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Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 28 - The Lies of Locke LamoraLong promised and not forgotten, Elena and Rachel are back to talk about the gentleman bastards of The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. It's a bit of a heist, a bit of a mystery, with a lot of swashbuckling flair and enormously engrossing world-building.
As always, beware spoilers!
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2021-03-231h 28Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 27 - Harrow the NinthWe took a year off but we're back and what better book to get us back into the swing of things than the sequel to our last episode? We spend this entire episode raving about Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, but beware all the spoilers!
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2020-10-251h 48Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 26 - Gideon the NinthRachel rec'd her favorite book of the year for this spooky-season episode of RTFBPodcast and Elena loved it. We're reading Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. The story of a smart-ass sword fighter and the necromancer she loves/hates (and there's MURDER). Come for the skeletons! Stay for the emotions! Gideon the Ninth is like nothing you've read before. Rejoice, the sequel (Harrow the Ninth) is out June 2020.
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2019-10-231h 22Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 25 - WarbreakerWe are back after our summer off! We're reading Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker. This is Elena's first dip into the Cosmere and Rachel's favorite of Sanderson's works. We talk about why fantasy is a great space to write about religion, why Nightblood is our favorite and debate the husbandly merits of Vasher vs Lightsong.
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2019-09-231h 11Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 24 - The Raven TowerWe can't stay away from Ann Leckie! We read her full-length Fantasy debut, The Raven Tower. This one is a vengeance gig with gods (rocks, swarms, forests, talking snakes and more!), murder mysteries and subtly complicated twists and turns. Take a listen for a spoiler-filled discussion.
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NEXT BOOK: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
2019-06-101h 22Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 23.5 - Heir to the Shadows/Queen of the DarknessAs promised, a supplementary episode discussing the rest of Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy. The Content Warning is still in effect while we decide what works, what we wish was different and, ultimately, why this trilogy is so compelling and influential.
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NEXT BOOK: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
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2019-05-031h 22Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 23 - Daughter of the BloodElena and Rachel read Anne Bishop's Daughter of the Blood in this episode of RTFBPodcast. Lots of similarities to some of our other favorites with a few caveats that made us give our first Content Warning (rape, incest, sexual violence, pedophilia).
Talking through what we liked and what made us uncomfortable brought a greater enjoyment of the story and for levity... there ARE magical cock rings. Oh and uh, NSFW. Use those headphones!
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2019-02-211h 22Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 22 - A Court of Wings and RuinWe read the rest of the Court books by Sarah J. Maas. This super-sized episode covers A Court of Wings and Ruin and the novella, A Court of Frost and Starlight. Lauren the Librarian is back. Settle in for monster talk!
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NEXT BOOK: Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
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2019-02-021h 48Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 21 - A Court of Mist and FuryWe are back with a double stuffed episode and the return of our librarian friend, Lauren! In this episode we're asking the real questions. What is wrong with Lucien? Why is the Suriel our favorite? and (of course) Who has the biggest wingspan? That's right! We read A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.
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2018-12-292h 06Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 20 - Annihilation“Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth.” Elena and Rachel tackle Jeff VanderMeer's award winning novel, Annihilation.
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NEXT BOOK: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
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2018-09-191h 05Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 19 - DuneIt is time for the Sleeper to awaken! Join us as we tackle an epic sized episode for Frank Herbert's Dune!
Rachel discusses why she loves Dune while Elena tries to decide if Paul Atreides is a true hero. Discussion covers fashion, ecology and family ties, what we think about the upcoming film adaptation and, like Duncan Idaho after a little too much spice beer, devolves into Real Talk: The Dune Edition of Murder, Marry, Fuck
May your knife chip and shatter!
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2018-07-171h 43Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 18 - A Madness of AngelsWe're doing our part to give life to the blue electric angels in the phone lines by uploading another episode of the RTFBPodcast! We discuss the brilliant urban fantasy, A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin. Take a listen, Come be we and be free!
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NEXT BOOK: Dune by Frank Herbert
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2018-06-1159 min
The Sartorial Geek PodcastComic-Con Tips for First-Timers with Con Mom Rachel ParkerThis episode is sponsored by Foam Armor Club.If there’s such a thing as being an expert nerd, Rachel Parker is that. Not only is Rachel one of the founders of Geek Girl Brunch, she’s also a wonderful cosplayer, D&D enthusiast, Star Wars fanatic, podcast host extraordinaire, and knows everything you could ever want to know about enjoying conventions. We tapped into some of her knowledge to create this First Time Con-Goers Guide.Rachel’s main piece of advice? Don’t try to do too much!If you can...
2018-04-1830 minRead This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 17 - ForeignerA Felicitous New Year to you! In this episode Rachel and Elena are joined by our cosplay pal - engineer and Paidhi fan, Eli. This marks the first book we've read on RTFBPodcast in which one of the hosts has the book tattooed on her body.... so yea this book was OK, we guess. Of COURSE, this is one of Rachel's all-time favorites and she's pretty happy to get to talk about CJ Cherryh's Foreigner novels!
CJ Cherryh's genre-bending epic begins with Foreigner, the political adventures of a government employee serving as the lone human allowed amidst the fo...
2018-01-241h 34Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 16 - ProvenanceRachel and Elena are back with a podcast favorite in the latest Ann Leckie novel, Provenance. Spoiler-heavy (just read the book!) discussion covering Hwae, Ingray, the mysterious Pahlad Budrakim and everyone's favorite - Captain Uisine! Special mentions of the Geck, spidermechs and Ambassador Tibanvori
2017-12-121h 22Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 15 - The Girl at MidnightRachel recs a big favorite in Melissa Grey's The Girl at Midnight. Elena and Rachel discuss world building, fashion, and subversion of reader expectations over this scavenger hunt through a war between the magical and bird-like Avicen and the militaristic dragon-like Drakharin.
