Podcasts about Abhorsen

Drew and Lauren come to the end of book two of the Abhorsen trilogy! The Final Draft features beers from Crooked Beech and Ex Novo. Visit our website at www.iolpodcast.com and join the conversation on Twitter @IOLPodcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/inkingoutloud Send us a tip on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/inkingoutloud Inking Out Loud is Drew McCaffrey and Rob Santos. Sound engineering by Drew McCaffrey. Artwork by Danielle "FelCandy" Prosperie. Intro/outro music: "Moonlight" by Jivemind.

Little red book hosts Kyptan, Stormrunner, and Spooke as they discuss the final book in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Trilogy. Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/legendarium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Reddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@GreenteamPod⁠⁠⁠

Join us for a lively review of "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case." By Garth Nix. In this standalone novella set in the Abhorsen universe, Nicholas Sayre embarks on a thrilling adventure, facing personal demons and unraveling a chilling mystery surrounding a locked case and an enigmatic creature. We explore Nix's masterful storytelling, immersive world-building, and themes of identity and duty. Discover the magic of this captivating tale, whether you're a fan of Nix's work or a newcomer to his extraordinary storytelling prowess.Content WarningsDeathSupport the showRecommend us a Book!If there's a book you want to recommend to us to read, just send us a message/email and we'll pop it on our long list (but please read our review policy on our website first for the books we accept).Social MediaWebsite: https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/Email: teachingmycattoread@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachmycat2read/Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachmycat2read?s=09Tumblr: https://teachingmycattoread.tumblr.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXi9LNQv8SBQt8ilgTZXtQListener FeedbackSend us feedback via the feedback form (2023) https://forms.gle/TBZUBH4SK8dez8RP9

Head to the nearest midden and abandon all hope - The Ragwitch has you in her thrall! We have a blast discussing Garth Nix's first novel and following Paul and Julia's external and internal journeys. We consider the ways in which this work shows the beginnings of the Abhorsen series and do our best to start a rumor that Garth is a necromancer. Typical Dragon Babies stuff. Grab your creepiest doll and join us!This episode was a listener request - thank you, Rachael! If you'd like to make a request, leave a comment or email us at dragonbabiespodcast@gmail.com.MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty nine and the epilogue of Abhorsen. Thanks everyone for a fun journey through the third book of the series!Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify. Thanks! We love you!Support the showSupport the show

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty eight of Abhorsen. Apologies for the tardiness!Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify. Thanks! We love you!Support the show

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty seven of Abhorsen. This is a wacky (read: fun) one!Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Sp

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty six of Abhorsen.Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Sp

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty five of Abhorsen.Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Sp

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty four of Abhorsen and read an email from listener, Matthew! Thank you Matthew! Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty three of Abhorsen. Join our Pateron and get access to our Pateron exclusive show "Short Story Long" for as little as $5 a month!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty two of Abhorsen. Join our Pateron!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack bring low energy to discuss chapter twenty one of Abhorsen and read an email from listener, Lauren. Thank you Lauren! Join our Pateron!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twenty of Abhorsen and read an email from listener, Shan. Thank you Shan! Join our Pateron!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter nineteen of Abhorsen and possibly get sued for copyright infringement. Join our Pateron!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloadedEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter eighteen of Abhorsen. BAH GAWD IT'S GONNA BE A BARNBURNER!Join our Pateron!Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloaded Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter seventeen of Abhorsen. Join our Pateron! Check our brand new show, Hatermore! Hosted by Alex and super-producer Dallas! Available where ever fine podcasts are downloaded Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

We now (finally) have a Pateron! Please consider subscribing if you enjoy (or hate!) what we're doing. Thanks! We love you!Join our Pateron!This week Alex and Zack discuss the second interlude of Abhorsen and read an email from listener, Kai. Thank you, Kai!Link to British military ranks mentioned in Kai's email:  https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/military-structures-and-ranks Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter sixteen of Abhorsen and have some fun with wacky outtakes!Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter fifteen of Abhorsen, publishing, and recent movies they've enjoyed.Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter fourteen of Abhorsen and read an email from listener, Allie! Thank you, Allie! Tangerine Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter thirteen of Abhorsen.Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week, we're talking about Abhorsen by Garth Nix. Join us for a discussion of character growth, using metaphorical molotov cocktails to exchange one problem for another, and - of course - what the cat would think of it all.NB: This is the third in The Old Kingdom Series, after Sabriel and Lirael. We've read both of these books before! See series 1 episode 4 and episode 22.Spoiler warning for Amazon's Wheel of Time Season 1 - Who is the Dragon reborn -  20:21 Content WarningsNon-explicit discussion of suicidality, fantasy violence, mention of climate crisisSocial MediaWebsite: https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/Email: teachingmycattoread@gmail.comGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/130760733-teachmycat2read-podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachmycat2read/Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachmycat2read?s=09Tumblr: https://teachingmycattoread.tumblr.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXi9LNQv8SBQt8ilgTZXtQSupport the show

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter twelve of Abhorsen and read an email from listener, Matthew.Who would be in your ideal cast for an Old Kingdom show or movie? Write in and let us know!Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter eleven of Abhorsen and read messages from couple of listeners, Patrick and Maia Angelou!Link to the Instagram page Maia sent us: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc3p_ivquyd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter ten of Abhorsen, the difference between Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan, prohibition, and the crumbling of society! Fun stuff! We also read messages from couple of listeners, Lauren and NickyNak3! Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter nine of Abhorsen and owls.Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss the first interlude of Abhorsen.Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter eight of Abhorsen. Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter seven of Abhorsen. Stay tuned after the episode for a bonus scene!Link for Jan's Lirael inspired game: https://hanz9427.itch.io/liraels-library https://www.reddit.com/r/SevenBellsPodcast/comments/tjybxj/liraels_library_roguelike_game/Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

In this hungover episode Alex and Zack discuss chapter six of Abhorsen and read a fascinating  email from listener, Patrick. Thank you Patrick!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter five of Abhorsen and read some lovely emails from listeners, Jan and Daniel. Thank you Jan and Daniel! Let us know if you have any ideas for an Old Kingdom game and the enemies your character would face and we'll read them on the show! Links to the Victor Borge videos mentioned in Daniels email:Phonetic PunctuationInflationary LanguageEmail us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This episode (303) takes a look at ‘Lirael' and ‘Abhorsen' by Garth NixAll opinions my own, and subjective as they come.Pre-Order ‘The Thirteenth Girl' now! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thirteenth-Girl-absolutely-unputdownable-psychological-ebook/dp/B09MHHNQMF/ref=sr_1_12?crid=1Z2QA7FIWM2FB&keywords=the+thirteenth+girl&qid=1643280508&sprefix=the+thirteenth+girl%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-12 Amazon Link for my first novel, ‘Stranded' below:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stranded-Escape-most-twisty-thriller-ebook/dp/B091BNQDQW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stranded+sarah+goodwin&qid=1624625721&sr=8-1 Music by Jahzzar – ‘The Last Ones' and/or ‘Bloom' (Under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)Photograph by Michael Penny.New podcast episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Videos on the Witchfix youtube channel, crafts, unboxings, magical herbs and more. Amazon Wishlist - https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/NO4CUXFXJMUW?ref_=wl_share Vote for your favourite book to be reviewed, and add new ones on the podcast's goodreads List - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...Buy Waywood by Sarah Goodwin on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Waywood-Sarah-...Buy Dead to Rites by Sarah Goodwin on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Rites-H...Follow on Twitter @Witchfix Email witchfixpodcast@gmail.com

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter four of Abhorsen while also getting lost in The Twilight Zone and ranting about Marvel properties.Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter three of Abhorsen and read  lovely emails from listeners, Lauren and Allie. Thank you, Lauren and Allie!Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack are finally back to discuss chapter two of Abhorsen and read a lovely email from listener, Tyler. Thank you, Tyler! Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter one of Abhorsen and read a lovely email from listener, Allie. Thank you, Allie! Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

Alex and Zack are back to start their discussion on the third book in the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix, Abhorsen! It's great to be back and thank you for your patience! Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

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This week Alex and Zack discuss chapter forty-four and the epilogue of Lirael. We'll see you after the new year for our deep dive into 'Abhorsen!' Thank you for all your continued support. We love you!Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn?RocktanicaAvailable on your favorite podcasting apps!Follow Zack on Twitter @zackkowalskiDon't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts!

