Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

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  • A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.
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A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.
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  • Episode 206 - Cultural Studies
    2025/01/07
    It’s episode 206 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cultural Studies! We discuss bureaucracy, affluenza, dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, Batman, The Fast and the Furious, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil PostmanThe Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber Clever Girl: Jurassic Park by Hannah McGregorThey Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of D&D by Thom James CarterAffluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back, 3rd Edition Mutation by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas Naylor Second Language Learning and Identity: Cracking Metaphors in Ideological and Poetic Discourse in the Third Space by Mika YoshimotoOn Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies edited by Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis Other Media We Mentioned Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan BordoBullshit Jobs: A Theory by David GraeberThe Argonauts by Maggie NelsonThe Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson Suicide Squad IsekaiDimension 20: Never Stop Blowing Up Links, Articles, and Things Tartan NoirSecret Feminist AgendaJurassic ParkExtreme Championship WrestlingPyotr KropotkinChainmailPathfinder Roleplaying GameLambda Literary AwardsGirl Dad Press 30 Cultural Studies by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Aboriginal TM: The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition by Jennifer Adese The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa The Location of Culture by Homi K. BhabhaThe Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen CreyLog Off: Why Posting and Politics (almost) Never Mix by Katherine CrossAberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique by Roderick A. Ferguson Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution by Amin GhazianiImpossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures by Gayatri Gopinath White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby HamadMinor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park HongCrip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk KwanImmigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics by Lisa LoweUnassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century by Bianca Mabute-LouieThe Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGheeDisidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics by José Esteban MuñozDecolonize Hipsters by Gregory PierrotBlack Meme: A History of The Images That Make Us by Legacy Russell Introducing Cultural Studies by Ziauddin Sardar The Afterlife is Letting Go by Brandon ShimodaWînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre by Niigaan SinclairShine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel SmithBlack on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture by Francesca SobandeMusic Is History by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.Gaza on Screen edited by Nadia G. Yaqub Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, February 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Monster Romance! Then on Tuesday, February 18th we’ll be discussing our reading goals and resolutions for 2025!
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  • Episode 205 - Favourite Reads (and Media) of 2024
    2024/12/17
    It’s episode 205 and time for us to talk about our favourite reads of 2024! We discuss fiction and non-fiction books we read for the podcast, plus comics, videos, music, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Check out Hark! Jam's holiday music podcast! Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence (Episode 200 - Library Fiction) Jam A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking) Matthew The Sixth Gun Omnibus, vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree, and Tyler Crook (Episode 201 - Weird West) Meghan Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Episode 203 - Dark Academia) Not for the podcast Jam Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman Matthew Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day: And Other Tales of the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard, narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith Meghan When Among Crows by Veronica Roth Anna Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Trailer Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher (Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction) Meghan Telling It to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court by Arthur J. Ray (Episode 197 - Law & Legal Non-Fiction (for the layperson)) Anna Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (Episode 194 - Indie Publishers) Jam Why I Adopted My Husband: The True Story of a Gay Couple Seeking Legal Recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi (Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics) Not for the podcast Meghan Secret Gardens by Jennifer Potter Anna Bunker: Building for the End Times by Bradley Garrett Jam Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans Matthew How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Other Favourite Things of 2024 Anna CatsBuldak Cream CarbonaraGo Go Town! Jam Diceomancer“California” by Chappel RoanGalway Food Tour Matthew The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny Nicholson Giant Days by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Lissa TreimanSpy x Family by Tetsuya Endo Matthew talked about this and Giant Days in Episode 193 - Spring Media Update Spy x Family / Designer Chairs Meghan Living Small - Laura Fenton (series: Small Takes)BBC: The Secret History of British Gardens with Monty DonDwell magazine Runner-Ups Jam Books for the podcast Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Episode 204 - Cozy Fantasy) Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance)Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante (Episode 194 - Indie Publishers) Picture Books I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle Games Wingspan (both board & Switch Edition)Crossword puzzles Movies/TV/Video Delicious in DungeonI Saw the TV GlowRobot DreamsGastronautsI Want to Tell You About My Favorite Fight Scene Anna River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (Episode 201 - Weird West)Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza (Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics) Matthew Comics (For series I’m linking to volume ones regardless of what volumes I read or how many I read this year.) Astro City by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson Blade Runner 2029 by Mike Johnson and Andres GuinaldoCatwoman: Lonely City by Cliff ChiangDo A Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren JohnsonFriday by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa VicenteKit + The Wolf by John AllisonLost Cat by JasonNight Cry by Borja GonzálezOrcs by Christine LarsenReckless, vol. 5: Follow Me Down by Ed Brubaker and Sean PhillipsSilver by Stephan Franck Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly WangWhere The Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Manga (For series I’m linking to volume ones regardless of what volumes I read or how many I read this year.) A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch by Hiro KashiwabaAkane-banashi by Yūki Suenaga and Takamasa MoueAkira by Katsuhiro OtomoBlue Period by Tsubasa YamaguchiDementia 21 by Shintaro Kago The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All by Sumiko Arai Heavenly Delusion by Masakazu Ishiguro I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I’m Fine by Hilnama Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki Mimi’s Tales of Terror by Junji Ito, Hirokatsu Kihara, and Ichiro NakayamaOkinawa by Susumu Higa Seven Little Sons of the Dragon by Ryoko KuiSketchy by Makihirochi Soara and the House of Monsters by Hidenori Yamaji Books Fiction A Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineNew Suns: Original Speculative Fiction By People of Color edited by Nisi ShawlProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirRed Rabbit by Alex Grecian Episode 201 - Weird West Tales of the Tattooed: An Anthology of Ink edited by John Miller Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow Your...
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  • Episode 204 - Cozy Fantasy
    2024/12/03
    It’s episode 204 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cozy Fantasy! We discuss what makes something cozy, romantasy, breakneck cozy fantasies, how much fantasy people need in their fantasy, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Comparison between US and UK covers Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Sorcery and Small Magics and Maiga Doocy The Baker & the Bard by Fern Haught Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynn Jones Howl's Moving Castle (film) Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe Other Media We Mentioned The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Matthew meant “solarpunk” as the genre that this is often described as Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children) The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Canadian residential school system Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca ThorneLoadingReadyRunThe House Witch by DelemhachDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittMooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy XuMoonstruck, vol. 1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis and Shae BeaglePractical Magic by Alice Hoffman The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill The Tea Dragon Society Card Game Balatro Links, Articles, and Things What Counts as Cozy Fantasy?In Defense of Low-Stakes FictionIyashikei “portraying characters living out peaceful lives in calming environments, and is intended to have a healing effect on the audience” 11 Cozy Fantasy by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. VenCo by Cherie Dimaline Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi DallerGut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaThe Fae’s Bride by R.L. Medina The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, December 17th it’s time for our “best books of the year” episode! Then, on Tuesday, January 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Cultural Studies!
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