Words About Books

Thanks to our patrons for making us read today's book. This week we discuss Bridget Jones's Diary! Not the movie, the movie is probably better. No this is the book where we discuss a sad British woman slowly drinking and eating (or not) herself to death while wondering why nobody loves her. If you want to make us read more of this (or save us from this stuff) then go to our patreon and join our $2 supporter tier!Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

Well this was unexpected... y'all. Yes we're wrapping up Battle Royale by discussing favorite scenes, breaking out the rubric, and discussing how we might faire in a battle royale situation. Would we band together? When would we have to betray one another? Would we go into a defensible house or hide in the forest? Well fate dealt us a different hand than either of us expected. Banjos. You have to listen to this one.Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

This week Ben & Nate talk about Battle Royale! It's Fortnite only as a book! We start by setting the stage, priming you for our impending discussion on what we would do in a Battle Royale situation, and discussing the idea of the book. Then... well you'll have to listen to it yourself! Also the movie was better.Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

Ben and Nate discuss Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore. It's the Star Wars book that kicked off The New Jedi Order, a 19-book long Star Wars Legends series that features some of the greatest moments, but also some of the most boring moments in all of Legends. Which will this book be, and why was Nate's audiobook only 3 hours long?Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

Content Warning: Suicide, Violence, Violence against children. We discuss Paul Tremblay's novel turned M. Night Shyamalan film, The Cabin at the End of the World. Will this live up to the high standard set by Head Full of Ghosts, or is Shyamalan's interest in this story foreshadowing for disappointment to come?Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

Ben and Nate continue their discussion of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. They try and fail to summarize the book before descending into the sweet release of total insanity. Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

Ben and Nate decide to take a look at a book they read 15 years ago to see if it still holds up. That was a mistake. In Part 1 of our two part discussion of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore we examine the characters and tone of the book and ask ourselves an important question: Have we grown up?Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

This week we have another mystery! That we both solved almost immediately. We're not trying to do more mysteries it just happens to be that way. 5 students enter detention. 5 of them leave. Except one of them leaves TO A HOSPITAL! And then he leaves that hospital. IN A BODY BAG!The Words About Books boys discuss the mystery of Simon The DeadGuy (I forgot his last name). Who could have killed him? Was it The Jock? The Popular Girl? The Nerd? Or the Bad Boy Criminal? It's The Breakfast Club meets Agatha Christie and the most important question of all has yet to be answered: Which one of them is lying?!Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

What? Read that title again. Yes this is Lacero. A fanfic that became canon. Why did it become canon? Listen to a few minutes of the podcast and it all becomes crystal clear. How was a 6 page short story stretched into a 47 minute podcast? Because we're goddamn professionals, that's how.Especially Nate.Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

This is Part Two of a conversation we had with Uncited: The Internet's Least Reliable English Lit Podcast on The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. Please check out Part 1 if you have not done so already. In this part we conclude our discussion with thrilling tales of vampires, seductive warlocks, and of course everyone's favorite siblings! Alec and Isabelle...wait who did you think I meant?Please check out our guest's podcast over at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncited/You can reach them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/UncitedPod/And on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/uncitedpod/Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/