Elated Geek- Pop Culture Fandoms and Local Discoveries that Spark Joy

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You gotta focus on what brings you joy. Join us as we discuss the newest media, books, and games we love. We also share new experiences in travel, tasty eats, and our favorite products and subscriptions. This is Elated Geek.

  1. 03/08/2022

    📚Top 5 Books of July | Beat The Book

    July brought Bookopoly, and nobody predicted how that would go. Laney and Marshall are no longer giving out stars, but they are dishing out best books you need to beat as soon as your shelf clears! For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? Email us! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! If you're interested in more, see Laney at @ZaineyLaney on Instagram and TikTok, or Marshall @theonetruehazard on TikTok Top 5 (Laney) 1. Stay Awake by Megan Goldin 2. This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron 3. The Couple at No 9 by Claire Douglas 4. Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry 5. The It Girl by Ruth Ware Bonus: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey Top 5 (Marshall) 1. Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf 2. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill 3. The Counsellors by Jessica Goodman 4. Fence vol1 by C.S. Pacat, W/ Art by Johanna the Mad 5. Zelda: Creating a Champion

    45 min

  2. 21/07/2022

    📚 Mid-Year Freakout 2022| Beat The Book

    Marshall and Laney go over the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag. Sixteen Questions about books, the book community, and bookish internet, and the year is only half over! For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? [Email us]()! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! If you're interested in more, see Laney at @ZaineyLaney on Instagram and TikTok, or Marshall @theonetruehazard on TikTok --Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag Best book you’ve read so far in 2022. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022. Favourite re-read. Genre you've been loving/reading the most. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. Biggest disappointment. Biggest surprise. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you) Newest favourite character. Book that made you cry. Book that made you happy. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) What books do you need to read by the end of the year? Favourite video or post you've done so far this year. Favourite book community members.

    26 min

  3. 13/07/2022

    📚 Top 5 Books of June| Beat The Book

    Laney and Marshall are back with more excellent books for you to read! For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? [Email us]()! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! Top 5 (Laney) 1. Happily Ever Island by Crystal Cestari (5) 2 Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia (5) 3. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentil (4.5) 4. The Counselors  by Jessica Goodman (4) 5. Things We Do In the Dark by Jennifer Hillier (4) Bonus: Radical Love by Zachary Levi Bonus: Hide by Kiersten White Top 5 (Marshall) 1. 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 2. Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer 3. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak 4. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff 5. Among Us: A Traitor in Space by Laura Riviere

    34 min
  4. 📚 Top 5 Books of February | Beat The Book

    16/03/2022

    📚 Top 5 Books of February | Beat The Book

    February is a month of love, but it's also a month of finding some awesome reads you'll love! Marshall and Laney list off some books you might just want to pick up! For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? [Email us]()! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! Top 5 (Laney) 1. LOVELESS by Alice Osman (5) 2.  The One True Me and You by Remi K England (4.5) 3.  The Night Shift by Alex Finlay (4.5)  4. Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (4) 5. These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant (4) Top 5 (Marshall) 1. The Last House On Needless Street by Catriona Ward 2. Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosmiano 3. Defy The Night by Brigid Kemmerer 4. Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire 5. Ace of Spades by Fearidah Abikelyimide

    38 min
  5. 📚 Top 5 Books of January | Beat The Book

    16/03/2022

    📚 Top 5 Books of January | Beat The Book

    Laney and Marshall run down reads from the first month of the new year, and the books this time around are all over the place! Sorry about the delay, but this has been a weird year already! For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? [Email us! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! Top 5 (Laney) 1. Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire 2. Welcome to Dunder Mifflin by Brian Baumgartner 3. When You get the Chance by Emma Lord 4. This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel 5.The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf Bonus: Finlay Donovan Knocks Em Dead by Elle Cosimano Top 5 (Marshall) 1. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeny 2. A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 3. Get Thee Back to the Future! by Ian Doescher 4. The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis 5. The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

    35 min
  6. 📚 Best Reads of 2021 | Elated Geek

    19/01/2022

    📚 Best Reads of 2021 | Elated Geek

    Well, some virus managed to run through the offices of Elated Geek, but now or never we always say! Or is that our nanny? Anyways, get ready for our favorite reads of December, as well as a rundown of all the best books of 2021! It's a lot of books! For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? Email us! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! Top 5 of 2021 (Laney) 1. Defy The Night by Brigid Kemmerer 2. This Poison Heart by Kaylynn Bayron 3. Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 4. The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman 5. A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw Bonus: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (4.5) Top 5 of 2021(Marshall) 1. Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig 2. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 3. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 4. As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson 5. Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman Bonus (from Marsh): Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Top 5 of Dec (Laney) 1. A History of Wild Places by Shea Earnshaw 2. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 3. Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins 4. The holiday Swap by Maggie Knox 5. The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane Top 5 of Dec (Marshall) 1. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman 2. The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman 3. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix 4. Star Wars High Republic: A Test of Courage by Justina Ireland 5. The World of the Dark Crystal by Brian Froud

    39 min
  7. 📚 Most Anticipated Books of 2022 | Beat The Book

    12/01/2022

    📚 Most Anticipated Books of 2022 | Beat The Book

    A new year is already upon us, and as we let the dumpster fire that is 2021 burn to embers, we use its light to look ahead... And to read by. What are Laney and Marshall looking forward to reading in the year of Twenty-Twenty-Also? For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? [Email us](share@elatedgeek.com)! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/elatedgeek)! January 4 - Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins  4 - Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire 18 - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover February 1 - Finlay Donovan Knock's Em Dead by Elle Cosimano 8 - Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P Manansala 8 - the Office BFF's by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey 22 - The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley March 1 - Sundial by Catriona Ward  1 - The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV 15 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James 15 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi 15 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson  29 - Four Aunties and A Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto April 5 - The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth 5 - In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power 19 - Watch Out For Her by Samantha M Bailey (not in podcast) 26 - The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon 26 - An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fischer May  3 - I Kissed Sarah Wheeler by Casey McQuistan 3 - Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer 3 - Book Lovers by Emily Henry 3 - Family of Liars by E Lockhart 3 - Heroic Hearts by Jim Butcher (Anthology) 17 - My Summer Darlings by May Cobb 17 - Something Wilder by Christina Lauren 31 - Rivals by Katharine Mcgee (american Royals 3) June 21 - This Wicked Fate by Kaylynn Byron 28 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager July 12 - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix 12 - The It Girl by Ruth Ware 19 - Things we Do in the Dark by Jennifer HIllier 21 - The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell 26 - The Last To Vanish by Megan Moranda August 30 - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 30 - The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 30 - Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus September 27 - The Ballad of Never After  by Stephanie Garber 2023 Untitled - Samantha Downing

    32 min
  8. 📚 Goodreads 2021 Awards | Beat The Book

    07/01/2022

    📚 Goodreads 2021 Awards | Beat The Book

    Goodreads rings in the new year with an awards ceremony for books from 2021. The people pick the winners, but which champions deserve their title? Marshall and Laney discuss the top picks for last year and see what they feel. For updates, visit @elatedgeek on Instagram, @elatedgeektweets on Twitter, or our website at www.elatedgeek.com Found some joy and want to share? Email us! Wanna buy us a coffee? Head to Ko-Fi! Goodreads 2021 Winners FICTION: Beautiful World Where are you - Sally Rooney MYSTERY/THRILLER: The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave HISTORICAL FICTION: Malibu rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid FANTASY: A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J Maas ROMANCE: People we Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry SCIENCE FICTION: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir HORROR: Final Girls Support Group - Grady Hendrix HUMOR: Broken - Jenny Lawson NONFICTION: Anthropocene Reviewed - John Green MEMOIRS/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY: Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keiffe GRAPHIC NOVEL: Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe POETRY: The Hill We Climb - Amanda Gorman DEBUT: The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas YA FICTION: Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley YA FANTASY: Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo MIDDLE GRADE: Daughter of the Deep - Rick Riordan

    36 min
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You gotta focus on what brings you joy. Join us as we discuss the newest media, books, and games we love. We also share new experiences in travel, tasty eats, and our favorite products and subscriptions. This is Elated Geek.

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    2020 - 2022
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