BiblioWrecks

Hey, I know we haven't talked in a while, but what if we went down to the beach and talked like we used to, you can tell me about work and I'll speak for 95 minutes uninterrupted minutes about quite possibly the most wretched and upsetting thing I've ever read while making scared horse noises into a microphone.

If I told you every conspiracy theory seemingly had a spawn point in a semi-popular pulp fiction writers first published work, would you listen to the episode? I hope so. Enjoy!

To kick off spring, we explore the masculine urge to freeze to death in the Yukon in another soul crushing tale by Jack London. Enjoy!

Bugs reviews an episode of mutually favorite podcast, The No Sleep Podcast, we talk about the importance of fatherhood in a young serial killers life and ... Clown-sterbating? Enjoy!

One of my early favorites of the Podcast, a disgusting book with body horror, giant insects, and worst of all Texans! Enjoy!

Everything involving this episode is a blur to me, all I remember is spinning and screaming. Enjoy!

Probably my (Bam Bam) favorite episode done by Bugs, I hope you like it as well. Enjoy!

Our first and unfortunately not our last encounter with an AI written book, in retrospect it's so much more obvious now how AI it was. Enjoy!

Happy romance month! Take a trip with us to the magical world of orgasms and manipulative, millionaire man-boys. Enjoy!

One of Bam Bam's favorite reviews because he enjoys making Bugs sad. Enjoy!

We are taking a short break, but in the mean time we are reposting some old favorites of ours and we will return with new episodes in April. Thanks for listening!

Are you an overworked, homeschooling housewife? Well obviously the solution is held by a man, a man who demands respect from his wife and gives nothing in return. He will teach you the ways of doing everything for him while wearing a fake smile so he doesn't feel bad. Imagine a man with the insecurity of a pinched testicle, and the self awareness of a man who would write a book mansplaining how to be a wife. There's literally not a better simile, that's literally the least aware thing I can think of. Enjoy!

We have a conversational discussion about Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, and the related materials in the franchise. Enjoy!

The philosophy-douche-tastic conclusion of our Blood Meridian review, thank you for your patience. Enjoy!

On this episode, we're getting introspective. What even is writing? Why would I use punctuation? Why would I want readers to understand things? What even is reading? None of the answers to these questions a more on this episode. Enjoy!

Its a Merry Christmas here at BiblioWrecks, we enjoy ourselves and review a favorite author of ours and have a happy little holiday episode. Enjoy!

We are all looking for love right? Its hard for a single lady, right? Have you considered that everything is your fault because your'e a woman? And your family is dead because you dared to want something? and your horribly scarred, children shriek in fear when they see you! But then a guy just starts sqautting on your property, clearly God sent him to fix your life by mansplaining carpentry to you. All this and more on this weeks episode, Enjoy!

Bam Bam attempts to explain his favorite lit-RPG's merits, puns, and some poorly aged references. Enjoy!

Today we are delving into the spooky world of AI, where we find its most terrible writers trait. Its really cringe. Come with us and enjoy a story that was probably produced by an edgelord with a case of AI psychosis. Enjoy!

A short discussion where Bugs and BamBam talk about some favorite bad books and the type of criteria they use to pick out their bad books for the show.

If Jane Austen is just too high octane and progressive for a period piece, then I HAVE THE STORY FOR YOU!!! Enjoy the casual misogyny, man being too busy to love woman, marital imprisonment, being struck from the annals of history and familial connection because you're a woman in the 1800's, I'm excited too. Enjoy!

SPOILER WARNING: This is a great book and we actually want you to read this one. Today we go over a beautiful queer love story, where the love is poly and the magic is birds. Gush with Bugs and her sister co-host, Lee-Lee as they review this lovely little tale. Enjoy!

Hey you, yeah you! You like Money don't you? Are you willing to spend every waking second thinking about Money? Are you willing to cut off anyone who doesn't support your unstoppable crusade for it? Are you willing to memorize money's work schedule, break into its apartment, and wallow in its underwear like the little pig that you are? Then I have just the book for you. Enjoy!

Welcome back to sixth grade, we're reading White Fang. Bam Bam returns to the womb of his first favorite book and remembers it fondly... at least until he remembers the things that didn't age very well and woo boy there sure are a lot of dog fights... and racism... and more animal abuse... why was this my favorite? Anyway, Enjoy!

Now for the PapaJohns-tastic conclusion! Enjoy!

Have you ever wondered how the boomer Karens' of the world actually live their lives? How exhausting would it be, to behave so obtusely and make everyone who is forced to interact with them's day worse. Now imagine, that you have to explain to that person how wifi works, while they conjure up increasingly stupid conspiracies to explain things instead of listening. That and more on this episode. Enjoy!

We're going on a field trip to the aquarium! See the ten headed tuna that begs for death, the dolphins laughing about murder and the ... Leeches ... with ... AIDs?.... I'm beginning to see why no one lets me in their book club. Anyway, join us for this review on, quite possibly, the most nonsensical episode we've done to date. Enjoy!

An update on future bonus material

Avast bad book lovers, we be plundering the Spanish for their gold, even if we are one dimensional 80s heist clichés, and the plot kind of dies in the middle and the ending is just murder, and if the author probably didn't intend for the book to go out after he died and what may have happened is the people in charge of his estate used the unfinished manuscript as a shameless money grab to cash in on Crichton's name recognition. In spite of all those (Possible) things, we're still going to do pirate shit, Aargh. Enjoy!

