TBR Lowdown

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Interview w/ Hugh Ryan, the author of The Women's House of Detention Sep 26, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

🎙 We interview Hugh Ryan, the author of our June book club pick, The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.

This is such an important book— should be required reading for high school and college. We learned so much and had quite the experience reading about all of the women who have gone through the Women’s House of Detention.

Highlights:

🎙 The issue of wearing pants continues to confound us.

🎙 Fingerprinting made things worse for women in particular.

🎙 Bail was an issue then and is still an issue today.

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We Discuss Elena Knows, Our August Book Club Pick Sep 19, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We Discuss Elena Knows, Our August Book Club Pick.

If anyone tells you this book is just another mystery, they are wrong and you should not listen to them! Elena Knows is a short book, but man does it hit hard.

Highlights:

🎙 This book is so much more than a mystery.

🎙 The afterword was such a vital part of understanding the author and her writing.

🎙 How can we get more of this author's works translated into English?

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The Perfect Books for Book Clubs Sep 12, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We give you some book recommendations that are perfect for book club discussions.

What’s worse than being part of a book club that never chooses good books? Well, we’ve got you covered. We give you some book recommendations that spur great discussion for any book club.

Highlights:

🎙 What happens when we don’t love the same book?!

🎙 We’re both still confused about how we feel about To Paradise.

🎙 There’s nothing like picking up an unknown book and being blown away by it.

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What’s On Our Fall Frontlist Radar? Sep 05, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We talk about the Fall frontlist books we’re interested in reading.

So far 2022 has been a fantastic year for new releases and the Fall releases have us drooling!

Highlights:

🎙 Sometimes Goodreads leads you to wonderful book recommendations.
🎙 Alyssa gushes over how much she loves sentient AI.
🎙 There’s nothing like getting a surprise sequel to a book!

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Let’s Talk About ARCs (Advanced Readers Copy) Aug 29, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We have a chat all about ARCs (Advanced Readers Copy).

In the bookstagram and booktube communities, the topic of ARCs comes up every 3-6 months or so. We decided to sit down and have a conversation about how to get them, how we started receiving arcs, what sources are available to request and receive them, etc, etc.

Highlights:

🎙 Our journey into receiving arcs.

🎙 How to not be overwhelmed by arcs.

🎙 Chose the publishers you work with wisely.

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We Discuss Vladimir by Julia May Jonas Aug 22, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We have a discussion about the book Vladimir by Julia May Jonas.

Vladimir was one of those books you read in one sitting and annotate the crap out of it because it has so many layers to peel back for discussion and thought.

Highlights:

🎙 We open the episode by giving you a little gardening talk! Where are our fellow gardeners?

🎙 The part women play in marriage is a major topic of discussion.

🎙 Open marriage vs. unconventional marriage. What’s the difference?

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We Discuss Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell Aug 15, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

🎙 We Discuss Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell

Just by Looking at Him is one of those books you read in a day. It’s that good and that funny. You start it and before you know it, you’re at the end.

Highlights:

🎙 We chat about disability rep in books.

🎙 Threesomes. Good or bad?

🎙 We had a good laugh running over some of the funniest lines in the book.

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Season 2 Begins, Women in Translation Month + #12Women12Countries Aug 08, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

Welcome back to Season 2 of the TBR Lowdown podcast! We cannot believe we’ve made it through one year of podcasting. We’re so thankful to all who listen and support us. Thank you!

August is Women in Translation Month which pairs really nicely with our #12Women12Countries year-long reading challenge. We talk about some of the books we want to read this month, so break out your pen and paper or reading app and take notes!

Highlights:

🎙 We had quite the time trying to record this episode.

🎙 How we met + strangers on the Internet.

🎙 We give an update on our reading challenge and classic read for the year.

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Mid-Year Freakout Tag [Podcast Edition] Jun 27, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We’re halfway through the year, so we thought it would be fun to answer the questions from the booktube mid-year freakout tag.

Highlights:

🎙 Alyssa has a thousand books for her answers (surprise, surprise).

🎙 Who doesn’t love a mercenary with a heart?!

🎙 We have a brief discussion about reading three of Olga Tokarczuk’s books.

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JUNE READALONG NOW STARTING JULY 1:

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) - Join our Discord to participate.

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Summer Frontlist Releases We're Excited to Read Jun 20, 2022

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Hi Friends. In this episode of TBR Lowdown:

We talk about summer frontlist books we’re excited to read.

Summer is here and there are so many interesting summer frontlist books that are coming out. We give you 21 books we are looking forward to reading. Are any of these on your radar?

Highlights:

🎙 We love a book about a serial killer.

🎙 Surprisingly, we only have one book that was on both of our lists.

🎙 We’ve got some books from smaller presses on the list.

Visit our website for episode show notes (with full lists of books mentioned in each episode), details about our read-alongs and reading challenges, and other information. LINK IN BIO

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JUNE READALONG NOW STARTING JULY 1:

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) - Join our Discord to participate.

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