Kirsty & Carissa consider the parallel traditions running through America, family, sex, love, violence, and the Black experience while enjoying the language of Pulitzer-winning poetry.
Topic: The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa join an angry human girl as she learns about mysterious handsome faeries, the dangers of prejudice, and the magical powers of -- well, that would be a spoiler.
Topic: A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty unravel character histories and read a poem that is definitely, assuredly, indisputably about the fugitive ex-King of Zembla and his grand adventures.
Topic: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa activate their Zords and set off across the Power Rangers multiverse to learn that you can only truly be saved when you open your heart.
Topic: Shattered Grid - written by Kyle Higgins, illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo & Diego Galindo, colors by Walter Baiamonte & Marcelo Costa, letters by Ed Dukeshire
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa turn their brains off for more wholesome Wyoming romance and surprisingly genuine emotional beats, but can they make it through the book without hating the main characters? Well, we'll see.
Topic: Her Cowboy Billionaire Boss by Liz Isaacson
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty attempt to discuss the concept of "whiteness" and the way racism and anti-Blackness are baked into American systems, white thought processes, and their own experiences.
Topic: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa join a cast of angsty but remarkably emotionally mature teens to explore the wide expanse of space, the cost of dreams, and what it means to truly love the whole of a person.
Topic: The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
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
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.
