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A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not!

Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast Book Club for Masochists

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A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not!

Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.

    Episode 191 - Dark Fantasy

    Episode 191 - Dark Fantasy

    This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Dark Fantasy! We talk about horror, grimdark, violence, amoral protagonists, epic fantasy vs small scale fantasy, the importance of tone, and more!
    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
    In this episode
    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
    Things We Read (or tried to…)
    Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Wikipedia) The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett) Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Shadowland by Peter Straub Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn Twice Cursed edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane Other Media We Mentioned
    Dark Souls (Wikipedia) Elden Ring (WIkipedia) Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino The Library at Mount Char by  Scott Hawkins The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Episode 147 - Contemporary Fantasy) Monstress by  Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Wikipedia) Ravenloft (Wikipedia) Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher Leech by Hiron Ennes (Episode 184 - Horror) The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy) Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton W. Snyder Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (Wikipedia) The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists (Wikipedia) Children of Men (Wikipedia) The Children of Men by P.D. James Fables by Bill Willingham and various artists (Wikipedia) Deerskin by Robin McKinley Links, Articles, and Things
    Dark fantasy (Wikipedia) Category:Dark fantasy anime and manga Category:Dark fantasy video games Grimdark Magazine 20 Dark Fantasy by BIPOC Authors
    Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
    The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Eleventh Cycle by Kian N. Ardalan To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson  The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang The Changeling by Victor LaValle  Jade City by Fonda Lee She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi The First Binding by R.R. Virdi
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    Join us again on Tuesday, April 2nd we’ll be talking about the format of Non fiction Graphic Novels and Comics!
    Then on Tuesday, April 16th we’ll be giving an update on Media we’ve recently enjoyed!

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Episode 190 - Reading Resolutions and Rants

    Episode 190 - Reading Resolutions and Rants

    This episode we’re discussing our 2024 Reading Resolutions (and Rants)! We talk about how we’ve already failed our 2024 reading resolutions, audio books, short stories, reading long things, not being able to read long things, and more!
    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
    In this episode
    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
    Media We Mentioned
    Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy (Wikipedia) Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy (Wikipedia) Animal Farm by George Orwell (Wikipedia) Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley Baldur's Gate 3 (Wikipedia) Yakuza (franchise) (Wikipedia) Feed by M.T. Anderson The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao Minecraft (Wikipedia) Two Point Hospital (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things
    Episode 167 (version 2) - 2023 Reading Goals & 2022 Reading Report Which Pokémon are the most goth? 🦇 - Friday Night Spooktacular 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Manga, Manhwa, and Webtoon titles on YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens List Manga for Teen Librarians (page 26) by Matthew Murray & Jean Broughton Episode 187 - Favourite Reads of 2023 Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong (Podcast) Teacher training programs don't always use research-backed reading methods Literacy crisis in college students: Essay from a professor on students who don’t read  Hark Episode 354: A Special Kind of Horny Topping & Company Booksellers The ladder Matthew mentioned Our Reading Resolutions
    Anna Read (and finish) a book Listen to audiobook fiction Jam Reading (physical books) on public transit Matthew Read the books in his office Read (all) the graphic novels on library ebook platform wish lists Read short story collections Meghan Read more (very) long books 30 Romance Books by BIPOC Authors (including 11 new releases from 2024)
    Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
    Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe When I Think of You by Myah Ariel (2024) Stay with My Heart by Tashie Bhuiyan (2024)  The Art of Scandal by Regina Black  A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole Ana María and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton (2024) You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa (2024) Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory Match Me If You Can by Swati Hegde (2024) An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins Let Me Love You by Alexandria House The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang (2024) Where We End & Begin by Jane Igharo To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang (2024) That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming Aphrodite and the Duke  by J.J. McAvoy The Marquis Who Mustn't by Courtney Milan The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava (2024) The Lover, the Lake by Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau, translated by Susan Ouriou Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa Rayne This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan (2024) The Takeover by Cara Tanamachi  (2024) A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (2024) Frankly in Love by David Yoon
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    • 59 min
    Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance

    Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance

    This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Romantic Comedies! We talk about the difference between “fun” and “funny,” crossover romance genres, cataloguing romance fiction, and more!
    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
    In this episode
    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
    Things We Read (or tried to…)
    The House Witch by Delemhach A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston  Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown  I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander  The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams Other Media We Mentioned
    When Harry Met Sally… (Wikipedia) The Bear (Wikipedia) Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy The Martian (Wikipedia) Golden Globes change comedy rules after controversial win for The Martian The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Beetlejuice (Wikipedia) The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Judgment (video game) Bridgertons Series by Julia Quinn Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan Cats (2019 film) (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things
    Episode 119: Regency Romance What does a happily ever after look like? (romance novel covers) Sensible Chuckle (Know Your Meme) There Is Only One Bed (TV Tropes) Pop Culture Happy Hour Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Does the Dog Die? 20 Humorous Romance by BIPOC Authors
    Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
    Courting Samira by Amal Awad The Wildest Ride by Marcella Bell A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Game On by Seressia Glass Manhattan Dreaming by Anita Heiss Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson Much Ado about Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee  The Secret to a Southern Wedding by Synithia Williams Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu 
    Give us feedback!
    Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email!
    Join us again on Tuesday, February 20th we’ll be talking about our reading resolutions for 2024! 
    Then on Tuesday, March 5th we’ll be discussing the genre of Dark Fantasy!

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Episode 188 - Transportation and Transit Non-Fiction

    Episode 188 - Transportation and Transit Non-Fiction

    All aboard! This episode we’re discussing the non-fiction genre of Transportation and Transit! We talk trains, buses, bicycles, spaceships, and more!
    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
    In this episode
    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
    Things We Read (or tried to…)
    The Art of the Locomotive by Ken Boyd Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America by Michael Hiltzik Ghost Train (four part podcast by Denver Public Radio) Transit Maps of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth by Mark Ovenden Transit Maps of the World: Expanded and Updated Edition of the World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth by Mark Ovenden Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn Jr. Canadarm and Collaboration: How Canada’s Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds by Elizabeth Howell Links between two cities: historic bridges between Ottawa and Hull by Lucien Brault.  Other Media We Mentioned
    The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways by Mike Ashley Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Orient Express by Graham Greene Maiden Railways by Asumiko Nakamura Heaven's Design Team, Vol. 1 by Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, and Tarako For 2 Weeks, Switzerland Has A Rail Replacement Helicopter Vancouver's Expo Line 1990 vs 2020 Mini Metro Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig There’s a documentary movie! Soviet Metro Stations by Christopher Herwig How To F#€k Up An Airport (five part podcast by Radio Spaetkauf) Some YouTube channels and videos about trains and transport things: CityNerd Not Just Bikes Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is) (See the building Anna and Matthew used to live in!) RMTransit The Tim Traveller This New LA Metro Station Should be PACKED - Here’s Why It’s Not Denver’s Transit System is Problematic Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace Links, Articles, and Things
    Note to self: Make “derail” joke about conversation going off topic. Train_Station-Katowice_Poland.wav by jgrzinich Rail replacement bus service (Wikipedia) Slow television (Wikipedia) “It was popularised in the 2000s by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), beginning with the broadcast of a 7-hour train journey in 2009.” Fort Collins Trolley ‘I am done’: Amid rider woes, is Ottawa’s transit system a victim of its own success? Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow 12 Transit/Automotive/Planes/Trains/Boats books by BIPOC Authors
    Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
    Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia Bay Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad by Manu Karuka Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance by Adonia E. Lugo Making a Chaputs: The Teachings and Responsibilities of a Canoe Maker by Joe Martin with Alan Hoover Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City by Biju Mathew Crash Course: If You Want To Get Away With Murder Buy a Car by Woodrow Phoenix Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship Before the Civil War by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It by Ganesh Sitaraman Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin Overground Railroad: T

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Episode 187 - Favourite Reads of 2023

