Adult Book Club

Welcome to the 110th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Spoilers are between the 39 and 1:18 minute marks. We discuss how the book was written, our titular characters and our main point of view to begin with. In spoilers we get into the riot that would shape Opal and Nev’s lives and careers as well as how we thought the book was handled in the second and third acts especially. We finish with our usual segments and a return to fantasy for the next podcast. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 2025 Bonus Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club with Taja and Russell. For this episode we both read a harlequin novel that we will recap for each other and give our input on it. We end the show by having some year-end trivia for what was the 2025 ABC podcast, feel free to play along. We finish with a surprise book to start 2026. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 108th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott. Discussion of the book starts at the 3rd minute. Spoilers are between the 24 and 52 minute marks. This is a quick episode that was recorded at our group Christmas party, so there is quite a bit of background noise and special guests randomly sprinkled throughout. We discuss our characters, villain and setting early on and then dig deeper in spoilers. We also touch on the idea of keeping a story alive and how important that is as time goes by. We finish with our usual segments and a surprise book for everyone for the next podcast. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 107th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys. Discussion of the book starts at the 11th minute. Spoilers are between the 48 and 1:28 minute marks. We dig into what we learned about communist Romania through this historical fiction and how much it shocked us. We spend a lot of time discussing how our main character of Christian gave us a full picture of what life was like in 1989. In spoilers we discussion the shocking revelations about who was actually an informant and how we thought Christian handled finding this out and the revolution as a whole. We finish with our usual segments and a fantasy fairytale for next time. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 106th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Spoilers are between the 43 and 1:21 minute marks. We quickly realized that this was the second book in a series we hadn’t read and the discussion takes off from there. In spoilers we cover the reoccurring events of the story and discuss the twinning technology and magic. We finish with our usual segments and a historical fiction for next time. Enjoy!