Book Pile Banter

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss westerns, fantasy, and You've Got Mail.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss retellings, subverting the norm, and whether Thornhedge is a romantasy.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss what makes a book a romantasy, what they think of the developing genre as a whole, and various tidbits.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss whether any representation is a good representation, who is forgotten within the story, and the issue with telling instead of showing.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss what makes this cozy queer fantasy enjoyable.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss what qualifies a book as a great pride representation, whether a dragon population can thrive with only 10 dragons, and whether a book should start after the war.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim return to pride month reflecting on how LGBTQ+ reading has changed and effected them in the last couple of years.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim return to celebrate Sarah's b-day with a book filled with villains, humor, dolphins, and- of course - cats.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim revisit a Riley Sager book to determine if writing gets better with practice.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss characters, twists, and whether or not ghosts appeal to them.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss how this turned out not to be a mystery, balancing sensitivity versus plot, and what they wished the book had been.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss what makes a mystery a mystery while Sarah realizes her pick is not one.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim celebrate Kim's birthday with a Transgender book pick and highlight the nonprofit, Trans Youth Equality Foundation while discussing a pride and prejudice remix.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim compare this to Star Wars, the moment they found most organic, and whether it is truly soft science fiction.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim criticize the science, the plot, and all the details in this 2023 soft science fiction.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss the last ever book written by Octavia E Butler, whether vampires can be considered science fiction, and the desire for this to have been a series.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim question what really makes something a soft science fiction versus regular "hard" science fiction.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim conclude body horror with a small press selection that has varying reactions from each of them.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim have too many thoughts on this book and most of them are not pleasant.

Amberlee and Sarah begin the month of Body Horror with a light dabbling via young adults.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim continue the exploration of mythic fiction with a fairy tale that stars characters who would usually be secondary and how they save the kingdom.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss the Austen Chant's re-imagining of Peter Darling and determine how much it fits the genre of mythic fiction.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim identify and discuss how much mythic fiction they typically read in preparation for Mythic January.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim return to murderbot with discussion on it being made into a show, why the continue to enjoy the series and the first ever perfect score from one co-host for a book.

Amberlee and Kim return one more time to discuss two holiday stories on Christmas day. Host by Kiran Milwood Halgrave and Ghosts of Christmases Past by Richard Kadrey.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Return to Bear Lodge by Tananarive Due.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Oure Recent Unpleasantness by Stephen Graham Jones.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with No Light No Light by Gemma Files.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Master of the House by Stuart Turton.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Ones He Takes by Benjamin Percy.

Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss why this was not such a jolly read, what qualifies as plot and other b stuff.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with All The Pretty People by Nadia Bulkin.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Banished by Elizabeth Macnea.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Visitation by Jeffery Ford.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Mawkin Field by Terry Dowling.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Gargoyle by Bridget Collins.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with A Double Thread by  Imogen Hermes Gowar.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Old Play by Andrew Michael Hurley.

Amberle, Sarah, and Kim unexpectedly switch gears and discuss their favorite and least favorite tropes to find in books.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with His Castle by Alma Katsu.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Carol of the Bells and Chain by Laura Purcell.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Jenkins by Catorina Ward.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Ada Lark by Jess Kid.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Grave of Small Birds by Kaaron Warren.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with  Löyly Sow-na by Josh Malerman.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with After Words by John Langan.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Importance of a Tidy Home by Christopher Golden.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Salt Miracles by Natasha Pulley.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Last Drinks at Bondi Beach by Garth Nix.

Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Cold by Cassandra Khaw.

Amberlee and Kim kick off advent with Widow's Walk by Susan Stokes-Chapman.