All My Friends Are English Majors

it's week 1(ish) of Jane Eyre month! This week, Betsy and Emily dove into April Lindner's "Jane" a modern retelling of Jane Eyre. We talk about what happens when a book enters the public domain, and if there are certain elements to this book that make it impossible to move into the modern day (we're looking at you, Bertha). Tune in next week for My Plain Jane! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

it's the first episode of jane eyre month! in this episode, emily and her sister betsy discuss the original text- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. We discuss the importance of understanding that is is a book about jane, not just a book about jane and rochester, and the pronunciation of the name St. John. Follow this episode up with our first true episode of the month, Jane, by April Lindner. Hosted...

it's the final week of off campus month! tuck and brennan talk about the off campus series as a whole! we talk about if stuffed animals have souls, some of the crazier plot points in the series, and about adele's boyfriend's day job. next month is Jane Eyre month (spooky, right?), please tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's week three of off campus month and tuck and brennan are off topic! we do discuss elle kennedy's the score, but we also talk about fantasy football, why it's irresponsible for the nfl to replay season ending injuries over and over again, and the importance of wearing wool in the wintertime. what can we say, these books are for boys! tune in next week for comp con! Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

it's week 2 of the off-campus series! tuck and brennan discuss Elle Kennedy's "The Mistake". We talk new hockey lingo, if any of the women in these books have self respect, and if it's possible for a D1 athlete to share a twin bed. Next week we read "The Score"! PS: if the outro seems a little abrupt it is because Brennan's audio got messed up! Don't worry, he will get to do all his kanye album co...

it's a new month and we have a new guest! tuck and btrav take on the off-campus series by elle kennedy. we start with "the deal". we discuss the number of boners in this book, if you're allowed to stalk a woman if it's for a good cause, and how elle kennedy really wrote some bangers. see you next week when we discuss "the mistake"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

congrats to all my amfaem soldiers who survived acotar month!! in this episode jess and tuck talk about fanfiction and it's influence on the publishing industry, play fmk with the high lords, and ask each other important questions such as "should jess become the kind of teacher who bans books?". thank you jess for coming on the pod! next month we're reading the off campus series by elle kennedy! H...

we did it joe! tuck and jess read all of acotar! there's no more books after this! jess pretends she does not see them! we talk about how there are no rules for magic in this world, what we would Not Be Thinking About During War (sex), and how we (unfortunately) love the avengers assemble of it all. tune in next week for comparison contrast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

we're onto book 2 of sarah j maas's a court of thorns and roses! jess and tuck purr, smirk, and snarl our way through the enormous, throbbing second book in the acotar series (we are begging sjm to find more descriptors we are begging rhysand to flirt in a less animalistic way). spoiler: jess is hooked but we are in agreement: the writing needs to be better but we still Care So Much! Hosted on Aca...

jess is back! tuck and jess are taking on the wildly popular sarah j maas series " a court of thorns and roses" this month. it's a long episode but there was much to discuss! such things include beastiality, why women like faerie stories so much, and how we are begging authors to think their readers are smart!!! next week we will talk about book 2, a court of mist and fury! Hosted on Acast. See ac...

it's the end of colleen hoover month! tune in to listen to tuck and kayla as we discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of colleen hoover's books. asides include kayla's presentation of the pussy thesaurus and if colleen hoover is just writing trauma porn. next month is ACOTAR month, we'll see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ugly love ugly writing ugly time kayla and tuck hated this book. wish we had nicer things to say but unfortunately we will be discussing Miles being a weirdo and Colleen Hoover's scrub kink! tune in next week for CoHo month conclusion? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

tuck and kayla discuss colleen hoover's it ends with us. spoiler alert: something is wrong with this book! other discussions include casseroles and what situations they are appropriate for! please rate and review Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

bad news folks! it's colleen hoover month! this week tuck and kayla discuss colleen hoover's romantic thriller "verity." in a continuation from previous months we are begging colleen hoover to get an editor! this episode includes discussions of horny jail, premeditated murder, and how we'd react if someone committed involuntary manslaughter directly in front of us! next week's episode will be out...

it's the end of sally month! we discuss economics, the church, and other fascinating topics like whether or not felix is an actual criminal. asides include jess and tuck's 8 year old church outfits and if being on dating apps makes you a bad person. next month is colleen hoover month! prepare to sip on the haterade! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's week three of sally rooney month! tuck and jess are discussing beautiful world where are you, sally's third book! in this episode we discuss friendship, forgiveness, actually liking your partner, and the importance of actually reading the books, instead of just consuming them as quickly as possible. next week is comp/con, tune back in for us to talk about communism! Hosted on Acast. See acast...

it's normal people week! on a longer episode than most, tuck and jess take on sally rooney's most popular (and most accessible) novel. we talk about marianne, connell, marianne and connell, and everything in between. spoiler: we love this book and think it is a lovely read! tune in next week for beautiful world, where are you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's sally rooney month! tuck's guest this month is jess, who is a bona fide english major and english master! we're starting with conversations with friends. in this episode, we discuss sally rooney's crimes against women and the importance of recognizing the ability of yourself and others to grow and change (what can we say, we've got range!). tune in next week for the long awaited normal people...

it's the end of another month! thanks to emma for coming on and reading rom coms with me all month. In this episode, we rank the percent chance of any of these relationships surviving, the importance of being able to travel well with your partner, and how thankful we were that all three of these books had different plots. the emily henry rom com supremacy reigns supreme on all my friends are engli...

it's week three of old flame month! tuck and emma read christina lauren's "love & other words." we discuss how the actual theme for the month is grief month, dragon porn, and if it's possible for people who fell in love as teens to immediately fall back in love after a decade apart. next week is old flame month conclusion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's week two of old flame month and tuck and emma are taking on people we meet on vacation by emily henry. we discuss vasectomies, snuggling, and the difference between a rom com and women's fiction. join us next week for "love and other words" by christina lauren Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's old flame month!! tuck and emma talk about emily henry's beach read. important topics are discussed such as if we could have sex next to a cult in the woods where everyone died in a horrific fire (spoiler: no) and emma's credentials to be on the pod. next week is people we meet on vacation! see y'all there! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's the end of the month! tuck and sam discuss the tropes we saw throughout these three books: the good, the bad, and the illegal! you can look forward to sam coming back to the pod in december. next month is old flame month, starting with beach read. see y'all next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

tuck and sam discuss the spanish love deception on this weeks pod! we talk about the importance of an editor (a continual theme of this podcast), what an engineer even does, and if a man is allowed to be creepy if he's handsome enough (no). tune in next week for our comparison contrast episode to finish out the month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

it's week 2 of hateful coworker month and tuck and sam are back to review another compelling piece of literature! this week we read the ex talk, a book about... you guessed it... podcasting!! side discussions include sam's attempts at a good moustache, the cw's izombie, and if public radio employees are allowed to unionize! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.