Reading the End

The Jennys bid the podcast farewell with a final episode containing a game, a strong effort not to recap the working horse controversy, and a chat about the lovely and charming Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim.

The Jennys chat about their year in reading and then spend thirty entire minutes on FISH FACTS from Helen Scales's The Brilliant Abyss.

The Jennys catch up on The Three Musketeers, chat about the ethics of using other people's lives in your writing, and review TL Huchu's The Library and the Dead.

The Jennys chat about the books they're excited for in the second half of 2021 -- the only joy we can experience in this world is books! -- and then review Jessie Q. Sutanto's comedy novel Dial A for Aunties.

Abandoning books that aren't working for you is a glorious gift you can give yourself! The Jennys chat about DNFing books and review Uzma Jalaluddin's new novel Hana Khan Carries On.

Gin Jenny speaks with debut SFF novelist P. Djèlí Clark about his new alternate history murder mystery, A Master of Djinn.

The Jennys reunite to chat about moms in fiction (just in time for Father's Day!) and conclude the 2021 Hatening with Christopher Yates's Black Chalk.

Gin Jenny interviews Brina Starler, author of the new romance novel and LM Montgomery homage Anne of Manhattan. We chat about the book, what's relatable about Anne Shirley, and whether the bananas thing is true.

Gin Jenny speaks with Nicole Jarvis, whose debut SF novel The Lights of Prague is out now from Titan Books.

The Jennys discuss their most-anticipated books in the first half of 2021 and begin the 2021 Hatening with Joseph O'Connor's The Star of the Sea.

The Jennys reunite to chat about their 2020 year of reading and review Emily Danforth's sprawling gay novel Plain Bad Heroines.

Gin Jenny interviews author CL Clark about their new military fantasy novel, The Unbroken, and finally discovers the distinction between Kansas City, KS, and Kansas City, MO.

Gin Jenny chats with Rose Lerner about her new Audible Original romance, The Wife in the Romance, and her timeless obsession with an Edwardian Holmes/Watson gay jewel thief AU.

Gin Jenny talks to romance author Talia Hibbert about biscuits, rom coms, and her latest novel, Act Your Age, Eve Brown.

Gin Jenny is enjoyed by special guest star Renay to chat about the best of SF in 2020 across all genres. Then Renay shares a gaming starter pack for nervous gamers, and Gin Jenny explains cross-stitching.

The Jennys recommend the best gifts for the 2020 holiday season and rave over Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half.

The Jennys are joined by Friend of the Pod Ashley to talk about scary books, review a romance novel that didn't quite work for them, and play a Goosebumps-inspired game.

The Jennys return to their Three Musketeers readalong, chat about fictional places they'd like to visit, and review Elizabeth Little's mystery novel Pretty as a Picture.

The Jennys chat about the Fall 2020 books they're anticipating, then review another romance novel about a viral moment, Girl Gone Viral, by Alisha Rai.

Gin Jenny talks to debut novelist Andrea Stewart about her new book, scuba diving, and how her job as a grants and contracts analyst prepared her for writing The Bone Shard Daughter.

The Jennys catch up on all the books we've bought under quarantine, then review a romance novel they both absolutely loved, Talia Hibbert's Take a Hint, Dani Brown.

Gin Jenny welcomes Adrian Ryan from the Spectology podcast to chat about the recent Hugo Awards and why they are such a mess.

Gin Jenny assembles a roundtable to scream about Tamsyn Muir's Harrow the Ninth. She's joined by Bria LaVorgna of Tosche Station, Constance Grady of Vox, and Natalie Zutter of many places including Tor.com, and they all have feelings about Gideon and Harrow.

Whiskey Jenny returns! The Jennys chat about the media we missed and caught up on in 2019, then review Quan Barry's debut novel, We Ride Upon Sticks.

Gin Jenny is joined by Hugo finalist Claire Rousseau to discuss our quarantine media consumption, preview some Summer 2020 books we're excited for, and review NK Jemisin's The City We Became.

Gin Jenny welcomes Alice of Book Riot's nonfiction podcast, and they build a nonfiction starter pack, compliment Nicholas Hoult, and anticipate some great nonfiction reads for the back half of 2020.

Gin Jenny and Guest Second Chair Renay chat about quarantine media, figure out what makes a comfort read, and review TJ Klune's new novel, The House in the Cerulean Sea.

The quarantined Jennys are back to talk about The Three Musketeers, their most anticipated books of Spring 2020, and Prince Gomolvilas's comedy play The Theory of Everything.

The Jennys talk to author Intisar Khanani about her wonderful YA fantasy debut Thorn, based on the fairy tale "The Goose Girl."

The Jennies defy the strictures of the calendar and review a Christmas movie in February, the Netflix classic The Knight Before Christmas.

The Jennys return with the first full-length podcast of 2020! They recap their 2019 reading and review Mary H. K. Choi's YA novel Permanent Record.

The Jennies try to get back in the podcasting groove with a short episode about what books they've been reading, giving, and receiving this past holiday season.

The Jennys kick off the Three Musketeers readalong, preview the best of autumn books, and review Eric Gansworth's YA novel Give Me Some Truth.

The Jennys are joined by Friend of the Podcast Ashley to conclude the 2019 Hatening, fight about settings, and play a game about famous houses of fiction.

The Jennys return with another shelf review for oldest unread books, then launch the 2019 Hatening with Susan Choi's weirdo novel Trust Exercise.

The Jennys chat about Veronica Mars, types of reading slumps and how to bust them, and Sarah Gailey's debut novel Magic for Liars.

Bonus episode! The Jennys talk through the many, many family trees of the Lord of the Rings appendices, and find among their branches a shocking name revelation.

The Jennys chat about the reads that make us feel hopeful, disclose an astonishing accomplishment by Whiskey Jenny, and renew Lauren Wilkinson's American Spy.

The Jennys are joined by friends of the podcast Robert and Ashley to discuss Alyssa Cole's historical romance novel, A Hope Divided. Euphemisms for sex organs are discussed.

The Jennys wrap up their read of Lord of the Rings,chat about their most anticipated books for summer, and review Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress.

The Jennys welcome one of the hosts of the Spectology podcast to chat about books that cross over the boundary between literary and speculative fiction, and review Karen Lord's The Best of All Possible Worlds.

Gin Jenny and special guest Renay talk about backlist books they're excited to read, then review Lauren Beukes's urban fantasy novel Zoo City.

The Jennys do their first-ever shelf review to tell you about their oldest and newest books, then review Helen Oyeyemi's dreamy unsettling fairy tale Gingerbread.

The Jennys talk through books and genres they've changed their minds about, and review Nicholas Johnson's memoir of Antarctic life, Big Dead Place.

Inspired by One Day at a Time, the TV show that made Gin Jenny cry the most, the Jennys pick out three properties to get rebooted.

The Jennys are joined by the marvelous Charlotte Geater to talk about experimental, epistolary, and other nontraditional narrative formats, and then to rave about Gina Apostol's latest book, Insurrecto.

The Jennys deal with Eowyn feelings, chat about their most anticipated books of Spring 2019, and review Jackie Sibble Drury's experimental play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia.

In this bonus minisode, the Jennys chat about Marie Kondo's attitude on books and whether it's actually fine. (It is.)

The Jennys get back to the Lord of the Rings readalong, then summarize their 2018 in reading and talk through New Year's Resolutions.

The Jennys close out the year with a chat about the new Netflix romcom The Princess Switch.

In their last full episode of the year, the Jennys chat about how the tone of a book can make or break it, and review Esi Edugyan's latest novel, Washington Black.