Book Club with Julia and Victoria

Julia and Victoria share the final episode of Book Club discussing the Jane Austen novel about home (and the moral bankruptcy of the upper classes) that started their friendship: Mansfield Park.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Where to Find Us Long-Term:Email us [email protected] Access the Archive + Bonus Content on Buy Me a CoffeeMentioned in this Episode: Mansfield Park by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenSimple Girl: The Improbable Solace of “Mansfield Park” by Anna Keesey (Los Angeles Review of Books) What Should I Read Next? “Episode 451 Digging into Nikki May’s delicious Mansfield Park reimagining”Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirRecommendations:Emma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMiddlemarch by George EliotThis Motherless Land by Nikki MayCurrently Obsessed:Overcompensating (TV show)A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuinGood Hang with Amy PohlerHarrow the Ninth </e

Julia and Victoria share the final episode of Book Club discussing the Jane Austen novel about home (and the moral bankruptcy of the upper classes) that started their friendship: Mansfield Park.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Where to Find Us Long-Term:Email us [email protected] the Archive + Bonus Content on Buy Me a CoffeeMentioned in this Episode: Mansfield Park by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenSimple Girl: The Improbable Solace of “Mansfield Park” by Anna Keesey (Los Angeles Review of Books) What Should I Read Next? “Episode 451 Digging into Nikki May’s delicious Mansfield Park reimagining”Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirRecommendations:Emma by Jane Austen<a href="https://bookshop.org/a

Content warning: this episode includes discussions of suicide and homophobia.Julia and Victoria reminisce about their 20s comparing the novel Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur, and its recent TV adaptation. It involves a lot of pointing out red flags and crying about friendship. Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Mentioned in this episode:Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park (book)117 Beyond the Story by BTS & Kang Myeong-seok — A Memoir or an Official Wiki? Love in the Big City (TV show)Love in the Big City (film)The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta by Sang Young ParkBoys Love Boys Love (podcast)<p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space

Julia and Victoria try to find the line between history and fantasy in The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang. They use their incredible communication skills to meet in the middle of their opposing opinions.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us onBookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria onThe StoryGraph.Mentioned in this episode:The Poppy War by R. F. KuangYellowface by R. F. KuangCirce by Madeline MillerAbraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith“The Fires of Pompeii” - Doctor Who, Season 4, Episode 2 “In The Poppy War Series, R.F. Kuang Asks: 'What If Mao Was A Teenage Girl?'” by Alan Yu (NPR)Victoria’s favorite reddit review of Poppy War<a href="https://book

The Book Club takes a big bite of all the genres and references in Casey McQuiston’s fourth romance novel, The Pairing. Julia invents a new branch of theory entirely based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Victoria calculates her Saturn Return.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Mentioned in this Episode:The Pairing by Casey McQuiston124 One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston — Spec-Fic-Rom WooLaWoo  (Book Club with Julia & Victoria)One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston085 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Book Club with Julia & Victoria)Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston<a href="https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/adh

Julia and Victoria marvel over the masterful point of view shifts and scream about the ending of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Victoria buys some lemonade.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Mentioned in this episode:A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin - Book 1 and Season 1My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult - Book and MovieOur Flag Means DeathThe Divergent series by Veronica RothOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussTamsyn Muir interview with Three Crows magazine<p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style=

This discussion of Index, a History of the by Dennis Duncan is a big day for Victoria because it’s an episode all about her favorite thing ever: sorting things into categories. Julia is there to help translate the Middle English quotes.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Mentioned in this episode:Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Great Vowel ShiftBook Parts edited by Dennis Duncan and Adam SmythVictoria’s very rough attempt at an index of Julia’s thesisAmerican Society for IndexingThe Daily ShowScalable socialityWilliam PooleRecommendations:<a href="ht

