Interview with Akwaeke Emezi, author of You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

On today’s episode, Joe is joined by multidisciplinary artist and writer Akwaeke Emezi, to talk about their debut romance title, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, out May 24 from Atria Books. They talk about selling film rights (and the slowness of the Hollywood machine), creating art AND book jackets, their TikTok […] Read more

Posted on: May 23, 2022 Category:

• Romance

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Life’s a Drag — but this episode isn’t!

Tomorrow, Fri. May 20, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars returns! And today, Joe and Jill share nonfiction and fiction books with drag queens. They also discuss their recent opportunity to see Alyssa Edwards (S5, All Stars 2) live, favorite Drag Race seasons and Queens, and who they are rooting for to take the crown in […] Read more

Posted on: May 19, 2022 Category:

• Fiction
• Non-fiction

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Evan Ross Katz, author of Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born

Today on the pod, Joe is joined by Evan Ross Katz, to talk about his new book, Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born. A true Buffy historian, Evan shares what makes this show so special and how it still holds up today. Read more

Posted on: May 16, 2022 Category:

• Non-fiction

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The Twilight Saga Retrospective (Pt. 1)

Today, the Professional Book Nerds are trying something new – breaking down a monumental YA series – The Twilight Saga. Emma, Jill, and Joe wax poetic on Team Edward vs. Team Jacob marketing, give some stream of consciousness thoughts and descriptions, and try to figure out where the hell loca has been. Part 1 covers […] Read more

Posted on: May 12, 2022 Category:

• Page to Screen
• Romance
• Suspense
• Thriller
• YA

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