Judging Book Covers Podcast

Stephanie, Megg, and Ollie are back with Tiktok's number 1 book series last year -- Fourth Wing! We discuss the world of Romantasy through both of these books -- with a lot of thoughts on how the series may progress. Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.judgingbookcovers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |

Stephanie, Ollie, and Megg are back to discuss one of our favorite cozy mysteries series -- A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery book! Murder and Mamon is the 4th book in the series, featuring the eccentric calendar crew! Want to skip to just the chatter about the book? Jump to 45 minutes in! Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.judgingbookcovers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |

Hello hello! We read two new books for this episode! Love is definitely in the air as we read two romance books: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston and Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman! If you're just interested in our thoughts on the books, skip to just before minute 47! Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.judgingbookcovers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |

Sometimes life gets in the way, but we still read The Other Black Girl, talked about it, and released our episode before the show dropped on Hulu! Next Books: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston and Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website ⁠⁠⁠www.judgingbookcovers.com⁠⁠⁠, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠  | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ |

Are cozy fantasies our new thing? We definitely enjoyed this one!! Megg also ruins the mood by not reading enough books. Next Book: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris! Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website ⁠⁠www.judgingbookcovers.com⁠⁠, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠  | ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ |

We are back for a double feature this month -- because we happened to all read two of the same books in the horror genre! One we loved, while the other was just not our cup of tea. And that's okay! Join us at the end of every month, or maybe the beginning, as we discuss a new book!  Next Book: Under the Whispering Door by T. J. Klune! Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website ⁠www.judgingbookcovers.com⁠, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠  | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ |

Well, we stayed on topic for one episode... This month Megg, Ollie, and Stephanie read Blackmail and Babingka by Mia P Manasala, the third book in Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery! If you can't tell, we cannot get enough of this cozy mystery series. We also have experienced a month of new media, and it's just been a few weeks since we've chatted! So grab a cuppa tea or a glass of wine, and come listen in on our monthly book club discussion! Join us at the end of every month, or maybe the beginning, as we discuss a new book!  Next Book: The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay (and unofficially, Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall!) Got questions, comments, or want to recommend a book to us? Check out our website www.judgingbookcovers.com, or find us on social media! Find us on the web: ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠  | ⁠Instagram⁠ |

After a year off with one cohost creating a production company, one cohost creating a baby, and one just....creating an interesting dating mess, Stephanie, Ollie, and Megg are back to talk their first book of 2023! We read What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall, where the question became: who is telling the truth?  Enjoy us actually stay mostly on topic thanks to baby time, though we did have a segway as Ollie tries to convince Megg that to see if you are a murderer, you actually have to try murder.  Join us at the end of every month, or maybe the beginning, as we discuss a new book!  Next Book: Blackmail and Babinka by Mia P. Manansala 

JBC is back with cozy mysteries! We read the second book of the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series - Homicide and Halo-Halo! We talk about our love for cozy mysteries, what makes it cozy, as well as everything else we were dealing with in May.  Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and stands against Anti-Asian Violence. Read books, educate yourselves, and learn empathy, we beg of you. Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram

The trio of hosts read Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell! This book promised us a space opera and romance! ...Unfortunately it fell a little short of what was promised. We had fun discussing fan fiction tropes, space operas, and queer romances! And Ollie's hate of series. Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and stands against Anti-Asian Violence. Read books, educate yourselves, and learn empathy, we beg of you. Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram

Stephanie and Meghan welcome Ollie Brady as a permanent co-host! We start our 2022 year with a new book: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry! We discuss our new format, the books we've read recently, and finally, a whole cast of characters that just need THERAPY.  Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram

This week Stephanie and Meghan decide to join the investigation and research of the residential schools in Canada and what they have become in the current environment. The book focuses on the death of seven First Nation students and the incompetency surrounding the investigation of the death of the students. While residential schools may be a thing of the past that has been brought to everyone's attention recently, there is still a lot of corruption and death surrounding the current iteration of the residential schools. Major content warnings for death, alcoholism, suicide attempts, colonialization, and unanswered deaths. Next Episode: Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Boo

