Page Turners: A Bookish Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…" Tell that to this bunch of country club racists! Liv and Amy discuss their love of Legendborn, a YA Arthurian inspired fantasy! They do their best at discussing the representation of young black women, whether the themes in the book are relatable to a YA audience and who Liv sees when she's reading about our main love interest!

This week we immerse ourselves in a stunning world as we take our first foray into the writing of Sue Lynn Tan. The stakes are high (and our hopes are higher) in this romantic - fantasy standalone but does it meet our expectations?! Listen to find out if our fence-sitting comes to an end!

Who doesn't love a Christmas film?! Well, this week, we most certainly do! Join us as we discuss two more festive Netflix films which we loved a whole lot more than the other ones! You won't find any questionable wigs or sexy snowmen in these wholesome movies but you might find yourself sniffling into your mulled (wine, gin, guiness)!

Thanks again four our Christmassy Credits;

https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/magical-christmas

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Is the third instalment in the Dream Harbour series a Christmas cracker, or an inconvenient Partridge in a pear tree that you've just got no space for? Join us for another yuletide episode where Amy begrudgingly ranks the trilogy and Liv (yet again) climbs atop her sex scene soap box. Will we ever be sick of the conversation the world of Dream Harbour can conjure? Probably not. We could end up kicked off the nice list for some of these opinions though ... surely not 16 days before Father Christmas comes?

Thanks again four our Christmassy Credits;

https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/magical-christmas

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This week we are stuffing your stocking with not one but two saucy Christmas Crackers!! Settle in and sip some hot chocolate as we discuss if these went off with a bang or were a couple of damp squibs!

Exactly one month before the big day they kick off our festive content! Join us, as we begin decking the halls and putting out the stockings over the next month! Starting with The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch, not your average Christmas rom-com, delve into conversations about queer representation, how the book industry has developed and just how well does it work to subvert popular and beloved tropes? We hope you've been good!

Wrapping it all in a big bow this week with our new credits by: #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/magical-christmas

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The festive period is almost upon us and we are gearing up to bring you lots of sparkly, Christmas content! However, before we can dig out the tinsel and pour the mulled wine, we're discussing a heartwrenching story of love, gore and more mysterious mushrooms! Enjoy :)

Out of the Spook-ish books and into the frying pan or something like that... This week we have shed our horror skin for a queer gothic retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Some of you might argue that we haven't strayed too far from our previous spooky reads and you'd be right, we're bridging that gap before Christmas and we have no regrets! Join us as we record on Halloween night to talk all things mushrooms, guisers and all hallows eve traditions!

Hey! 2005 called, it wants its podcast episode back! Yes, that's right we promised and now we have delivered! This week we are discussing the noughties phenomenon Twilight to end our spookish special with a bang! Join us to chat dodgy wigs, problematic themes and the age old question, Team Edward or Team Jacob??

For the last of our spook-ish films we have a treat for you! Not only does this one actually stick with Liv but we've welcomed our first (and maybe only) guest for the episode - Laura! (A name that rivals the fame of Cher)

Amy, Liv & Laura talk all things Hereditary in order to piece together what actually happens and together they discover the true meaning of horror films; talking about them to death until they're not scary anymore... that and establishing the fact that Toni Collette is the ultimate girl's girl. Enjoy!

Thankyou again for our spooky opening credits: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):⁠⁠https://uppbeat.io/t/v-draganov/mystery-box