Looking for a book club but don't have time to squeeze real-life meetings into your schedule? Join Book Squad Goals, a bi-weekly podcast about—you guessed it—books, plus all the garbage pop culture we consume when we’re not reading (that’s what our “othersodes” are for!). While you’re paying attention, check out our website & blog at booksquadgoals.com, where we have weekly posts about books, pop culture, and probably our pets. We love our pets.
Microdose your smoothie and come along for a peaceful journey through the Hulu series “Nine Perfect Strangers,” based on the novel by Liane Moriarty. Returning guest Tirzah Price (author of “Pride and Premeditation”) joins us for a wild discussion of…
Come into the woods with the Book Squad and special guest Leah Rachel von Essen to discuss Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. We talk about the book’s pacing, Vern’s characterization, gender identity and sexuality, the mistreatment of Black people by white…
Grady Hendrix returns to the podcast to talk about the Scream franchise and his new novel, The Final Girl Support Group! We talk about our favorite final girls (and how Sidney stacks up), how Scream revolutionized the slasher genre in the 1990s, how…
Call up your Artificial Friend—it’s time to talk about “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro. Special guest “Wizzy” of @sailormoonwisdom joins us to discuss the meaning of Klara’s relationship with the sun, why “simple” doesn’t mean “not complex,”…
Come back to medieval times with us as we welcome Mac and Zoe from The Maniculum, a podcast featuring some of the strangest, most absurd, and befuddling examples of medieval writing. The co-hosts of The Maniculum help us uncover some of the secrets of…
Surf’s up, listeners! Join us for one hell of a party as we discuss “Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Special guest RJ Sorrento joins us to talk about the structure of the story, the characters and their motivations, TJR’s writing style, and—you…
It’s time to work till you drop! Just kidding, we’re not about that life. But we are all about discussing the new documentary “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn.” We are joined by special guest “Nicole,” who has some…
Jump into the Jazz Age as the Book Squad discusses “The Chosen and the Beautiful” by Nghi Vo, a queer, magical retelling of “The Great Gatsby.” We tread new and old territory as we talk about perspective, race, sexuality, magic, and both books’…
Back by popular demand! Hit the streets of Tokyo with the Squad (plus Todd) for the third installment of Book Squad Games. We finally got to inhabit our true supernatural forms as we played Urban Shadows from Magpie Games! Join us on an adventure to…
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