We discuss the stories in Exhalation, Ted Chiang’s latest short story anthology, and touched on all sorts of sci-fi malarkey from virtual pets to robot nannies, from time-gates to intelligent parrots. What makes him such a story-telling rockstar in...

We discuss Samantha Shannon's doorstopper epic fantasy Priory of the Orange Tree. A stand-alone that is a feminist reimagining of St. George and the Dragon as well as Japanese mythology The Luck of the Mountains. This book has magic! Political...

Our first PG-rated episode. We tear through EL James' The Mister with guest, Irene.

The front cover says that this book is a user manual for your own head. Matt Haig's Notes on a Nervous Planet will make you take a second and examine just how intact your mental health is in an overly connected world. And oh, reading is one of his...

We are back with a killer new season of book nerdery. First up, Good Omens, we talk book, TV and, friendships- between an angel, Aziraphale and a demon, Crowley plus that of co-writers Pratchett and Gaiman. It's a heart-warming tale filled with...

Book of M, an exploration on the questions of humanity linked to the power of memory. All over the world people are loosing their shadows and eventually their memories in exchange for transformative power. What kind of world would that be? And how can...

Hiro Arikawa's wildly popular book The Travelling Cat Chronicles has been a hit since it was translated into English. People love cats, the story of a young man taking his kitty on a roadtrip around Japan (even on a ferry!) to find a new home for her...

The hottest memoir in the market atm is Michelle Obama's Becoming. What is the story behind the hugely popular former first lady? We talk about her girlhood and the journey to BECOMING the person she is today. There is plenty in this book to inspire,...

Spoiler free folks! Diana and Honey peels away Katherine Arden’s final book in the WInternight Trilogy. We talk fey creatures, Russian winters, families huddled over stoves the size of elephants and compassion for antgonists. We discuss Vasilisa, the...

TBNT Ep9: Spinning Silver | Topic: How We Choose Books for TBNT In this magical episode we talk fairytales and why they are timeless and ripe for retellings. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik is a fresh take on Rumplestilskin with strong female...