Adult Book Club

Welcome to the 117th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Spoilers are between the 44 and 1:24 minute marks. We discuss our dislike of Lennon and how she constantly attached herself to terrible men. In spoilers we talk about her relationship with Dante, the plot holes that drove us crazy and what we thought did and did not work in our ending. We finish with our usual segments and another dark academia book for next time. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 116th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson. Discussion of the book starts at the 12th minute. Spoilers are between the 42 and 1:18 minute marks. We discuss our dislike of Alif from the start and how he never really redeemed himself. Inspoilers we talk about our villain, magic, and our plan that wasn’t much of a plan and how the ending left us feeling. We finish with our usual segments and a dark academia novel for next time. Enjoy!

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Welcome to the 115th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. Discussion of the book starts at the 15th minute. Spoilers are between the 50 and 1:37 minute marks. We discuss our characters and the setting of a 1970s house for wayward girls to start. In spoilers we discuss the witchcraft side of our story and where we believed the horror aspects came through. We finish with our usual segments, a little tv talk and a surprise book for next time. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 114th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. Discussion of the book starts at the 5th minute. Spoilers are between the 32- and 59-minute marks. We discuss our characters and setting to start and how we had hoped that both would be explored deeper than they were. In spoilers we touch on who our villain was and whether or not we thought the characters motivations and actions made sense to us. We finish with our usual segments and a new author for next time. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 113th Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episode features The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang. Discussion of the book starts at the 9th minute. Spoilers are between the 48 and 1:18 minute marks. We discuss the difficulties we had trying to get into and understand the universe that Yang built. We had some confusion and learned some new pronouns in the middle of the discussion. In spoilers we talk about how the book continued downhill for us and the ending left us uncaring and unsatisfied with more questions than answers.We finish with our usual segments and a surprise book for next time. Enjoy!