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Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

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.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Episode 217 - Summer Media 2025

    Episode 217 - Summer Media 2025
    Aug 19 2025
    It’s episode 217 and time for our Summer Media Update! We discuss shelf trophies, sumo wrestling, Kpop Demon Hunters, blogs in book form, 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…) Jam Bear and Breakfast (video game)Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists (podcast) "The Look" Summer Vacation Special Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads concert film) Matthew Sumo Wrestling Blue Whirlwind - A Ukrainian sumo wrestlerSumopediaThe places sumo matches happen are “sumo halls” House to Astonish The Lightning Round (Thunderbolts)Daredevil Villains Kpop Demon Hunters Saja Boys - Soda Pop Meghan Romantasy and BookTube (Bookhalla)Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series en francais (Les Aventures d'Anita Blake, tueuse de vampire) The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlman Anna Honey, I Joined a CultPuzzles Odd Pieces No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin Other Media We Mentioned Luck in the Shadows by Lynn FlewellingThe Rocky Horror Picture Show Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Links, Articles, and Things LRR Twitch Stream Highlights 2025-08-16The pretty books YouTube shortChuck E. Cheese True Crime books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast 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. Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry In the Ghost Shadows: The Untold Story of Chinatown's Most Powerful Crime Boss by Peter Chin and Everett De Morier Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness by Alfredo Corchado A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story behind the Missing Forty-Three Students by Anabel Hernández Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Yvonne Johnson and Rudy Wiebe Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes by Laci Mosley Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum (Translator), Philip Gabriel (Translator) No Human Involved: The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference by Cheryl Neely Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett by Michael Nest, Deanna Reder, Eric Bell Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith The Gangs of Zion: a Black cop's Crusade in Mormon Country by Ron Stallworth Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime by Padma Viswanathan 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, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us on Tuesday, September 2nd we’ll be discussing Book Club Books, whatever that means. Then on Tuesday, October 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Vampires!
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    53 mins
  • Episode 216 - Rural Noir & Grit Lit

    Episode 216 - Rural Noir & Grit Lit
    Aug 5 2025
    It’s episode 216 and time for us to talk about the genre of Rural Noir / Grit Lit! We discuss what counts as “rural,” whether “coastal noir” is a thing, how intense these stories can be, and more! Plus: Should fiction about Gritty (the mascot) be classified as about a "real person"? 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 Recommend a genre for us to read in 2026! Things We Read (or tried to…) Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinAmerican Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden The White Girl by Tony Birch Other Media We Mentioned True Grit by Charles Portis Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Dry by Jane HarperTown Smokes by Pinckney BenedictGrit Lit: A Rough South ReaderScalped: The Deluxe Edition, Book One, by Jason Aaron and R.M. GuéraRez Metal (documentary)Rez Metal: Inside the Navajo Nation Heavy Metal Scene by Ashkan Soltani Stone and Natale A Zappia Revolutions: Welcome to the Martian Revolution Links, Articles, and Things Episode 049 - Southern Gothic List of states and territories of the United States by population density Rhode Island is the 2nd most densely populated state Episode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian NoirCasa BonitaGritty (Hockey RPF) on AO3 11 Rural Noir and Grit Lit books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast 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. The White Girl by Tony Birch All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby Wounded by Percival Everett These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Madukka the River Serpent by Julie Janson Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden 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, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 19th when it’s time for our summer Media update when we’ll talk about books, comics, games, music and more! Then on Tuesday, September 2nd we’ll be discussing Book Club Books, whatever that means.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025

    Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025
    Jul 15 2025
    It’s episode 215 and time for our annual Battle of the Books! This year we’re each pitching a non-fiction book we think we should all read and discuss and then you (our listeners) get to vote on which one! Plus! A chance for a listener to win a book! 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 What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!) Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini VaraMood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist by Liz PellyHow to Read Now by Elaine Castillo How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler Titles from our Short Lists Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn I Was a Stripper Librarian: From Cardigans to G-strings by Kristy Cooper A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary MoscoMagical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica VillarrealFloating Hotel by Grace CurtisHarriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen Links, Articles, and Things Review of Mood Machine from Publishers Weekly The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians by Liz PellyIf Books Could Kill Previous episodes Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2018) Episode 079 - Which Book Should We Read? (2019)Episode 083 - The Fifth Season Episode 103 - Battle of the Books 2020Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021 Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Episode 154 - Battle of the Books 2022 Episode 159 - Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart Episode 179 - Battle of the Books 2023 Episode 183 - One Book One Podcast: Upright Women Wanted Episode 196 - Battle of the Books 2024: One Book One Podcast Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive BakingMatthew finally made a category 15 Supernatural Thrillers by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast 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. Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline The Good House by Tananarive Due Shutter by Ramona Emerson The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Model Home by Rivers Solomon Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha Tobias The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth 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, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 5th when we’ll be discussing the genre of Rural Noir and Grit Lit! Then on Tuesday, August 19th when it’s time for our summer Media update when we’ll talk about books, comics, games, music and more!
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    29 mins
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