Your hosts wax poetic about nostalgic memories of the Old Kingdom series (even if Lilly doesn't like that name). They give an overview of the series including the original trilogy Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen and the recent installations Clariel, Goldenhand, and Terciel & Elinor. It's a rare pleasure to reread a book that was so influential to our youth that is still enjoyable as adults. They also explore purposeful mispronunciations of words (like Abhorsen) and the general foibles that follow.Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

This week, your hosts discuss Sabriel by Garth Nix. Sabriel's life takes an unexpected turn when her father, a necromancer called the Abhorsen, sends an undead servant to her with the tools of his trade, the famed bells and sword, and requests her help, as he is trapped in Death. Determined to rescue her father, Sabriel takes on the title of Abhorsen and ventures into the Old Kingdom in search of her father. Almost immediately, she runs into undead monsters who serve the Abhorsen's nemesis, Kerrigor. Will Sabriel be able to rescue her father and defeat their enemy? Join us this week!

Join us for a discussion of Lirael, Garth Nix's sequel to Sabriel and the second in the Abhorsen trilogy. We talk about bloodlines, loneliness, and our shared burning desire to become Assistant Librarians in the Great Library of the Clayr.Content WarningsSuicidal ideation, mild gore / zombies, Social MediaYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXi9LNQv8SBQt8ilgTZXtQInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachmycat2read/Twitter: https://twitter.com/teachmycat2read?s=09Tumblr: https://teachingmycattoread.tumblr.comGoodread: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/130760733-teachmycat2read-podcastWebsite: https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/Email: teachingmycattoread@gmail.comSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/teachingmycattoread)

Amanda and Jenn discuss non-human narrators, stories about ladies doing it for themselves, books set in Japan, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Feedback Stoner by John Williams, Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones and Sing Unburied Sing, Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, and My Antonia by Willa Cather (rec’d by Elizabeth) Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, White Palace by Glenn Savan (rec’d by Wynnde) Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, and The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (rec’d by Cate) Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton (rec’d by Kelly) Questions 1. *TIME SENSITIVE*   I am going through a very difficult time personally and have a big period of down time coming up very soon.  I need something to read that will not make me feel worse than I already do.  I would love an uplifting/hopeful book that features a woman (preferably single!) who achieves her lifelong dreams of becoming a writer/painter/musician etc.  Basically, a book about a single woman who is kicking some major life butt and doing it on her own.  Bonus points if the thing she does is related to writing (for example a novel or becoming a poet) and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE for the love of my sanity, do not recommend a romance.  I love romance with all of my heart but emotionally cannot handle one at this moment.  I also do not read horror, crime, or mysteries.    Thanks for the recs in advance, I appreciate it! -Marelis 2. Hi from the UK! I’ve been listening to your podcast for years – I love it. You’re both awesome! I’ve been playing a lot of the video game Ghosts of Tsushima recently and I’d love some recommendations for books set in Japan to complement it! I like historical fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, sci-fi (I’ll pretty much try anything). I have Pachinko on my list. Bonus points for Samurai.  -Charlotte 3. My wife and I just had a baby on Valentine’s Day. We are white, Christian, and a LGBT family. We want our daughter to have as much diversity as possible. We have the little leaders and dream big series along with plenty of feminist books. We need some picture books about transgender kids, Muslim (or other religions) children, and children of different races/cultures. What are your favorite picture books for us to add to her library? Thank you! -Jessica 4. Could you recommend a fantasy or sci-fi read-alike for The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison? The things I like most about it are the fantasy elements, the fact that the main character is a person in power who leads responsibly because he’s genuinely a good, empathetic person, and the way that the protagonist learns to assert and value himself slowly throughout the book. Either way, thanks for your time! I appreciate you and your work! -Laura 5. I have been enjoying getting into some more door-stopper sized books this year and was hoping you could help me find some more. Specifically, I’d love an adult fantasy novel with a female lead (preferably written by a woman) maybe with a little steaminess. I generally really enjoy fantasy which doesn’t operate within the standard Tolkein-esque genre, but has its own twist and interesting world building. I read Kushiel’s Dart and that’s almost what I was looking for but I just couldn’t get past all the questionable consent stuff…. I don’t think I’ll be reading the rest of the series. Some fantasy books I have loved (not all door-stoppers) include the Broken Earth trilogy, the Abhorsen trilogy, Gideon the Ninth, Lies of Locke Lamora, and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. A friend recently got me into the Wheel of Time series as well, which is fun but with a much more male-centric, standard fantasy feel. I do like when sci-fi elements are thrown into a fantasy world (such as with Gideon), but would prefer it to lean more into the fantasy side of things (already have some good sci-fi ones on my shelf). Generally not a huge fan of time travel or robots (excepting Murderbot). Please no sexual violence. I look forward to your recommendations. Thanks! -April 6. Hi! About a year ago, I finally told my husband (and admitted to myself) that I’m bisexual. I hadn’t told anyone else because, well, I’m happily married and it’s not like I’m looking to date. And then, just a couple weeks ago I found out that my best friend of over 30 years is also bisexual! I would love a rec for a book she and I could read about bi women, preferably not a coming of age kind of book, but about grown women who are who they are but also bi. Any genre is good – we are both voracious readers. Thanks! -Jaimie 7. I want to find a fantasy book with the main characters as not human. Like wings of fire. I would love adventure and stuff -Samantha Books Discussed Spinster by Kate Bolick Finding Freedom by Erin French (cw: addiction, domestic abuse, harm to animals) Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt (cw: harm to children, mostly off-screen) Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love When Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff, Kaylani Juanita The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (cw: harm to children, graphic violence) Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: rape, harm to children) The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka (Roxane Weary #1) (cw: violence against women and minors including rape, kidnapping, imprisonment) The Deep by Rivers Solomon (tw: slavery) Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton (narrated by a crow and also a cow and a polar bear, dogs and cats and sparrows) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I love animal companions! A couple of my favourites are Mogget the cat from Garth Nix’s Abhorsen trilogy, Doe-Eyes the dog from Meagan Spooner’s Hunted, and Maruman the cat from Isobelle Carmody’s Obernewtyn series, but my list is very long. One thing I know for sure is that you can’t just put an animal in your story, mention it’s there and declare your work done. An animal companion is woven right into the story’s fabric—they have a part to play and a purpose to serve. Done right, they enrich your work, so here are three tips for making the most of your animal companions. I also give you my monthly book recommendation: this time it's The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. You can find a transcript of this episode at my website, where you can also subscribe to my newsletter, get behind-the-scenes peeks at how I write, and any other news about new books, events or the podcast. You can also submit a question for the podcast on my website. You can find me on Twitter or Instagram. 

"Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?" This episode is partly celebration of one of my favorite female characters and partly a series recommendation for the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix. Sabriel is a heroine whose story I have returned to again and again. She is one of a long line of people called the Abhorsen, who stand against necromancers and sorcerers determined to bring armies of the Dead into life. At 18, Sabriel leaves school to find her father, the current Abhorsen, after he goes missing. Armed with a sword and seven bells, she crosses the Wall into the Old Kingdom and begins her search -- both in Life, and in Death. I figured it's appropriate on International Women's Day to highlight one of the coolest characters I've come across! Sabriel knows her power, she knows what she has to do, and she does it. She's smart and determined and witty and strong. Quite simply, she's badass. I hope you'll think so too! Here's a link to the cover of Sabriel that hooked me all those years ago as a kid in the library!

Today we are discussing Abhorsen by Garth Nix, the Third in the Old Kingdom Series! With this discussion we include a bit of talk on Lariel, so be sure to listen to that episode if you haven't already. (https://anchor.fm/AHero'sJourney/episodes/S1E28-Lirael-ejvnvv) Please let us know what you think of the episode and show! If you missed our Previous ventures into the land of the Old Kingdom listen here! (https://anchor.fm/AHero'sJourney/episodes/Season-1-Episode-2-Sabriel-ebp1i9). Each week we pose a question for the audience, contact us by email (AHerosJourneyPod@Gmail.com), on FaceBook (@aherosjourneypod), on Twitter (@A_Heros_Journey) to answer! We'd love to hear from you. Follow us for the latest news and updates. We hope you enjoy the show and come back next week! If you have time please rate and review wherever you are listening! Logo by Tree-X-Hugger, Editing by Alexander Merk and John Brinton

Garth Nix is one of Australia's best selling authors, having previously worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Having sold over 5 million copies, Garth's books include the award-winning young adult fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen and Clariel; the dystopian novel Shade's Children; the space opera A Confusion of Princes; and a Regency romance with magic, Newt's Emerald. Ahead of the release of his new book 'The Left-Handed Booksellers of London'(part of #Booktoberfest), Sarah and Shanu sat down with Garth to discuss his use of instinct for the book, how his travels inspired the book, bringing his past to the page, and more. Books mentioned in this podcast: 'The Left-Handed Booksellers Of London' - Garth Nix: https://bit.ly/31iMDlW Host: Sarah McDuling & Shanu Prasad Guest: Garth Nix Producer: Nick Wasiliev

Mandy Self joins Seth again to discuss her comfort reading, which is Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series, starting with Sabriel. By their very nature, these episodes contain some light spoilers, and we don’t really have a non-spoiler discussion section, so be aware of that. Mandy’s Social Media: https://twitter.com/Brown_Ajah https://twitter.com/TrivCrucial

We continue on our journey with Sabriel in Chapters 3 & 4!Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our Subreddit!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn? Rocktanica Available on your favorite podcasting apps!

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An introduction to the world of Sabriel along with our chapter one summary. Have you read the book and want to revisit? Great. Haven't read the book but want to read along with us? Even better. Join our Pateron!Email us at 7bellspodcast@gmail.com!Follow us on Instagram!Join our  Subreddit!Follow us on Twitter!Check out the other shows on the So... What Did You Learn? Network:So... What Did You Learn? Rocktanica Available on your favorite podcasting apps!Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts and Spotify!

Yes, your eyes don't deceive you. Chris Hetlinger is our guest, but Chris Hetlinger is also a co-host! How can this be?! You'll just have to see. Join us for a dive into the Abhorsen trilogy, a fantasy book series that our guest and host (and these are two different people we're talking about here) have a deep love for, but Atlas has no idea about any of it. And who doesn't want to see Atlas look stupid? It's an early father's day special miracle!Click here if you want to donate to our Patreon!Follow Atlas @atlasnovack on Twitter or Instagram!Follow Chris @stolen_relic on Twitter or Instagram!Follow us @badreadingpod on Twitter or Instagram!Check out our other episodes on our Youtube channel or anywhere you find your podcasts! And don’t forget to leave a rating as it helps the show out.Recorded at Third Wheel Podcast Studios in Los Angeles, CA.

On this week's episode we're kicking back to discuss some of the beloved fantasy books of our youth, including The Circle of Magic series, the Abhorsen series, the Dark Is Rising series, and others! What We’re Into Lately The Spare by Miranda Dubner Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai The Fever King by Victoria Lee The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee Unholy Union by NeverwinterThistle Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski The King: Eternal Monarch   Other Stuff We Mentioned Marissa Lingen John Wick Teen Wolf fandom Big Wolf on Campus fandom Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù The Untamed Burnout by Emily Nagoski Glitch Slack The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Greenwitch by Susan Cooper The Grey King by Susan Cooper Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Brigadoon musical Young Wizards series by Diane Duane His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce Sandry’s Book, by Tamora Pierce Tris’s Book, by Tamora Pierce Daja’s Book, by Tamora Pierce Briar’s Book, by Tamora Pierce The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge Linnets and Valerians, by Elizabeth Goudge The Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix An Untamed/Abhorsen crossover A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood Diana Wynne Jones Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Wind Singer trilogy by William Nicholson David Eddings Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron Eragon by Christopher Paolini The Acorna series by Anne McCaffrey The Crystal Singer series by Anne McCaffrey Dragon Riders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey The Belgariad Series by David Eddings The Greenhollow Duology by Emily Tesh Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge The Wolves Chronicles series by Joan Aiken Deeplight by Frances Hardinge Rick Riordan Presents   For Next Time The six finalists for this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders Gideon the Ninth by Tamsin Muir A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley   Transcription The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you to our beloved scribes, as always, and welcome to the new additions to the scribing team: Kate, BananaLord, Eli, and Marita!

Welcome to The Otherplace Chauncey, Marda, and Peck find themselves far from their homes, on the Isle of Volk. The Fellowship of the Seven Rivers has sent them on a mission to place Sunlamps around the perimeter of town. Peck follows her delinquent young employees to a long abandoned mansion where all is not as it seems. Something may be lurking in the dark corners as they do their best to investigate the Belmin House.   ----------------Ø----------------   Chanucey is played by Mary Frances Miller Peck is played by Nikki Smetters Marda is played by Sarah Joy Mark Eberhardt is GM   ----------------Ø----------------   For news and extras, follow us on Twitter or on Instagram. Visit our website to find out more about The Otherplace and our other podcasts and projects. Support the show by visiting us on Patreon, donating through Ko-fi, or leaving us a review on your favorite podcatcher.   ----------------Ø----------------   The Otherplace is an RPG actual play. In our live play podcast, we use the Genesys role playing game system to tell our stories. We are inspired by Final Fantasy, Lockwood and Co. by Jonathan Stroud, The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix, The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Fallout, Skyrim, Zelda, and our own imaginations. To find out more about the land of Fenrayne, visit our website. Genesys is a product of Fantasy Flight Games ©2020 All music, audio, characters are owned by Night Cast Creative ©2020

