Carissa & Kirsty throw canon to the wind and review a 50-chapter Harry Potter fanfiction involving time travel, strategic merchandising, and behavioral conditioning.
Topic: "Oh God Not Again!" by Sarah1281 (fanfiction.net)
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa take a listener recommendation to hang out with elephants and ghosts in New Hampshire and Botswana. They'll solve a murder and unpack some very complicated relationships on the way.
Topic: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
The girls visit Kirsty's homeland of Holland, in a fictionalized 17th century where art and culture and personal entanglements are all sort of the same thing.
Topic: Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty use a biography of Susan Sontag to discuss some of the questions that haunted Susan herself - including the purpose of art, the construction of the self, and the role of the individual in changing times.
Topic: Sontag by Benjamin Moser
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa attempt their first instagram live episode to discuss murder, gender, and jam and almost make it through the first 10 minutes without referencing "Chicago."
Topic: Trifles by Susan Glaspell
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa quiz each other on past books. Do they remember anything from the Before Times? Let's find out.
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa wash up in Illyria and encounter a collection of love-obsessed characters with a propensity for wine and drama. Is there anything new to say about this classic? Let's find out.
Topic: Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Saddle up, team. Kirsty & Carissa are headed west for an incredibly wholesome love story featuring several horses and, for some reason, a massive energy corporation.
Topic: Her Cowboy Billionaire Best Friend by Liz Isaacson
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty trade the isolation and terror of the real world for the isolation and terror of a psychological thriller with intricately sketched characters and impressive self-awareness.
Topic: The Collector by John Fowles
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa visit Kyoto and Tokyo to collect death gods, learn to fight demons, and flirt with cute shrine guardians.
Topic: Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda & Valynne E. Maetani
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
A boozy book club podcast for literature lovers everywhere! Hosts Carissa and Kirsty dive into a variety of genres and a variety of beverages to discuss the best and worst of the English language.
