Book Club For Masochists: A Readers Advisory Podcast

This episode we’re talking about Humour Non-fiction! We talk about how truthful stand-up comedy is, identifying books from the call number, giant mosquitos, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach 99% Invisible, Episode 471: Mini-Stories: Volume 12 (features Mary Roach talking about several “footnotes” from Fuzz) Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom The Little Mermaid - Part of Your World (YouTube) Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury (YouTube) We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby Other Media We Mentioned Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (

This episode we’re talking about Beach Reads! We discuss what counts as a beach read, what doesn’t count as a beach read, whether any of us has even been to a beach recently (yes!), and more. Plus: We play “two truths and a lie” with books! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Two Real Books and One Fake Contemporary romance (RJ) Just Haven’t Met You Yet Head Over Feet Call Me, Maybe Endurance Sports (Meghan) The Pain Cave: Pushing the Limits of Human Endurance Hell on Two Wheels: An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience Domestic Thriller (Matthew) The Lady in Waiting: A Novel Her Dark Lies: A Novel The Girls Are All So Nice Here: A Novel Travel Memoir (Anna)

This episode we’re talking about Classics! We talk about what makes a book a classic, whether a classic has to be good or not, fiction vs non-fiction classics, and how classics change over time. Plus: Pro strats and speedrunning techniques for classics! (Apologies for some audio problems this episode, should be fixed for next time!) You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Netflix show (Wikipedia) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Comic adaptation by Emi Gennis Passing by Nella Larsen The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, adapted by Crystal S. Chan, Stacy King, and SunNeko Lee Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Crystal S. Chan and N

For our 150th episode, Chaos Reigns! We discuss the differences between talking about fiction and non-fiction, genres that don’t get the respect they deserve, our favourite pies, what genres we’re least and most looking forward to reading for the podcast, the horrors of virtual presentations, and more! Plus: Matthew’s Technically Correct Corner!  You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Media We Mentioned Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane Anders Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L. Gómez Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (the book Meghan couldn’t remember the title of) Gamechanger (the Bounceback) by LX Beckett  Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal Turn This World Inside Out: The Em

This episode we’re talking about Astronomy and Space Non-Fiction! We talk about astronauts, planets, moons, rocks, and more! Plus: We despair about all the math in these books! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbour by Maggie Aderin-Pocock “Too much information on the Moon.. Was not expecting that.” Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe (podcast) Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong by Greg Brennecka, read by Sean Pratt The Last Stargazers: The Endu

This episode we’re talking about recent media we enjoyed! We discuss TikTok food, video games about boxes, French language books, Pokemon, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Media We’ve Been Consuming Anna: B. Dylan Hollis TikTok YouTube Pumpernickel (Wikipedia) Ryan Hollinger Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzl Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Matthew: Unpacking How Unpacking's Developers Designed 2021's Coziest Game Hyper Light Drifter Wandersong Meghan: L’homme qui marche by by Jirō Taniguchi The Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zàrate Football-Fantaisie by Zviane Zviane’s comic

This episode we’re talking about Contemporary Fantasy! We discuss drunk mermaids, elderly ghosts, assholes magicians, and hot gargoyles! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout The Magicians by Lev Grossman The Magicians (American TV series) (Wikipedia) Ghosts of Vancouver - Gabriola House The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Other Media We Mentioned Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman The Newford Stories by Charles de Lint Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Supercakes by Kat Leyh Lumberjanes (Wikipedia) The F

This episode we’re talking about Books and Food! (Or Comestibles while Consuming Content!) We discuss finding podcasts in the woods, reading in cafes, cheezos, why you should carry small rocks around with you, dropping food on books, which crustaceans are most likely to be anarchists, lists of cozy mystery novel titles, and how we’re (not really) influencers. Plus: Books that have spin-off foods! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Media We Mentioned Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1 by Ryoko Kui, Drifting Dragons, Vol. 1 by Taku Kuwabara Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu, Vol 1 by Virginia Nitouhei and Natsuya Semikawa The guy being really excited about eating spaghetti Redwall by Brian Jacques (Wikipedia) Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (Wikipedia) Serve it Forth: Cooking With Anne McCaffrey Tequila Mockin

This episode we’re talking about Anthropology Non-Fiction! We discuss culture, society, linguistics, and more! Plus: Teeth, teeth, teeth! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1 by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by Charles King Other Media We Mentioned The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners by Paul Beck, Edward Mast, and Perry Tapper Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulić The Anthropolo

This episode we’re discussing “What is a Book?” Is it our most self-indulgent episode yet? We don’t know, but we do know that the conversation gets pretty existential at times and we talk about what “reading” means, whether something stapled can be a book, and the ephemeral nature of everything. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Other Media We Mentioned Building Stories by Chris Ware Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Wikipedia) Lightspeed Magazine Highlights for Children (Wikipedia) The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges (Wikipedia) Supercrash by Yves Bourgelas Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Naruto, vol. 1 by by Masashi Kishimoto Wolverine #900 Links, Articles, and Things Episode 143 - Amish Romance Just Plain Wrong Podcasters Panel: A Glimpse Behind the Microphone Down Time wit