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NEXT BOOK: Provenance by Ann Leckie
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2017-11-201h 08Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 14 - Thief With No ShadowWe've missed our book chats! After moving and some additional travel and conventions, we are back on schedule. Latest conversation is about Emily Gee's Thief With No Shadow. A romantic fantasy with a semi-victorian flair.
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NEXT BOOK: The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
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2017-10-161h 01Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 13 - UprootedHiatus is over! We're done prepping like crazy for Dragon Con so we're back into our reading piles. This episode covers Naomi Novik's award winning Uprooted. A creepy fairy tale with a small cast, wonderful prose and the scariest trees we've ever encountered.
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NEXT BOOK: Thief With No Shadow by Emily Gee.
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2017-09-091h 10Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 12 - SunshineRachel and Elena read Sunshine by Robin McKinley. Not your run of the mill vampire story, and we would expect nothing less from a master like McKinley, this one has a baker with an affinity for sunlight, a modern setting full of magic and a vampire in an unexpected friendship.
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NEXT BOOK: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
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2017-07-221h 18Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 11 - A Court of Thorns and RosesWe're joined by our librarian friend, Lauren, to read Sarah J. Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses. This is an extra long episode because we really loved this book! We're continuing our delving into fairy tales. ACOTAR is a new adult type fantasy action adventure romance with high stakes, honestly written effects of emotional trauma, monsters, war and as always with fairies, trickery!
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NEXT BOOK: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
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2017-07-081h 41Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 10 - The Snow QueenWe're back after an unscheduled break (one of our hosts had a major fire but everything is good now!) to read Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen, a retelling of the classic fairy tale with an epic scifi twist! We bent our recommendation rules to read this one and were not disappointed! This one has everything from bondage gear boyfriends to ancient super computers!
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2017-06-091h 22Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 09 - Lost StarsIt's almost Star Wars Celebration Orlando, so we're reading some Star Wars! Not just any Star Wars - Rachel's favorite from the new canon, Lost Stars by Claudia Gray. It's a star-crossed love story set in the Star Wars universe, following two characters that find themselves on opposite sides of a galactic war. Cameos from some of your favs, new places, awesome ship names.. it's the most fun we've had reading a book so far!
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2017-04-021h 10Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 08 - The Forever WarToday on Read This F**king Book, we read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. This SciFi classic about an interstellar conflict inspired by the Vietnam War spurred a lot of conversation between Rachel and Elena. From gender roles in societies of the future to the technology of war and the strange anachronisms of reading a book older than they were. Take a listen and join in the discussion with us on Twitter or our Goodreads!
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2017-03-181h 11Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 07 - IlluminaeElena and Rachel are joined by Kim from YouthBookReview to discuss the YA SciFi novel Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. This book is incredibly unique for it's presentation and structure, you should definitely check it out!
Join us as we decide if a young hacker and her ex-boyfriend can successfully team up with a damaged AI to save the survivors of a corporate military attack. In Space! Also, zombies!
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2017-03-041h 01Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 06 - The Arcana ChroniclesEpisode 6 is our first total Failure in the RTFB Project. Rachel rec'd a book and Elena HATED it. Fangirl conversion rating: zero. Rachel might make up for Elena's lack of enthusiasm though. Listen to to our convo after reading The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole. These books have it all - post apocalyptic love stories, Tarot-based battles, visions, zombies, 80s style teenage fantasy montages...
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2017-02-181h 14Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 05.5 - Ancillary Sword / Ancillary MercyNo surprise to anyone, we loved the Imperial Radch books by Ann Leckie so much that we gave in to our inner fangirls and recorded a supplementary episode covering Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. Listen as we celebrate the incredible badassery of Breq, discuss the best qualities of our favorite, Seivarden, and still struggle with pronunciation and telling those darn Anaanders apart.
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NEXT BOOK: Arcana Chronicles 1: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
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2017-02-111h 00Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 05 - Biting the SunWe're reading utopian New Wave SciFi from the 70s in Episode 05. This one is Biting the Sun by the derisann Tanith Lee. Attlevey! This is going to be just groshing my oomas!
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NEXT BOOK: Arcana Chronicles 1: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
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2017-02-041h 06Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 04 - Ancillary JusticeRTFB Episode 4 has us reading our new favorite space opera, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. We're joined by FireandLunch co-host Lauren and our nerdy Photographer friend and genre reader, Matt.
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NEXT BOOK: Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee
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2017-01-221h 19Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 03 - The Left Hand of DarknessEpisode 3 has our hosts reading SciFi classic The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin. We're continuing our reading themes of winter, love and incredible prose.
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NEXT BOOK: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
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2017-01-071h 16Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 02 - Winter RoseEpisode two has Rachel and Elena reading Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip. This is a perfect novel to read on a wintery night. A dreamy fantasy with classic imagery and an interesting structure.
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NEXT BOOK: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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2016-12-2559 minRead This F***ing BookRTFB: Episode 01 - Sabrielin our first episode we're joined by illustrator Joey Ammons to read one of his favorites: Sabriel by Garth Nix. Discussion of themes, plot points, character arcs and all manner of Spoilers for anyone who has not read Sabriel.
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NEXT BOOK: Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip
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2016-12-101h 14Read This F***ing BookRTFB: Ep 00 - PrologueWhat happens when two friends with differing tastes trade fandoms? Their next obsession is just a read away!
Introductory episode for a new podcast about our favorite books and fandom. The hosts recommend books to each other and discuss. A new book every episode with differing perspectives and the occasional guest.
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NEXT BOOK: Sabriel by Garth Nix
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2016-12-0415 min