Episode 193 - Spring Media Update
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast
Release Date: 04/16/2024
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast
It’s episode 213 and time for us to talk about “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps! We discuss the recently returned book cart, getting books for free, getting rid of books, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie by Slavomir Rawicz by Omar El Akkad by Mark Z. Danielewski by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver ...
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It’s episode 212 and time for us to talk about excellently complicate the non-fiction genre of Linguistics & Language! We discuss 🤔, our academic backgrounds, the power of words, accents, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Gretchen McCulloch by Polly Barton by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann Goldstein by James Geary by Gaston Dorren Other Media We Mentioned by Eliot Weinberger by Guy Deutscher edited by Thomas...
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It’s episode 211 and we’re talking about books and other media we’ve enjoyed recently! We discuss early internet chatrooms, shuttlecocks, haunted dolls, what constitutes a “banger”, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | What We’re Into: Anna by Joshua Wheeler on Stream Matthew by Tim Hanley Jam by G.T. Karber adjacent media (YouTube) (podcast) (YouTube) Meghan by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and (short story collections)...
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It’s episode 210 and time for us to talk about the genre of Romantasy! We discuss romance series, happily ever afters, tropes, social media, and more! Plus, special guest romance fiction researcher Christine Larson! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Stephanie Burgis, narrated by Amanda Leigh Cobb by Sarah J. Maas by Hannah Nicole Maehrer by S. A. Chakraborty by Rachel Gillig by Rebecca Yarros by Garth Nix (not mentioned in episode) ...
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It’s episode 209 and time for us to talk about the genre of Design! We discuss graphic design, interior design, the line between design and art, fonts, kerning, footnotes, and more! Plus: Anna talks about evidence synthesis and search design! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Jennifer Dawe and Matthew Humphries by Carla Lind by Debbie Berne by Bree Wolf and Jesse Fuchs by Jude Stewart Other Media We Mentioned by Steven Heller and...
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It’s episode 208 and time for us to talk about our Reading Resolutions for 2025! We discuss our love of spreadsheets, the churn of books in public libraries, literacy, unschooling, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | 2025 Goals/Intentions/Etc. Jam Theme of the year: “Cultivation” Use Storygraph instead of Goodreads Maybe put a book on the nightstand so I’ll read it before bed Meghan Subscribe to print reading material Anna Track favourite reads of the...
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It’s episode 207 and time for us to talk about the genre of Monster Romance! We discuss what counts as a “monster,” massive hogs, Beautify and the Beast, listening to audiobooks at 3.5x speed, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by C.M. Nascosta by C.M. Nascosta by Evangeline Anderson, narrated by Ada Sinclair by Kimberly Lemming by Kimberly Lemming by Ann Aguirre by C.M. Nascosta by Ruby Dixon, narrated by Felicity...
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It’s episode 206 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cultural Studies! We discuss bureaucracy, affluenza, dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, Batman, The Fast and the Furious, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Neil Postman by David Graeber by Hannah McGregor by Thom James Carter by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas Naylor by Mika Yoshimoto by Maggie Nelson edited by Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis Other Media We Mentioned...
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It’s episode 205 and time for us to talk about our favourite reads of 2024! We discuss fiction and non-fiction books we read for the podcast, plus comics, videos, music, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna by Mark Lawrence () Jam by T. Kingfisher () Matthew by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree, and Tyler Crook () Meghan by Leigh Bardugo () Not for the podcast Jam by Isaac Fellman Matthew by Jonathan...
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It’s episode 204 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cozy Fantasy! We discuss what makes something cozy, romantasy, breakneck cozy fantasies, how much fantasy people need in their fantasy, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by John Wiswell by Travis Baldree by Julie Leong by India Holton and Maiga Doocy by Fern Haught by Dianne Wynn Jones by Julie Abe Other Media We Mentioned by Becky Chambers by Becky Chambers ...
info_outlineIt’s time for our Spring Media Update episode! We talk about art installations, manga, board games, comics, and birds. So many birds.
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In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Media We’ve Been Consuming
- Jam
- Quality Assurance in Another World by Masamichi Satō
- Wingspan (board game designed by Elizabeth Hargrave)
- Redactle
- Anna
- Meghan
- Lisa LeBlanc
- Long books :
- The Abominable by Dan Simmons (663 pages)
- Dead Water by C.A. Fletcher (513 pages)
- The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (760 pages)
- Bungalow Details Interior by Jane Powell
- Matthew
- Spy x Family, vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo
- Giant Days Library Edition, vol. 1 by by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin
Birds We Mentioned
- Chickadee
- Emu
- Cassowary
- Kākāpō
- Shoebill
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Pesquet's parrot (Dracula Parrot)
- Kiwi
- Hawk
- Pigeon
- Crow
- Chicken
Links, Articles, and Things
- OLA RA in a Day
- Yotsuba&!, vol. 1 by Kiyohiko Azuma
- Chiac
- Acadia
- Birds Aren’t Real
- Only Connect
- Bungalow
12 Political Thrillers by BIPOC Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
- Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams
- The Caretaker by A.X. Ahmad
- The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq
- Exceptional Circumstances by James Bartleman
- The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
- The Sniper by Chang Kuo-Li, translated by Roddy Flag
- The Executioner’s Game by Gary Hardwick
- What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. Morris
- One in the Chamber by Robin Peguero
- Grant Park by Leonard Pitts Jr.
- Paper Gods by Goldie Taylor
- American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
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