Terrible Book Club
Join Chris & Paris every other Tuesday to discover if you really can judge a book by its hideous cover, bad title, or weird synopsis.
Episode 29 - Swamplandia! by Karen Russell *Special Guest Laura Filippi*
This time on Terrible Book Club, we read a book that wasn't truly terrible! Wow! It happened!
We also have special guest Laura Filippi on to educate us about Florida, alligator farms, and alligator wrestling!
Paris & Chris talk about their first piece of negative fan mail!
Ultimately, Swamplandia! has some issues, but overall it was not painful to read, the characters speak like genuine human beings, and the story was intriguing and different! Issues discussed include how likely it would be for a 17 year old at a theme park to be trained as a pilot, how we feel about sexual assault being a catalyst for female protagonists, and the juxtaposition of a positive male coming-of-age story with his sister's negative coming-of-age journey!
Just a warning that rape/sexual assault is discussed in this episode!
More episodes from Terrible Book Club
Episode 81 - Worst Ideas Ever: 42 Truly Terrible Decisions by Daniel B. Kline and Jason Tomaszewski *Patron's Choice*
We recorded this episode as a live stream on Twitch, so if you want to see AND hear us, you can check it out here: https://www.twitch.tv/terriblebookclub
Our Patron Lynn chose this book as …
Episode 80 - Bear by Marian Engel
Listener Martin Ford recommended this to us and we had to read it because it seemed so absurd. How could a book like this win a literary award? A …
Episode 79 - Museum of the Living Dead (A Plot-It-Yourself Horror Story) by Hilary Milton
This week it's 1985 and we're two children in an off-brand "Plot - It - Yourself" horror story. Chris wants to die as quickly as possible while Paris chooses life. Paris's microphone is …
Episode 78 - Killer Chef: A James Patterson Bookshot by Jeffrey J. Keyes and James Patterson
Chris asked a bookstore employee to take him to the worst book they had seen lately, so we ended up getting BLASTED by this BOOKSHOT from James Patterson.
Audio quality warning: Chris …
Episode 77 - Control Everyone with Hypnosis by Dr. Jürgen Bauer & Jason Farley
We learn to control everyone with this ONE WEIRD TRICK! Chris tries to hypnotize Paris into loving bad books. This material was so short and devoid …
Episode 76 - Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
We begin this episode by arguing about tigers and lions and eventually make our way to discussing the mechanics of human and tiger-man mating.
This …
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