Join us for the second half of our discussion of Maggie Stiefvater's "The Raven Boys" I could not for the life of me find the "blinking picture" we talked about, but the rest of the fan art is collected here on this Pinterest board. Be careful about straying beyond that page! Pinterest is dark and full of spoilers! The videos mentioned: 1. Selectiv…

During our year of recommendations, our pride month selection was "The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater, for reasons you'll hear us explain. [Spoiler and Content Warnings:] Magicians Spoiler for Season 2 Child abuse is referenced a few times briefly throughout. Harry Potter references 00:43:12-30ish and very briefly 01:05:00ish Past suicide attempt…

The second half of our discussion of Born of Night, the first book in the League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (Also Mk is a hack and fraud and totally does spoil book 1 of the ACOTAR series at 1:49:00-1:50:00) [CW Timestamps:] 35:00-36:00 Brief SA mention. 48:00-51:00 Medical Mistreatment / Invasiveness 1:05:00-1:07:25 Child abuse/ All the horrible …

We're back from the post-Holiday Layover break with a new two-part episode of Girls Nigh! Join Erin, Sam, and Mk in this first part of their discussion of Born of Night, book 1 in the League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. [CW Timestamps coming soon! Apologies for the delay!]By Network Adjacent

Today's the final day of the Holiday Layover, and that means part 2 of our discussion of All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai.By Network Adjacent

The Holiday Layover was originally meant to stop today, but today's episode is a two parter! Join us for our discussion of Elan Mastai's "All Our Wrong Todays" (Note from Mk: I somehow forgot to add this to my intro, but you'll hear me say a few times in this episode and part 2 that this book was litfic, which I SWEAR I'd read/heard at the time, bu…

Holiday Layover day five is a special one, because it brings you the first official episode of Girls Night, where we discuss the first installment of Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters series, City of Bones!By Network Adjacent

On this fourth day of Holiday Layover, we bring you a single-part episode where we discuss Awakened by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth. P.S. The movie Mk mentioned, Cutterhead, is a Danish film. but is still largely in English and she highly recommends it.By Network Adjacent

The third day of Holiday Layover brings you a special bonus episode that is definitely not anything else in addition to a bonus! Join us as Sam attempts to redeem herself with Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper.By Network Adjacent

Day 2 of Holiday Layover brings you part 2 of our discussion of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.By Network Adjacent

It's the first day of Holiday Layover, and with it comes the first half of our discussion of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.By Network Adjacent

A second helping of trashy romance Feral Sins by Suzanne WrightBy Network Adjacent

As dictated by a single year's worth of tradition, we're doing a trashy romance for February 2019, and boy does it deliver on the trash!By Network Adjacent

The second half of our glorious return from hiatus, where we talk about scifi classic Neuromancer by William Gibson.By Network Adjacent

We're back from hiatus and begin the Year of Recommendations with William Gibson's sci-fi classic, Neuromancer.By Network Adjacent

In part 2 of our Annihilation episode, we discuss the film adaptation and how it compares to the book. * !The timestamp you were promised is: 40:30 - 41:45, (or skip about 90 seconds when you hear Mk get startked by the heat kicking on.) // // {{CLARIFYING STATEMENT RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF THE CONTENT WARNING BELOW.:}} // // (Also, when Mk says "yo…

The final episode of 2018 is also the first episode Mk hosted! In it, we discuss Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer and its 2018 film adaptation, directed by Alex Garland.By DQBTalkBooks

We interrupt our usual backlog catch-up for an update/announcement episode. We'll fill you in on the current state of DQBTalkBooks, finally let you in on the not-so-secret Secret Project we've been teasing for nearly a year, and tell you about some things we read this year outside of podcasting!By DQBTalkBooks

In the second half of our 2018 Kids Books special, we discuss and compare 'Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President' by Charlotte Pence and its parody version 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo." We also delve into a lot of political discussions, parts of which are hilarisad in retrospect.…

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Here it is! Our too-late episode about our weekend at BookCon 2019! We'll tell you all about the awesome panels we saw, all the new books we added to our TBR lists, and drop some hints about upcoming plans for the podcast. See the post on our blog for a complete list of the authors and books we mentioned in this episode:…

Join us for the second half of our discussion of Shirley Jackson's horror classic 'The Haunting of Hill House," In which Mk can't remember the book that this book reminds her of*, and we all go down a rabbit hole discussing the many screen adaptations of the novel. Edit: Mk is now fairly certain she was thinking of "The Veiled Picture" by Anne Radc…

If August was our drunkest episode yet, October was our most distracted. Join Jared, Erin, Mk, and Tony as we talk about horror classic The Haunting of Hill House in between bunny trails about ghosts, other podcasts, and cancelled television.By Network Adjacent