Welcome to The Otherplace Chauncey, Marda, and Peck find themselves far from their homes, on the Isle of Volk. The Fellowship of the Seven Rivers has sent them on a mission to place Sunlamps around the perimeter of town. Peck follows her delinquent young employees to a long abandoned mansion where all is not as it seems. What will they find in this supposedly haunted house?   ----------------Ø----------------   Chanucey is played by Mary Frances Miller Peck is played by Nikki Smetters Marda is played by Sarah Joy Mark Eberhardt is GM   ----------------Ø----------------   For news and extras, follow us on Twitter or on Instagram. Visit our website to find out more about The Otherplace and our other podcasts and projects. Support the show by visiting us on Patreon, donating through Ko-fi, or leaving us a review on your favorite podcatcher.   ----------------Ø----------------   The Otherplace is an RPG actual play. In our live play podcast, we use the Genesys role playing game system to tell our stories. We are inspired by Final Fantasy, Lockwood and Co. by Jonathan Stroud, The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix, The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Fallout, Skyrim, Zelda, and our own imaginations. To find out more about the land of Fenrayne, visit our website. Genesys is a product of Fantasy Flight Games ©2020 All music, audio, characters are owned by Night Cast Creative ©2020

Thank you to Yama for commissioning this episode! These are some damn good chapters, y'all. I'm really interested in what Clariel is going to think of meeting an Abhorsen, because we as readers have known so many by this point but Clariel has never met any. Also, she VERY nearly leaves an injured and vulnerable Balatiel all by himself. I'm not super impressed but I'm glad she stayed. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Welcome to The Otherplace Chauncey, Marda, and Peck find themselves far from their homes, on the Isle of Volk. The Fellowship of the Seven Rivers has sent them on a mission to place Sunlamps around the perimeter of town. Friction continues to build between the trio. They continue their mission on Volk, swapping a favor with some locals along the way.   Chanucey is played by Mary Frances Miller Peck is played by Nikki Smetters Marda is played by Sarah Joy Mark Eberhardt is GM   ----more---- For news and extras, follow us on Twitter or on Instagram. Visit our website to find out more about The Otherplace and our other podcasts and projects. Support the show by visiting us on Patreon, donating through Ko-fi, or leaving us a review on your favorite podcatcher.     The Otherplace is an RPG actual play. In our live play podcast, we use the Genesys role playing game system to tell our stories. We are inspired by Final Fantasy, Lockwood and Co. by Jonathan Stroud, The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix, The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Fallout, Skyrim, Zelda, and our own imaginations. To find out more about the land of Fenrayne, visit our website. Genesys is a product of Fantasy Flight Games ©2020 All music, audio, characters are owned by Night Cast Creative ©2020

Thank you so much to Abbey for commissioning this episode, and thank you to Yama for correcting my mistake on the earlier post in which I thought that I had fucked up and in fact HAD, but in a different way than I thought. Oof! It's been a confusing month, y'all! It's finally the finale episode! And I was really impressed with the way this book ended, even despite the fact that there's not a horribile, tragic death. The Disreputable Dog passes on into death, though, and we know that Lirael is really going to miss her, even though I really don't quite count her as a death in the same way because I knew that she wasn't going to stick around forever. I really enjoyed this book, and I'm impressed how the author got me to feel just how high the stakes were when I'm kind of immune to apocalypse storylines. I was genuinely a little freaked out. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

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Thank you very much to Abbey for commissioning this episode!We've only got one more to go before this story wraps up, and I for one am still on the edge of my seat. I want to know what exactly Mogget is up to, I want to see Sam reunited with Sabriel and Touchstone, I want to see Nick rescued (PLEASE let him be rescued) and I want to see what it looks like to bind a creature of this kind of power. But first, we've got to deal with Hedge. Predictably, he has followed Lirael into Death and he's decided that it's a really good idea to battle her in a place that is so dangerous that even getting a glimpse of the sky will cause him to be pulled away from the mortal veil forever. Gotta say, Hedge, it doesn't feel like you thought this one through. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Join two world-class writers and old friends, Garth Nix and Felicity Packard as they discuss their childhood and University years growing up in Canberra, to their most recent venture together, working on a pilot adapted from Garth’s Old Kingdom books for Amazon Studios. Having sold more than five million books around the world, you will often see Garth Nix books listed in the New York Times bestseller lists, the Guardian and the Australian, with his work being translated into forty languages. His award-winning fantasy novels for young adults include Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen and Clariel, Shade’s Children, A Confusion of Princes and Newts Emerald. Garth has been a full-time writer from 2001, having previously worked as a literary agent, book editor, book publicist, bookseller and part-time soldier in the Army Reserve. Felicity Packard is a freelance screenwriter, script editor and producer with her name frequenting Australian screens. Felicity was one of the creators and writers of the true-crime drama franchise Underbelly, wrote and associate produced Wolf Creek season one for Stan, and most recently created and wrote for the Netflix political spy miniseries Pine Gap. She has won the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for screenwriting and has won five-Australian Writers’ Guild Awards. Over her career spanning more than two decades, she has written hundreds of hours of Australian television drama for shows including Janet King, MDA, G.P. Blue Heelers and Home & Away.

Thank you very much to Abbey for commissioning this episode! Y'all I have to tell you YET AGAIN how fucking nervous it makes me when Lirael goes into Death. Omfg it just gives me the worst anxiety, and she is spending SO LONG in there this time around! And still isn't even halfway to the gate she needs! I can't handle it.There's a lot going on with Mogget, too, which I didn't really pick up on last time because I was too busy cackling at the ineffective but heartfelt contribution he made towards overpowering Chlorr. Turns out, though, that the others feel they'd been on the verge of victory until Mogget told Chlorr to run, and they feel that he's playing at some other game. Which maybe he is! But weirdly, I trust him? Thanks for listening, everyone, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Abbey for commissioning this episode! Wow so I was tempted to say that this is when things really begin to pop off, but there's so much left of this book that I'm actually guessing that isn't true at all. Because you know what? Nick is still alive, and I have a terrible feeling that things won't really be popping off until he's dead. And I hate it. In these chapters, the dead finally manage to get past the wall and the poor idiot dudes from Ancelstierre don't know what the hell the undead are and they're not at all prepared. I really feel for these guys. Life ain't fair.Meanwhile, Mogget is out here saving the day and stealing the show as usual. Thanks so much for listening!

