Read It & Roast

Read It & Roast
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This is Read It & Roast, the podcast where we invite guests to recommend a book and we tell them the good, the bad, and the ugly…find out if it’s a READ or a ROAST!

  1. 12/30/2024

    Vampire Academy & Blue Bloods, or How Are Y’all So Powerful, But Also Suck So Bad

    Happy solstice, spidermonkeys! In this season finale Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy meets Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods to speak to our cringiest, teenage selves. Tune in to find out if these undead tales still sparkle like the skin of a killer!

    1h 20m

  2. 11/28/2024

    Tenth of December, or I'll Never Not Read You Again, F*ck You

    This episode brings you a breath of fresh early winter air, as we roast and discuss great American author George Saunders' collection of short stories Tenth of December with our lovely guest Ingrid Z. Will Saunders' experimental short fiction survive the gauntlet of our picky hosts? Tune in to find out!

    1h 9m

  3. 10/31/2024

    Devolution, or I'll Be Jerky For Them

    HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! This episode we battle beastly horrors with Brady B., who recommends Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks. Things get hairy as we encounter the power dynamics of a small, tech-dependent settlement under siege by…whatever is out there. Will our characters thrive under adversity? Or will they give up and be jerky for their ape adversaries?

    1h 15m

  4. 09/30/2024

    The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe, or Tom Cruise Jesus Christ That's a Long Title

    Hej! This episode we explore the labyrinths of Swedish furniture and literary translation with Alexz C., translator and cat lady extraordinaire, who recommends The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe by Romain Puertolas. Join us as we discuss this portrayal of the European migrant crisis and the economy of translation. Is this novel a read or a roast? And is the IKEA POÄNG chair really worth it?

    1h 10m

  5. 08/28/2024

    Kafka on the Shore, or May December Meets Cats the Musical

    This month your favorite bookworms get down and nerdy with Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore! Tune in as we chat with guest Sarah W. about this fantastical tale in translation. Will the celebrated author dazzle us with metaphysical time beings and fish raining from the sky? Or will we find [cat] hairs to split?

    1h 8m

  6. 07/31/2024

    home body, or The Ways In Which

    Read It & Roast is back for season 2! Join us as Université de Montréal professor Amélie Lemieux takes us on a guided meditation of Rupi Kaur's home body (2020). Are you over IG poetry or are you a Rupi groupie? Listen to our newest episode to find out what we thought!

    49 min

  7. 03/12/2024 · BONUS

    Absence Makes the Roast Grow Hotter - SEASON TWO TEASER

    Miss us much? Your favorite roast hosts are back with a smatterings of recommended reads guaranteed to make you yearn for a juicy upcoming season TWO!

    20 min

  8. 02/01/2024

    Cloud Cuckoo Land, or Nonlinear Timelines: It's Mine, I Made It, It's New And FreshTM

    Ok so I know it got a Pulitzer, but like, I mean, like, isn't it also basically every other book I've ever read?? Listen in as we consider and roast Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr and ponder history and humanity with guest Sarah B. Also, you can blame Doerr for how long this episode is…he can’t keep it brief either.

    1h 8m
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This is Read It & Roast, the podcast where we invite guests to recommend a book and we tell them the good, the bad, and the ugly…find out if it’s a READ or a ROAST!

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  • Creator
    Read It & Roast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
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