Book Cult

It's another Grimms' Fairytale! Another man wanders into a forest and finds a princess, who saw that coming?! Plus an announcement about upcoming episodes and the newest member of the Book Cult team. (Congrats Sydney!)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Who is the real genius: the dog, the toddler or the scientist? Today we are talking about Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, a book about feminism, sodium chloride and competitive rowing. Let us know if you had kids reheating leftovers for lunch in elementry school.WARNING: Sexual assualt, sexism, suicide, child abuse, death, sexual harrassmentBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Will Ponyboy stay golden? Listen to find out! Today we are talking about The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a book written by a teen, about teens and for teens. Since neither of us are teens, we have mixed thoughts on the book. Sympathy for all oldest siblings, we deal with so much.WARNING: murder, police violence, death of a child, child abuseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

What if Little Red Riding Hood had a not so catchy name? Today you get the real story of a little girl who listens to a wolves advice to bring her grandma some flowers and ends up almost dying because of it. Let us know what is the best wine and cake to help cure your elderly grandma's illness!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

A great book for if you want to know if your dick size is average! Today we are talking about Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. A classic book full of wild scifi stories, men thinking they are the only person in the world who matters, and a lot of commentary on how capitalism has destroyed the enviroment. WARNING: domestic violence, assualt, racism, homophobia, mental illnessBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Is this what discord is for? Today we are talking about an new episode of Law & Order: SVU where the plot sounds more like a VC Andrews books than some VC Andrews books. WARNING: sexual assualt, violence against women, gun violenceBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

A man famous enough to be in a coffee table book of just general world history. We are talking about James Joyce, best know for the book Ulysses but also apparently a guy who had such a hard time getting anything published because he just was too spicy for his time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

The prequel that nobody asked for. Today we are talking about Hidden Leaves by VC Andrews (with surprise Dark Seeds by VC Andrews), the book that discusses how one doctor felt it was totally okay for him to be in a relationship with a patient because she's not like other girls. Tell us who you think the real villan of the book is.WARNING: self harm, sexual assualtBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Listen to hear about all the stuff we have learned over the past 99 mini episodes that were maybe not always all that mini. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Not the musical and not woods related at all. We are talking about Into the Woods by VC Andrews, the 4th book in the De Beers series. In this one we learn about Grace's childhood, her gold digger mom, and how she just cannot stop calling people daddy. WARNING: Sexual assualt, suicide, mental health Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

What happens when a teenager decides that her whole family hates her? She runs away in a motor home with her uncle and boyfriend of course! Except this road trip doesn't make it very far and instead she ends up hanging out with a family as troubled as her own. Join us as we talk about the not so VC Andrews book, Twisted Roots by VC Andrews.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

How could he turn out as anyone but fabio with that name? Today we are talking about the King of Romance, Fabio Lanzoni aka Fabio. Yes that is his real name and yes he really does live up to it. Fabio was pretty much destined to be a male model and embraces it by also being a chill dude who has some questionable sleep habits.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

What is our girl Willow up to in the second book of the De Beers series? Getting married, obviously but also becoming besties with a professor who doesn't understand professional boundaries and ignoring a bunch of signs that her brother needs to get some serious help. Listen to hear one chapter of a very VC Andrews plot and like 15 chapters of red flags being ignored by a 20 year old girl who maybe should ask for some help.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about werewolves. Are they real? Were they a big problem in France? Does the full moon matter? Did that one guys wife really deserve to have her nose bit off? Was it all a tiger? Or was it just an explanation for serial killers? Listen here to learn the history of werewovles and how they have literally been a thing forever.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about Willow, the first book in the De Beers series by VC Andrews. If you are expecting a wild ride like that in Flowers in the Attic or My Sweet Audrina then be prepared to be disappointed because even though it has all the usual VC elements (dead parents, rich people, creepy brother), it's like pretty chill."More like yawn-o"WARNING: death of a parent, sexual assault, mental illness, depression, suicideBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Dancers used to be able to get rich! Today we are talking about China Dolls by Lisa See, a book about three women who are able to make a living as performers but also have to deal with the racism of 1940s America. Am I jealous of their lifestyle? Maybe. Do I regret all of my life choices of not being a teen who worked at a club? Totally. TRIGGER WARNING: Murder, Racism, Death of a Child, Sexual Assault, SexismBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Everyone congragulate Alabama for finally getting rid of the anti-interracial marriage stuff in their state constitution in the year 2000! We are talking about the history of the states allowing, then taking it away, then allowing again people of different races to get married. At one point in Arizona you legally were unable to get married at all if you were of mixed race, insane!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