Thank you very much to Abbey for commissioning this episode! These chapters are really interesting to me because things don't really go according to plan, and yet they all work out for the best (at least in the short term). Lirael and Sameth attempt to cross the wall under a glamour to make them look like soldiers, but the people who work there are no fools and they can tell something is up. Which, you know what? GOOD. Thank heaven for that. I'm really hopeful that they're going to be able to help poor Nick because I'm still weirdly preoccupied with worry about him. At the very least, I'm impressed with Sameth getting ahold of himself despite the news (which we now know is incorrect) that his parents are dead. He's really growing! Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Huge thanks to Abbey for commissioning this episode! I'm delighted to have so much of this book left to go, because it's been a huge amount of fun and I'm not ready to say goodbye to these characters yet. In fact, I'm not ready to say goodbye to this world yet. In these chapters, we've got a whole lot going on with Lirael and Nicholas. She's got her work cut out for her to convince him that there's something going on with him other than a simple fever, and it's not until he tries to fight back against the fragment taking him over that he really gets a good sense of how serious the situation is. Then we get the tale from the Disresputable Dog about what exactly is in the hemispheres, and unsurprisingly, it's nothing good. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Abbey for commissioning this episode! I'm so into this book, y'all. I feel like the groundwork laid in the previous books has really paid off, and I've grown very invested in what happens to everyone. Even Mogget! He's back, and he's acting suspicious and I'm absolutely dying to know what his deal is. In these chapters, there's a rescue op for poor Nicholas, and I feel so fucking heartbroken for him. He can't even follow the Dog's magical command to walk, and the Thing inside him keeps fighting...it's just really fucking upsetting.Then there's Sabriel and Touchstone, who....ARE ALIVE! What?! I was tricked! But I'm totally okay with it. I'm not easy to trick so Nix really earned this one. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Abbey for commissioning this episode! Soooooo...funny story. Here's the thing. I got a little overexcited and I just...kept reading. So this one episode is actually going to cover 100 pages rather than the usual 50. MY BAD!I just was so INTERESTED. We start out in the well, with our crew heading under into the dark. It's not so bad at first, because we've got Lirael's light to see by...but there's something else down there, and soon the light is snuffed out. This leads to one of the creepiest scenes in the books so far, and we say goodbye to Mogget. Except we don't. WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Thank you so much to Abbey for commissioning this episode! I'm so excited to be starting this book, because damn but it starts out with a serious fucking gut punch. Sabriel and Touchstone are killed, abruptly and brutally, in a prologue that's just kind of a shock and which I had to reread to be sure that I wasn't misreading. Because GODDAMN. Then there's the tension of what's going on with Lirael and Sameth, and they wind up in the same scenario as Sabriel a couple decades back...they have to get the fuck out of the Abhorsen's house because they've been cornered. And the only real option is down a well with something horrible hiding in it. NO THANKS. Thanks so much for listening!

Thank you to Abbey for commissioning this entire book!I can't believe this one is the last episode of the whole of Lirael, and I'm sitting here absolutely dying to find out what the hell is going to happen to Poor Nicholas (that's his official name now) whom I suspect is just kind of being eaten alive from the inside by a dark force. Fucking Hedge. I hate you. Meanwhile, Lirael has found out that she's actually Sameth's aunt, and it's the best way to quash his inappropriate crush on her that I've ever heard of. Sameth, I swear to god, you need to shut the fuck up about how her scarf looks. Thanks for listening, and I can't wait to see you with Abhorsen!

Amanda and Jenn discuss poetry, dinosaur books for grown-ups, Roman historical fiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by our Blind Date with a Book giveaway, Quantum by international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, and Change is the only Constant by Ben Orlin, in Hardcover from Black Dog and Leventhal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. FEEDBACK Like A Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy, by Angela Garbes (rec’d by Cameron) And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready, by Meaghan O’Connell (rec’d by Cameron) Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Years and Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son by Anne Lamott (rec’d by Cameron) Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives by Annie Murphy Paul (rec’d by Sarah) Security by Gina Wohlsdorf (rec’d by Ashely) QUESTIONS 1. Dinosaurs! I’ve recently realized (thanks to having a little one in the house) that the world of dinosaurs has passed me by since my school days. They have feathers‽ There are dinosaurs bigger and meaner than T-rex‽ Brontosaurus exists again‽ Please help fill my knowledge gap with a fun read to catch me up on at least some small part of what I’ve missed in the dinosaur world in the last…*cough*…few years! -Kayla 2. Hello, my younger sister and I are going on our Birthright trips to Israel this winter, and I’m looking for some great books to read during all the traveling. I would love if I could find a book set in Israel, past or present that I haven’t read yet. When I’m traveling I generally prefer fantasy, science fiction, or mystery, but I will read anything anybody from Book Riot recommends. I really haven’t read any books set in Israel, or inspired by it, so I think anything you suggest will be new to me. Side note, y’all and the entire Book Riot family are awesome!! -Liza 3. I find myself in the odd position of loving fantasy books about necromancy while also having a phobia of ghosts. I LOVE the Abhorsen books by Garth Nix, and I recently had the opportunity to read an ARC of Twice Dead by Caitlin Seal. They both are perfect examples of the necromantic fantasy that works for me. Do you know of other books that deal with this subject without tropes that will give me horrible nightmares (poltergeists, haunted houses, etc)? Thank you! -Phasmophic 4. I’m looking for recommendations of poetry or otherwise that is similar to anything by Amanda Lovelace or Rupi Kaur. I’ve already inhaled the newest release by Amanda Lovelace and wouldn’t mind something a little more lighthearted to contrast the heavy topics both authors write about. Thank you! -Elin 5. Hi Ladies! I’m wondering if you can suggest some fun action/thriller type audiobooks by people of color – something in the vein of Dan Brown, with some puzzles and some action, but generally just a fun ride. I like to listen to audio books while I work, and these types of books make the day speed by. Thanks! -Jaimie 6. Hi! I am currently reading Mary Beard’s SPQR and loving it! I was wondering if you had any recommendations for historical fiction set in ancient Rome or Greece. I’ve read a good amount of fantasy set in those eras, but would love recommendations for something a little more historical and a little less fantasy. Thank you so much! -Nikita 7. Hello! I’m a big fan of the podcast (and of Book Riot), and I was hoping you could help me out. I don’t read a lot of romance, but I recently read Hot Head by Damon Suede (because I heard about it from you, I think!), and I really liked it. I’m looking for something similar, so I can stop rereading it: LGBTQ (no preference), pining, friends-to-lovers, etc. I would prefer something WITHOUT a ton of homophobia and WITH a happy ending. I’m open to any sub-genre. Sex is fine, but I’m looking for something with a good story, too. Thanks in advance! -Michelle BOOKS DISCUSSED The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Stephen Brusatte The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling To the End of the Land by David Grossman, transl by Jessica Cohen How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Bone Witch series by Rin Chupeco Wild Embers by Nikita Gill The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Warcross by Marie Lu The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder I, Claudius by Robert Graves The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Sameth and Lirael finally meet up with one another, and it's not exactly a meet cute, since they both do not trust one another and their pets don't even get along. But first, Lirael has a run-in with Hedge, the creepy AF necromancer that almost got to Sameth and who already did get to poor Nicholas. This is the one thing that she and Sameth can bond over, and yet despite Sameth's apparent concern for his friend Nicholas, he's still low-key planning to chill at the Abhorsen house and let Lirael go on by her lonesome because he's just that big a traitor at this point. Come on, Sam. Don't do this. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Our third episode is about the book Abhorsen, book three in the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix. Topic 1: Nick and kidnapping/gaslighting. Begins at (0:55), CW for death, violence, mention of psychotic break. Topic 2: Sam as a Wallmaker. Begins at (11:58), CW for death, discussion of queer/closeted trauma, mention of queerbaiting, mention of whitewashing. Topic 3: Sam and fear of Death. Begins at (25:34), CW for death, PTSD, physical trauma, confronting an abuser. Spoiler-free recap and ratings: Begins at (34:11). --- If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/booksthatburn). Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission. 

Thanks to Abbey for commissioning another episode of Lirael! This has been a lot of fun to read now that we're in more than one POV, and I feel like the author is really getting better at setting up who these characters are before we get into the main adventure.Lirael isn't having the best time. Spoiler alert, neither is Sameth. He's supposed to be studying the Book Of The Dead, and yet just touching it causes what amounts to a PTSD flashback, which sucks and makes him super self-conscious when seeing his parents again. Meanwhile, Lirael still isn't gifted with Sight, and decides to go on a bit of a quest with the Despicable Dog, which leads to a really ancient cave that literally bears her name. What in the Abhorsen is going on here? Thanks for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

In part 5, Jill and Lewel discuss chapters 25 through the Epilogue of Nix's 1995 YA Dark Fantasy novel Sabriel.Sabriel and Touchstone cross the Wall to Ancelstierre in order to disinter and destroy Kerrigor, the Greatest Dead.