“Excuse me, sir, there’s some magic in this romance”:  Julia and Victoria unpack Casey McQuiston’s sophomore novel, One Last Stop.This episode was recorded on September 2, 2024.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:One Last Stop by Casey McQuistonI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonThe Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott FitzgeraldDoctor Who and River SongCasey McQuiston Is As Attached To Their Characters As You Are by Olivia Harrison (Refinery 29)Lost (TV series)<p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" st

Julia and Victoria discuss the last vampire book of The Vampire & the Octopus series and then get very excited about two questions: Are there any ethical choices under vampirism? And, if so, are ethical vampires even interesting?Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:“I won’t always ask”: Complicating Agency in Octavia Butler’s Fledgling” by Florian BastDevil Girl From Mars (film)Patternmaster by Octavia ButlerThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceTwilight by Stephanie MeyerSouthern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixWoman, Eating by Claire KohdaGrady Hendrix’s vampire podcast <a href="https://www.gradyhendrix.com/supe

Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Poppy War by R. F. KuangSemioticsThe Tusks of Extinction novella by Ray NaylorArrival (film)The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank NorrisHow High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia NagamatsuThe Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuinRecommendations:Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-SmithBiosemiotics: An Examination Into the Signs of Life and the Life of Signs by Jesper Hoffmeie

Julia makes her case of why the creature in Grady Hendrix’s The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires is NOT really a vampire, and Victoria makes a counterargument that it is actually the MOST vampire. They are both generally infuriated with everyone in this novel except Mrs. Green. Content Warning: mentions of sexual violence.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us onBookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria onThe StoryGraph.Mentioned in this Episode:Grady Hendrix’s website“Charleston native Grady Hendrix and best-selling horror author wants to terrify you, and you’ll never be more happily horrified” by Stephanie Hunt, Charleston Magazine Dirt Candy (book)Dirt Candy (restaurant) Amanda Cohen, Iron Chef CanadaGrady Hendrix’s “The Great Stephen King Reread” seriesGrady Hendrix’s vampire podcast: Super Scary Haunted HomeschoolThe Strain (tv show)Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-SmithCarmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria MachadoRecommendationsUnbelievable (tv show)Spotlight (film)Gathering Blue by Lois LowryYellowjackets (tv show)<a href="https://bookshop.org

Julia and Victoria read a pandemic book called The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller where the octopus is not the focus of the story, but is at the heart of the book’s major themes of captivity and embodiment. Victoria makes the ill-advised choice to revisit some of her early-pandemic journals.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Mentioned in this episode:The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryStaying in With Emily and KumailRecommendations:Swimming Lessons by Claire FullerOur Endless Numbered Days by Claire FullerUnsettled Ground by Claire FullerHow High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia NagamatsuI Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline HartmanLucy by the Sea by Elizabeth StroudMy Octopus Teacher on NetflixCurrently Obsessed:Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa (album)Jacob Collier’s existenceHit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish (album)Interview With the Vampire season 2

Julia and Victoria get very hungry talking about the trope-flipping, contemporary vampire novel Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us onBookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Mentioned in this episode: Lore Olympus by Rachel SmytheTár (film)Claire Kohda: "I wouldn’t change being mixed-race for anything" by Isabella Silvers (Mixed Messages)A Vampire Hungry for Blood and Intimacy by JR Ramakrishnan (Electric Lit)Recommendations:Carmilla by Joseph Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria MachadoHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen maria MachadoTar Baby by Toni MorrisonWhen We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo“Close Cover Before Striking” by Silvia Moreno Garcia in F(r)iction No. 21 The Unseen IssueSea Change by Gina ChungOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroUgly Delicious on NetflixBuffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)Currently Obsessed:Shōgun on HuluHeartbreak High season 2 on Netflix<a href="https://www.imdb.com/

