Words About Books

Words About Books

Words About Books is a podcast where two wannabe writers read and discuss books. Read along with us, or just enjoy the show! New episodes every Sunday.

Episodes

June 4, 2023 59 mins

Ben and Nate continue their discussion of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. They try and fail to summarize the book before descending into the sweet release of total insanity. 

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Ben and Nate decide to take a look at a book they read 15 years ago to see if it still holds up. That was a mistake. In Part 1 of our two part discussion of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore we examine the characters and tone of the book and ask ourselves an important question: Have we grown up?

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This week we have another mystery! That we both solved almost immediately. We're not trying to do more mysteries it just happens to be that way. 5 students enter detention. 5 of them leave. Except one of them leaves TO A HOSPITAL! And then he leaves that hospital. IN A BODY BAG!

The Words About Books boys discuss the mystery of Simon The DeadGuy (I forgot his last name). Who could have killed him? Was it The Jock? The...

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What? Read that title again. Yes this is Lacero. A fanfic that became canon. Why did it become canon? Listen to a few minutes of the podcast and it all becomes crystal clear. How was a 6 page short story stretched into a 47 minute podcast? Because we're goddamn professionals, that's how.

Especially Nate.

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This is Part Two of a conversation we had with Uncited: The Internet's Least Reliable English Lit Podcast on The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. Please check out Part 1 if you have not done so already. In this part we conclude our discussion with thrilling tales of vampires, seductive warlocks, and of course everyone's favorite siblings! Alec and Isabelle...wait who did you think I meant?

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Ben and Nate are joined by Amy and Chantelle of Uncited: An English Lit podcast to discuss a masterpiece of the English literary canon: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. 

Please check out our guest's podcast over at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncited/

You can reach them on Twitter at 
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And on Instagram at 
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Ben and Nate continue their discussion of Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (Thrawn #1). In this episode Thrawn has a romantic encounter with a certain fowl of the evening and Arihnda Pryce goes absolutely insane.

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April 16, 2023 68 mins

Ben and Nate discuss Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (Thrawn #1). It's been far too long since Ben and Nate checked in on their favorite Chiss Grand Admiral. This time we tackle the tale of Thrawn's rise to power within the Imperial Navy. Will Thrawn be able to gain power without compromising his morals? Will he be able to discover the true nature of The Emperor's secret project? (It's the Death Star. It's always Th...

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This week Nate clones himself endlessly in an attempt to destroy Ben's will to exist. Also he discusses a book with a similar idea called We Are Legion We Are Bob. Will Nate win Ben over to reading this book and finding enjoyment in programmer humor? Or will he just use this as a shallow excuse to hurt Ben using literature as his weapon? Find out on the next exciting episode of WAB POD!

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April 2, 2023 107 mins

Ben and Nate read The Maid by Nita Prose. It won several awards for both Best Debut Novel and Best Myster/Thriller novel, but can this Book/tok/stagram/tube darling stand up to the rigorous academic scrutiny of Words About Books. We shall see...

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This week on Words About Books we have a special episode. Yes we're still going to have our regular Sunday release but Nate thought he would take this opportunity to appreciate Ben by sharing his favorite Ben moments on the podcast. He's not bitter. We hope you enjoy this episode.

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March 26, 2023 50 mins

This week on Words About Books we're going to do something we've never ever done before on Judging Books By Their Covers. Want to know more? You'll have to listen to find out and you won't believe our ears! Hey if it works for Hell's Kitchen, it might work for us.

Yes it's that time of year where Ben has to pick a book from Nate's treasure trove of books... only with a twist! We also talk...

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This week on Words About Books a medicine man explains to a computer programmer man how science works. We discuss Project Hail Mary in detail and Nate just might convince Ben to read a book he recommends.

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It was a podcast. It was a long podcast. It was a torrential downpour of po-

And we're done! This week we're talking about Ray Bradbury short stories as voted on by the patrons! Do you want to be a sexy captain of industry? Then sign up for our patreon and MAYBE that will happen. We don't know. No refunds!

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This episode contains explicit content. Don't listen to this without listening to part 1. And if you listened to part 1 and you want to listen to part 2, then you number among an elite group of Words About Books listeners with a stronger than average tolerance for nonsense. You deserve to be commended. You are the real heroes. 

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This episode contains explicit material. Servants of Fate is an Erotic Urban Fantasy set in a Dystopian Environmental Collapse Future with a magic system inspired loosely by Greek Mythology. If that sounds like a lot, it's because it is.

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This week we were fortunate enough to have the chance to sit down and talk with John Bierce. John is the author of the Mage Errant series and The Wrack. We chat a bit about his writing process, mega structures, and the sexy sexy subject of Geology. 

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February 12, 2023 65 mins

This week we are finally talking about something we liked! A Japanese manga which is SORT OF like a book. It's part wacky comedy, part spy drama, part wholesome family story. Highly recommended if you enjoy good stories and fun adventures.

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Thank you to our Patrons for voting for today's episode! This is a book that sounds so incredible. A woman is in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Oh but she DID kill 6 people, all members of her rich father's family. Now she's writing her memoirs about those 6 killings while a mystery unfolds on what really happened to the person she didn't kill.

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We're still talking about Caliban's War, and we still don't like it. On the plus side, with a part two episode this long we know that no one else is listening. Now we can get into all the really juicy criticisms. 

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