Book Club with Julia and Victoria

A Suga bias (Julia), a Jungkook bias (special guest RJ), a V bias (special guest Adam), and a person who knows almost nothing about K-pop (Victoria) have a spirited conversation about the style and silences of Beyond the Story: A 10-Year Record of BTS by Kang Myeong-seok and translated by Anton Hur, Clare Richards, and Slin Jung. There are… emotions.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Hang out with Adam and RJ over at The Ampliverse including their Boys Love Boys Love podcast! Follow The Ampliverse on TikTok and Instagram.Find RJ @boysloveblove and Adam @AdamNoecker on Twitter.Mentioned in this episode:Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS by BTS & Kang Myeong-seok trans. by Anton Hur, Clare Richards & Slin JungAdam’s essay “Love Yourself,” Says BTS on The Ampliverse104 Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong — Deciphering Difficult Poetry “I Want to Die but I Want to Translate Korean Literature: Why Translation Matters Just as Much as Eating Tteokbokki” by Anton Hur (The Margins)“I am absolutely ARMY, says BTS book translator Anton Hur” by Rush Mukherjee (Mint Lounge)A Special Conversation of the Translations for BEYOND THE STORY 10-Year Record of BTS with Anton Hur (IG Live with Indigo)G.C.F in Tokyo (정국&지민)Jimin’s Suchwita InterviewCHAPTERS The Rise of BangtanThe White Paper ProjectRoad to D-Day (SUGA documentary)Showgays: A Movie Musical PodcastRecommendationsCursed Bunny (English trans by Anton Hur) by Bora ChungYour Song Changed My Life by Bob BoilenHunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie BrownsteinThe Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah CareyCurrently Obsessed:ZEROBASEONE (제로베이스원) 'In Bloom' MV[Eng Sub] Vice Versa รักสลับโลก | EP.1 [1/4] | Uncut VersionBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiRed, White & Royal Blue (film)Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Trailer

Julia and Victoria get into the weeds of cultivating a creative life while also having to pay bills with Nate Ragolia—writer, podcaster, and publisher at Spaceboy Books. They also decide which zoo animals they would be.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:See what Nate’s up to: nateragolia.comDebut Buddies – First Skyscraper (1885) with Victoria Bruick“What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” by Raymond CarverJules VernePhilip K. DickKurt VonnegutPandemic (2016)Sorry to Bother You (2018)Recommendations:One Person Can’t Make a Difference by Nate RagoliaDebut Buddies podcastCyberpunk 2077The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodCurrently Obsessed:Good Omens season 2I’m a Virgo season 1

Exploring anarchism, feminism, and the Cold War, Julia and Victoria unpack the context of The Dispossessed by the brilliant and sassy Ursula K. Le Guin. Join for the sci-fi, stay for Barbenheimer, alien Jesus, and a confusion of Ursulas. Also Julia has minor microphone problems. (She sincerely apologizes).Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Hainish Novels and Stories by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLe Guin’s 2004 Guardian interview with the great comebacksPost-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin“The Eye of the Heron: Le Guin’s Introduction to Feminism and Ode to Nonviolence” by Sean Guynes (Tor.com)Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 by Jonathan WhiteUrsula K. Le Guin - A Left-Handed Commencement Address delivered 22 May 1983, Mills College, Oakland, California13th directed by Ava DuVernayThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsRecommendations:Books by Octavia E. Butler, including Wild SeedBooks by Margaret Atwood, including The Handmaid’s TaleBullshit Jobs by David GraeberBabel by R. F. KuangThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena FerranteSlouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan DidionA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by LeGuinCurrently Obsessed:Secret Chef on HuluThe Retrievals podcastTaskmaster season 14Evergreen by PVRISIn the End It Always Does by Japanese HouseNosebleeds by MisterwivesUnreal Unearth by HozierBarbie (film)Oppenheimer (film)

Julia and Victoria wrestle with their frustrations with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki and try to get to the bottom of important questions like, “What happened?” and “Who is this book for?”Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki045 A Tale for the Time Being archived episode on Buy Me a CoffeeMy Year of Meats by Ruth OzekiFantastic Fungi on NetflixPoured Over: Ruth Ozeki on The Book of Form and Emptiness B&N podcastNobody’s Normal by Roy Richard GrinkerBonus: Julia Wrote a Thesis – Online Autistic Community and Finding Your Writer Voice“The Book of Form and Emptiness: by Ruth Ozeki” by Miyako Pleines (Spectrum Culture)“Ruth Ozeki’s Borgesian, Zen Buddhist Parable of Consumerism” by Judith Shulevitz (The New York TImes)The Women's Prize 2022 • #125 - The Book Club Review107 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke — Reality and RepresentationRecommendations:A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Mari KondoInkheart by Cornelia FunkePiranesi by Susanna ClarkeCurrently Obsessed:Who Shat On the Floor At My Wedding podcastIn Bloom - ZB1Crazy Rich Asians trilogy by Kevin Kwan

