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Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're covering a very special book that combines two of our recent units: time slip romances and prehistoric fiction. Also, you have to stick through to the end for the major reveal that Em keeps hinting at… Join us next week for our big 150th episode special!! Recommended Reading: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai Squid Game Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! We're here with the last book of the Animorphs series narrated solely by Rachel, and boy, was it disappointing. We've got some returning characters, ROUSs (Rachels of Unusual Size), and a lot of dream sequences. Join us next week for a special wrap-up of two separate units: Time slip romances and prehistoric fiction. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! In honor of spooky season, we're starting a new spooky unit on psychological thrillers, visiting an author that Anna and Em have both purposefully avoided over the years. We also dive in deep on some feelings about the horror genre in general and introduce our new Baby Driver podcast. Recommended Reading: Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! After the last two Animorphs books, the plot comes to a shrieking halt with some fun split perspective between Jake and his long dead Civil War uncle. Also enjoy some excellent beaver puns and just keep on rolling with our vast knowledge of water. Join us next week for the next book in Em's annual horror unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! We are finally wrapping up our prehistoric unit with a book… told from a dinosaur's point of view. Imagine Planet Earth: Dinosaurs, and you've pretty much got the gist of this one. Wasn't expecting the romance angle, though. Join us next week for another Morph Monday Recommended Reading: Her Private Life (Netflix) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading an Ax POV that is actually a rare direct continuation of the previous book. We've got tons of action, tons of boat facts, and… human morphs? Join us next week for the last book in our prehistoric unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our Great American Novel unit by very calmly discussing the sad book we read for our comedy podcast. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: Our Stories Carried Us Here by Green Card Voices Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! We're in the endgame now, and this Marco POV did not come to play. We've got some closure, some angst, and some intense plot. Only nine books to go after this… Join us next week for the last book in Em's unit on the Great American Novel! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing our listener slubmitted unit on prehistoric fiction with the classic novel, The Land That Time Forgot. We've got sabotage on the high seas. We've got a long lost land with weird evolution shit going on. We've got maneating dinosaurs. And yet somehow, this is still not an exciting book? Recommended Reading: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Scale Bright by Benjanun Sriduangkaew Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater The Dating Plan by Sara Desai Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading a Cassie book where she takes part in some extremely confusing action scenes, travels all the way to Australia in the cargo hold of a plane, and then becomes a kangaroo to save the day. Yeesh. Join us next week for the next book in our prehistoric fiction unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're finishing Anna's unit on Highlander time slip romances with a Christmas romcom! Will this book change Anna's perception of the genre? And just how many books can Em read in a week? Join us next week for another Morph Monday! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware. This week, we're reading a Tobias POV, where once again, Tobias is sad and grappling with way too much shit on his own. Also, weird sexual tension? Featuring manipulative!Rachel and funny!Ax. Join us next week for the last book in our unit on Highlander time slip romances! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

cw: racism, domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, incest, child abuse, misogyny. This book is pretty heavy, so please proceed with caution. Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware. This week, we're reading the second book in Em's unit on the Great American Novel, The Color Purple. This book was actually very good and dealt with a lot of difficult topics, so jokes are not super heavy this episode. Can't be too mad about reading an excellent book though, right? Recommended Reading: A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren The Return of the Sorceress by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Join us next week for another Morph Monday! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're taking a field trip through Marco's body, a la Magic School Bus. That's right, the Helmacrons are back, and they've entered Marco's body. What are a bunch of Bandalites to do but shrink themselves and follow suit? Please let this be the last time we see the Helmacrons. Join us next week for the second book in Em's Great American Novel unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new listener slubmitted unit on prehistoric fiction with the much beloved book, The Clan of the Cave Bear. Also included: discussion on the novelization of agrotourism; how Neanderthals were telepathic, I guess?; and content warnings galore. We go over an extensive list at the beginning of the episode. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: K-Pop Confidential by Stephen Lee The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst The Unbroken by C.L. Clark A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday of Shelf Aware! This week, we're going time traveling to a future where the Bandalites failed and the Yeerks have won control of the planet. Awesome sounding premise, right? Well… Join us next week for the first book in a new listener submitted unit on prehistoric fiction! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing Anna's unit on time slip Highland romances (that aren't Outlander, because Outlander isn't a romance), with another early example of the genre. This one is at least less offensive than Beyond the Highland Mist. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: When the Tiger Comes Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Sources: https://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/-reading-scottish-romances-as-an-actual-scottish-person.php https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/02/15/brief-history-romance-novel-recommendations https://lithub.com/the-history-of-romance-novels-a-billion-dollar-industry/

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading the last of the Megamorph books, alas. But you know what that means. More time travel bullshit! Beloved character, The Drode, is back, and he's trying to mess with the Bandalites once again. Join us next week for the next book in Anna's time slip Highland romance unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're starting a new unit on The Great American Novel. No pressure, right? We're talking about (and shitting on) F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved classic, The Great Gatsby. Recommended Reading: Taskmaster Love O2O The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington Always Only You by Chloe Liese People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Join us next for another Morph Monday! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we've got a Marco POV that provides further evidence of the assholeish nature of the Andalites, and finally, someone becomes a bee. Also, what an UNFORTUNATE choice in titles. Yikes. Join us next week for the first book in Em's new unit on The Great American Novel! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail