Listen to us babble our way through our very first memoir - Fred: An Unbecoming Woman by Annie Krabbenschmidt! Out today, June 3rd! Go get yourself a copy! This debut book is half essay, half memoir, and wholey authentic. Annie Krabbenschmidt explores compulsory heterosexuality, womanhood, and perfection with astonishing wit and insight. Fred discusses coming of age in a time where Marriage Equality seemed like a distant fantasy, casual homophobia was extremely casual, and Twilight had everyone convinced stalking was the height of romance. Spoiler: It kinda sucked, but we got through it. Sw ..read more

Hold onto your butts - we're going to Dick Fight Island by Reibun Ike! Eight warriors gather every four years to decide who will lead their people! None of them are wearing pants, and all of them are ready to fight to the climax. But one of the warriors, Hart, has a secret technique and a secret boyfriend not-boyfriend that could turn this competition on its head. Ahem. Also known as the one where your hosts say the word dick about a million times. (Also if you know us IRL, no you don't.) Sweetness: Piña colada (and not getting caught in the rain) Citrus: Grapefruit, see TW Gore: Tiny bit ..read more

It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine! And that's because we're going on an apocalypse road trip with our advance copy of Keely Shinners' How to Build a Home at the End of the World. (And all our favorite listeners, of course. Pass the AUX.) Finding her home of Fox Lake has run dry, Mary-Beth Sorensen sets out on a road trip from Chicago to LA to save the girl she loves. Accompanied by her father, Donny, she struggles to find her place in a world that is always, and has always been, ending. How does one build a home at the end of the world? Sweetness: Water (sweet when ..read more

Guess who's back! We're back! Yay! We realized that manga counts as a novel, and we crammed two of them into this episode to make up for the long absence. Please also look forward to our next episode coming soon based on an advance copy of Keely Shinners' How to Build a Home at the End of the World. Which is amazing and we hope you'll buy up every copy of it. I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko Morimoto Machi wants her parents to stop trying to marry her off to eligible bachelors, her best friend, Hana, has a plan that involves a domestic partnership and the cul ..read more

Enjoy part two of our coverage of  Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas before you turn back into a pumpkin at midnight! Yadriel, Maritza, and Julian are no closer to figuring out this murder mystery plot than when they started, but Día de Muertos is fast approaching. Between school, sorting out feelings, and copious amounts of family drama - will they ever manage to solve this murder? They have to... right? Citrus: Orange Sweetness: Bittersweet Gore: Injury, Blood, Burns, Death Trigger: blood, injury, murder, ritual murder, stabbing, getting jumped, major character deaths, explorations of de ..read more

It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine! And that's because we're going on an apocalypse road trip with our advance copy of Keely Shinners' How to Build a Home at the End of the World. (And all our favorite listeners, of course. Pass the AUX.) Finding her home of Fox Lake has run dry, Mary-Beth Sorensen sets out on a road trip from Chicago to LA to save the girl she loves. Accompanied by her father, Donny, she struggles to find her place in a world that is always, and has always been, ending. How does one build a home at the end of the world? Sweetness: Water (sweet when ..read more

Guess who's back! We're back! Yay! We realized that manga counts as a novel, and we crammed two of them into this episode to make up for the long absence. Please also look forward to our next episode coming soon based on an advance copy of Keely Shinner's How to Build a Home at the End of the World. Which is amazing and we hope you'll buy up every copy of it. I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko Morimoto Machi wants her parents to stop trying to marry her off to eligible bachelors, her best friend, Hana, has a plan that involves a domestic partnership and the cul ..read more

Welcome to the Situation Room! The situation is: we finished Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston! Alex Claremont-Diaz, FSOTUS, unghosts himself through spectacular application of a private jet and yelling outside of Kensington Palace. He and HRH Prince Henry of Wales plan their lives together when the unthinkable happens! Well - a lot of unthinkable things happen, in fact... Citrus: Lemon Lime Sweetness: Honey Lemon Gore: NONE ABSOLUTELY NONE Trigger Warnings: politics, intense family arguments, narcissistic family dynamics, betrayal, homophobia m, homelessness, sexual harassme ..read more

Today's episode concludes "Along the Journey River" by Carole laFavor. A Native American lesbian murder-mystery. Will Renee solve the murder? Will she and Sam actually talk about things? Who knows! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Join us and find out.  Citrus: Lime Sweetness: Grandma Candy, probably a Creme Saver Gore: Get a mop Resources for how YOU can help out Native communities this November, or any month for that matter. https://tinyurl.com/y6lww6h6  TW: suicide, racism, hate crimes (m), sexual assault of a minor (m), incest (m),  murder, guns, desecration of human remains, the many horrors i ..read more

Enjoy part two of our coverage of  Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas before you turn back into a pumpkin at midnight! Yadriel, Maritza, and Julian are no closer to figuring out this murder mystery plot than when they started, but Día de Muertos is fast approaching. Between school, sorting out feelings, and copious amounts of family drama - will they ever manage to solve this murder? They have to... right? Citrus: Orange Sweetness: Bittersweet Gore: Injury, Blood, Burns, Death Trigger: blood, injury, murder, ritual murder, stabbing, getting jumped, major character deaths, explorations of de ..read more