Join Chris & Paris every other Tuesday to discover if you really can judge a book by its hideous cover, bad title,... more
Hail and well met, book friends! We're feeling pretty silly as we close in on the final episodes of Season... more
Chris found The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler out in the wild at a bookstore in NH when he was on... more
This week we're discussing our experience reading Verity by Colleen Hoover. We selected this for today’s episode because it has... more
We've released this as an alternate episode if today's regular episode is a bit too much for you on this... more
*The US general election is TODAY! Get out there and vote in person if you haven’t yet voted early or... more
This was recommended eons ago in the age of 2021 by Twitter user KirliaHookah who described this book as, “Hey... more
Happy Octoberween, dear listeners! In honor of the season, we bring you some spook-adjacent books for October's episodes. Today, our... more
Julius the Nice Dragon offered us a true Patron's Choice: Return to The Dunks or choose a new path. We... more
Chris read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros on his own and retold the plot to Paris on this very special... more
We finally got around to checking out this 2023 BookTok phenomenon thanks to our Patron Austin, who described Legends &... more
This time, we read stuff NOT for TBC, listened to music, watched TV and movies, and played video games! After... more
A fateful tweet last summer by the author themselves brought this book into our terrible orbit. At first glance, it... more
This week we discuss Home Grown Worries by Alex Donahue. We reviewed Alex’s other book, Leon & Chris, back in Episode... more
You may not think you know Mazes & Monsters by Rona Jaffe, but you certainly know its 1982 movie adaptation... more
Our patron Arrant has requested another non-fiction gem for their Patron's Choice episode this year. In How to Fail at... more
Our patron Of The Void (The Taco Eating Unicorn of the Hot Springs) requested yet another Yahtzee Croshaw book in... more
It's time for the ultimate 1990s crossover - X-Men and Star Trek, united at last! We discuss our experience reading... more
Our Patron Robin requested that we read and discuss VenCo for today's episode. Although they did not request the Antiques... more
Our Patron BeastwiththeLeast requested that we read Rena Vale's Taurus Four from 1970. How could such a dusty, seemingly insignificant sci-fi... more
Today's episode features a book that many folks have asked us to read, but it took our brave Patron Miles... more
Today's episode is Part 2 of our childhood nostalgia retrospective! We each chose a book for each other from a... more
Today's episode is Part 1 of our childhood nostalgia retrospective! We each chose a book for each other from a... more
We read Butch for today's episode at the request of listener Os who emailed us last year saying,"A while ago, I... more
This time, we read How it Unfolds (Far Reaches Book 1) by James S.A. Corey, published by Amazon Original Stories... more
Paris & Chris dive back into children's literature and find that Dr. Block may have written some of the healthiest... more
We had so much to say about Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory... more
We had so much to say about Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by... more
We've got another Amazon Double Feature for you! Today, we tackle two more pieces of book-like debris... more
Ring in the new year with the Terrible Antique Book Freaks! The Antiques Freaks join us today to do a... more
It's winter holiday time again, so you all get a little gift from TBC! Please enjoy this special edition of... more
Ken of Antiques Freaks suggested that we read this and the time is nigh. Come along with us to Atlantis... more
For today's episode, we read The Energy Conspiracy by David C Seman, vanity published in 1981. This was requested by... more
We read Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw this week at the request of our Patron Of the Void (The Taco-Eating Unicorn). We... more
Beginnings: A Christian Fantasy Short Story Collection by M.H. Elrich was self-published earlier this year. Chris found it while on... more
This time we read The Golden Basement by David Norman Lewis, self-published in March of 2023. This was recommended by... more
Get your flannels, ciders, and s'mores ready for this week's discussion of Campfire Stories of Western Canada by Barbara Smith! Paris’s... more
One Hundred Proofs that the Earth is Not a Globe was written and self-published by William M. Carpenter in 1885.... more
The 9th Colony by Colin Curtis was vanity published through AuthorHouse UK in February of 2023. We received an email... more
If you're interested in our take on a WWII popcorn spy thriller, it's here! It's hard for... more
We've got another reddit find for you this week! Paris found this when perusing the latest "What's the worst book... more
This week, we discuss our experience reading Golden (The Golden Wolf Series Book 1) by Shannon Mayer at the request... more
The Man Without Qualities by Morris Berman was recommended by listener (and author!) O.F. Cieri back in December of 2020.... more
Waldo Beyond the Walls: Adventures in the Galaxy by Bill Shook was recommended by an anonymous fan who has been... more
Chris found this being discussed on various subreddits related to men writing female characters. The book was pulled from Amazon... more
Our Patron Julius the Nice Dragon requested today's book saying, “I want to nominate...“First Impressions” by SJ Saunders…It’s the first of... more
Our Patron Lucek requested today's book saying, “Drew Hayes is becoming one of my favorite comedic authors. His NPCs and... more
This week, we were asked to review The Long Moonlight by our Patron Arrant with nary another word. Such mystery... more
Our Patron Donnie wrote to us to request Things in Jars saying that neither he nor his wife - nor... more
This time, our Patron Austin requested that we read Sword Woman by legendary fantasy author Robert E. Howard. We learn that... more
This week's review of Millenium University is the product of another of Chris's Amazon Short Reads explorations. Join us this time... more
Our Patron Julius the Nice Dragon requested today's book saying, “I want to nominate...“First Impressions” by SJ Saunders…It’s the first of three installments... more