We got some birds, and we're gonna box 'em. We talk about the irritating writing style and choices made in the book and for once we both agree the movie is better than the book. Enjoy!

This episode we're grabbing our volleyballs and going to a tropical, deserted island where we slowly starve for two years and come to peace with never returning home and seeing our family ever again. Join us for this socially tumultuous survival story. Enjoy!

This legendary tome has been spoken of for generations (like 2 or 3 max), made fun of at dinner parties and on the internet for eons (50 years or so). We go over The Eye of Argon, renowned for its terribleness and dnf'd by most, and we decide, is it really that bad? Also we found a sympathetic author who tried to fix the story. Enjoy!

We go over The lawnmower man by Stephen King, and for complicated legal reasons we're going over a completely unrelated movie that new line cinema used Stephen Kings name to promote for. Its a reasonable book and short film, and drug induced nightmare movie about the internet before it was conceived. Enjoy!

Hey you, Yeah you! Bugs read a Colleen Hoover book where the characters are awful and treat each other like trash. Join us for the breakdown of how the author thinks spousal abuse happens, and if anyone asks where you got those bruises, tell them you fell down some stairs. Right? Enjoy.

Ever fantasized about going on an adventure on the high seas? Sought the sights of exotic creatures? Looked through poop on the ground for ...pennys? Join us on the emotional death spiral where we nearly die on the open seas and eat our best friend! Enjoy... 

Merry Christmas in July?! Its a Christmas story that's mourning the loss of Americana, all you damn kids looking at your phones on the train instead of talking to unpleasant strangers that also don't want to talk to you, make a new family with train strangers that are in a conspiracy to trick you into falling in love for Christmas with someone who is clear on wanting nothing to do with you. Enjoy!

Do you like Indiana Jones? You do!? How about a guy that isn't Indiana Jones but is Mormon, that's the same right? A whip? not a one. Dashing main character? Only if he's dashing toward the nearest precipice, but he is Mormon, that's enough right? It's the action packed story of a Moroni, a man with the negative charisma of a youth pastor that has never seen sunlight and a name that sounds like it will be at the next pot luck that no one will eat. Enjoy!

Its been some weeks since we recorded this episode and I still don't know how to describe it. Do you want a story about the power of ambition? Do you want to learn about spiritualism from a bird? Can time travel be considered a form of flight? find out the answers to some of these questions on this weeks episode. Enjoy?

The title says it all! There's a billionaire T-rex and hes going to force you gay, join us on this description defying ride. Enjoy!

Hope you like musicals! We found an American classic from the 1950's, rife with problematic behavior and straight up misogyny, and the surprisingly positive book it was based on from the 1930's, which is also based on the founding Roman Legend. So you're basically getting three in one today, Enjoy!

Do you like Star Trek? Space battle? Aliens? Too bad. We read the 9th colony and the best it has to offer is barely described ship fights, aliens that are just humans, and the subtlety of your old manager at Mcdonalds. Enjoy!

Was everyone in the fiftys doing cocaine? Are all Lesbians violent psychopaths? Why don't people get murdered with ice picks anymore? Will I ever stop using a three question structure in the episode description? No is the answer to one of those questions, you will have to listen to the episode to learn the answer to the rest. Enjoy!

Just for funsies, and to torture Bugs, we re-read the Hobbit and watched the movies. We free associate our way through the the childhood classic to the bloated budget trilogy that most everyone collectively shrugs their shoulders at or hates vehemently. Enjoy!

This week we delve into the world of Romantasy and it ... sucks...  Can characters have less than one dimension? Can you do push ups to cure a disease? Do there need to be dragon age of consent laws in Navarre? Find out in this episode covering Fourth Wing. Enjoy!

Do you think you are not Manly enough? Is your testosterone low? Is the entire trajectory of your life dictated by a single hormone that has been equated to male value and if you're not valuable enough in this system then your never gonna make enough money, never going to receive respect, and never going to fall in love? Then go to therapy, and on the way there listen to this episode on some weird guy that thinks eating broccoli prevents boners. Enjoy! 

A millennial childhood classic, this was a good excuse to go back and revisit an old favorite and to dump on the trash fire, cash grabbing movie Disney spewed out of its content hole, and fun was had by all. Enjoy!

Everything you know is a lie! Shakespeare didn't write the works of Shakespeare! The I's and J's prove it, that sham couldn't even read! Wake up sheeple, Nasa didn't land on the moon, it was Edward D'vere, the man who single handedly wrote the constitution and the bible! Join us on this episode about a book that I am only slightly exaggerating in this description. Enjoy!

This episode we go over a pulp novel written by Scientology's favorite daddy, L. Ron Hubbard. On this ride we go over Racist screeds, priorties in a survival situation, and the morality of setting an entire mine full of people on fire. Enjoy!

We read and watched Mary Poppins! The late 1800s and the 70s may not have much in common, but they certainly share the fact that they were on the unhinged side and are somehow incapsulated in this beloved piece of media. Were children really people back then? Is Mary Poppins a Greek Goddess? What the fuck even was Dick Van Dyke? Enjoy!

How many red flags can one woman ignore? How many green flags does a serial killer need before its okay to date them? Is a cup of complementary coffee worth blackmailing someone over? Is "I think maybe he did the murder, though my eyes were closed and I was in a different room when it occurred and I was asleep cuddling the alleged murderer at the time" admissible in court? All question will be ignored on this episode. Enjoy!