Hate Read Podcast

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! New year, new us: we’re starting Anna’s new unit on military science fiction with the book On Basilisk Station by David Weber. Why was this book over 400 pages long? Does anything actually happen in it? Why is this series 14 books long??! Thank you (I guess????) to Lindsay for the slubmission! Join us next week for another Morph Monday episode. Recommended Reading: Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Aurora Cycle series by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Waiting on a Bright Moon by J.Y. Yang A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we’re reading book #30 in the Animorphs series, The Reunion. We’ve got a Marco POV that includes a lot of mom angst, questions about disappearing clothing, and Erek actually being slightly useful for once! Join us next week for the first book in Anna’s new military science 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 Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a special holiday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we’re continuing a series that Anna had hoped they’d left behind in 2018. A series of books based on her least favorite Christmas song. A series of books about Christmas miracles. And blessings. And shoes? That’s right, we’re reading the second book in Donna VanLiere’s Christmas Shoes series, and boy. It’s just awful. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern AI: The Somnium Files Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware. This week, the Bandalites are roaring through time, hitting up some brutal battles throughout history, watching their BFFs get killed. I'm sure it'll be NBD. This is a Megamorphs book, after all. Join us next week for a very special holiday episode. Ugh. A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zones. This week, we’re closing out Em’s unit on haunted house books with a book about a very tiny, wandering haunted house in the book The Garden of Bewitchment by Catherine Cavendish. Also up for discussion: ponytails, American Girl Doll catalogues, whether or not twins exist, and some Hades pro strats. Join us next week for another Morph Monday episode! Recommended Reading: The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin Hades A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Animorphs: The Sickness by K.A. Applegate by Anna and Em

Dawn in Damnation by Clark Casey by Anna and Em

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we’re reading an Ax POV that is truly a bottom tier Animorphs book. We’re dealing with Moses’ law professor, the worst version of Cassie, and a whole lot of shit. At least there weren't any bug morphs, I guess...? Join us next week for the second book in our listener slubmitted unit on weird westerns. Thanks, James! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zones. This week, we’re wrapping up Anna’s unit on parallel novels with a classic Sherlock Holmes AU, The Infernal Device by Michael Kurland (thought whether it counts may be up for debate). We’ve got exploding submarines, firework fights in hot air balloons, and, honestly, some of our best accent work ever. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Beach Read by Emily Henry (again!) You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria The Roommate by Rosie Danan The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we’re back with another ghostwritten book, but this time it’s our girl Rachel’s POV. We’ve got some wild hijinks, including a Spencer’s gifts, a police shootout, and possibly our new favorite character…? Join us as we discuss the *hidden depths* of this entry in the Animorphs series. Huehue, get it? Depths??????? It’s a good joke. Join us next week for the last book in Anna’s parallel 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 Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to a spooOoOoOoky episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zones. This week we're covering the second book in Em's haunted house unit, and we're proud to announce we've both finally earned our PhDs. Or at least our MAs. Regardless, we're experts in our field, and today's well prepared episode definitely proves that. Join us next week for another Morph Monday episode! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're discussing another surprisingly good Jake POV. We've got lore dumps, we've got new alien races (and a lot of questions about their shopping guild), and we've even got some kissing. Are you #TeamJassie or #TeamCarco? Join us next week for the second book in Em's haunted house 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 Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zone. This week, we're starting a new unit submitted to us by our listened, James! We're blending spec fic and westerns, and we're a little divided on how we feel about it. Whether or not it comes down to the genre specific tropes or this book specifically will remain to be seen. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: Beach Read by Emily Henry The Wayhaven Chronicles Salt Magic Skin Magic by Lee Welch A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're discussing the first of the ghostwritten books in the series, The Extreme. We've also got some important opinions on The Bachelor and whether or not wind chill is real (we are not taking questions at this time).  Join us next week for the first book in a new listener slubmitted 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 Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zones. This week, we're reading the second book in Anna's parallel novel/flipped perspective unit: Till We Have Faces. Is this one of the first examples of fanfiction? How many names does each character need? And what is the plural of "Jesus"?  Join us next week for another Morph Monday. Recommended Reading: The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie Hovergirls by Geneva B Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker  A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're covering book #24 in K.A. Applegate's Animorphs series: The Suspicion, the last book written without ghostwriters. What exactly IS the suspicion? How do you even spell "laser"? And have we actually found the worst book in the series, or are there more duds awaiting us further on down the line…? Join us next week for the next book in Anna's parallel 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 Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

cw: Sexual abuse, suicide Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zone. This week, we’re starting the first book in Em’s haunted house unit with a book she read in her childhood. And it dealt with some surprisingly heavy topics. How will it stand up on a reread? And can we learn to appreciate spooky books in this very spooky season? Join us next week for another Morph Monday. Recommended Reading: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney Affinity by Sarah Waters A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Apologies for the late episode. We had some problems with audio and had to rerecord parts of this one, so things might sound a teensy bit disjointed. Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week we’re getting deep into some lore, learn about the eating habits of the vile Taxxons, and follow along as Elfangor becomes an eventual war prince. Join us next week for the first book in Em’s new unit on horror! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zone. And this week, we’re finally here to discuss the almost 700 page teenage romance involving sparkly, brooding Edward, and lol-I’m-so-clumsy Bella. That’s right. We read Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer, the first book in Anna’s new unit on parallel novels. Hope you’re ready for this experience. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended reading: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Do YOU feel the need to atone for your own Twihard days? Or maybe you just want to spread some positive vibes? Check out these organizations, and join us in donating! A

Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we’re discussing the 23rd book in the Animorphs series, The Pretender. Finally! A Tobias POV! Full of angst and self-doubt and romance. It’s everything we wanted and more - K.A. Applegate drops a huge lore moment on us, and we were not prepared. Join us next week for the first book in Anna’s new unit. We’re doing it. We’re reading Midnight Sun. :( A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Instagram: @shelfawarecast