You voted for it, so this episode we’re talking about Amish Romance! (Just in time for Valentine's Day!) We discuss romance, sex, chasteness, cultural appropriation, bonnet rippers, and terrible pies! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards | Tillie Yoder Things We Read (or tried to…) The Amish Widow's Secret by Cheryl Williford The Coffee Corner by Amy Clipston Made with Love by Tricia Goyer and Sherry Gore An Amish Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Beckstrand, Charlotte Hubbard, and Kelly Long Between You and Me by Susan Wiggs Other Media We Mentioned The Dawn of Christmas: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country by Cindy Woodsmall Snowfall by Shelley Shepard Gray Christmas at Rose Hill Farm: An Amish Love Story by Suzanne Woods Fisher Little Fish by Casey Plett Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry N

This episode we’re talking about 2022: The Year of Book Two! (And sequels!) We discuss why we read (or don’t read) sequels, favourite book twos, reading series out of order, and more! Plus: Shocking reveals that don’t leave an impact because we’ve forgotten who the character is... You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards 2022: Year of Book Two Book 2 challenge on Storygraph Goodreads shelf (use “2022 Year Of Book 2”) Twitter hashtag: #2022BookTwo Instagram hashtag: #2022BookTwo Media We Mentioned The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (The Invisible Library #1) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) Goosebumps by R.L. Stine (Wikipedia) Animorphs by Katherine Applegate (Wikipedia) Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal (Wikipedia) Hogfather by Terry Prachett (Discwor

This episode we’re talking about Architecture Non-Fiction! We discuss statement architecture vs everyday architecture, subway stations, terrible people, and a big book of fun facts! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Tadao Ando: Houses by Philip Jodidio  The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live by Sarah Susanka and Kira Obolensky The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century by Mark Lamster Soviet Metro Stations by Christopher Herwig and Owen Hatherley There, unfortunately, isn’t another book, Matthew just misunderstood what the essay was called. Matthew’s photos of Soviet metro stations The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt Why city flags

This episode we’re talking about our Favourite Reads of 2021! We discuss our favourite fiction and non-fiction reads for the podcast (and not for the podcast) as well as other things that helped us get through the year! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Bookshop.org list of (most) our our top titles https://bookshop.org/lists/favourite-reads-of-2021  Favourite Fiction For the podcast Matthew Dreamships by Melissa Scott (1992) Episode 131 - Cyberpunk Anna Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (2017)  Episode 123 Psychological Horror  Tied with Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Meghan Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott (1995)  Episode 131 - Cyberpunk RJ The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith (Japanese 2005,

This episode we’re talking about Thrillers! We discuss what makes a thriller thrilling, characters running around, helicopters, cozy thrillers, non-thrilling thrillers, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) The Red Eagles by David Downing The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, translated by Lucy North Dark Matter by Blake Crouch  The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams The Rook by Daniel O’Malley Rabbits by Terry Miles Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Books Meghan read and didn’t talk about In the Company of Killers by Bryan Christy Contagion by Robin Cook Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards Flowers of Darkness by Tatiana de Rosnay Pandemic by Robin Cook Vortex by Catherine Coulter Other Media We

This episode we’re talking about Adaptations! We discuss (the fictional) Junji Ito's Anne of Green Gables, The Muppets presents Dune the Musical, bad wigs in adaptations, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Appleberry Media We Mentioned Peter and the Wolf (Wikipedia) Marvel Cinematic Universe (Wikipedia) Spider-Man in film (Wikipedia) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Wikipedia) Spider-Ham Spider-Verse (Wikipedia) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981 TV series) (Wikipedia) Spider-Man (Japanese TV series) (Wikipedia) Spiders-Man (Wikipedia) The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien  The Lord of the Rings (film series) (Wikipedia) Lord of the Rings - trailer (YouTube) Harry Potter (film series) (Wikipedia) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - trailer (YouTube) Batman in film

This episode we discuss non-fiction books about Music! We talk about sea shanties, whether musical scores count as non-fiction, reading about music we’re unfamiliar with, how we interpret lyrics, and more! Plus: We made a playlist of music for you to listen to based on the books we read! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) 808s & Otherworlds by Sean Avery Medlin 808s & Heartbreak (Wikipedia) Sailor Song: The Shanties and Ballads of the High Seas by Gerry Smyth Wellerman (Wikipedia) Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture by Jace Clayton Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 by Alvin Orloff  They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hani

This episode we’re playing Hearts of Magic: Threads Entangled! There’s illegal printing presses, malformed creatures, rooftop chases, stolen hats, tea ceremonies, and a masquerade ball! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Links, Articles, and Things Hearts of Magic: Threads Entangled Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands Victor and the Bully - Spooky 365 (YouTube) The One Shot Podcast - Episode 319. Hearts of Magic Part 1 Dark Mori (Mori Girl Wiki) 13 Supernatural / Paranormal (Non-Fiction) books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) 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)

This episode we’re talking about Erotica! We discuss the relationship between erotica and porn, the differences between erotica and romance fiction, fanfiction, and much more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Thirty by Jill Emerson   Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren La technique du périnée by Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell Permission by Saskia Vogel Neon Gods by Katee Robert Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic edited by Tobi Hill-Meyer Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne (NSFW) Little Cat by Tamara Faith Berger Other Media We Mentioned Penthouse Letters The Fermata by Nicholson Baker Discards by Nicholson Baker Sex Criminals: Volume One: One Weird

This episode we’re discussing Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! Major spoiler warning for this episode as we talk about a lot of various plot points! (Though we don’t reveal everything.) There’s an extra spoiler siren immediately before we start diving into the plot in depth. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Media We Mentioned Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (buy it from our store) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV series) (Wikipedia) The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern SCP-3008 (Ikea) SCP-087 (stairs that go down forever) SCP Foundation (Wikipedia) BLAME! Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde God Bless Y