's hard not to be obsessed with. Join the hosts as they dive into this middle-grade favorite, ob...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a bonus interview episode with author Laura Brooke Robson!   In this episode Ash (AKA Wheezy), chats with author Laura Brooke Robson about her brand-new YA fantasy The Sea Knows My Name. From truly exquisite worldbuilding to breathtakingly relatable themes and characters, this book is definitely joining Wheezy's list of favorite books. Pour yourself a cup of tea, r...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #3 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In honor of the 4th of July, in this episode the book club is thrilled to be covering Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. An all-time favorite of Spoons, and a classic middle grade read many of you may remember from school, this book contains a vivid cast of characters in a coming-of-age story that manages to present an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #2 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode the book club is present and accounted for to discuss The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. This listener recommendation and a favorite of Wheezy's has everything you want in a paranormal YA mystery - plus Jack the Ripper lore! Join the hosts as they discuss the possible existence of blue chic...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #4 Episode #1 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In true TPBC fashion, the hosts kick off Season 4 of this bookish comedy podcast with another classic by Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey . From a review of Austen's most insufferable male characters to what it is exactly that makes the tone of this book so different, the hosts find plenty to laugh, love, and gasp...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome club members and new listeners alike! This week That Pretentious Book Club is on hiatus to celebrate the end of Season 3! Don't miss us too much though, we'll be back next week to start off Season 4 in true TPBC tradition with another Jane Austen classic, - Northanger Abbey ! Until then, check out our sister podcast for writers - The Scripturient Society - and en...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #22 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In the last episode of Season 3, the hosts fly upon uncertain wings into a fan-favorite of the YA supernatural romance genre, Fallen by Lauren Kate. An episode packed with violent outbursts of laughter at all the wonderful and ICONIC elements of this genre and the book in general, Spoons and Wheezy find plenty to di...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #21 of That Pretentious Book Club!   This week the hosts summarize one of Wheezy's all-time favorite reads - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This disturbingly relatable dystopian defines the science fiction genre, and sparks plenty of intellectual (and not so intellectual discourse) in this second-to-last episode of season 3. Join the club as the...

Send us Fan Mail If you love books, laughter, and witty ladies drinking tea (and whiskey), this is the podcast for you. From classics like Pride and Prejudice and the Great Gatsby to modern day should-be-classics like Percy Jackson, Twilight , and more, this comedy book club podcast has everything a book lover could want. That Pretentious Book Club is a bookish comedy podcast produced by Story Sir...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #20 of That Pretentious Book Club!   You read it right, folks. In this episode Spoons and Wheezy leap with unbridled fervor into the YA paranormal romance that changed the face of the genre forever, as well as shaping the social and entertainment lives of two enthusiastic sixth graders in very different ways - you guessed it (and also because you read...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #19 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy discuss the absolute rollercoaster that is Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. This listener recommendation prompts hilarious and even disturbing discussions ranging from everything between ecclesiastical stonemasonry and cousin lovers. Join the club as the hosts discuss all there is...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #18 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Wheezy takes on the club all by her lonesome (don't worry - the good doctor will return next episode per usual) for the gasp-inducing thriller that is The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn. Also well known for its gripping Netflix adaptation, there is so much to overanalyze and puzzle out in this...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #17 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy leap into the classic novel by Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . Highly sentimental yet gritty in its realism, this novel is a beautiful and inspiring story of an Irish-American family finding their footing in the early 1900s. Join the hosts as they vacillate wildly from despa...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #16 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy leap into the amazing YA sci-fi epistolary novel Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by incomparably brilliant authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. Spoiler alert - the hosts LOVED this book. Join the club as they recount the worst natural disasters they've survived,  catch fee...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #15 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy explore the evocatively human short stories collected in Dubliners by James Joyce! There really was no one like James for presenting all the beauty and melancholy of reality in the most relatable yet somehow alien ways possible. If you're looking for ambience, between the night...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #14 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy dive into of the most fun book recommendations yet, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull! This upper middle grade fantasy follows the exciting, delightful, and dangerous introduction of siblings Kendra and Seth to a world of magical havens their unpredictable inhabitants. Join the hosts as th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #13 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy return to club-favorite and beloved author Jane Austen for their take on/experience reading Persuasion . If you're feeling nostalgic for the chaos of the pod's early days, this episode is for you! The hosts have plenty to say about just about everything - this week's...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #12 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy are joined by special guest and Podcast Astrologist Katherine for The Selection by Kiera Cass. A series known for its iconic ballgown covers and unique plot similar to that of the The Bachelorette, this week's reading selection is a fan-favorite for many lovers of Young Adult r...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #11 of That Pretentious Book Club!   In this episode Spoons and Wheezy round out their Brontë sisters TBR with The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by none other than Anne Brontë. This gripping epistolary drama was surprising in a myriad of ways, earning high praise from both hosts who found plenty to adore and laugh about within a seriously intense cast of cha...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #10 of That Pretentious Book Club! In this week's episode, Spoons and Wheezy discuss one of Ash's favorite new-adult urban fantasy series of all times - The Sentinels of New Orleans , starting with Book #1, Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson. From roguishly charming undead pirates to obnoxiously bureaucratic wizard councils, this book has it all...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season #3 Episode #9 of That Pretentious Book Club! In this week's episode, Spoons and Wheezy discuss all-time favorite Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The wit and humor in this beloved classic outshine even the delightful comedy of the hosts themselves, as they fawn over the literary darling that is Huckleberry and the important themes Twain was such...