He's not just any vampire, he's THE vampire. Today we are talking about Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. While this book may be a classic and probably made Twilight what it is today, the craziest part of this episode is what Anne Rice's name was at birth. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about Grampa Goosebumps himself, R.L. Stine! A man who has never had writers block and it shows, R.L. Stine has written an insane amount of books you will not believe the amount he has had published. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

A children's book that is so relevant. Today we are talking about Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. This book is about a young girl immigrating to California from Mexico during the Great Depression and yeah it's historical fiction but like damn is it real.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

A very non comprehensive view of immigration in the United States and why people who don't think we should allow immigration are very wrong. Just remember literally everyone trying to come to this country is literally just a person trying to survive and have the best life possible and why would we make that illegal????Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

She might not be the fairest of them all but she a baddie (in the worse way). Today we are talking about Fairest by Marissa Meyer, the prequel to the Lunar Chronicles series. In this book we get a villian orgin story, lots of royals getting killed, and of course, brain control. Listen to hear why Levana is a victim turned very problematic villian. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Catch me on smurf-fiction.net or wherever she was. We watched The Hating Game starring Lucy Hale playing a character also named Lucy. Based on the book, The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, this movie follows the plot pretty well with some wild changes. Please tell me who decided to switch her proposal from ebooks to chatrooms, I have questions.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

She's short, he's tall, can i make it anymore obvious? Today we are talking about The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. This book has all your fave romance troupes but isn't super cliche. Besides the unrealistic depection of working in publishing, we liked it and you should listen because you might like it too.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about the "Godfather of Rap", writer and musician Gil Scott-Heron. He is a major influence on modern day music and political protest songs and yet we have never heard of him. Listen to hear how this ties into Kendrick Lamar and the Superbowl Half-Time Show.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Her name might not be Sara but she is out there kissing people and helping them find love. Today we are talking about I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuinston. If you want to read a book about queer teens in a Christain school in the bible belt, this is the book for you. The more you read, the gayer it gets!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Todays stories include a woman just trying to live her life without a man in the late 1800s and a guy named Stupid Hans who gets to win a wife just by telling the truth, getting help from a wife who loves to gaslight her husband, and having a man who carries people on his back across the lake drown the king. How long are those legs that he was just giving everyone a piggyback ride??????WARNING: Sexual assault & gun violenceBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Such a shame they had to break such a nice window. Today we are talking about The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket, which is a book about three kids who go to live with a woman they don't know in a house that would not pass inspection. Don't say you will be a guardian for three orphans if you are willing to give them over to a murderer just so you can go and hide in a cave the rest of your life.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about a $49,000 emergency paint job, making sure Americans can't be investiaged to international crimes, and of course the southern border. Pete Hegseth is the current Secretary of Defense, only getting the job becuase his new besties VP was the tie breaker, who immediately asked for tax payer money to renovate his home.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Dinner & a show! Join us as we watch the universe implode and talk about The Resturaunt at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. This book is all over the place and asks some of life's most important questions like "can the man who control the universe cook?" or "is it okay to eat a cow if they tell you they want to be eaten?" or "what question has the answer of 42?" If you are a math nerd, the last one might shock you.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Every Kennedy has Lyme disease and nobody knows why! Today we are talking about RFK Jr's second confrimation hearing where he continously asks to be shown the studies, says he would totally tell people to take vaccines, claims black and white people should have different vaccines, and isn't sure what side to take on 9/11. He also keeps mentioning his uncle (the former president) and how he was in 4H as a child. It's all awful and probably the future of America.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

This is it, we are finally talking about the most problematic of all teen vampire books, Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers. This book has it all: waiting for marriage, falling in love with a newborn, and questionable biology. Listen in to find out how little we apparently know about the male reproductive system!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Netflix made a movie adaptation of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and then casted some of the hottest actors out there. Tune in to listen to us talk about how the future is made of concrete and suits with lights on them and how casting could have maybe tried a little harder to make these people look less like models.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Stop being so brain-missing. Today we are talking about Extras by Scott Westerfeld. The government might not be giving everyone brain damage anymore but now we have a whole society of influencers, so progress? Join us as we talk about the origins of aliens, the science behind having a bunch of steel floating around in the earths atomsphere, and if the show Black Mirror is actually about a utopia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

