Episode 62: Book Talk

Andi and Lise each read a book and then talked about it. The cool part is, they didn't tell each other which book they decided to read, so it was happy fun discovery time! Lise read Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth (2019), which is, basically, lesbian necromancers in a gothic space palace with swordplay and intrigue and why the hell wouldn't you want to read this awesome-ness? Gideon, the MC, is trying to escape a life of paranormal servitude but her childhood nemesis won't let her leave without yet another service. And that nemesis is the powerful daughter of the 9th House, and in order to succeed in the emperor's contest of wits and skills, Harrowhark needs her cavalier—Gideon on and her sword. Lise raved about the world-building, characterization, and Muir's writing style. Find out more about Tamsyn Muir on Amazon. Andi read April Daniels' Dreadnought (Nemesis Book One; 2017), an emotional roller-coaster of a ride starring teen Danny Tozer, who inherits the powers of superhero Dreadnought. In the transfer, the inheritor becomes their true self, and Danny is at last the young woman she has always known she's been. But she has to deal with her unaccepting parents, coming out at school, figuring out where she fits in the league of superheroes, how her powers work and, on top of all that, the supervillain who murdered the previous Dreadnought. Andi loved the dialogue, the pacing, adventure, and yes, even the gut-wrenching turmoil Danny had to face. Find out more about April Daniels on Amazon. Andi's shout-out this week was to true crime books; she just finished the late Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer and plz don't read this at night kthx. AND check out the TGIFemflash fancon in February, 2020! Here's the link. Lise's shout-out was for the TV series The Good Place, in which a woman ends up in a heaven-like utopia afterlife by mistake, but she then works to change her ways so she can stay. You can catch earlier seasons on Netflix. https://lezgeekoutcast.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/lgo_62_books.mp3