In part 4, Jill and Lewel discuss chapters 19 through 24 of Nix's 1995 YA Dark Fantasy novel Sabriel.Sabriel, Mogget and Touchstone descend to the reservoir of Belisaere and find the Abhorsen just in time for a trap to be sprung.

In part 3, Jill and Lewel discuss chapters 13 through 18 of Nix's 1995 YA Horror/Fantasy novel Sabriel.Sabriel and Mogget meet a new companion in the unlikeliest of places and continue their quest to Belisaere, still hoping to save the Abhorsen.

In part 2, Jill and Lewel discuss chapters 7 through 12 of Nix's 1995 YA Horror/Fantasy novel Sabriel.

Many many thanks to Abbey for commissioning the first chapters of Sabriel by Garth Nix! I'm very excited to be getting into this whole new world with its strange rules and barriers between magical countries and non-magical ones. The prologue of this book introduces us to Sabriel's father on the night of her birth, and we get to see firsthand how his particular brand of necromancy works. She and her mother should both have died, but Abhorsen manages to snag her up from the river of death before she passed through the first gate beyond his reach. But he runs into a creepy creature called Kerrigor and I don't doubt that will be coming back up again. Then there's a time jump and we get to meet a teenage Sabriel who is at a school that feels shockingly modern considering the vibe of the world we saw in the prologue. She's a rare sort of dual-citizen, and when it looks like her father is in trouble, she packs her bags and heads into the Old Kingdom to find out what happened to him. I'm very into it, and excited to read more! Thanks so much Abbey!

In part 1, Jill and Lewel discuss the first 6 chapters of Nix's 1995 YA Horror/Fantasy novel Sabriel.

Emma is joined by podcasting extraordinaire Amanda McLoughlin (Multitude Productions, Spirits, Join the Party) to discuss one of the most underrated fantasy trilogies ever, The Old Kingdom by Garth Nix. They discuss the three books (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen) and their different experiences reading them: Amanda as a child, and Emma listening to Tim Curry narrate them while on her recent honeymoon. Both agree that they are tremendous novels- listen to find out why, and to find out about one of the world's oldest grapes. Plus: the Black Book of Bibliomancy, pronunciation of fantasy names, necromancers, Egyptian Afterlife, music & magic, badass librarians and messenger bags, Neil Gaiman, Descartes, #marriagegoals, and "Glacier: a Fragrance by Tim Curry." Amanda is the co-host of Spirits and founder of Multitude Productions. Check out Multitude's website for podcasting resources, and to hire her as a podcasting consultant! Follow her on Twitter @shessomickey To read the interview between Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey and Sommelier Jordan Salcito about "Natural Wines", click here. Content warning: discussion of suicide and depression. If you are struggling, please seek help and call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or visit their website, suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Find Us Online: If you enjoy Pairing, follow us on social media and tell your friends! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Tumblr @PairingPodcast. Also check out our website, www.thepairingpodcast.com Become a Pairing Patron on Patreon to get access to exclusive content, personalized pairings, livestreams and more! Please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, as that's one of the best ways to get more people listening in! About Pairing: Pairing was created, edited, and produced by Emma Sherr-Ziarko, with music and audio recording by Winston Shaw, and artwork by Darcy Zimmerman and Katie Huey.  

Avsnitt 15: Lina och Karin pratar med vår gäst Björn om hjälteresor, arketyper och gnälliga unga män. Vi funderar kring protagonister och antagonister i fantasy och sci-fi, och konstaterar att den utvalde fantasyhjälten ofta saknar driv. Spoilers för böckerna om Harry Potter, King of Thorns av Mark Lawrence, Sagan om Ringen-trilogin, Bilbo, Discworld-böckerna om vakterna samt tv-serierna Buffy the Vampire Slayer (säsong 7) och Babylon 5 (säsong 1). Vill du veta mer eller kommentera det vi har pratat om? Besök gärna vår hemsida, där finns det länkar för varje avsnitt och mycket mer. Vi finns också på facebook, twitter och instagram. Eller så kan du mejla till nyasvarta@gmail.com Gillar du det vi gör? Skriv gärna en recension på facebook eller i din poddspelare. Du kan också stötta oss via Paypal. Länkar: Terry Pratchett, författarehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_PratchettDavid Eddings, författarehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8732.David_EddingsRobert Jordan, författarehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6252.Robert_Jordan"Harry Potter-serien" av JK Rowlinghttps://www.goodreads.com/series/45175-harry-potter"Buffy the Vampire Slayer", TV-serie, finns på Viaplayhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103893/?ref_=nv_sr_2"The Belgariad/Sagan om Belgarion" av David Eddingshttps://www.goodreads.com/series/40739-the-belgariadNeville Longbottom, karaktär i Harry Potterhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Longbottom"Eragon" med flera av Christopher Paolinihttps://www.goodreads.com/series/44866-the-inheritance-cycleDrakar och Demoner, rollspelhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakar_och_DemonerRaymond Feist, författarehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8588.Raymond_E_Feist?from_search=true"Sagan om Ringen/Lord of the Rings" fantasytrilogi av JRR Tolkienhttps://www.goodreads.com/series/66175-the-lord-of-the-ringsBaldur's Gate, datorspelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_GateForgotten Realmshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Realms"The Tough Guide to Fantasyland" av Diana Wynne Joneshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47510.The_Tough_Guide_to_Fantasyland?from_search=trueLuke Skywalker, karaktär i "Star Wars"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker"Star Wars", filmseriehttps://www.imdb.com/star-wars/?ref_=nv_sr_1"Hjälten med tusen ansikten/The Hero with a Thousand Faces" av Joseph Campbellhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588138.The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces"Star Wars", filmhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1"The Hobbit/Bilbo", av JRR Tolkienhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5907.The_HobbitAragorn, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AragornGandalf, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GandalfFrodo, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frodo_BagginsBilbo, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbo_BagginsPippin, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrin_TookMerry, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriadoc_BrandybuckSam, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samwise_GamgeeShelob, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShelobEowyn, karaktär i Sagan om ringenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89owynBibelnhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibelnArthur-sagan, till exempel: "Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table" av Thomas Maloryhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/672875.Le_Morte_d_Arthur?ac=1&from_search=trueHuset Medicihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_MediciHuset Borgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Borgia"The Borgias", tv-seriehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582457/?ref_=nv_sr_1"Game of Thrones", bokserie av George RR Martinhttps://www.goodreads.com/series/43790-a-song-of-ice-and-fire"Game of Thrones", tv-seriehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/?ref_=nv_sr_1"Prince of Thorns", King of Thorns" och "Emperor of Thorns" av Mark Lawrencehttps://www.goodreads.com/series/64473-the-broken-empireCarrot, karaktär i Terry Pratchett's Discworldhttp://discworld.wikia.com/wiki/Carrot_IronfounderssonDouglas Adams, författarehttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4.Douglas_AdamsFaith, karaktär i "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)"Babylon 5", tv-seriehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105946/?ref_=nv_sr_1"Guardians of the Galaxy", filmhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/?ref_=nv_sr_1"Avengers: Infinity War", filmhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756/?ref_=nv_sr_1Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCUhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_UniverseGamora, karaktär i MCUhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GamoraThanos, karaktär i MCUhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThanosSvenska MAD, serietidninghttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_MadOperation Market Garden, under andra världskrigethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_GardenHumans are contagious web comic (samma skämt som Björn kom ihåg från Svenska Mad)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnL6Cje7Ehk"The Chronicles of Amber" av Roger Zelaznyhttps://www.goodreads.com/series/40859-the-chronicles-of-amber"Clariel", "Abhorsen", "Lirael", "Sabriel" och "Goldenhands" av Garth Nixhttps://www.goodreads.com/series/44888-abhorsen

