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No Page Unturned
by GeeklyInc
In depth reviews and discussions of fantasy, sci fi and other nerdy books. We aim to feature books with BIPOC and Queer authors and protagonists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jade City 1-8: Bero Haters Unite
We're back from hiatus with a new season and new series, the Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee, starting with Jade City. We discuss the world-building of Kekon, the power of Jade, and the Kauls in these opening chapters. Your hosts are Steph Kingston, Christina Ladd, and Joshua MacDougall. Follow the...
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Bookling - Green and Deadly Things
Green and Deadly Things is the subject of our latest Bookling from one of our favorite authors, Jenn Lyons. We talk Green things, Deadly things, and all the other things featured in the book but not in the title. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd)…
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Nona the Ninth - 30 - Epilogue: There’s a Butthole in the River
With no Alecto publishing date in sight, for now, this is our final Locked Tomb episode. We conclude by returning to a familiar setting, asking numerous questions about the remaining mysteries, and exploring the intricacies of Nona the Ninth's final events.. Your hosts are Steph Kingston...
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Nona the Ninth 27 - John 5:4: Kevin the Lyctor
We discuss Harrow's dissatisfaction with John, John's complex characterizations, Perfect Lyctorhood and the nature of it, what death means in this world, swords, and Nona's salt chip fish shop shirt. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua...
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Nona the Ninth 22-26: Locked Tomb Cold Brew
We've reached the "The gang is all here" section of Nona the Ninth as well as the "everyone's really going through it, huh?" portion of the story. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on...
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Nona the Ninth John 5:1 - John 9:22: Eye of the Muiricane
We talk about the magic bullet, lying by omission, how much time has passed, temper tantrums, leftover fingers, what Pokémon the characters would have, and the Eye of the Muircane. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall...
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Off the Books: Talkin' TV and Film Adaptations
Josh and Steph talk about their feelings about book-to-TV/film adaptations, both past, present, and future. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art...
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Nona the Ninth 15 - 18: A Digression of Marios
We discuss who the Angel really is, the sunken continent of Lemuria, and who knows about the Tomb, as well as our fluctuating opinions on John. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on…
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Nona the Ninth 10 - 14: The Very Hungry Resurrection Beast
On this episode, we discuss a lot of Nine Houses/Blood of Eden politics, a returning character, memories, dreams, and THE PINING. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is…
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Nona the Ninth 6-9: Ianthe Loves the Sims
Some questions are answered, but lead to more questions, as is the way. We discuss the narrative trick the author plays on the reader regarding the identity of Nona's body and our own thoughts of how certain souls arrived where they are at the time of this book. Your hosts are Steph Kingston...
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Nona the Ninth John 20:8 -5: Lots of Weird Dogs
Nona is finally here, and we are all confused about a lot of what is happening, par for the course. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt)…
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Harrow the Ninth 49 - Epilogue: Bible AO3 Tags
We're at the end of Harrow the Ninth, where we get one crystal beautiful moment where we actually understood what was going on (did we?), only for it to be bashed into a million pieces. We had fun on the journey here, though. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd...
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Harrow the Ninth 43-48: No Cat GIFs in the Nine Houses
Oh, Dang. The Penultimate Harrow episode is here. Peak Tamsyn Muir writing in these chapters. Bees! Swordfighting! Pithy Conversations! Questions are answered! New Questions are asked! Exclamation points are used! Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd)…
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Harrow the Ninth 37 - 42: Necromantic STIs
We're reaching the sections of the book where we are tee-heeing and steepling our fingers, connivingly, at the reveals happening in these chapters and the coffee-shop AU fanfictions happening in Harrow's mind. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and...
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Harrow the Ninth 31 - 36: Skeletal Baby Bjorn
We talk about a kind of heartfelt reunion with known quantities that reassures the readers that they haven't lost their minds. Plus a rejected kiss and thistle. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find…
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Our Best Books of 2025
We're back from the Holidays. Happy New Year. We list what we think are the best books we read in 2025, which are not limited to but do include a lot published in 2025. Christina's Books 5. Lost in the Garden by Adam Leslie 4. Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur…
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Bookling: The Devils
Josh and Steph discuss the lovable and tragic monsters of Joe Abercrombie's The Devils. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt), and our music...
