Words About Books

This week we are finally talking about something we liked! A Japanese manga which is SORT OF like a book. It's part wacky comedy, part spy drama, part wholesome family story. Highly recommended if you enjoy good stories and fun adventures. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/...

Thank you to our Patrons for voting for today's episode! This is a book that sounds so incredible. A woman is in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Oh but she DID kill 6 people, all members of her rich father's family. Now she's writing her memoirs about those 6 killings while a mystery unfolds on what really happened to the person she didn't kill. Or that's what...

We're still talking about Caliban's War, and we still don't like it. On the plus side, with a part two episode this long we know that no one else is listening. Now we can get into all the really juicy criticisms.  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbooks...

This week Ben and Nate read the sequel to one of their favorite books of last year. Join them as they embark upon a quest to find a missing girl and unravel the mystery of a mysterious alien monste-and hey wait a minute, is any of this starting to sound painfully familiar? Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threa...

This week Ben and Nate are voted by the patrons to travel to an island off the coast of Devon to investigate 9 murders and a suicide. Which one of the islands residents could have done all of these murders? And which one knows that we're listening to his/her inner monologue in order to cheat us out of being able to solve the mystery? Find out on this week when we tackle And Then There Were No...

We're talking about norse myth again. This time we talk about the one where Thor has to do drag to save Asgard and retrieve his hammer Mjolnir! Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - http...

Ben puts off medical treatment to make sure he's available for Words About Books' first ever author interview.  He should have known better. Join Ben as he has a life changing discussion with amateur Erotica author, Chad Dingleton, who is almost certainly not just Nathaniel Creed in sunglasses and a backwards baseball cap.  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutb...

It's that time of year again! Nate drinks alcohol and gets festive while Ben is a less-rich Scrooge. A Grinch if you would. We give our coveted end-of-the-year awards, exchange book gifts for next year, and look back on season 3 and forward to season 4 in this Very Special Episode of Words About Books. Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord -...

This week on Words About Books we tackle John Bierce's other work: The Mage Errant. Listeners of the show might know that we covered another one of his books last year called The Wrack. That book was Nate's #1 book of 2021! Will The Mage Errant claim the 2022 role? Or will we keep going on tangents talking about Naruto? The answer may surprise you! Also since Nate had to cut a ton of stu...

Ben did it! He finally convinced Nate to talk about Armada. Support us on Patreon for $5 or more and get access to this AND ALL OTHER BONUS EPISODES AND ADDITIONAL CONTENT! Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsabout...

Ben attempts to convince Nate and The Listener to read Babel by RF Kuang. If you have already read this book, listen anyway and be convinced to read it again.  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast...

We continue our discussion of Claimed by Sarah Fine (Servants of Fate). If you haven't already please check out part 1, or this will not make much sense.  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast...

Ben and Nate discuss claimed by Sarah Fine. Long ago we read a book chosen somewhat at random. That book was Marked by Sarah Fine and we mocked it relentlessly. Then something unexpected happened. It lived absolutely rent free in our heads for the next two years. We MUST find out what happens next. Maybe you care, maybe you don't, but this IS happening.  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bs...

This week the boys discuss a book voted on by the Patrons over at Patreon: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! Ben goes all Carmen on us when he describes this book. Nate thanks the Patrons for giving us a book Ben finally hates. If you want to hear more about the Sisterhood OR you never want to hear from them again then consider becoming a $2 Patron to vote in our monthly polls! Help Nate anno...

This week Words About Books tackles non-fiction! Something we've probably perhaps never done maybe? It's Jennette McCurdy from such hit shows as iCarly and also others doing her actual passion: writing. She expertly writes her memoirs in an easy-to-read and shockingly entertaining fashion. Also her mom died and we don't say this often, but good for her. This episode courtesy of Nate...

This episode brought to you by all the beautiful people over at our Patreon. If you want to vote on what we're going to read and discuss then head on over to https://www.patreon.com/WABPod This week the boys read Memories of My Melancholy Whores by a Nobel Prize winning author. On a 100% related subject Nate discusses why he's no longer an English major. Hint: this book played a key role...

It's Halloween and you know what that means! A spooky story from your pals at Words About Books. The spookiest part? Nate got this out... LATE :O Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - ht...

We conclude our discussion of Dracula by Bram Stoker. As you all know, part 3's are only for the super fans. So get ready to get weird.  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blo...

The discussion of Dracula by Bram Stoker continues. Lucy dies and then takes up child murder. In that order. Van Helsing and the boys team up to mutilate a sexy corpse. Mina saves Jonathon, I wonder if he'd ever be able to save her?  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@words...

We read the legendary Dracula by Bram Stoker. This is the book that put vampires on the map. It has it all. Monsters, Mayhem, Vague Allusions to Sex, and SO MUCH JOURNALING. Prepare yourselves for bad accents and hot takes. Guard yourselves with your heaviest crucifix and your most potent spices. Turn out the lights, and turn up this episode of WORDS ABOUT BOOO-KS Support the show Blue Sky - https...

This week Ben and Nate read a book with moving pictures and sound on something called a "Netflix". It's the Haunting of Hill House miniseries! It's like the original except it fleshed out a lot of the characters and improved on the foundation that the book laid down in almost every way! Seriously it's great you should check it out! Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky....

The boys start Spooky Month 2022 with a discussion of a classic in ever sense of the word: The Haunting of Hill House. Is there a spooky ghost? How can we defeat a House that stands on its own? And why the hell did Shirley Jackson think having two late-game cartoon characters would be a good idea? All these answers AND MORE await you! I wondered about calling this "Discussion at House on the...

We conclude our discussion of Jim Butcher's Grave Peril. We follow Harry Dresden as he infiltrates a vampire party, and then escapes, and then reinfiltrates the vampire's head quarters even less prepared than he was the first time. Is it crazy? Or is it just crazy enough to work?  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.g...

Two Dresden novices jump into the series for the very first time. They discover a world of magic, monsters, weird audio book direction, and many many descriptions of the humanoid mammary. Join them as they try to find out who is driving the spirit world of the Chicago Metro Area into a chaotic maelstrom!  Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - ht...

Nate's body is on fire as he types this. He's really sick. Just like this episode is sick and on fire yo! This be pumpin' dawg! That's right! We're here or the final episode of the first Frank Herbert Dune Trilogy! Who will claim the Imperial Throne? Alia? Baron von Jiggly Jello? Farad'n? Leto the II? The answer might surprise you... but of all of those answers one is...