Ep 135: Grimalkin, Mogget and Mr Kindly - Cats in Speculative Fiction   There is possibly no animal so ubiquitous both in fiction and in real life as the domestic cat. (The term domestic is used with a large pinch of salt!) Popular pets, affectionate companions, independent hunters and cunning predators, the common moggy has traded little of its wildness in exchange for a comfortable home and regular meals - and it still carries an aura of mystery. This week the dragons look at the cat in myth and legend, in their personal experiences and in how the creature slinks into fiction. On the slab this week: Nevernight by Jay Kristoff, Abhorsen by Garth Nix and Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat by Ursula Williams, and many more. Join us for a purr-fect episode.   Title music: Ecstasy by Smiling Cynic    

Amanda and Jenn discuss rich people problems, pregnant protagonists, book-slump busters, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Love Letters to Jane’s World by Paige Braddock, and How Are You Going to Save Yourself by JM Holmes.   Feedback Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound by Grant Lawrence   Questions   1. Good morning, I'm going on a trip to France (Paris/Strasbourg) in November and looking for book recs for the summer, preferably historical fiction or mystery. We'll be visiting several palaces, so books related to the monarchy would be great. I'm pretty well-read on British/Scottish history but pretty ignorant on French history. (Totally on board for rich people problems :) Recent faves are the Lytton trilogy (Penny Vincenzi), Life After Life (Kate Atkinson), The Diviners series (Libba Bray), Rules of Civility (Amor Towles), Flight of Gemma Hardy (Margaret Livesey), anything by Tana French. I've checked off Atonement/the Nightingale/Everyone Brave is Forgiven. Thanks so much! Love the show! --Brittney   2. Hi Ladies! Like Amanda I really love the rich people problems types of books, from YA books like the Map of Fates series and Gossip Girl to The Vacationers, Rich and Pretty, The Nest, and most recently the Kevin Kwan series Crazy Rich Asians (amazing on audio). I love the fashion and luxury and over the top feel of these books, they’re just... fun and a nice escape from reality. Can you provide me with some recommendations (preferably contemporary settings)? --Jenn   3. Hey y'all! I love the podcast. This year I decided to read more and I love getting deep cut recs that I'd have never found on my own. I'm writing to ask about audiobook recommendations, specifically audiobooks with full cast productions such as American Gods, His Dark Materials, and Lincoln in the Bardo. I find that full cast productions are especially engrossing! Please no abridgments or dramatizations. I'm also not a huge fan of sci fi, I'm just not into space! Thank you so much :) --Bess   4. Greetings, magical unicorns! I am interested in books with pregnant protagonists. The kind where they are doing something badass. Not necessarily fighting crime or saving humanity, but living their lives and being kickass while also growing a human. Some examples that comes to mind are "The Fireman," "Persons Unknown," or even the latest Spider-Woman comic where Jessica Drew was a badass pregnant superhero. These ladies are not sitting around on fainting couches because they feel fragile. They're taking life by the horns and not letting a little thing like the miracle of life stop them. --Emily   5. Hi Jenn and Amanda! I moved recently and joined a new book group full of smart, engaged women in their thirties and early forties. All of us have full-time jobs and some of the members have young kids (one of the women has a full-time job, an 18-month old, AND is getting her MBA!) Needless to say, everyone has good intentions to read the books each month, but with everyone's busy schedules, sometimes only one or two of us actually finds the time to actually do it. I am hoping you can provide a couple of suggestions for books that will entice the entire group to read the whole book. We read fiction and nonfiction, although the group seems to prefer fiction, and nothing too long would help the cause. One of the group's absolutely favorite reads was A Man Called Ove and we recently read Three Junes by Julia Glass which the people who read it really enjoyed but some of the members tried to start it and couldn't get into it. Thanks for any suggestions you have! --Halle   6. I am an avid reader but, unfortunately, have not been able to read for the past few months. It's getting harder for me to get back to reading. I started with Beloved, but I found it heavy and not very engaging. My favorites include To Kill a Mockingbird and Eat, Pray, Love. Hoping that you can help :) --Shivani   7. Hi Amanda and Jenn, First, love the podcast! I recently finished The Magicians Trilogy and absolutely loved it! Could you please recommend more fantasy books like this series? I was originally drawn to the series because I had heard it was “Harry Potter for grown-ups” but what I really liked about these books was that they were moody and gritty in addition to whimsical, and the characters flawed and complex. If it helps, I also loved the Abhorsen books by Garth Nix and the Night Circus, and I disliked The Paper Magician and The Book of Lost Things. No YA please, and bonus points for a female protagonist. Thank you! --Heather   Books Discussed My Own Devices by Dessa (out Sept. 8) Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich (WIT: http://biblibio.blogspot.com/) Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran Versailles by Kathryn Davis Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, translated by Marilyn Booth People Like Us by Dominick Dunne (his Recommended episode) A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (26 hours, have fun!) Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (audio rec’d by Nita Basu, 11 hours), trigger warning for suicidal ideation Heartless by Gail Carriger Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes, rape, mandated sterilization, child abuse)

Content Warning: SuicideWe're celebrating the two year anniversary of Dragon Babies with a return to the series that started it all! While those who have been listening since our first episode will note our marked improvement in podcasting quality, they will be delighted to learn that our fervor for Garth Nix's Abhorsen books remains the same. Naturally, we want to spend every waking moment with Lirael in the The Great Library of the Clayr, but as adults we have much more compassion for Sameth and his chapters than we expected. Whether you're secretly an Abhorsen-in-training or just a dude who has seriously put off doing his homework, we think you'll enjoy this one. Rereading it brought back so many of the sentiments that inspired us to start this podcast in the first place, and give YA fantasy the respect and attention it deserves. Thanks so much for listening!Note - the vocal fry is outta control in this one but Seattle also currently has some of the lowest quality air on the planet, so. Doing our best.MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

It's another Rewind episode here on Hate Read! We're checking out some of our least favorites from our Middle School years, starting with Em's pick. In what could be described as "Harry Potter if JK Rowling hated children," it's Midnight for Charlie Bone. It's the only book we've read where we left thinking "gosh, I wish this book had more child murders." A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Rather be reading this fortnight: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (two episodes in a row!) The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown (sort of) Honorable mention: Harry Potter, basically any manga Have your parents every abandoned you to go detect things, leaving you with a nanny from Social Services? Write us and fill us in on that process! Email: hatereadcast @ gmail Twitter: @hatereadcast, @emnoteliza, @amdeebee

