Monthly Archives: January 2017

by renata | January 30, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Episode 65 – Bests & Worsts of 2016 (Part 2, Adult & Graphic Novels)

Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2016 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites and least favorites! Please note:

We counted things that we read in 2016, regardless of publication year.
We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!

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Tagged as 2016, Amy Reeder, Andrew Aydin, Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Bests, Brandon Montclare, Christopher Sebela, Claire Roe, Cris Peter, Dan Warren, Danielle Burgos, Dave Rapoza, Denilo Beyruth, Dexter Vines, Edgar Delgado, Erica Henderson, H. W. Brands, Humberto Ramos, Jeff Lemire, Jeremy Lawson, Jeremy McCarter, Jessi Klein, Jim Campbell, Jodi Taylor, Joel Christian Gill, John Lewis, Jonathan Brandon Sawyer, Jordan Boyd, Kate Atkinson, Kelly Link, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marcio Takara, Marie Kondo, Mark Millar, Morry Hollowelll, N. K. Jemison, Natacha Bustos, Nate Powell, Pat McHale, Phoebe Robinson, Roz Chast, Ryan North, Seanan McGuire, Sherman Alexie, Steve McNivel, Tamra Bonvillain, Terry Tempest Williams, Tom Taylor, Victor Olazaba, Worsts

by renata | January 16, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Episode 64 – Bests & Worsts of 2016 (Part 1, Children’s & YA)

Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2016 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites and least favorites! Please note:

We counted things that we read in 2016, regardless of publication year.
We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!

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Tagged as 2016, A. S. King, Adam Rex, Alex Gino, Alice Pung, Anna Breslaw, Bests, Bryan Mealer, Claire Legrand, Goldy Moldavsky, Jandy Nelson, Jason Reynolds, Kelly Jones, Laura Ruby, Lauren Tarshis, Libba Bray, M. T. Anderson, Mac Barnett, Richard Newsom, Sharon Draper, William Kamkwamba, Worsts

by Kait | January 2, 2017 · 2:05 pm

No New Episode Again!

Happy New Year, Best Listeners!

Sorry to report that we have to push our Best of 2016 episode back a little further, still! Renata is still sick, and with all of the holiday travel and work, we’re still a little behind. We hope to have the next episode up VERY SOON, and we apologize for the continued delay. We’ve worked really hard the past 2+ years to try and deliver our episodes on time, but, unfortunately, life happens! In 2017, we’re going to try and work on creating a backlog so this doesn’t happen again.

In the meantime, send your best health wishes to Renata (hint: cute cats delivered via Twitter are the best medicine, followed by compliments to Duarte) and revisit some of our most popular episodes!

Episode 01: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Episode 58: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Episode 19: Modelland by Tyra Banks

Episode 31: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Episode 12: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Episode 21: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Episode 60: Dark World by Zak Bagans

Episode 17: Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews

Episode 46: Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly

Episode 15: Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James

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