New episodes June 7th! Welcome to Pages Unknown! Join us each week as we discuss the books we're reading, the new releases we're excited about, and all the nerdy chaos in between. We're your hosts, Zachariah (cozy fantasy obsessed nerd) alongside Michaela (a literal, actual librarian). You can reach us at pagesunknownpod@gmail.com to request a pod interview or to work with us! Click here for more info - https://linktr.ee/pagesunknown If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a review today to let us know!
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Episode 13)
This week we're talking about Tracy Deonn's fantastic re-imagination of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. This book gets a whole lot of love and for very good reason. We unpack the treasure trove of themes, and basically beg you to read this book.
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Woodborn by Heather Nix (Sapphic High Fantasy w/ Pirates!) (Episode 12)
We sit down with author Heather Nix to discuss her debut sapphic, high fantasy novel Woodborn. This failed-DND-campaign-turned-book centers around a found family cast of characters from extremely different circumstances joining together to save their world from an oppressive religious cult. It's got magic, dates with destiny, spicy romance scenes, and did we mention pirates? Comprehensive list of trigger warnings can be found at https://www.booksbynix.com/contentwarnings...
Wintering: Embracing the Cold, the Bad, and the Uncomfortable (Episode 11)
In her book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May asks us to actively accept and embrace sadness and loss while also seeking nourishment and growth in these moments we withdraw from every day life. This book inspires reflection on things current society views as "bad" and asks us to consider seeing them as natural and good instead. This is a shorter book and a shorter episode followed, but we hope you get something out of this quick read...
New Year, New Books- 2023 Reading Goals! (Episode 10)
New year, new you, new books! It's time to talk all things reading goals and New Year's resolutions for 2023! All the books we're putting on our list plus the ways we're diversifying our reads. Storygraph coming soon!
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Queer Holiday Romances with Sammie (aka booksdogsandcoffee) (Episode 9)
We're talking all things queer holiday romance with our friend Sammie (aka booksdogsandcoffee on TikTok)! We read three books for the holiday season, one for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa: Kiss Me at Kwanzaa by L.L. Bucknor, Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun, and The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish...
A Conversation with Sangu Mandanna (Episode 8)
Sangu Mandanna, author of the cozy fantasy romance The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, sat down with us to discuss the worlds she creates as well as all things writing and authorship. We each dove in her backlist of books and were excited to find some new books to recommend to all of you!
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NaNoWriMo Recap & Previewing 2023 (Episode 7)
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is finally over and we're exhausted! We're sharing our experiences with attempting to write 50k words and we give a preview for what's to come in 2023! Hint: more books, author interviews, plus general silliness over on TikTok (@pagesunknown). We hope you enjoy the episode!
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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo 2022, Episode 6)
It's that time of year again! November 1st begins National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo, where aspiring writers scramble to write 50,000 words in 30 days (1,667 per day!). We highlight some books that were written and subsequently published by folks who took the challenge previously to show that it is indeed possible! We're also taking the challenge this year and will be sharing our experiences over on our TikTok (@pagesunknown)...
Nostalgic Books and What We're Reading Next (Episode 5)
Autumn ushers in the return to school and, along with it, waves of nostalgia about the libraries we haunted and the books we read and loved. On this episode, we pitch to you the books that we adored as younger people as well as the books sitting on our to be read shelves. So grab a tea, sit back, and enjoy this trip down memory lane!
Fair warning, the audio levels are a little weird on this one...
The Anniversary of Twilight & Who Really Wrote Corinne? (Episode 4)
For the anniversary of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight we’re reminiscing about sparkly vampires, shirtless werewolves, and exploring some religious trauma! Classic combo. We'll dive into the new romance novel Corinne and the rumors that it shares the same author that gave us Bella and Edward. In Corinne, the titular character and her childhood love interest, Enoch, reconnect and navigate an exceedingly complicated relationship between themselves and their fundamentalist/Mormon church community...