Handbook Podcast

20/09/2018

Happy Thursday!

Elle and Meghan are back reading through chapters 19-23 of Cocky Surgeon. A good bit of.....weirdness happens in these chapters, including an entire chapter dedicated to a tetanus shot and stitches. Intrigued? .....Lower your expectations about the author's writing just a little, and then come listen!

Hosts Meghan Griffin and Elle Riccardi breakdown books by people who have definitely done something not great or have some seriously questionable morals or who are just plain bad.

31/08/2018

New Episode!

Elle comes up with the best game for this book, while Meghan tries to make sense of the legal mess in this book. Restraining orders? Who understands THOSE?

This week Elle and Meg read chapters 12-15 of Cocky Surgeon! We were going to talk about the court case this episode, but too much ridiculousness happens in this book that we had to talk about these chapters.  But you know what doesn't happen? Sex.  Elle comes up with the best game to make...

09/08/2018

New Episode! I remembed we have a FB page that doesn't update automatically!

This week Elle and Meghan talk about Chapters 4-7 of Cocky Surgeon this week, and honestly? There's no s*x in any of these chapters. Thus we have to entertain ourselves and find other things about the book to pick at, like healthy relationships, smart, driven women, s*xual harassment, and IS staring into the sun good for your health?

Elle and Meghan are back with some....pretty boring chapters honestly. And when there isn't a lot of s*x, they definitely find other things to talk about. And there are still plenty of things to wonder what the heck the author was talking about in these chapters. Discussed this episode: cold brew co...

20/07/2018

Our last Handbook for Mortal episode for a while! Come listen to Elle finish recapping the book to Meghan, our discussion of why it didn't work and how it could have worked better, plus Starbucks and other questions we have about Lani in general.

Elle and Meghan finish up their recap of Handbook for Mortals, as well as a discussion on Starbucks! We discuss primarily the treatment of women in the book, as well as what we think the author does for a daytime job.  Join us next Thursday to talk about our newest author, the scandal she'...

12/07/2018

New Episode! Elle and Meghan are back to start the ending of Handbook for Mortals discussion. Elle makes some excellent points that weren't brought up during season 1, while also rewriting the book off the cuff! We discuss Mac's attire in depth, Cam and Jackson's casually bad way to talk to women, and whether or not we should go undercover and talk to Las Vegas shows!

Elle and Meghan are back to wrap up A Handbook for Mortals! You think you are sick of it and haven't heard everything? You are very wrong. Elle rewrites a few sentences and makes them beautiful, we talk about word choices throughout the book, the descriptions of Mac and his clothing, and whethe...

21/06/2018

New episode!! Elle and Meghan talk the screenplay and dreamcasting!

http://handbookpodcast.libsyn.com/june-bonus-episode?tdest_id=588740

07/06/2018

KEEP AN EYE OUT

We are coming back new and improved in July.

09/04/2018

HERE ARE STAR WARS SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE — SPOILER ALERTS FOR THE LAST JEDI.

Meghan and James read the preview of Book 2 of the Handbook for Mortals series that comes with the first book. We are immediately thrown into the end of Book 1 (why wasn't this just part of the ending? Who knows.)

The preview comes with a side of transphobia or queer-phobia, which leads to a discussion of whether or not Aunt Aldyth is embracing his femininity for witchy reasons or other reasons. We discuss the concept of destiny as a plot device, and what we think will happen in book 2 (if it is actually released.)

We also briefly go through the acknowledgment section where James is given a shock, we discuss how this female empowerment book has acknowledgments to a man who has been accused of s*xual harassment, and to authors whose names are not worth being spell checked.

Also the Oscars speech.

We are going to take a week off to regroup and breathe before we start up whatever we are going to read next! So join us when we come back on April 22nd!

THERE ARE STAR WARS SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE — SPOILER ALERTS FOR THE LAST JEDI.  Meghan and James read the preview of Book 2 that comes with this book. We are immediately thrown into the end of Book 1 (why wasn't this just part of the ending? Who knows.)  The preview comes with a s...

02/04/2018

Meghan and James have done it! Chapter 21 is in the wraps, meaning we have finished Handbook for Mortals! We didn't read the chapter ahead of time, so genuine reactions only this episode. We also discuss whether or not the book has earned a sequel (though we do hope there is one kind of?) and put a call out for fan fiction.

Meghan and James are back for the final episode! It's more like a quick epilogue. We don't read the entire thing on the podcast, but you get genuine first reactions to this ending from James and trust me — they're enjoyably hilarious.  Who gets married? Who catches the bouquet? What is the cr...

26/03/2018

Chapter 20 is up! Our penultimate chapter of book one! Meghan and James discussed the idea of taking memories and if it was necessary, Webmd, and if Zade has chosen a boy.

We discuss the penultimate episode! Zade is awake, so let's see how life is. Has she picked between Mac and Jackson? Is Jackson still around? Does she ask permission to take memories (man we talk a lot about this.)  There's is one more cliffhanger in the last chapter, which we briefly discuss w...

12/03/2018

Today we talk chapter 18, aka the chapter where we have to talk about consent, the chapter where we learn magic comes from god, and tarot comes from Judaism.

In other words, we just don't know anymore.

Meghan and James are back, a little exhausted, a little broken, but we completed chapter 17. James shows off his Harry Potter and anime knowledge (SO PROUD!)  We discuss our still long discomfort of how Mac is the most justifiable character despite being a totally terrible person, Meghan a...