July: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

2020 is halfway over! Hooray! We'll be posting our episode on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd very soon, but we wanted you to know exactly what we'll be reading in July so you can get a head start. Last year, we covered young adult fiction in July. This year, we're switching it up a little and going with another classic horror book: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

Roger Ackroyd Died in June

Although we are currently not publishing any content that is not related to our efforts to support the Black Lives Matter movement, we are still reading behind the scenes. This month, we're reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, thanks to our first ever recommendation!

February’s Hollow Kingdom

Remember how we said we were going to follow the themes of last year's books? Guess what! We're actually sticking with it! Just as we covered Horror in January with The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters, we're moving back into dystopians this month, landing on Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton! We considered [...]

(Dec)Emma

What a lovely play on words, do not you agree? We're so excited to close out 2019 (!!!) with a true classic - Jane Austen's Emma. Chrissy is especially excited - if you remember, Austen's Pride and Prejudice is her favorite book! At this point, we've read one book in each category from "Tannins & [...]

Born a Crime in October

Spoopy Halloween, everybody! We hope you enjoyed our episode on Gods of Jade and Shadow by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, and that it was sufficiently spooky for your October cravings. We're taking a sharp left turn into the land of autobiographies this month. It's been too long since we read some non-fiction that wasn't a textbook! This [...]