Join us for part 2 of our discussion of Robert Cormier's 'The Chocolate War,' where we discuss the reasons why it remains one of the American Library Association's most frequently banned and challenged books. We also go down a rabbit hole of Catholic Church hierarchy, and are all very unnerved by the word "raffle."…

In honor of Banned Books Week 2018, we discuss one of the American Library Association's most frequently banned and challenged books, Robert Cormier's 'The Chocolate War.' Join us as Jared mistakes Jesus Christ for a high school senior, Tony disappoints his family, and we are all very subtle about our feelings regarding certain characters.…

In this second half of our discussion of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Erin recalls a tale from high school English class, Mk magically reappears, and Adam talks about Agatha Christie a lot.By Network Adjacent

In our drunkest episode to date, we gather to discuss 'An Unsuitable Job for a Woman' by P.D. James. In his final appearance as one of the Usual Bitches, Adam alienates all of our listeners, then Tony has an interesting story about blood, and Mk vanishes between segments.By Network Adjacent

The second half of our Ramona Blue episode has us playing lesbian bingo and doing a lot of shipping and pitching some fanfics. We also solve the Bi Problem in under 20 minutes.By Network Adjacent

In this episode, Usual Bitches Erin and Adam are joined by Special Bisexual Consultant Mk to discuss 'Ramona Blue' by Julie Murphy. In part one, Erin decides she's dating one of the characters in her head, Mk can't remember which characters are in or out of the closet, and Adam had a very strong opinion about our protagonist's sister.…

Part 2 of our discussion of The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman, where we continue to revel in the horrors of this period of Canadian history, speculate on/wish for events after the ending, and discuss ways this story connects to small parts of our own experiences. Spoiler and Content Warnings: [Timestamps coming soon!] Misdiagnosis and m…

In this first part of our discussion of The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman, Jared explains the very scientific process we used to select this month's book. We also learn horrifying things about the Canadian orphanage system of the 1950's, and we just... have a lot of feelings. Spoiler and Content Warnings: [timestamps coming soon] Misdia…

Part 2 of our discussion of the comedic essay collection by David Sedaris. In this episode, none of us catch an obvious zombie movie reference, and we all learn why you're not allowed to film hospital births anymore. Also, we all forgot what exactly Justin Bieber wrote in the guestbook at the Anne Frank museum. CWs: (All brief mentions, no extended…

In honor of the hilarity of April Fool's Day, (and in alignment with Adam's social calendar) we chose a comedic book, "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris. In this episode: -We are introduced to the various members of the Sedaris clan. -Adam regales us with his harrowing experience on the D.C. Metro. -Everyone complains about …

Part Two of our discussion of two books with important social themes: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas and Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser. Erin is shocked her book is still so relevant despite when it was written. Adam recounts the tale of the Great Tumblr Unfollowing of 2016. Mike provides some feedback on the discussion. And, unfortunately, n…

For March, we decided to try something different, and paired off to swap books. Here is part one of our episode about two books with important social themes: "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas and "Give a Boy a Gun" by Todd Strasser. In this episode, Adam voluntarily brings his current and former boyfriends into the same room, Erin gets annoyed by a…

Part Two of our discussion of our affectionately dubbed "trashy romance. In this episode, Jared laments the ship we all we wanted to see sail, Adam overshares about what this book did not provide him, Tony admits to reading "those stories" online, and Erin wishes our characters would just talk to each other, damn it. And of course, we all miss that…

For February, we chose "The Golden Barbarian" by Iris Johansen for our "trashy romance" (a term we use with the utmost affection.) In this episode, Adam hosts the episode with his sultriest voice, Jared objects to some word choices, Erin hates men but love pigeons, Tony can't keep his fictional cities straight, and everyone fails basic geography. W…

In the second half of our discussion of "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks, Jared makes plans to build his own Culture warship, Erin is displeased by one character's ending, Adam thinks up some ships that the others missed, Tony name drops his favorite SF authors, and everyone hopes our author treated female characters better in his later years. W…

In the inaugural episode of Drunk Queer Bitches Talk Books, we use January's Sci Fi Week as a perfect excuse to cover 'Consider Phlebas' by Iain M. Banks. Join us, as Adam revels in the "uniform ridiculousness" of the Damage players, Erin find lesbian subtext that even the male gays can see, Tony defends his hard-earned nerd cred, and Jared reminds…

We finish our discussion of "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks.In this episode:Tony name drops his favorite sci-fi authorsErin does not appreciate one character's endingAdam thinks up some character ships that the other's missedJared makes plans to construct his own Culture warshipAnd everyone hopes our author treated female characters better in h…

We discuss "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. In this episode:Tony attempts to defend his hard-earned nerd cardJared reminds us that he controls the editingAdam revels in the "uniform ridiculousness" of the book's Damage game playersErin finds lesbian subtext that even the male gays can seeAnd, everyone has stern words for our book's main charact…