Hate Read Podcast

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, the Boogie Boarders finally make their way home, but everything in the forest is so very sad and hungry. Have they returned too late? Also, we have very strong opinions about how the titles in this series. But when don't we have strong opinions, lmao Join us next week for the next book in Anna's domestic thriller unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special guest episode of Shelf Aware! While Anna is busy moving house, she challenged Em and Brad (@StoryBookWeaver) to read the first book in one of her favorite cozy mystery series. Did they like it? Well, no.

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, our band of traveling cats comes across another group of cats that don't follow the Warrior Code (and are super cultural appropriation-y), and end up kind of taking place in a white (silver?) savior narrative. Also, Firestar continues to struggle with the destruction of the forest as warriors slowly start disappearing as well. Join us next week for a special guest episode with Em and Brad, where Anna subjects them to a book from her beloved cozy mystery genre in her absence. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a new unit on domestic thrillers with a book that Em thought she'd be able to avoid for the rest of forever (sorry not sorry). How does Anna feel about this book ten years after she first read it? Recommended Reading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz River of Shadows by Karina Halle Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're starting the second series of Warrior Cats books, The New Prophecy. We've got new cats, but the same problems. Something's threatening the forest. Cats still can't understand prophecies. Also, is there a Cat Hell? Join us next week for a brand new unit with a book Em swore she would never read. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on novels based on TTRPGs with a trip to the B-B-B-BOOOONEYAAAARD. Who would have known that a book called Boneyard would be spooky? Not Anna, apparently. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And even though half the year is up, you can still join our 2022 reading challenge. Details are on our Twitter! Recommended Reading: Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Master of One by Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we are talking about the final book in the first Warrior Cats arc. Fireheart is now the leader of ThunderClan. TigerStar is out there causing more mischief. And we meet a new clan?? Also, will this book be amazing enough to propel us to read more Warriors books? Join us next week for the last book in our TTRPG unit. And even though half the year is up, you can still join our 2022 reading challenge. Details are on our Twitter! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up Em's unit on no-sex romances with a contemporary romcom. Was it enough to change our stance on romance without sex on the page? Was this book even anti-horny enough to count? And why did everyone make such a big deal about a perfectly normal way to deal with grief? Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And don't forget about our 2022 reading challenge. You check it out on our Twitter or Storygraph. Recommended Reading: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora Flip the Script by Lyla Lee Love, Comment, Subscribe by Cathy Yardley Fallen London Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, Fireheart deals with a lot of shit including more Tigerstar schemes, some actual dogs, and a leader who wants to go to war with the cat ghosts who live in the stars. What's a poor deputy to do? Join us next week for the last book in our clean romance unit! And don't forget we have a reading challenge for 2022. You can check it out on our Twitter or Storygraph. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're talking about the first book in a beloved fantasy series starring the most perfect little drow lad in all the land. We've got schemes! We've got fights! We've got hard to pronounce fantasy names that we don't pronounce consistently! Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! Recommended Reading: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week we're discussing who should voice the completely hypothetical fully-casted Warrior Cats audiobook. Also, we learn a lot about the shipping preferences of this fandom. Also also, Our Flag Means Death season 2 when??? Join us next week for the second book in our ttrpg book unit. And join our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter and Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're continuing our unit on "clean" romances with a 1979 chores book that takes place on the Canadian frontier. Topics up for discussion include a background on the genre, an extremely annoying main character, and the popularity of Lean Cuisines in the 1800s. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday. And don't forget, you can still join in on our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter or Storygraph! Recommended Reading: Marshmallow and Jordan by Alina Chau A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley To the Sky Kingdom by Tang Qi Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday! This week, we're on book three of the Warrior Cats series, and things are starting to pick up (or Stockholm syndrome is setting in, either one). This book is full of intrigue, betrayals, and, of course, SECRETS. But only one cat seems to be interested in tracking them all down… Join us next week for the second book in our unit on clean romances! And don't forget, you can still join in on our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter or Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new (kind of) listener slubmitted unit on books based on TTRPGs. We're starting off with a book set in the universe of Vampire: The Masquerade, and wow, did nothing happen in this book at all. Join us next week for another Meow Meow Monday! And as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph! Recommended Reading: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Everything Everywhere All At Once Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Meow Meow Monday episode! This week, we've got new names for our main characters, and some feuding BFFs. Not to mention, a lot of concerns about age differences in Warrior Cat romances. Join us next week for the first book in a new unit on novels based on TTRPGs! Also, as always, join us in our 2022 Reading Challenge on either Twitter or Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're starting a brand new unit on clean romances with the book Edenbrooke. We've got an underaged main character, miscommunication upon miscommunication, and so much fucking TWIRLING. Will we find a book in this genre we can appreciate, or are we just truly too horny for a proper romance? Join us next week for another Mew Mew Monday! And don't forget to check out our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter and Storygraph! Recommended Reading: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Our Flag Means Death Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to the moment you've all be waiting for probably! That's right, it's our first Meow Meow Monday. We're embarking on a brand new journey, as young kits, eventually training to become strong WARRIOR CATS. How will Anna and Em enjoy this series? Does it compare to Animorphs? Will they ever be able to keep track of these cats' names?? Join us next week for the first book in Em's new unit on clean romances. And as always, don't forget to check out our 2022 reading challenge on Twitter or Storygraph! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week we're covering the last book in our listener slubmitted grabbag unit with Recursion by Blake Crouch. We're in for some timey-wimey, Jeremy Bearimy kind of adventure that Anna and Em were literally quite split about liking. Don't forget to listen until the end to find out what our next long-running series will be.

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to the final Material Monday episode of Shelf Aware! Will and Lyra travel to the Land of the Dead, accidentally kill God, and save the worlds, all while following our favorite rule of combat: JUST BE KNIVES. Join us next week for the final book in our listener slubmitted grabbag unit! And don't forget to check out our 2022 reading challenge on our Twitter or Storygraph. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're discussing the final book in Anna's unit on movie novelizations with a book that was based on a movie that was based on a comic book series: Wonder Woman. Join us as we discuss the strangely Christian origin story of a hero based on Greek mythology? Recommended Reading: The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Join us next week for the final book in our Material Monday series! And don't forget to check out our 2022 reading challenge on our Twitter or Storygraph. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail