Adult Book Club

Welcome to the 112th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. Discussion of the book starts at the 14th minute. Spoilers are between the 35 and 1:06 minute marks. We discuss our two different leads and the similar setting they find themselves in 35 years apart. In spoilers we dig into the mystery of Viv’s disappearance as well as which of our two endings we enjoyed more and the questions we were left with. We bring out a rarely used segment and have our first ever retroactivescore change and then finish with a Space Opera for next time. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 111th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Heir by Sabaa Tahir. Discussion of the book starts at the 10th minute. Spoilers are between the 41 and 1:28 minute marks. We discuss our three main characters and the setting of our story to start. In spoilers we touch on the twists and turns, the romance and how we think this book being a podcast book effected our feelings for it. We finish with our usual segments and a creepy thriller for next time. Enjoy!

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!