Julia and Victoria discuss Sea Change by Gina Chung and how authors use the octopus to contemplate loneliness and change. They discover that life really is about the friends we made along the way in this first book of The Vampire & the Octopus series.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph. Check out Julia’s bonus discussions of How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler and World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil on our Buy Me a Coffee!Mentioned in this episode:“The Love Song of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat” by Gina Chung in F(r)ictionGreen Frog: Stories by Gina Chung"Losing My Octopus Best Friend is the Final Straw" interview with Gina Chung in Electric Literature Recommendations:Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann FriedmanBefore the Ruins by Victoria GoslingWoman, Eating by Claire KohdaHow Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina ImblerWorld of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee NezhukumatathilCurrently ObsessedDjesse Vol. 4 by Jacob Collier (album)Jacob Collier Unites the World - Switched on PopBeyoncé's Country - Switched on PopFound Heaven by Cona

Victoria teaches Julia all about the origins, tropes, and metaphors of vampire lore that create the undead monster we read about today. They discuss the origins of vampire stories in Slavic folklore, the Great Vampire Epidemic of the 18th century, the blood-sucking breakup novel Lord Byron’s “travel companion” wrote about him, and lament the loss of a key source for Victoria’s vampire-as-justice analysis that disappeared when she accidentally closed all her tabs.(And don’t forget to check out the bonus content where Victoria shares all the thoughts on Twilight that didn’t make it into the episode!)Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Dracula by Bram StokerWhat We Do In the Shadows (tv show)What We Do In the Shadows (film)Twilight by Stephanie MeyerInterview With the Vampire (tv show)Slayers and Their Vampires by Bruce McClelland“Mothers, Daughters, and Vampires: The Female Sexual Dilemma in Eighteenth-Century Vampire Poetry” by Ashley M. Quinn“Der Vampir” by Heinrich August Ossenfelder“The Bride of Corinth” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<a href="https://bookshop

Julia takes Victoria on a deep dive of octopus stories throughout time and space in this first episode of The Vampire & the Octopus series. We tackle questions like “Are octopus stories a form of colonizer horror?” and “What’s with all the octopus books coming out recently?” and “Why did the 19th century French think the octopus was the physical embodiment of hell?”Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph.Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this Episode:The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneFinding Nemo (film)Finding Dory (film)Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (film)Oceanic Mythology by Roland B Dixon“The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” and “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” art by HokusaiDevilfish Bay“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” painting by Caspar David Friedrich“The Kraken” by Alfred, Lord TennysonGood Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett“The Octopus or The Devilfish of Fiction and Fact” by Henry LeeThe Toilers of the Sea by Victor HugoThe War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The

Julia discusses disability, comedy, creativity, and treating people like people with Steven Verdile, the founder of the disability satire publication The Squeaky Wheel.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Read and follow the Squeaky Wheel:Website: https://thesqueakywheel.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesqkywheel/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesqkywheel Merch: https://thesqueakywheel.org/shop/ Mentioned in this Episode:Ramy (TV series)Speechless (TV series)Give Me Liberty (film)<a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ami-and-hitsby-entertainment-announce-casting-writing-and-producing-teams-for-the-

Julia and Victoria learn what the word “flannel” means in British English and formulate their own theories about what happened to a stranded deep-sea researcher in the devastatingly beautiful novel Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.Views expressed on Book Club with Julia and Victoria and bookclubwithjv.com are solely those of the hosts and not necessarily those of their employers, clients, guests, and collaborators.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Resources for Supporting Palestine::Boycott, Divestment, SanctionsResource for calling representativesAneraMentioned in this episode:Apollo 13 (film)20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (film)Dracula by Bram StokerOur Flag Means Death (TV show)112 Babel by R. F. Kuang — “Boots on the Ground” Storytelling<p class=

Julia and Victoria conclude that How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu is a very good book–Julia is just sad.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia NagamatsuAWP ConferenceVictoria’s StoryGraph: @victoriafrombookclubPsychopomp magazineWhere We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu“How a fictional plague helped Sequoia Nagamatsu overcome grief” by Michael Berry Character map star chart by @bookographicRecommendations:This Is How You Los

