Judging Book Covers Podcast

Our favorite Ollie Brady joins us to talk about Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man! We are also in severe cabin fever isolation mode, so there is a lot of chatter about what we are watching and recommend if you need recommendations!  Book Drink: Mint Julep Next Up: A Novelization of a podcast/tv show with Tim Lowe!  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

COVID has caused us to get a little stir crazy, so this episode is a little all over the place, even after it has been edited down. And there is no excuse for it being a week late, other than Love is Blind. Which probably goes well with us reading Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel!  Book Drink: Red Wine (for Love Is Blind, honestly.)  Or hot chocolate for the book (we didn't actually discuss a drink!) Next Up: A Book that Makes Us Laugh with Ollie Brady!  Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

JBC is back and has invited Dr. Sarah Ifft Decker of Media-eval Podcast back on to discuss some 14th Century court cases! Specifically, we read A Poisoned Past: The Life and Time of Margarida de Portu, a 14th Century Accused Poisoner by Steven Bednarski! Come listen to us discuss how you might think you have the worst brother-in-law, but Margarida has you beat!  Book Drink: A Good Red Wine (with a side of garlic bread)   Next Up: A Translated Book Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram And our Guest: Sarah's Instagram |  Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast

JBC is back and maybe forgot to post an episode this week! It's because we have been too busy SWOOOONING over Beverly Jenkins' novel Destiny Captive! Join us as we go back in time to the 1880s and become pirates in Cuba.  Book Drink: TEQUILA  Next Up: A Book about a Historical Event Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

Judging Book Covers Podcast is BACK! We kicked off the 2020 JBC Challenge with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin! And it was totally a hit and worth it -- February has some great releases!  Book Drink: Sprite and SKYY vodka Next Up: A Romance Novel Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

To close down 2019, Stephanie and Meghan talk about their top 12 books for the year! It is a quick episode, and we promise to be back and wordy and with more guests in 2020!!  Heres a breakdown of our lists: Stephanie A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole Pines by Blake Crouch Howl’s Movie Castle by Diane Wynne Jones  The Moors by Jen Silverman Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez   Saga by Brian K Vaugn and Fiona Staples Meghan Parkland  by Dave Cullen The Lonliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren Jones Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston Middlegame by Seanan McGuire   An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Find us on the web: Our UPCOMING 2020 Challenge! Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram

Today we celebrate Stephanie's birthday! Friend of the podcast Tim Lowe presented us with a book, Contact by Carl Sagan, as a 1985 Bestseller gift!  .....Can we return it?  Next Up: Our hosts's top 5 2019 Reads Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Twitter | Stephanie's Instagram and guest:  Tim's Twitter | Minds at Yeerk Instagram

Sorry this episode is so late! Medical, travel, and computer issues...it's been a messy week. BUT it's okay, as we are joined by Alex LaVelle from Paneolology to discuss the play The Moors by Jen Silverman! This drama is a wonderful tongue in cheek look at Victorian gothic literature and the terrifying moors they tend to be staged on. Next Episode: A bestseller from 1895 Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram And our guest:  Alex's Twitter

This week Stephanie and Meghan chat about H. H. Holmes and the World Fair! But really we talk a lot about how everyone keeps talking about how charismatic and wonderful Holmes was and how gross that is.  Next Episode: A drama Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

Note: There are some The Good Place spoilers from minute 15-18.  This week Stephanie and Meghan read Yes Please by Amy Poehler! We discuss her openness about her career, her ability to keep the private stuff private, and some of the things that haven't quite aged well.  Also, we definitely have an interesting "book drink!"  Next Episode: A true crime book Find us on the web: Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

This episode is dedicated to Chris. Happy belated birthday!  We finally get a relaxing break and decided to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams! We also discuss A Simple Favor, another book that you should see the movie first. What IS the question that has the answer 42?! Next Week: A memoir Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

Happy Banned Book Week! Stephanie and Meghan discuss one of the more popular banned books: Beloved by Toni Morrison. All the content warnings. And we feel them in our bones.  Next episode: A Book We Saw The Movie First Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

This week Stephanie and Meghan tackle one of Obama's favorite 2018 books: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones! This episode is also extra bonus discussion of Hunger Games, as Stephanie finished the series after last episode.  An American Marriage has discussions of rape, infidelity, and abortions, so just a heads up. It's a rough yelling ride.  Next episode: Banned Book Week Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

Stephanie and Meghan tackle a book by an author from their state: Suzanne Collins from Connecticut! Stephanie had not read Hunger Games, while Meghan realizes it's probably her favorite YA series.  We discuss the terrifying possibility of the Games happening, our favorite characters, and how a post-Game of Thrones world has led Stephanie to believe none of her characters are safe!  Next book: A 2018 award winning book Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

Several weeks ago, Stephanie and Meghan wavered between reading Rebecca and One Hundred Years of Solitude. When Facebook helped them decide to read the first, they saw an opportunity to read the second as well.  What happens when an entire family names everyone the same name? What's more important, family or war? How should you treat our partner's side piece, or their children? All this and more!  Next Up: A book by an author from your state Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

It is summer, so of course Stephanie and Meghan are continuing to do some school-ish summer reading. This week they read The Scarlet Letter, a book Meghan read in high school and hated. Has it gotten better with age? Next Up: A book translated into English! Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

Today Stephanie and Meghan read a Gothic classic: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier! We discuss if it is actually a romantic love story, what we thought the book would be about, and man how young our poor narrator actually is!  Next Up: Rereading an assigned book from school!   Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

This week Stephanie and Meghan tackle Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber! We discuss all ten stories in the collection, not just the first story!  Book drink: Bloody Marys  Next Up: A classic we haven't read before!  Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram

This week Stephanie and Meghan try to understand some poetry, so they invite Megan Sunday of Let's Get Weirding to help them find some poetry they'll actually like!  Megan definitely delivered, as we all read some Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry that made us laugh, discuss how revisionist American history is, and how frustrated some women were with the perspective people had of them. We also discuss the Lifetime movies based on V.C. Andrews books, Downton Abbey, and American literature and how it is taught.  Poems discussed in the episode:  "I, being a woman and distressed" "Justice Denied in Massachusetts" "Humoresque" "Oh oh you will be sorry for that word" Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram And our guests: Twitter | Podcast | Podcast's Twitter | Blog

This week Stephanie and Meghan dive into a collection of essays: The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley! And we do spend this episode as an excuse to talk about our woes in pop culture.  Cocktail: Hair of the llama cocktail Next Up: A collection of poetry  Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our hosts: Meghan's Blog | Stephanie's Instagram