TBR Book Dive

Fetter attends a play, drops in on a friend to make some pots, goes on a trip, loses a family member, and stays in a hotel.It's been a joy podcasting for you all o7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fetter's mom tells us a story. We learn some more about Caduv, and Fetter shares some special moments with a new companions.Next time: Chapters 17-25 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First episode of the Nebula-award winning Saint of Bright Doors! We meet Fetter, mourn his shadow, meet his mother, some demons, his boyfriend, and the eponymous bright doors. Also featuring fascism, eugenics, mythology, cults, and so much more. There's a lot going on y'all!Next Time: Chapters 9-16 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It all comes to its inevitable end. Everyone dies. We talk about whether it's satisfying or not.Next time: Saint of Bright Doors! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WAR! The boys met several women, one of them dies, and one of them comes on to Patroclus. They also begin to show some personality, finding enjoyable hobbies and really growing into the prime of their adulthood during the world's most nonsensical war since the Australians declared war on emus. Check it out! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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For this week's Greek tragedy, we learn how a Locked Tomb character got their name, both Achilles and Patroclus get laid, we finally meet Odysseus again, and the boys go off to war.Next time: Chapters 17-24 Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're going Greek with the first episode of Song of Achilles! Join us as Patroclus proposes marriage, participates in an oath, eats some figs, eats more figs, and rides a hairy buff man.Our audio was a disaster this week and it wasn't caught til after the fact. Uh, sorry. I won't mind if you skip.Next week: Chapters 9-16 Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story ends. Tress and friends get beaten into the ground, Tress meets a dragon, attempts several negotiations, reunites with Charlie, and breaks a curse.Join us on our Patreon for Tress's bonus episode, or if you're a free friend we'll be back in 2 weeks with Song of Achilles Part 1! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In celebration of our 1st anniversary, only the finest literature would do. Join us as we read Chained to Krampus, featuring surprisingly little bondage and far too much weirdness.CONTENT WARNING: Chained to Krampus is smut. We're talking about smut. Check for more specific CWs if that worries you (it should). Don't listen in public... or do, I'm not your dad.For those of you listening in real-time, we'll be back with the finale of Tress next week. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us while we read along as Tress tells some lies, learns Ann's backstory, invents a weapon, and experiences a nightmare. Oh, and it rains.Join us in two weeks for the finale! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We continue our journey on the Emerald Sea! Tress gets a new job, has a doctor's visit, and we find out why Crow is captain.Next week we continue with chapters 34-48. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wade into the Cosmere with Tress's Emerald Sea! It's not made from water, but green sand. It makes sense, somehow. Join us as Tress loses the boy she loves, plans a heist, meets a rat, climbs a vine, and gets pressed-ganged into piracy.In 2 weeks: Tress part 2, chapters 17-33. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wrap everything up for the Grace Year. We count the dead, add some to their number, learn the truth of Tierney's dreams, find out whether the dove survives, and wonder if Tierney does.Our mid-ep schedule is a bit wonky because I think I misread it, but we'll be back with the Grace Year bonus (for the Patrons) on January 7th, and finally with part 1 of Tress of the Emerald Sea on the 14th. See you in 2025! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The weather warms and the sun's out. It's Spring! Tierney benefits from several deus ex machinas (latin plural needed) and stares at a naked man. The numbers come in, and they're pretty bad. It's a shorter one, folks.Next time: The Grace Year Ends. Tierney becomes a tree (jk jk... unless?) Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've arrived at the Grace Year encampment, where there is no grace (presumably, not all the girls are named). There's a lot of bodies, creepiness, magic, and maggots. Yum yum yum. Also featuring: a boy and maybe less fun opium.Audio Note: Markus's audio will be robotic at a couple tiny parts, because of wifi-related audio issues. It should go back to normal afterwards.Join us in two weeks for the Grace Year part 3, where we dream of Tierney's Spring. She becomes a tree, spoilers. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start our coverage of the Grace Year by Kim Liggett! We meet uh, Tierney and the super fucked up dystopia she lives. Join us as Tierney has a dream, communicates with her parents, watches a hanging, and receives a gift.We covered the first half of Autumn today, so we'll be covering the remainder of Autumn and Winter for Part 2. See you in two weeks! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We reach the finale of Small Gods! We meet a newt god, watch Brutha die, and of course: a turtle flies.Join us on Patreon next time for our Small Gods bonus episode, or back here in two weeks for the Grace Year part 1! We'll be covering half of Autumn, ending when they reach the encampment. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We continue or journey into Discworld by boat and enter into The Temptations of Brutha. Brutha wanders while Simony starts trying to make moves. Everyone here is definitely totally sane, and in the end we decide "It was time to do something about Omnia."Next episode we finish out the book!Bonus episodes and more available on Patreon. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We follow the continued adventures of Brutha and his one-eyed tortoise god, Om. Vorbis continues to be cartoonishly evil, Om makes a deal for Brutha's life, and Brutha meets the demonized Ephebians and their philosophers. Said demon philosophers spend surprising amounts of time being naked in the streets and drunkenly arguing with each other. Brutha questions a lot about how he was raised. The Omnians are bullied into signing a peace treaty - until they aren't. Vorbis enacts a long-developed plan to invade Ephebe from the desert, sacking the city. Also, we meet Death.Next week: We cover the next 25% of Small Gods, ending on the line: "It was time to do something about Omnia." Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ponder the tortoise and the eagle with us as we glaze Prachett's humor and prose for a couple hours. We meet Brutha and his fierce god Om, who is a weak tortoise, the scary head of the Quisition Vorbis, and have a lie down over hoeing the melons.Next week, the next 25%~ of the book! Our final line will be: "Then the darkness poured in." Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the finale of A Study in Drowning, we follow Effy as things get stormy and steamy, an ill-advised nap is taken, Ianto gets a phone call and makes some observations, Effy gets on her knees, we learn a lot about Angharad's author. Also, Effy attends a party, and talks to the dean.Patrons can join us next week for A Study in Drowning bonus, where we cover the Preston bonus chapter and cast the characters both well and poorly. For the rest of you, join us in 2 weeks for the first episode of Small Gods by Terry Prachett!We'll be covering 25% of Small Gods for episode 1. The endline of our last covered scene is: '"General Fri'it has other business," said Vorbis. "Most pressing and urgent business. Which only he can attend to."' If ending on the right line sounds stressful, just read to like 30% of the book and expect us not to cover all of what you read. That's fine. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you listened to this episode the day it came out, there was an audio gaffe from 5:50 to 6:20 in the original cut. It has since been fixed. Sorry bout that.A storm's truly a brewin' in A Study in Drowning. Preston and Effy find some naughty pictures, talk about their traumas, go on a road trip, commit grand theft clothing, and Effy has a crisis of faith.(Markus was out of his house when recording this so his audio sounds like he's in a bathroom)Next week: The EndWe also announce our next book! Hoooooo boy let's get SMALL Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our swim through the Bottom Hundred continues!We learn some hard truths about Preston, have a goofy study date in the pub, find some incriminating writing, talk literary analysis, have a terrifying lunch at the pub, find a secret room, and watch internalized misogyny go brrr.Next week, we release an August bonus episode for our Patrons. In two weeks, we'll be back with chapters 9-13 in A Study in Drowning. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(content warning for a Study in Drowning and eps covering it: Sexual assault, misogyny, xenophobia)We begin as all episodes do, with the audio getting fucked up and us having to re-record the episode us yammering on for a silly amount of time about what will probably be nothing. Welcome to our coverage of a Study in Drowning! We switch hats, with Sarah knowing what's going on the whole time and Markus being in the dark. In book we meet our friend Effy, learn how anxious she is, observe that men suck, spend a little time in architecture school, talk fairy tales, and envision Eldritch Deer (tm) against our will.Timestamps available on Patreon! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special bonus episode, we make wild guesses about how things will resolve in Alecto the Ninth as well as speculate about characters and their endings. Will we right about anything? Only Muir knows for sure, but probably not.It's not a huge deal but our Patrons might want to listen to the Nona Bonus episode that covers the Unwanted Guest before this one. Nona Bonus should drop later today on our Patreon, check it out if interested.We'll catch ya next week for our first episode of A Study in Drowning. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finish the remainder of the Locked Tomb, as currently released. Nona meets the saddest person she's ever seen, learns why Hot Sauce's name is Hot Sauce, scolds somebody, meets Paul, and remembers it all. Also, Harrow gives John a piece of her mind, pledges her loyalty to someone else, and receives a kiss.We don't talk about it, but also John gets stabbed through the heart. How about that.Next week: Both the Alecto Theories episode (free) and the Nona the Ninth Bonus episode (Patreon-exclusive) will come out. In two weeks, meet us back here for our first podcast outside of Muir's wild ride with A STUDY IN DROWNING, where we will be covering chapters 1-4. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We continue our journey through the Locked Tomb series, with the end on the horizon, as well as ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT BOOK? Oh, golly gee gosh. Too excited. I need a lie down.We learn more about the Angel and, unfortunately, John. Nona has a moment with Hot Sauce, a tantrum, gets a makeover, and gives a kiss.(This episode begins a few recordings where we have issues with Sarah's mic exploding, so her audio will be occasionally disastrous. Sorry. We'll figure it out eventually?) Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our study of mediocre Maori Jesus continues. He regales us of his doing miracles and starting a cult. We learn about Nona getting shot at the beach and what she thinks is sexy, and watch as Nona gets kidnapped, hears something she shouldn't have, and sees a broadcast.We'll be back in two weeks to cover chapters 17-24. As always, timestamps available on our Patreon. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're onto the last currently released book in the Locked Tomb series! We reminisce with God about his time in New Zealand. Meanwhile, Camilla, Palamedes, and all of us try to figure out who Nona is, Pyrrha acts like a pimp, the kids discuss the creepy Convoy, and Kevin... Kevins.Timestamps available on Patreon as always. Next time up we're covering: Chapter 9 through John 19:18 Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finally, finally, we get some answers. Harrow learns the truth about many things, meets a deadly foe and an old ally, and takes a nap. We also experience an excellent dad joke, witness the fight of the ages, and finally get to see the Emperor's Murder. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah's mic has audio issues and comes across super quiet for the first 9~ minutes or so before it gets fixed. Sorry bout it.Now that the soup's thickened, the plot keeps rolling! Harrow talks about possession, gets intimate with Ianthe, bonds with a kindred spirit, meets some old friends, and witnesses the most horrific sight she's ever been forced to behold.Also, in another time and place, Ianthe agrees to help a nun with her plot.As always, timestamps available at our Patreon page. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss the continuing events of Harrow the Ninth. Harrow sees some naked portraits, has a tea party with God, is interrupted in the bath, and most importantly: makes some soup.As always, timestamps available at our Patreon. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The continuation of us talking about Harrow the Ninth. We say in the opener that we're stopping at the 10th chapter, which... isn't true. We're professionals?Join us as Harrow takes a trip down the River, attends a funeral, stabs a corpse, calls Ortus a potato, and kills a planet.Also, Markus continues to get Ortus's name wrong. And will until uh, halfway through Nona. Future Markus, writing this description, is quite apologetic... Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We split the first part of Harrow into two, because of the grand multitudes we had to discuss! We begin the journey into the labyrinthine mind of Harrowhark Nonagesimus, meet the mega evolution of Karen, and watch Harrow vomit a lot.We now have timestamps for this and every future episode! If you're interested, they can be found at our Patreon page. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Because we're so damn generous, have one of our bonus episodes for free! We cover the bonus material at the end of Gideon the Ninth, cast most of the characters, and play Sarah's favorite game.One of these episodes will release about once a month over on our Patreon, for our Patrons. For books we just finished they'll be a similar format to this, and others will be us talking about whatever we can get an hour and a half out of that's book related. For example, our favorite book reads of 2023! Wow! How much to access that? 3 dollars?! Wowie~ what a steal! We're practically giving it away! Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we mournfully say goodbye to Gideon the Ninth*. The bodies hit the floor, monsters are slain, the truth is revealed, and most importantly: Harrow gets what she wants.*Other than the bonus episode, and talking about it in the sequels, and... Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More deaths! Verbal sparring! Gideon makes the greatest joke ever heard, and also goes to a tea party. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We read along as Gideon does a lot of fawning, beats up a dad, and goes to a dinner party. Oh, and maybe there's a tinsy bit of murder. (nooo not murder noooo) Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Markus and Sarah dive right in (get it???) to the world of the Nine Houses, where we meet our horndog protagonist, get introduced to bonermancy, and lo, a destructed ass. Bonus Episodes and more available on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.