Bookish Banter Babes
A podcast where two friends talk ALL things bookish. This is a rated R podcast! We curse, we like smut, there are trigger warnings, and spoilers galore.
Episodes
Cali and Jess have very differing opinions on Ice Planet Barbarians.
Trigger Warnings: RAPE (Depicted), ABORTION (Depicted), SEX TRAFFICKING, MURDER, VIOLENCE, KIDNAPPING, AND DRUGS. This book did not include a trigger warning list so we tried to capture it the best we could.
Cali and Jess banter on the importance of Libraries and discuss their abundance of resources for National Library week.
Citations: https://dp.la/exhibitions/history-us-public-libraries
https://www.magnetaba.com/blog/us-literacy-statistics#:~:text=Current%20Literacy%20Rates%20in%20the%20U.S.&text=As%20of%202024%2C%20the%20literacy,below%20a%205th%2Dgrade%20level.
Jess and Cali reminisce on one of their favorite childhood reads and fall in love all over again with Bunnicula. What are some of your favorite childhood reads and have you reread them as an adult?
Cali and Jess rave about how much they loved Scythe & Sparrow and the whole Ruinous Love Trilogy.
Trigger/Content Warnings: References to domestic violence (not depicted), psychological/emiotonal abuse, sexual harassment, threats & intimidation, misogyny, parental neglect (not depicted), child physical abuse (not depicted), eyeballs & eyelids, staple guns and various sharp objects, drug addicted raccoon, clowns, medical trauma,...
The Bookish Banter Babes discuss a book called Loving Carolina, supporting recovery in Western North Carolina after hurricane Helene.
Book Link: https://a.co/d/hR2v2ae
Resources for those interested in supporting recovery efforts:
- The Blueridge Waymakers: @blueridgewaymakers
- Roar WNC: www.facebook.com/share/18f6q3pYw4/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Beloved Asheville: belovedasheville.com
- On SITE Disaster Relief: OnS...
Jess and Cali discuss their thoughts on Unhinged. An erotic door romance.
Trigger Warnings: This story contains door knob insertion, voyeur (MC to FMC), voyeur (bad guy against FMC), allusion to man-on-woman violence (off page), woman killed after luring (off page prior to story starting, non-explicit), covert breaking and entering (via master key against FMC by bad guy), secret underwear theft (against FMC by bad guy), deliber...
Jess and Cali share their thoughts, theories and more about Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros.
Trigger Warnings: Elements regarding war, battle, hand to hand combat, perilous situations, blood, intense violence, brutal injuries, death, poisoning, graphic language, and sexual activities.
The Bookish Banter Babes discuss their current reads and what they plan to read next.
Cali and Jess share their thoughts on Lights Out.
Full list of trigger warnings for the book:
Sexually explicit discussion and scenes, alcohol consumption, mention of rape (off page), domestic abuse, child abuse, medical content, blood and gore (hospital), mental health, mass shooting, stalking, invasion of privacy, home invasion, hidden cameras, hacking, theft, accidenta cannibalism, death, desecration of a body, car accident, viol...
Meet the Bookish Banter Babes. Jess and Cali introduce themselves and explain what to expect on the podcast.
Join us in reading Lights Out by Navessa Allen before our first episode.
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