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Harrow the Ninth 25 - 30: Soup's On
Big Corpo "We're your family now" Energy from Jod in these chapters as we discuss the infamous soup scene, Harrow being bone horny, and boy howdy, do we pick a lot of books with immortals who suck. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua...
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Bookling: Blood for the Undying Throne
We discuss how much we love the 2nd book in @sung-il-kim.com's The Bleeding Empire series. New locations, new characters, surprising returns, and an ambitious but nerve-wracking ending are delved into here. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and…
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Bookling: The Eyes are the Best Part
Happy Halloween Season. This year's scary Bookling was picked by Steph, The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim. On this episode, we're rooting and feeling for the serial killer, for the most part. Be warned if you don't like eyeball stuff, this may not be the one for you. Your hosts are Steph...
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Harrow the Ninth 19-24: We Know He Has Balls
Josh goes off on John and his old Lyctors in these middle chapters. Steph digs through the clues. Christina praises the use of asymmetrical information serving multiple twists. Ortus is the real MVP and sees the Cool S. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd...
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Harrow the Ninth 13-18: Neither Crazy Nor Cake
We discuss what is up with Ianthe, Ianthe's weird room, the unserious Emperor's decor, Harrow and John's conversation about her birth, and hints about what BoE is. We are also wistful for Harrow's door diary. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and...
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Off the Books: Sung-il Kim and Anton Hur Re-Release
The paperback edition of Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim and translated by Anton Hur is out today, so we are re-releasing our interview with both of them from last year. The cast loved this book when it was originally released and found this interview to be a delight, and hope you do too.…
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Harrow the Ninth 7-12: Let’s Have a Bath About It
We discuss knowing you when your bones were smaller, Ianthe haunted by Babs' FunkoPop collection, God playing games on his phone, forgetting that he's muted during meetings, and will someone PLEASE check on Harrow? These chapters do a lot to set up the plot and introduce the new characters like…
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Doctor Sex / Harrow the Ninth 1-6: Tamsyn Muir is Not Gaslighting You
We start by discussing the Locked Tomb story, "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex," and then move on to Harrow the Ninth, where we explore the confusion of reading this for the first time compared to now, pointing out the small details that went over our heads amidst the chaos. Your hosts are…
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Bookling: Volatile Memory
On this bookling, we're talking the science fiction novella Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon. This was a fun one to talk about the cool technology used, dystopian futures run by corporations, setting boundaries, and the intimacy of the two main characters, so be sure to check it out. Your hosts are...
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Gideon the Ninth 33-Epilogue: Apotheosis is a Weird Thing
We talk about the final chapters of Gideon the Ninth, where things escalate quickly. We talk about the infamous pool scene and what details in the finale stood out to us this time around. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall...
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Gideon the Ninth 26-32: Bed Swords
We talk about holding grudges, how much we hate the mayonnaise uncle, ghost talk, trauma responses, the youth of the Ninth House, Gideon and Harrow's backstory, the mythology of the locked tomb, Camilla's weapon of choice, and what Dulcinea is up to. Your hosts are Steph Kingston…
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Halfway Through 2025
We discuss our favorite / best books we've read halfway through the year (2025) and what we're looking forward to reading. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by…
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Gideon the Ninth 19-25: But She Got It (Mental Illness)
We discuss the realization that Gideon and Harrow are, in fact, youths, and Gideon has a teenager's brain. Plus, a lot of mysteries occur in the book about what exactly Canaan House is and what has occurred before. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd),...
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Bookling: Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame
We talk empires, dragon slayers, dragons, finding your place, and going home again in this lovely novella. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art...
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Bookling: The Incandescent
We're talking about Emily Tesh's new book, The Incandescent, which is out today. Set in a British magical school, it gives us the overworked administrative point-of-view of running a magical school, to what felt like, to us, a very millennial-coded story that was fun to discuss. Your hosts are...
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Gideon the Ninth 13-18: That's Boat Level Shit
We discuss food Gideon has never had before, Magnus's dad vibes, mayonnaise uncle, and 9th House Zoom calls. We also speak on podcast amnesia, magic as science, the fantasy equivalent of Like A Dragon, and deus ex machinas as the plot thickens. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston),...