Julia and Victoria grapple with the grotesque narrative choices in Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, translated by Chi-young Kim. Julia incorrectly uses the word “epigraph” when she means “epitaph” approximately 25 times.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn moreMentioned in this episode:Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwanBonus: Weird Short Fiction with Evan James SheldonMinari (film)Pachinko (TV series)Modern Family by Cheon Myeong-kwanThe Neapolitan Novels by Elena FerranteOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia MarquezInternational Booker Prize – WhaleNamjoon’s Bookshelf Twitter thread on Whale<

Julia and Victoria try to decipher the rules of Eight Billion Genies, the newest comic book series from Charles Soule and Ryan Browne, because Julia likes rules. They also learn about how one random French guy playing fast and loose with a One Thousand and One Nights translation made up most of what the “Western” world “knows” about “genies.” Tale as old as time.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The very important Arthur Library Card DanceCurse Words by Charles Soule and Ryan BrowneUndiscovered Country by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, and othersGod Hates Astronauts by Ryan Browne'Eight Billion Genies' Graphic Novel Sparks Hollywood Bidding War, Amazon Deal For Chicago Artist by Web Behrens (Block Club Chicago)Paper Girls (Prime Video)Orientalism</

Julia and Victoria are surprised to find hope and belonging in a new story of humanity with The Dawn of Everything by “the Davids” (Graeber and Wengrow), the anthropological clapback to Sapiens by Harrari.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarrariBooks by David Graeber: Debt, The Democracy Project, Bullshit JobsThe Origins of Monsters by David Wengrow“A Flawed History of Humanity” by David A. Bell (Persuasion)“Digging for Utopia” by Kwame Anthony Appiah (The New York Review of Books)“‘I’m certainly open to criticism’: David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history” by Andrew Anthony (The Guardian)“<a href=

Julia is truly bamboozled, Victoria embraces that she is a vampire girlie, and they both dig into the context of Joseph Sheridan LeFanu’s Carmilla, edited with commentary by the absolute legend Carmen Maria Machado.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Carmilla (1872) episode of Queer As FactThe Museum of Jurassic Technology“A Perfectly Normal Interview with Carmen Maria Machado Where Everything Is Fine” by Theodore McCombs (Electric Literature)Twilight by Stephanie MeyerMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia080 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Lizzie Bennet Diaries web seriesCarmilla web series<a href="https://boo

A Suga bias (Julia), a Jungkook bias (special guest RJ), a V bias (special guest Adam), and a person who knows almost nothing about K-pop (Victoria) have a spirited conversation about the style and silences of Beyond the Story: A 10-Year Record of BTS by Kang Myeong-seok and translated by Anton Hur, Clare Richards, and Slin Jung. There are… emotions.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Hang out with Adam and RJ over at The Ampliverse including their Boys Love Boys Love podcast! Follow The Ampliverse on TikTok and Instagram.Find RJ @boysloveblove and Adam @AdamNoecker on Twitter.Mentioned in this episode:Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS by BTS & Kang Myeong-seok trans. by Anton Hur, Clare Richards & Slin JungAdam’s essay “Love Yourself,” Says BTS on The Ampliverse<a href="https://www.bookc

Julia and Victoria get into the weeds of cultivating a creative life while also having to pay bills with Nate Ragolia—writer, podcaster, and publisher at Spaceboy Books. They also decide which zoo animals they would be.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:See what Nate’s up to: nateragolia.comDebut Buddies – First Skyscraper (1885) with Victoria Bruick“What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” by Raymond CarverJules VernePhilip K. DickKurt VonnegutPandemic (2016)Sorry to Bother You (2018)Recommendations:One Person Can’t Make a Difference by Nate Ragolia<a href="https://open.spo

Exploring anarchism, feminism, and the Cold War, Julia and Victoria unpack the context of The Dispossessed by the brilliant and sassy Ursula K. Le Guin. Join for the sci-fi, stay for Barbenheimer, alien Jesus, and a confusion of Ursulas. Also Julia has minor microphone problems. (She sincerely apologizes).Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Hainish Novels and Stories by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLe Guin’s 2004 Guardian interview with the great comebacksPost-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin“The Eye of the Heron: Le Guin’s Introduc

