Crybaby Books

Crybaby Books
Crybaby Books

Join hosts (and friends) Lindsey Delacerda and Renee Digirolamo as they recap and review books from all different genres. Didn’t have time to read it? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you how it ends. It’s the book club nobody asked for but everybody deserves; a place where everybody is welcome and no readers are left behind. Get in loser, we’re going to book club.

  1. 01/22/2024

    Birthday Books!

    Episode 27: Birthday Books! It's Lindsey's Birthday Month! This week, Renee chooses books for Lindsey's TBR with all her favorite tropes: unlikely friends, magical realism, mysteries and thrillers, and of course, Nantucket. Follow along as the bookish friends discuss the Farmers Market, broken bones, and books.  Books we discussed during this episode: The Lido by Libby Page Summer House by Nancy Thayer The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan North Woods by Daniel Mason Starling House by Alix E Harrow Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow What Wild Women Do by Karma Brown Join us for our January Buddy Read: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster.The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, and feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge--on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is forever transformed. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look, Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon... In Stone Blind, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes turns our understanding of this legendary myth on its head, bringing empathy and nuance to one of the earliest stories in which a woman--injured by a powerful man--is blamed, punished, and monstered for the assault. Delving into the origins of this mythic tale, Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusa's story with her passion and fierce wit, offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today. Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee DigirolamoProducer: John Dailey Follow us on InstagramContact us or recommend a read hi@crybabybooks.com

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Join hosts (and friends) Lindsey Delacerda and Renee Digirolamo as they recap and review books from all different genres. Didn’t have time to read it? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you how it ends. It’s the book club nobody asked for but everybody deserves; a place where everybody is welcome and no readers are left behind. Get in loser, we’re going to book club.

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