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Gideon the Ninth 7-12: Team Ghost or Team Skeleton
We're back with more of Tamsyn Muir's The Locked Tomb as we discuss Gideon and Harrow's arrival at Canaan House and the members of the other houses. Are you Team Skeleton or Team Ghost? Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall...
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Bookling - Running Close to the Wind
April Fool's! We love boat books; well, specifically, we love Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind. A perfect combination of our running bit of disliking boat books and this being one of the funniest books we've ever read, we thought it perfect for the day. Your hosts are Steph Kingston...
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March Madness Character Draft 2025
It's March, so by the rules of podcasting, we must do a draft. On this episode, each host drafted eight characters to come to a new world as its new protectors (or rulers, depending on their disposition). You can decide via the poll below whose eight would be the best protectors or make the best...
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Gideon the Ninth 1-6: Oops! Dead Parents
At the start of a new season and series, we begin our deep dive into Tamsyn Muir's The Locked Tomb series with Gideon the Ninth. We discuss why we like and chose the series and what makes it unique. This episode focuses a lot on Gideon herself. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston),...
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Bookling: Wind and Truth
Our Cosmerenauts Steph and Josh talk full spoilers about the fifth book in the Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth. We talked about what we loved, what didn't work, our character MVPs of the book, and the future of the characters and the series. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston),...
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The Discord of Gods 91-109: As Was Foretold
This is the end of our journey with A Chorus of Dragons. We want to thank @jennlyons.bsky.social for the series, the catalyst for this podcast's start. We talk about the final battle, the ending, and the series overall. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd...
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The Discord of Gods 81-90: This Could Be Nice
Our penultimate episode on Jenn Lyons' The Discord of Gods / A Chorus of Dragons episode. We talk about new guardians, Relos Var's point of view, the final battle starts, and Teraeth doing a Kamehameha. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua...
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Bookling Reread: The Sky on Fire
Essentially our book of the year, here is a reread (a rerun) of our Bookling episode on Jenn Lyon's The Sky on Fire. We hope everyone had a good holiday and here is to more reading in 2025. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall...
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Our Best Books of 2024
We come together to tell you about what we each thought were the five best books we read in 2024. We've included a special section for Jenn Lyon's The Sky on Fire, which was on everyone's list. This year, we're not just limiting it to books published in 2024. Plus, a few books we're anticipating...
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The Discord of Gods 71-80: Ompher is a Nepo Baby
On this episode we discuss chapters 71-80 of The Discord of Gods, the fifth book in Jenn Lyon's A Chorus of Dragons. We're close to the very end now, and events get near apocalyptic levels of crazy. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua...
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Off the Books: Sung-il Kim and Anton Hur
On this Off the Books, we are interviewing Sung-il Kim, author of Blood of the Old Kings, and Anton Hur (Toward Eternity, transl. Blood of the Old Kings, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee) to discuss Kim's book, falling empires, publishing, translations, technofeudalism…
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The Discord of Gods 61-70: 14,000 Years of Therapy
In these chapters of Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods (61-70), we discuss the return of a former final boss who is now a mini-boss, the opposite of Keanu Reeves, and their quick demise. Always remember: no vengeance, do okay. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd...
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Bookling: Helpmeet
On this Bookling, we're reading Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum, just in time for Halloween, a tale of intimacy, body horror, poverty, diseases, possession, infidelity, and identity. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Steph Kingston…
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Bookling: Blood of the Old Kings
On this Bookling, we discuss Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur. Multi-eyed dragons, fiery swords, mech-like war machines, and a curmudgeon sorcerer trapped in a mindscape are just some of the details of this great book. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall...
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Bookling: The Murderbot Diaries 3 + 4
On this Bookling, we're continuing to read Martha Wells's The Murderbot Diaries with the third and fourth novellas, Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy. Our little Murderbot is growing up to an approximation of a being with feelings, to its chagrin. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (FourofFiveWits),...
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The Discord of Gods 51-60: Boji>Tave
This is our sixth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 60 and nurse a Warmonger hangover. Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (StephOKingston) and…
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The Discord of Gods 41-50: Is This Fish Mad at Me?
This is our fifth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 50 and determine that Khaemezra is a total boomer. Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston...
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