Julia and Victoria wrestle with their frustrations with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki and try to get to the bottom of important questions like, “What happened?” and “Who is this book for?”Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki045 A Tale for the Time Being archived episode on Buy Me a CoffeeMy Year of Meats by Ruth OzekiFantastic Fungi on NetflixPoured Over: Ruth Ozeki on The Book of Form and Emptiness B&N podcastNobody’s Normal by Roy Richard GrinkerBonus: Julia Wrote a Thesis – Online Autistic Community and Finding Your Writer Voice“<a href="https://spectrumculture.com/2021/11/21/the-book-of-form-and-emptiness-b

Victoria interviews Julia about her master’s thesis in Anthropology on Autistic social groups, disabled futures, and how to make Autistic friends by exchanging fun facts.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon PriceNobody’s Normal by Roy Richard GrinkerNeurotribes by Steve SilbermanFall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 by Naoki HigashidaThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionCurrently Obsessed:The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David WengrowSpiderman: Across the Spiderverse

Julia and Victoria apply a postcolonial perspective to Ayana Lloyd Banwo’s When We Were Birds, a novel about death, magical matriarchs, love, and VIBES.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Wretched of the Earth by Franz FanonBooks by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o“In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo” by Will Forrester (PEN Transmissions)“Trinbagonian author releases debut novel with UK publishing house” by Tevin Gall (Loop Trinidad & Tobago)Recommendations:Housekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonBeloved by Toni MorrisonBlack Skin White Masks by Franz Fanon (translated by Richard Philcox)<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79848/97

Julia and Victoria talk about the marriage of message and form in the “memoir situation” by one of their favorite human beings: 10 Steps to Nanette by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby“Hannah Gadsby Talks ‘Queer Joy’ and Calling Out Netflix” by CT Jones (Rolling Stone)Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix specials Douglas and Something SpecialBroken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi CarlisleRecommendations:Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price, Ph.D.Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmes<a href="https://oh-i-like-that.simplecast.com/episodes/f

Julia and Victoria are joined by their new literary friend Caleb Tankersley to discuss Caleb’s debut story collection Sin Eaters. They enjoy a lovely ramble about the process of creativity and the value of writing what makes you happy. Plus: some important Oreo discourse.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Find Caleb Tankersley online:Website: https://calebtankersley.com/Split/Lip Press: https://www.splitlippress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caleb.tankersley/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Caleb_of_1988 Mentioned in this episode:Sin Eaters by Caleb TankersleyMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeMrs. S by Kay Patrick“The Eternal Combustion Engine” by Caleb Tankersley (Thirteen Bridges Review)<p class="" style="white-space:p

Julia and Victoria make their case as to why Babel by R. F. Kuang should be two (or three?) books. Point #1: It is amazing, and the people want more.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. KuangDaisy Jones & the Six - Film Club with Julia & VictoriaPart 1 (Episodes 1-5)Part 2 (Episodes 6-10)The Poppy Wars trilogy by R. F. KuangThis “foot boop” scene from Our Flag Means Death (TV show)Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (and Book Club episode 085 where Julia talks about how many times she bought this book).Recommendations:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le

Julia and Victoria have an epiphany, answer their lingering questions, and discuss major series themes of time and the legacy of oppression while discussing The Stone Sky, conclusion of the Broken Earth trilogy, by N. K. Jemisin.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in the Episode:Crunchyroll interview with N. K. JemisinAmal El-Mohtar’s review of The Stone Sky for NPROprah Daily interview with N. K. JemisinRecommendations:Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le GuinBabel by R. F. KuangThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amar El Mohtar and Max GladstoneCurrently Obsessed:Interview With the Vampire series on AMC<p class="" style="white-space

Hold on to your runny sacks. We are wrapping up our discussion of The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin! We’ll be re-releasing episodes on book one and two over the next two weeks. Stay tuned for our concluding discussion of book three, The Stone Sky, coming your way May 2023.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Link to original show notes.Grab a copy of The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin and support the show!