Victoria interviews Julia about her master’s thesis in Anthropology on Autistic social groups, disabled futures, and how to make Autistic friends by exchanging fun facts.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon PriceNobody’s Normal by Roy Richard GrinkerNeurotribes by Steve SilbermanFall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 by Naoki HigashidaThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionCurrently Obsessed:The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David WengrowSpiderman: Across the Spiderverse

Julia and Victoria apply a postcolonial perspective to Ayana Lloyd Banwo’s When We Were Birds, a novel about death, magical matriarchs, love, and VIBES.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:The Wretched of the Earth by Franz FanonBooks by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o“In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo” by Will Forrester (PEN Transmissions)“Trinbagonian author releases debut novel with UK publishing house” by Tevin Gall (Loop Trinidad & Tobago)Recommendations:Housekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonBeloved by Toni MorrisonBlack Skin White Masks by Franz Fanon (translated by Richard Philcox)The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida CórdovaCurrently Obsessed:KAYTRAMINÉ album by KAYTRAMINÉ (Aminé and Kaytranada)Boys Planet (TV show on Viki)Boys Love Boys Planet The Ampliverse podcastDear Hank and John podcastGalvanina Organic Sparkling Lemon soda

Julia and Victoria talk about the marriage of message and form in the “memoir situation” by one of their favorite human beings: 10 Steps to Nanette by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby“Hannah Gadsby Talks ‘Queer Joy’ and Calling Out Netflix” by CT Jones (Rolling Stone)Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix specials Douglas and Something SpecialBroken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi CarlisleRecommendations:Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price, Ph.D.Comedy Sex God by Pete HolmesThe episode of Oh I Like That podcast discussing TárEveryone You Hate Is Going to Die by Daniel SlossHeartbreak High on NetflixPlease Like Me on HuluEverything’s Gonna be Okay on HuluCurrently Obsessed:Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime - season 5

Julia and Victoria are joined by their new literary friend Caleb Tankersley to discuss Caleb’s debut story collection Sin Eaters. They enjoy a lovely ramble about the process of creativity and the value of writing what makes you happy. Plus: some important Oreo discourse.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Find Caleb Tankersley online:Website: https://calebtankersley.com/Split/Lip Press: https://www.splitlippress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caleb.tankersley/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Caleb_of_1988 Mentioned in this episode:Sin Eaters by Caleb TankersleyMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeMrs. S by Kay Patrick“The Eternal Combustion Engine” by Caleb Tankersley (Thirteen Bridges Review)Phantom Advances by Mary Lynn Reed (Split/Lip Press)Recommendations:Charles YuKelly LinkKevin WilsonThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichMidnight Mass (Netflix)Children & Their Cages by Evan James SheldonPoetry by Caitlyn Alario including “As Any Foolish Woman” and “Sapphics II”Currently Obsessed:This Wound Is a World and Minor Chorus by Billy Ray BellcourtAttack on TitanSomething Special by Hannah Gadsby (Netflix)One Last Stop by Casey McQuistonRecipe Club podcast

Julia and Victoria make their case as to why Babel by R. F. Kuang should be two (or three?) books. Point #1: It is amazing, and the people want more.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. KuangDaisy Jones & the Six - Film Club with Julia & VictoriaPart 1 (Episodes 1-5)Part 2 (Episodes 6-10)The Poppy Wars trilogy by R. F. KuangThis “foot boop” scene from Our Flag Means Death (TV show)Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (and Book Club episode 085 where Julia talks about how many times she bought this book).Recommendations:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAce of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéThe Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. JemisinCurrently Obsessed:Fangirl Central podcastOO-LI album by WoodzBad Dates with Jameela Jamil podcast

Julia and Victoria have an epiphany, answer their lingering questions, and discuss major series themes of time and the legacy of oppression while discussing The Stone Sky, conclusion of the Broken Earth trilogy, by N. K. Jemisin.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more.Mentioned in the Episode:Crunchyroll interview with N. K. JemisinAmal El-Mohtar’s review of The Stone Sky for NPROprah Daily interview with N. K. JemisinRecommendations:Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le GuinBabel by R. F. KuangThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amar El Mohtar and Max GladstoneCurrently Obsessed:Interview With the Vampire series on AMCAgust D D-Day albumI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonNext In Fashion season 2 on Netflix