This week on the MashReads podcast, we discuss Don't Call Us Dead, a poetry collection by Danez Smith, focusing on "Summer, Somewhere," the book's breathtaking 25 page opening poem about the afterlife of black boys murdered by police. Then, inspired by the depiction of paradise in "Summer, Somewhere," we discuss our favorite portrayals of death and the afterlife in literature including: Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, the Mediator series by Meg Cabot, the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix, and No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre.Then, as always we close the show with recommendations: You can see Peter's "u bum" sweatshirt here. Aliza recommends watching the movie Scream this month for Halloween. "It is a meta treatise on slasher films... I would recommend that if you're uneasy but interested in scary movies, then check out Scream." Also, she is embarking on a quest to watch one horror movie each day in October. You can follow along on her 31 day quest here. Peter recommends you watch the horror movie A Dark Song, a hidden gem on Netflix. "It's really quiet and it ratchets up the dread a little bit at a time, and it's really fun, in the way that horror movies are good. It's great and atmospheric." MJ recommends all of the articles celebrating the rise of Cardi B, especially "Bloody Slippers: The Fairy-Tale Come-Up of Cardi B" by Lindsay Zoladz and "Cardi B, the Female Rapper Who Ousted Taylor Swift From the Top of the Charts." "Just shout out to Cardi B and her tremendous achievement. 'Bodak Yellow' is a bop, through and through." He also recommends "Is True Love Real, Y/N," an advice column by JP Brammer for Grindr's digital magazine Into. "I read this essay and I got Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things level chills."

This week we talk about the Abhorsen Old Kingdom books by Garth Nix. 7 Bells, 9 Gates of Death, 9 Bright Shiners, 5 Great charters. We’ve got it all. https://archive.org/download/04AbhorsenBooks/04%20Abhorsen%20Books.mp3

Topic: Sabriel by Garth NixGeek: EmilyYeah, you knew there was going to be an episode by this title eventually.Also, let me preface this by saying that half of our Sabriel discussion, originally a two-episode set, has vanished. We’re blaming it on Daleks and/or internet goblins even though it’s 100% my being an idiot. What follows is a combination of the usual introductory post and the main point you’re missing from that disappearing tape.Sabriel is a Young Adult fantasy novel, and I first read it when I was (surprise surprise) a fantasy-obsessed young adult. I went through this phase from about ages 12-16 where I would go to the YA section of the bookstore and literally choose books by the font on the spine. The more gothic or ancient-looking the font – in other words, the more it said “there are probably dragons in here” – the more likely I was to read it. It was a pretty hit or miss decision-making process.A big factor in the “miss” side of that was the fact that, although it’s getting better, a lot of the best of those books just don’t have many women. This is super depressing when you’re a 13-year-old girl obsessed with knights and armor and stuff. This book is a serious exception.Now, before you climb all over me about the incredible female protagonists out there in YA, let me explain: Sabriel is not the only awesome (read: well-developed, human, and also pretty badass) heroine in the genre. I’m all about Tamora Pierce and Robin McKinley and anyone else who’s ever given a girl a sword.Kel is a badass, as was Alanna the Lioness before her. But they both had to fight a patriarchal fantasy system. But despite all their magic and dragons and whatnot, those authors’ fantasy worlds tend to look a hell of a lot like our own in terms of gender norms and societal power structures. Pierce, for instance, writes incredible heroines, but they’re still women in a man’s world. They’re always having to prove that they’re as strong and as tough as the boys, that being strong doesn’t make them any less women, and that having empathy and emotion doesn’t make them any less strong.Not so in Sabriel’s world.Well, ok, the country south of the wall, Ancelstierre, is basically Europe right before World War I and it’s kind of the worst, gender roles included. But the Old Kingdom? Merchants and mercenaries and royal guards and anyone else you can think of are both male and female, totally unremarkably. All those nameless background characters get their gendered pronouns thrown around willy-nilly, and no one cares because it’s just not an issue. There’s powerful magic tied up in blood, literally inherent in families’ blood, so there’s no nonsense about needing a son to inherit a throne or a title; it’s all about an heir who has the family blood. Sabriel has all kinds of obstacles to face as she grows into her role as Abhorsen, but her gender just. isn’t. one of them.And this raises an important point fantasy authors seem all too often to forget: You’re making all of this up. If the gender politics are shitty, it’s because you made them that way.I’m going to keep reading and watching Game of Thrones, and I’m going to reread Narnia and Tamora Pierce and all the other fantasy I love to pieces, and I obviously think you should too. But like, maybe let’s keep that last point in mind, you know? There’s no such thing as a fantasy world that just is the way it is. Somebody wrote it all, and there’s no reason more of them couldn’t write more worlds where the oppressions we deal with in real life simply don’t exist. The more we accept that all possible worlds simply are this way, the more we accept that our own world can’t change.Aaaaand /rant.Sorry folks. Your TL;DR here is that Sabriel rocks, more fantasy should work this way, and you should definitely read it and then listen to this episode. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month, Ryan Van Winkle and our own Sasha de Buyl interview best-selling YA authors Garth Nix (@garthnix), Leigh Bardugo (@LBardugo) and David Levithan (@loversdiction) about returning to different worlds, crafting a series and creating characters that break the mould.Garth Nix is the Australian-born author of the Old Kingdom series, the Keys to the Kingdom series and the Seventh Tower series. Written almost 20 years ago, Sabriel was the first book in the Old Kingdom series and told the story of a young girl tasked with making sure the dead stay dead. Though Garth hasn't returned to the world of the Old Kingdom since 2003's Abhorsen, last year's Clariel found him back there, this time several hundred years before the events of Sabriel. Garth talks to Sasha about what it was like to go back, and why he went there again.Leigh Bardugo is the Jerusalem-born, LA-raised author of The Grisha Trilogy, a YA fantasy series that comprises Shadow and Bone, Seige and Storm and the third in the trilogy, Ruin and Rising. Shadow and Bone tells the story of Alina Starkov, an orphan who has to harness powers she didn't even know she had in order to save her best friend. The novel debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and the series has proved incredibly popular. Leigh talks to Ryan about crafting a trilogy, realising your potential and never taking a break. David Levithan is the hugely popular American author of a number of YA books, including Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility, and books for adults including The Lover's Dictionary. In collaboration with Rachel Cohn, he wrote Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, which was adapted into a film in 2008. His newest novel Every Day tells the the story of A, a character that wakes up in a different body and in a different life each morning. David talks to Ryan about creating a character without physical characteristics, what makes us ourselves and the nature of love.Podcast contents00:00 - 01:02 Introduction01:10 - 14:08 Garth Nix interview14:09 - 22.39 Leigh Bardugo interview22:40 - 36:27 David Levithan interviewBook Talk is produced by Colin Fraser of Culture Laser Productions.

Cathie Sue and Adrienne were lucky to interview Garth Nix author of the Old Kingdom series at the Texas Teen Book Festival in Austin. His new book “Clariel” joins “Sabriel,” “Lirael,” and “Abhorsen.”

In this episode of Bibliophiles Anonymous, Denise and Jess discuss the latest book club book from the Mallorean Tavern - Sabriel by Garth Nix. Both of them really liked the book and insist that you go read it. Now. They are seeking out the next books in the series even as they speak. Also included in this episode - Jess continues to rave about the Signs of the Zodiac series by Vicki Pettersson, while both Denise and Jess engage in massive fangirling over Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series and the announcement of the Bane Chronicles project. Please send any feedback, book recommendations, or topic ideas. Email at bibliophiles.podcast@gmail.com or on Twitter @BibAnonPodcast. Like what you hear so far? Please rate, review and subscribe!