Kirsty & Carissa set out to solve the mystery surrounding love, class, science, and murder in this smart period drama.
Topic: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa explore the stories of several defectors from North Korea & discuss bias, responsibility, and the value of personal experience.
Topic: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa take a road trip to a land of learning, meeting a wide cast of characters and discovering the joys of the world around them along the way.
Topic: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa go on a modern Southern gothic road trip featuring supernatural entities, bodily fluids, and sweet sweet emotional catharsis.
Topic: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa go to YALE for some dark academia gore: ghosties and rituals and emotional trauma and romance and more.
Topic: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Carissa & Kirsty celebrate Valentine's Day by rediscovering a love of romance thanks to a cast of charming, complex characters and a story that is heartwarming but not saccharine.
Topic: Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa consider silence, rebellion, joy, love, and the infinite penis.
Topic: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa finish the extremely solid Arc of a Scythe series with religious allegory, space exploration, and another underwhelming storyline for Rowan.
Topic: The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa take a hit of candid, vivid writing on a journey through the mind of an Iraq-vet-slash-heroin-addict-slash-hopeless-romantic-slash-part-time-bank-robber-slash-average-dude.
Topic: Cherry by Nico Walker
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa revisit the books of Rough Draught 2020, and none of the real-life events. Who will win the coveted Best Classic, or some of the more obscure Draughties? Let's find out!
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.
