Have You Read This? A Podcast for Bookworms
"Have You Read This?" is a podcast that brings you brutal honesty and sarcasm mixed with book reviews. Join your host, Jason Morrison, a middle-aged dad armed with more dry humor than any one person should have, as he takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the world of literature. Maybe it isn't a rollercoaster. Maybe it's more like a 2005 Honda Civic with one flat tire. New episodes every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.
Episodes
A round up of all the books I read while on vacation: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison, Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson, and Once Gone by Blake Pierce.
Since thinking for ourselves is overrated, tune in to hear how a soulless algorithm actually understands your reading tastes better than you do. All you need is the right prompts, and a lot of Ibuprofen. This episode covers tips on how to adjust prompts in AI to better find books you actually want to read. Now you can leave that annoying Facebook group.
Another book round-up, but this time I am talking about my 5-star books from each month, which include The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, and Dispatches by Michael Herr. More details on the website.
For those willing to endure 20 minutes of my voice, this episode discusses what is said to be one of America's most famous 'unpublishable' novels and features "the most vile, disgusting personality to emerge from contemporary American fiction." Show notes and a deeper dive will be available on haveyoureadthispodcast.com.
The title says it all. Or does it? Is this book actually real and what is it? Quan Millz urban satire This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib is on deck!
Five self-improvement and mindset books that you need physical copies of: Undoing Urgency by Ryan Matt Reynolds, Tough by Greg Everett, You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy, Violence of Mind by Varg Freeborn, and This Is Water by David Foster Wallace. Keep this on your shelf, annotate, and re-read.
Somewhere along the line I was asked, "Why do you hate Stephen King?" This seems like the best place to air this out. Read more in depth on the website.
The worst books of 2024, followed by one that I really enjoyed which was Father of Lies by Brian Evenson.
Reflecting back on Claire Dederer's book Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, how do we balance the art someone creates with the knowledge that they may be a monster. Relevant conversation given the new information to have come out about Cormac McCarthy and Augusta Britt.
Recent round-up of a few reads worth talking about: Good-Looking Ugly by Rob Smith, Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy, and Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates.
Do you have any authors that you enjoy so much that you would read anything they write without knowing anything about the book? Jon Krakauer is one of those authors for me. More details about the books mentioned in this episode here.
When I say I enjoy reading dark and disturbing books, that could possibly mean different things to different people. Here are three examples of different dark and disturbing books that will mess you up but are still worth reading. All of the links mentioned are available on the website.
It is time to add All the Fiends of Hell to the list of dystopian fiction that doesn't suck and things you must read. This isn't your run of the mill horror novel. This one packs a few new punches making it well worth your time. Check out the show notes for bonus content.
If our current political climate isn't enough to drive you to tears, you may find yourself looking for a novel to read that will break your will to live and crush your soul. Here are three books that pushed my emotions over the edge. More details at haveyoureadthispodcast.com.
If non-fiction, especially true crime, is not your thing but you want to dip your toe in the waters, this episode is for you. I went through my favorites list and found 5 true crime books that I believe anyone should start reading.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon, Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer by Katherine Ramsland, The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy Tys...
Without question, The Groomer by Jon Athan is a controversial book and one that so many DNF due to the graphic nature. Just how extreme is the book and is it worth reading? Can we separate the monsters in our art from those that create it? Can you make it through this episode without pounding energy drinks and Ibuprofen?
Some of my favorite short fiction reads lately. Books from Jorge Luis Borges and Philip Fracassi and stories you might not have read yet, such as The Necrophiliac and A Short Stay In Hell. Just about everything on this list is at or under 100 pages and all but one I would recommend.
"Why do you only read dark books?" Plot twist: I don't. To prove you all wrong, here are my top 10 favorite memoirs that I have read to date. Bonus points for hitting the website and checking out the honorable mentions.
Do you love dystopian fiction? If the answer is yes, and even if the answer is no, Jacqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men will not disappoint.
Alissa Nutting's debut novel Tampa is one that many love to hate. The topic of a female teacher taking a job at a middle school to groom and abuse boys is not an easy read. The subject matter coupled with graphic language and situations is usually why many DNF it, discarding it as smut. I got something different from this entirely and I also think everyone who hates it is wrong. Check the website for links mentioned in this epi...
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