    Episode 187 - Favourite Reads of 2023

    This episode we’re discussing our Favourite Reads of 2023! We talk about our favourite fiction and non-fiction books we read this year! Plus: Our favourite comics, video games, documentaries, podcasts, and more!
    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
    In this episode
    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
    Favourite Fiction
    For the podcast Anna The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao  (Episode 172 - Domestic Thrillers) Jam Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (Episode 184 - Horror) Matthew Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, vol. 3 by Eiji Otsuka and by Housui Yamazaki (Episode 184 - Horror) The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha (Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction) Meghan The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy) Not for the podcast Jam Heaven’s Design Team by Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, & Tarako Naked mole rats do not die of old age Owls’ ears are at asymmetrical heights Tarsiers have two tongues Accidental Elephant (YouTube) Matthew Ammonite by Nicola Griffith  Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Wikipedia) Meghan What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Anna Daisy and the Duke by Elizabeth Cole (The Wallflowers of Wildwood) Favourite Non-Fiction
    For the podcast Matthew Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara (Episode 174 - Economics) Meghan Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith (Episode 182 - Lyric Poetry) Anna They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles (Episode 178 - Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs) Jam Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson (Episode 170 - Gender Theory & Gender Studies) Not for the podcast Meghan  Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser Anna Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and what we can do about it by Jennifer Breheny Wallace Jam The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney (also discussed in Episode 181) Matthew Thirty-One Nil: On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey by James Montague Other Favourite Things of 2023
    Anna If Books Could Kill The Meme Stock Cult (patron episode) & two parter on Nudge Folding Ideas - This is Financial Advice (YouTube) Two Point Hospital / Campus Oxygen Not Included Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art Jam Nimona (film) Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki Matthew Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Nier: Automata (Wikipedia) Meghan Ten Candles Le Plonguer - Stéphane Larue Runner-Ups
    Jam Games  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Wikipedia) Baldur’s Gate 3 (Wikipedia) Redactle Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (Episode 176 - Fantasy) Boy Island by Leo Fox (comic released via 133 installments on Instagram; link is installment #1) Changing my name (legal procedure) Best Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (cookies) Moon (celestial body) Matthew Comics Box of Light, vol. 1 by Seiko Erisawa Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition, vol. 1 by Nagabe Incredible Doom, vol. 1 by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni Steeple, vols. 1-3 by John Allison, Sarah Stern, and Jim Campbell Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? by Matt Fraction and Steve Leiber  Books Boss Fight: Jagged Alliance 2 by Darius Kazemi Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by Alfred Lubrano Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam The Caped Crusader: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Cult

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction

    Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction

    This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Suspense! We talk about crime, mysteries, horror, and even suspense!
    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
    In this episode
    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
    Things We Read (or tried to…)
    Ascension by Nicholas Binge The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha Malice by Keigo Higashino Dead Woman Walking by Sharon J. Bolton Alice in Borderland by Haro Aso (Wikipedia) Night Fever by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Reckless by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson Read But Not Mentioned
    Find Me by Anne Fraser Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman The Midnight Line: Jack Reacher #22 by Lee Child The Phantom Scientist by Robin Cousin, translated by Edward Gauvin Wyrd, vol. 1 by Curt Pires and Antonio Fuso Colorless, vol 1 by Kent Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark Other Media We Mentioned
    Scalped by Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera, and others  Case Histories by Kate Atkinson At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft (Wikipedia) Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman Small Game by Blair Braverman Links, Articles, and Things
    Hark! Podcast Category:Fiction about death games (Wikipedia) What Matthew described as “escape room fiction” Final girl (Wikipedia) 20 Suspense Novels by BIPOC Authors
    Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
    The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose A Person of Interest by Susan Choi When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole Sleeping with Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey The Between by Tananarive Due Shutter by Ramona Emerson The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall The Mantis by Kotaro Isaka My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh In the Dark We Forget by Sandra S.G. Wong Give us feedback!
    Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!
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    Join us again on Tuesday, December 19th it’s time for our Favourite Reads of 2023!
    Then on Tuesday, January 2nd it’s time for trains, planes, and automobiles (and bicycles) as we discuss non-fiction books about Transit and Transportation!

    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

3.8 out of 5
31 Ratings

31 Ratings

CallerofStorms ,

Librarians FTW!

Long time listener, I’m just bad a ratings/reviews. That being said, I’ve really enjoyed how this podcast has evolved over the 2+ years. As a librarian, it’s nice to hear recommendations and ideas from an outside group. Keep up the great work!

Big Philly Smith ,

Painful to listen to

A bunch of whining lefty extremists systematically hate on every book genre, leaving the listener wondering what books and genres they DO like. Why do these people work in libraries? Also, very poor research is done on each genre. Not a well-prepared show.

Can'tPickEm ,

More research, fewer assumptions

I love the idea of reading from every genre, especially those one hates, but the hosts don’t even research before drawing conclusions. You don’t have to like a genre to be knowledgeable about it. I appreciate the one host who consistently brings the conversation back to “what would I recommend to someone who asked for this genre?”

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