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Book Pile Banter is your book club without having to attend book club! Get all the banter from Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim.
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Mysteries: The Forest Demands Its Due
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss how this turned out not to be a mystery, balancing sensitivity versus plot, and what they wished the book had been.
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Yesterday
Mysteries: The Forest Demands Its Due
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss how this turned out not to be a mystery, balancing sensitivity versus plot, and what they wished the book had been.
Apr 9 2024
Dissecting Mysteries
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss what makes a mystery a mystery while Sarah realizes her pick is not one.
Mar 26 2024
TransRightReadathon: Most Ardently
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim celebrate Kim's birthday with a Transgender book pick and highlight the nonprofit, Trans Youth Equality Foundation while discussing a pride and prejudice remix.
Mar 19 2024
Soft Science Fiction: The Moment of Principles
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim compare this to Star Wars, the moment they found most organic, and whether it is truly soft science fiction.
Mar 12 2024
Soft Science Fiction: Ascension
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim criticize the science, the plot, and all the details in this 2023 soft science fiction.
Mar 6 2024
Soft Sciene Fiction: Fledgling
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss the last ever book written by Octavia E Butler, whether vampires can be considered science fiction, and the desire for this to have been a series.
Mar 2 2024
Dissecting Soft Science Fiction
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim question what really makes something a soft science fiction versus regular "hard" science fiction.
Feb 28 2024
Body Horror: Negative Space
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim conclude body horror with a small press selection that has varying reactions from each of them.
Feb 21 2024
Body Horror: Leech
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim have too many thoughts on this book and most of them are not pleasant.
Feb 14 2024
Body Horror: Small Favors
Amberlee and Sarah begin the month of Body Horror with a light dabbling via young adults.
Jan 24 2024
Nettle and Bone
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim continue the exploration of mythic fiction with a fairy tale that stars characters who would usually be secondary and how they save the kingdom.
Jan 17 2024
Mythic Fiction: Peter Darling
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss the Austen Chant's re-imagining of Peter Darling and determine how much it fits the genre of mythic fiction.
Jan 16 2024
Book Topic: What is Mythic Fiction?
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim identify and discuss how much mythic fiction they typically read in preparation for Mythic January.
Dec 27 2023
System Collapse
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim return to murderbot with discussion on it being made into a show, why the continue to enjoy the series and the first ever perfect score from one co-host for a book.
Dec 25 2023
Christmas Day - Host and Ghosts of Christmases Past
Amberlee and Kim return one more time to discuss two holiday stories on Christmas day. Host by Kiran Milwood Halgrave and Ghosts of Christmases Past by Richard Kadrey.
Dec 24 2023
Advent Day 1 - Return to Bear Lodge
Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Return to Bear Lodge by Tananarive Due.
Dec 23 2023
Advent Day 2 - Our Recent Unpleasantness
Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Oure Recent Unpleasantness by Stephen Graham Jones.
Dec 22 2023
Advent Day 5 - No Light No Light
Amberlee and Kim continue advent with No Light No Light by Gemma Files.
Dec 21 2023
Advent Day 3 - Master of the House
Amberlee and Kim continue advent with Master of the House by Stuart Turton.
Dec 20 2023
Advent Day 4 - The Ones He Takes
Amberlee and Kim continue advent with The Ones He Takes by Benjamin Percy.