Meghan and Stephanie are finally back! And this time they are discussing something they love to talk about: FOOD! We read Roy Choi's memoir and cook book, which has one of the most interesting lives we have read about while also some damn good food.  Next Episode: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga!  Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram Network Information:  Certain POV Network | Discord Link | 

Stephanie and Meghan take a small break this episode and rather than leave listeners without an episode, friends of the podcast Tim Lowe and Ollie Brady decided to put together an episode on the second book of The Diviners series by Libba Bray! Here is a bonus episode with just the guys, diving back into our favorite 1920s paranormal books!  Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our (normal) hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram Find our guest hosts:  Tim's Twitter | Minds at Yeerk Instagram | Best Acquaintances' Facebook Group Network Information:  Certain POV Network | Discor

This episode, Stephanie and Meg discuss VAMPIRES. Are they back? Are they even scary any more? Did Twilight ruin vampires for good? We dive into the short story anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite to see! This collection is focused on taking the vampire mythos away from the cliche European, hetero vibe and twisting it into new and inventive ways! While some do not quite live up to this exciting idea, overall these are a lot of fun to explore.  Next Episode: Tim and Ollie discuss Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray while Stephanie and Meg take a small break!    Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcovers

Despite our inching towards summer, Stephanie and Meghan are joined by Victoria Lucia to get in the mood for some fall spooks! For this round of our Read Harder challenge, we read Small Spaces by Katherine Arden! We talk about whether we as both 6th graders and as adults, how much we love and want to protect all three of our protagonists, and how much this book reminds us of our love for middle grade horror!  Next Book: Vampires Never Get Old, edited by Zoraida Córdova  Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram and guest:  Victoria's Twitte

This week Stephanie and Meg read Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas!  First, there are some serious content warning for this book: the main character has to deal with a family who hasn't accepted that he is transgender. Major CW for misgendering, discussions of dead names, and other issues with families that only see the binary. We discuss how wonderful this magical community is, falling in love with a dead boy, when is it appropriate to go to school during a murder mystery, and how bad ass a best friend can be!  Next Book: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find

This week Meg and Stephanie are joined by Network co-host Matt Limerick to discuss If the Dress Fits by Carla de Guzman! We loved discussing this fat positive romance that is also not based in the US! We discuss our love of these cinnamon bun characters, the way tropes are diverted, and also a healthy discussion of our love of Bucky/Winter Soldier/White Wolf! Next Book: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram Our Guest: Saturday Morning Confidential Podcast | Instagram | Twitter | Linktree Network Information

This week Stephanie and Meg dive into the world of fan fiction! We went with a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfic as it is a fandom we both know and love; however, we do not openly support Joss Whedon.  For this week, we read a short retelling of season 6: Even Death is a Shadow of Forgetting by redcheekdays! It is Stephanie's first fanfic, so come listen to see if she enjoyed it or not!  Next Book: If The Dress Fits by Carla de Guzman Judging Book Covers Podcast is now part of Certain POV Network! Please check out our sister podcasts and give us all some love!  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram Network Information:  Certain POV Network | Discord Link | 

To celebrate our 100th episode, we are putting aside our read harder challenge in order to read a book about the 1920s and GHOST MURDERERS! We read The Diviners by Libba Bray, with two of our favorite all time guests, Ollie Brady and Tim Lowe! Tim dresses up in fashionable pilgrim clothes 1920s clothes and Ollie lectures Meg about her book choices!  Next Book: Buffy Fanfic! Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Judging Book Covers Podcast stands with the Black Lives Matter movement, and if you are looking for black owned bookshops, please check out these links:  50 in 50 Black Owned Bookstores A More Current List  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook  | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram Find our guests:  Tim's Twitter | Minds at Yeerk Instagram | Best Acquaintances' Facebook Group Network Information:  Certain POV Network | Discord Link |