Drunk, Queer Bitches Talk Books

A second helping of trashy romance Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright

As dictated by a single year's worth of tradition, we're doing a trashy romance for February 2019, and boy does it deliver on the trash! 

The second half of our glorious return from hiatus, where we talk about scifi classic Neuromancer by William Gibson.

We're back from hiatus and begin the Year of Recommendations with William Gibson's sci-fi classic, Neuromancer. 

In part 2 of our Annihilation episode, we discuss the film adaptation and how it compares to the book.  * !The timestamp you were promised is: 40:30 - 41:45, (or skip about 90 seconds when you hear Mk get startked by the heat kicking on.) // // {{CLARIFYING STATEMENT RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF THE CONTENT WARNING BELOW.:}} // // (Also,  when Mk says "you don't see it... because I wasn't looking for attention", she definitely was not trying to imply that if you could see it on someone else, that would imply attention seeking on their part, but rather since in her case, she was specifically trying to avoid attention, she kept the evidence hidden.)

The final episode of 2018 is also the first episode Mk hosted! In it, we discuss Annihilation  by Jeff VanderMeer and its 2018 film adaptation, directed by Alex Garland. 

We interrupt our usual backlog catch-up for an update/announcement episode. We'll fill you in on the current state of DQBTalkBooks, finally let you in on the not-so-secret Secret Project we've been teasing for nearly a year, and tell you about some things we read this year outside of podcasting!

In the second half of our 2018 Kids Books special, we discuss and compare 'Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President' by Charlotte Pence and its parody version 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo." We also delve into a lot of political discussions, parts of which are hilarisad in retrospect. 

In our inaugural "Kids Books in November so Tony and MK can focus on Nanowrimo" episode, the bitches sit down with to classic children's stories about gay parenting. 

Here it is! Our too-late episode about our weekend at BookCon 2019! We'll tell you all about the awesome panels we saw, all the new books we added to our TBR lists, and drop some hints about upcoming plans for the podcast. See the post on our blog for a complete list of the authors and books we mentioned in this episode: 

Join us for the second half of our discussion of Shirley Jackson's horror classic 'The Haunting of Hill House," In which Mk can't remember the book that this book reminds her of*, and we all go down a rabbit hole discussing the many screen adaptations of the novel. Edit: Mk is now fairly certain she was thinking of "The Veiled Picture" by Anne Radcliffe

If August was our drunkest episode yet, October was our most distracted. Join Jared, Erin, Mk, and Tony as we talk about horror classic The Haunting of Hill House in between bunny trails about ghosts, other podcasts, and cancelled television. 

Join us for part 2 of our discussion of Robert Cormier's 'The Chocolate War,' where we discuss the reasons why it remains one of the American Library Association's most frequently banned and challenged books. We also go down a rabbit hole of Catholic Church hierarchy, and are all very unnerved by the word "raffle."

In honor of Banned Books Week 2018, we discuss one of the American Library Association's most frequently banned and challenged books, Robert Cormier's 'The Chocolate War.' Join us as Jared mistakes Jesus Christ for a high school senior, Tony disappoints his family, and we are all very subtle about our feelings regarding certain characters. 

In this second half of our discussion of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Erin recalls a tale from high school English class, Mk magically reappears, and Adam talks about Agatha Christie a lot. 

In our drunkest episode to date, we gather to discuss 'An Unsuitable Job for a Woman' by P.D. James. In his final appearance as one of the Usual Bitches, Adam alienates all of our listeners, then Tony has an interesting story about blood, and Mk vanishes between segments. 

The second half of our Ramona Blue episode has us playing lesbian bingo and doing a lot of shipping and pitching some fanfics. We also solve the Bi Problem in under 20 minutes. 

In this episode, Usual Bitches Erin and Adam are joined by Special Bisexual Consultant Mk to discuss 'Ramona Blue' by Julie Murphy. In part one, Erin decides she's dating one of the characters in her head, Mk can't remember which characters are in or out of the closet, and Adam had a very strong opinion about our protagonist's sister. 

Part 2 of our discussion of The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman, where we continue to revel in the horrors of this period of Canadian history, speculate on/wish for events after the ending, and discuss ways this story connects to small parts of our own experiences. 

In this first part of our discussion of The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman, Jared explains the very scientific process we used to select this month's book. We also learn horrifying things about the Canadian orphanage system of the 1950's, and we just... have a lot of feelings. 

Part 2 of our discussion of the comedic essay collection by David Sedaris. In this episode, none of us catch an obvious zombie movie reference, and we all learn why you're not allowed to film hospital births anymore. Also, we all forgot what exactly Justin Bieber wrote in the guestbook at the Anne Frank museum. ("She would have been a Belieber.")   ----- Music: "Fuzzball Parade" by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

In honor of the hilarity of April Fool's Day, (and in alignment with Adam's social calendar) we chose a comedic book,  "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris. In this episode:-We are introduced to the various members of the Sedaris clan.-Adam regales us with his harrowing experience on the D.C. Metro.-Everyone complains about fast food establishments failing to live up to their name. -----Music: "Fuzzball Parade" by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Part Two of our discussion of two books with important social themes. Erin is shocked her book is still so relevant despite when it was written. Adam recounts the tale of the Great Tumblr Unfollowing of 2016. Mike provides some feedback on the discussion. And, unfortunately, no one solves America's gun problem.  

For March, we decided to try something different, and paired off to swap books. Here is part one of our episode about two books with important social themes: "The Hate U Give" and "Give a Boy a Gun." In this episode, Adam voluntarily brings his current and former boyfriends into the same room, Erin gets annoyed by a fake number, and later, Adam gets called out for breaking other people's things. Also, Mike, Meredith, and Greg are present, and occasionally speak.

Part Two of our discussion of "The Golden Barbarian" Tony admits to reading "those stories" online Adam overshares about what this book did not provide him Jared laments the ship that we all wanted to see sail Erin wishes characters would just talk to each other dammit! And everyone misses when the biggest flaw in our male protagonist was his disregard for other people's well-being

We begin our discussion of Iris Johansen's "The Golden Barbarian" *Adam hosts the episode with his most sultry voice *Jared objects to some word choices *Tony can't keep his fictional cities straight *Erin hates men, but loves pigeons *And everybody fails middle school geography

In the second half of our discussion of "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks, Jared makes plans to build his own Culture warship, Erin is displeased by one character's ending, Adam thinks up some sips that the others missed, Tony name drops his favorite SF authors, and everyone hopes our author treated female characters better in his later years.   -----Music: "Fuzzball Parade" by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

In the inaugural episode of Drunk Queer Bitches Talk Books, we use January's Sci Fi Week as a perfect excuse to cover 'Consider Phlebas' by Iain M. Banks. Join us, as Adam revels in the "uniform ridiculousness" of the Damage players, Erin find lesbian subtext that even the male gays can see, Tony defends his hard-earned nerd cred, and Jared reminds everyone that he controls the editing. Also, we all have stern words for our book's main character. -----Music: "Fuzzball Parade" by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com