Hold on to your runny sacks. We are wrapping up our discussion of The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin! We’ll be re-releasing episodes on book one and two over the next two weeks. Stay tuned for our concluding discussion of book three, The Stone Sky, coming your way May 2023.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Link to original show notes.Grab a copy of The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin and support the show!

Victoria just got back from AWP where she spent five days geeking out with fellow book nerds. Julia and Victoria talk about networking and finding your people as an adult.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this Episode:Book Club episode on Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererMilkweed EditionsEuropa EditionsBook Club episode on the Neapolitan Series by Elena FerranteYale University PressBook Club episode on How I Became a Tree by Sumana RoyFriday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahBook Club episode on Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno GarciaGen Con IndyCurrently Obsessed: <p class="

Julia has questions. Victoria does some digging. They both gain context on the voice of author Cho Nam-Joo of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 and the impact the novel had on the life and politics of South Korea in 2016.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo“The Heroine of This Korean Best Seller Is Extremely Ordinary. That’s the Point.” by Alexandra Alter (New York Times)South Korean Bestseller 'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982' Gives Public Voice To Private Pain by Elise Hu (NPR) South Korean author Cho Nam-joo: ‘My book is braver than I am’ by Holly Williams (The Guardian)South Korea’s incoming “anti-feminist” president (Today Explained)Recommendations:Kim Jiyoung: Born 1982 (2019 fi

Julia and Victoria meet up with their internet friend Sofía Syntaxx (of the ANGR podcast) to talk about how much they loved Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, swap stories, compare languages and knowledge systems, and laugh about all the things American scientists “discovered” which indigenous peoples have known for thousands of years. A good deal of swearing is involved, but like, in a fun way.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Connect with Sofia Syntaxx and see samples of their work at linktr.ee/SofiaSyntaxx. Mentioned in this episode:Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererBraiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Monique Gray Smith and Robin Wall KimmererFilm Club with Julia & Victoria - The Personal History of David CopperfieldThe Personal History of David Copperfield (2019 film)Episode 073 The Little

Julia and Victoria learn about the history of mental health stigma in the United States and have some lightbulb moments with Nobody’s Normal by Roy Richard Grinker.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Nobody’s Normal by Roy Richard GrinkerNorma and Norman statuesUnstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism by Roy Richard GrinkerHistory of Madness by FoucaultRecommendations:The Wisdom of Your Body by Hilary McBrideBurnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia NagoskiRoadmap to Resilience: Supporting Children Experiencing Stress & Trauma (podcast)Currently Obsessed:Hospital Playlist (TV series)<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7

Reality and RepresentationJulia and Victoria lose their minds talking about reality and worldviews in Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeSusanna Clarke's Fantasy World of Interiors by Laura Miller (The New Yorker)Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan SontagHeaven’s Gate (podcast)The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. LewisRecommendations:Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna ClarkeBabel by R. F. KuangThe Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman<a href="h

Julia and Victoria reflect on their winding work histories and the rise of pointless labor with the help of Bullshit Jobs by anthropologist David Graeber. They get very excited about it.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Hidden Brain podcast episode “How Meaningless Work Wears Us Down”“David Graeber, Caustic Critic of Inequality, Is Dead at 59” - The New York TimesFeminist, Queer, Crip by Alison KaferRecommendations:Silver Spoon (Baepsae) by BTS lyrics (English translation)“After the pandemic we can’t go back to sleep” by David Graeber in JacobinLaziness Does Not Exist by Dr Devon PriceUnmasking Autism by Dr Devon Price“The Cult of Nonprofits” on Sounds Like a Cult podcast<p class="" style="white-space:pr

