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
Kirsty & Carissa follow one of the most fully realized female leads in American canon through a sometimes-delightful, sometimes-miserable adventure to define herself.
Topic: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa follow an intergenerational exploration of immigration, loneliness, dreams, and extremely rude talking cats.
Topic: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa take another fantasy trip with a full crew of adventurers, including: a hot guy! a starry-eyed elven sorceress! a tiny gay ranger gal! a crass foreign prince! a steampunk mom! a giant wolf and his human sister! and more!
Topic: Mooncallers: Stars Wake by Leda C. Muir
Theme: “Make It Ours” by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa do a deep dive into love, culture, junk, and living in another person’s brain in their first poetry-focused episode.
Topic: Junk by Tommy Pico
Theme: “Make It Ours” by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa are visited by a gauntlet of literary spirits and forced to confront their own feelings about Charles Dickens and Christmas.
Topic: A Christmas Carol, in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens
Theme: “Make It Ours” by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa return to Neal Shusterman's world of immortality and discover new characters, old characters, a database with troublingly bold emotions, and the total destruction of an entire island.
Topic: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa cast some of their favorite characters from this year's readings.
Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore
Kirsty & Carissa put on their best Prada and dive into a world of sexy vampires, celebrity-impersonating fairies, and impossibly complicated family connections.
Topic: Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman
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.