One of the biggest losers of 2024, today we are talking about Matt Gaetz. This man quit one job before getting another and then dropped out of the running for the Attorney General position due to all of the crimes he's committed. According to the House Ethics Committee this man has committed statutory rape, possession of narcotics, and paid women for sex but it's all good because he will not see any consequences for his actions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

If you're a woman, it's all your fault. Today we read the way too popular self-help/relationship advice book, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gary. Will this finally be a book with decent relationship advice? NOPE! John will tell you that men and women are from different planets and therefore you cannot expect a man to understand the nuances of langague. Remember ladies, it is could you not would you.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Yes we call him Gary for most of the episode, oops. Today we are talking about the best selling author, John Gray, but known for Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. On the cover he advertises his PhD but what does he really have a doctorate in??? It has a lot more to do with meditation than you would think.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Two for the price of one! Today we are talking about Silent Night and Silent Night 2 by R.L. Stine. If you want to be on the side of the murderers and kidnappers, this is the book for you because honestly Reva kind of has it coming.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about the probably soon to be FBI Director, Kash Patel. As with all good heads of governmental departments that are supposed to be nonpartisan, Kash Patel sees Donald Trump as a king. He literally wrote a book about it, so embarrassing for him. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Let it snow but only if you want to be stuck in a random midwest town at a Waffle House or maybe a Starbucks but you also get to be a teen who falls in love so maybe the snow isn't really that bad and you get to forget about your parents being in jail or the fact that you have an irrational hatred of cheerleaders. Really this book is just a bunch of cheerleader hate because these kids are literally so jealous.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

The 2019 Netflix movie, Let It Snow, might be based on a book but it is loose at best. Is it better than the book? Maybe not but it is a vaguely holiday themed teen romcom? Yes, it is and that is all we can really ask for.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls. If you want to watch the children of rockstars try to pretend they aren't obsessed with each other then you would love to watch the 14 hour a day livestream these characters go through. Truly wild how popular they are but you know what, that's America. Which band would you be this stoked about to see reunite?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Surprise, you got a murder for Christmas! Today's holiday episode is The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Bennedict. If you want to hear about rich British people being extra, families who really shouldn't spend the holidays together, and a love of corsets then you will want to listen to this episode.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

What is up with this extremely seasonal candy that we use as decorations as much as food? Well listen here to find out. Hint: they have been around for a long time so of course it starts in a church.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today we are talking about the 4th book in the Lunar Chronicles, Winter by Marissa Meyer. If you like teens overthrowing a monarchy, robots with the worst luck, girls who are okay with dating a guy with a snout, and finding out that maybe your birth mom is the real villian then this is the book for you!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Today's little freak is Tulsi Gabbard, a flip flopping, dictator loving, cult member who might be in charge of National Intelligence. If you want to hear more about our little homophobes past and cult connections listen to the two part episode about her on the QAA podcast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

The bones are their money but also their food? Today is a super special supernatural superstitious story time for Friday the 13th. Be warned, we are talking about ghost kids, vampire cats, and bosses who might also be part dog. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

A horror book for all brides everywhere. Today we are talking about The Guest List by Lucy Foley. This book has every possible wedding nightmare rolled into one with a drunk best man, four chaotic groomsmen, an unstable bridesmaid, an MC with a questionably close relationship to the bride, a self-centered mother, and a plus one who is truly just having the worst weekend. This book has twist, it has turn, and it has an ending that neither of us saw coming.WARNING: self harm, suicide, murderBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

When you think of the Department of Education you obviously think of wrestling, and that is why it just makes sense for Linda McMahon to be our next Secretary of Education. There is so much to say about Vince and Linda McMahon and the WWE, they did a lot of terrible things to a lot of people and are currently being sued for covering up decades of sexual abuse of children. But don't worry because children have nothing to do with Linda's new job, aka being in charge of all public education. Linda has almost no relevant experience but she does love Trump and that's all anyone really needs!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

If your name is Bethany, you are a clown and everyone knows it. Today we are talking about Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix and it has everything you could ever want: parental abandonment, gymnastics, a kid with main character syndrome, a minister, a felon, and obviously the scientific breakthrough of the first cloned human.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.

Welcome to America 2025. To get ready for a second Trump term we are going over all the little freaks that will surround Trump this time around. Starting off with some of the most pathetic of them all, we are talking about Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and their plans to trim the budget by destroying the lives of as many Americans as possible. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/book-cult--5718878/support.