Delta Book Club

The silliest Delta Book Club episode! I ask Chat GPT to make book recommendations, write scathing reviews of my least favorite books, and attempt to write one of my episodes for me (it didn't do a very good job). This episode features music I performed that had lyrics& chord progressions generated by Chat GPT. This was my favorite part of this episode, these songs are super weird but were so fun to bring to life.

Michael is back, we discuss I book I cringed my way through (Written In Bone) and a book he really liked that I haven't read yet (Mexican Gothic). We also discuss the internet archive lawsuits and ethical ways to get books free of charge. No music breaks in this one due to time constraints, but I do get thoroughly roasted by Michael.

Happy Birthday, Delta Book Club! I discuss Radio Silence, some exciting news, Women's History Month Books, and The Marriage Plot.

Michael is back to talk about his podcast The Witching Hour which will be starting up again soon, and we discuss Edgar Allan Poe, Francisco Goya, and our recent trip to Home Depot

A deep dive into the history of pirates, featuring Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly, news articles about pirates, and Ninjago: Ninja vs. Pirate (why?). I play some piratey music on ukulele

In this Valentine's Day episode, I discuss a fun romance novel: Infamous by Minerva Spencer. I take a guess at what the plot of some romance novels are without reading the summary, and I discuss Veronica Roth's book Poster Girl.

This episode is all about weird, memorable, important books. I've got Severance by Ling Ma, I explain how books make it to the Engaging Fiction Table at Barnes and Noble, and ask the question: is 1984 actually a good work of fiction? I play some bossa nova guitar music in this one. 

I discuss Iman Kariri-Kia's book A Hundred Other Girls (which was startlingly timely for me, your recommendations that you sent via Instagram, and a rather disappointing mystery book. There's animal crossing music and information about scholarships in this one.

Happy Holidays! This is a fun, holiday themed episode where I talk about a holiday romance novel, do a little spoof on Spotify Wrapped, and give an honest evaluation of all 5 Charles Dickens Christmas stories.

I discuss Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club, recommend some fall books, and discuss a book that took me five years to finish reading. 

In this episode, I call local author Jen Sweeney to discuss her children's book series. Authors from California are discussed, and so is a resource for learning more about local authors. 

We're celebrating Dia De Los Muertos by reading about death traditions from all over the world in Erica Buist's This Party's Dead. I then found some lists of books read on popular television shows. Lastly, there's a very historically accurate story about the witch hunts called The Manningtree Witches that was so scary and sad, I read it in a day. My original Frankenstein music is featured on this episode.

I discuss Monster She Wrote: a great guidebook about female horror authors, rank 5 Halloween stories based on spookiness, and read a book so terrible I have to sing about it. Featuring my original first drafts of my Frankenstein music.

I'm learning how to use my camera! (Sorry non-Spotify friends, y'all still can't see me) So I had to do this assignment about proper lighting and framing for my DMEDIA 25 class and thought it would be fun to read you all a story while I'm at it. I was obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe in middle school and had so much fun reading this out loud with my scary studio lights on. 

I discuss The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore, talk about some banned books, and let people know about the okayish short stories of Shirley Jackson (and recommend some of the author's better work). I play some piano music from my first episode (but edited way better because I have learned a ton about the Audition software in the past 26 episodes).

I discuss the extremely well-liked book The Song of Achilles, talk about some books I got for my birthday through the years, and the bizarre short story The First Year of My Life. I play some piano music. 

I discuss Elizabeth Lesser's book: Cassandra Speaks, Jennifer Saint's novel: Ariadne, and talk about a real person I just learned about. I play some music from one of my favorite video games.

Michael and I complete a writing prompt where we have to start our stories with the same first line. Then we discuss the absurdist play Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett. 

I discuss the hilarious book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, some sci-fi predictions that came true, and a story so bad competitive readings are held to see who can read it without laughing. I play some space songs from video games on piano.