Julia and Victoria imagine new stories for the future.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Show Notes:You’ve Got Mail (film)Harry & Meghan (docu series on Netflix)Indigo by RM (album)SOS by SZA (album)Heaven’s Gate (podcast)

Julia and Victoria talk inevitability and unreliable narrators in The Story of the Lost Child and celebrate finishing Elena Ferrante’s iconic Neapolitan series. They try and fail to solve the unsolvable ending.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena FerranteThe Lying Life of Adults on NetflixThe Dave Chang Show (podcast)10 Things I Hate About YouRecommendations:Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan DidionGilead by Marilyn RobinsonHousekeeping by Marilyn RobinsonCurrently Obsessed:Forgive Me by BoA<

It’s finally happening. We are going to finish our discussion of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series! To catch you up on the conversations about books 1-3, we’ll be re-releasing those episodes over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for the discussion of book 4, and our wrap up of the entire series coming your way NEXT WEEK!Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Link to original show notes.Grab a copy of Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante and support the show!

It’s finally happening. We are going to finish our discussion of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series! To catch you up on the conversations about books 1-3, we’ll be re-releasing those episodes over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for the discussion of book 4, and our wrap up of the entire series coming your way in a couple of weeks.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Link to original show notes.Grab a copy of The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante and support the show!

It’s finally happening. We are going to finish our discussion of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series! To catch you up on the conversations about books 1-3, we’ll be re-releasing those episodes over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for the discussion of book 4, and our wrap up of the entire series coming your way next month.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Link to original show notes.Grab a copy of My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante and support the show!

Julia and Victoria acknowledge that they do not always know what is going on while diving headfirst into the incredible debut poetry collection from Ocean Vuong: Night Sky With Exit Wounds.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in This Episode:Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean VuongOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongWar baby: the amazing story of Ocean Vuong, former refugee and prize-winning poet (The Guardian)Time Is a Mother by Ocean VuongOnly Murders in the Building The Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List (Movie)Recommendations:Crush by Richard SikenThe Best We Could Do by Thi B

Lord Byron’s Letters of the FutureJulia and Victoria needed to scream about how much they loved crying over the romantic, angsty sci-fi novella This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, so now it is an episode.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this Episode:Wingspan Board GameThe Craft Sequence by Max GladstoneThe bird meme from Amal’s Twitter: (original comic by @FalseKneesRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonDoctor WhoThe Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger“Blue-da-ba-dee” by Eiffel 65Recommendations:Good Omens by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett<p class="" style="white-space:pre-w

Julia and Victoria explore the Dark Ages with writer, historian, and former professor Rebecca Stott. They discuss Rebecca’s new book Dark Earth: about two sisters who run away to a ruined Roman city in 6th century Britain. They talk genre, archaeology, breaking boundaries, and Julia gets very excited about swords.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 100+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Follow Rebecca Stott:Website: https://www.rebeccastott.co.uk/ Twitter: @RebeccaStott64Listen to her radio broadcasts for BBC Radio Four’s A Point of ViewMentioned in this Episode:The Secret Island by Enid Blyton“In the Waiting Room” by Elizabeth BishopRecommendations:Cwen by Bryce GibbyBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseA Tale For the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki<p class=""

Julia and Victoria talk with author Evan James Sheldon about his new book of gloriously weird flash fiction, Children and Their Cages, and his creative process. Julia learns that flash fiction is not, in fact, a story written very fast.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 100+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this EpisodeFollow Evan James Sheldon’s writing on evanjamessheldon.com and Twitter @EvanJamesSheld1. Check out his latest book Children & Their Cages available online at Barnes & Noble.The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan“On Writing and the Business of Writing” by Carmen Maria MachadoThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros"Fairy Tale is Form, Form is Fairy Tale" by Kate Bernheimer“For Everyone Who's Still Fucked Up Over That Story About The Girl With The Ribbon Around Her Neck” by Lauren Yapalater (Buzzfeed)<p class="" style="white-spac