Stray Reads

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Labyrinth House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, a murder mystery set in a pretty weird house.Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!Next Month's Book: Little Thieves by Margaret OwenIntro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, a standalone novel set in the author's Raybearer universe. Join us as we talk about what books we've read recently, and little girls meeting Gods.Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!Next Month's Book: shrug idunnoIntro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones, a standalone supernatural, kind-of-period mystery novel. Join us as we talk about what books we've read recently, the video games this novel reminded us of, and quirky sisters!Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!Next Month's Book: The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko.Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, the first book in his very popular Southern Reach trilogy. Join us as we talk about what books we've read recently, biological weirdness and movie adaptations! Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we are joined by our guest Brandon to discuss The Mantis by Kotaro Isaka, the third book in his assassin's series of darkly humorous thrillers. No previous knowledge of the series needed though, as they're loosely connected. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The City in Glass by Nghi Vo, her most recent fantasy novella about dealing with devastating loss and a troubled relationship between a demon and an angel. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: The City of Glass by Nghi Vo. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, a genre-defining gothic horror ghost story. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: The City of Glass by Nghi Vo. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, a fantasy heist novel starring a bunch of hyper competent, handsome teenagers who can't for the life of them talk about how deeply in love they are with each other. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Content Warnings for this episode's main section (starts at 43:00): sexual abuse, adult/minor relationship, pedophilia, racism. Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Fledgling by Octavia Butler, a present day vampire story that seeks to subvert many of the tropes in its genre. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo, a historical fantasy about a grieving mother on a quest for vengeance, and a detective obsessed with fox spirits. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, a real pirate classic. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Night Shift by Stephen King, a real grab bag of short horror (and horror adjacent) fiction. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones, a short horror novella. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Night Shift by Stephen King Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, a very loose retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale with a lot of moving parts. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: TBA. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Apologies for the late episode, but we had to figure out some logistics going forward. Please enjoy the episode! Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Translation State by Ann Leckie, a sci-fi novel that sets out to explore topics of identity, relationships and belonging situated in Leckie's Imperial Radch literary universe. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss The Dark Half, Stephen King's 1989 novel about an author whose pseudonym alter-ego comes to life to haunt him and the people close to him. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠! Next Month's Book: Translation State by Ann Leckie. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Good Omens, a very well known urban fantasy book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, which was turned into a successful TV adaptation not too long ago. Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at ⁠[email protected]⁠! Next Month's Book: The Dark Half by Stephen King Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss Death Among the Undead, an interesting hybrid-genre book that attempts to mix murder mystery and you guessed it, zombies! Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at [email protected]! Next Month's Book: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! In this episode we discuss This Is How You Lose The Time War, a recent internet/booktube favorite. Join us to briefly talk about this charming, very gay sci-fi (?) novella. Amal El-Mohtar's article on Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison: https://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258384937/crossroads-and-coins-naomi-mitchisons-travel-light Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at [email protected]! Next Month's Book: Death Among the Undead by Masahiro Imamura Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! For our fifth episode, Sergio and Sol are joined by Kris to discuss Beowulf, one of the most important and translated works of Old English literature, which is why we collectively read 4 different versions of it. Join us to talk about the possibility space that is opened up when different translators tackle the same work with different views and objectives, what it means to be a good king and how that is not enough to lead a satisfying life, and how reading multiple versions of Unferth being dunked on is just such a delight. You can find the original text of Beowulf at: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vitellius_A_XV Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at [email protected]! Next Month's Book: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone! Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! For our fourth episode, Sergio and Sol discuss Jorge Luis Borges' Ficciones, a fascinating short story collection by one of Latin America's most celebrated writers; many of his stories have inspired media you might love, from House of Leaves to Control. This one ran for so long we had to make 2 recording sessions to finish. Hope you enjoy! Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at [email protected]! Next Month's Book(s): Beowulf by Unknown (Translated by Maria Dahvana Headley)! Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! For our third episode, Sergio and Sol talk about the first 3 novellas in the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells. These are All Systems Red, Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol! This was a fun conversation, we hope you have a good time listening! Find Sergio at @fireblend, and the podcast at @strayreadspod. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach us at [email protected]! Next Month's Book(s): Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges! Intro/Outro music is Aesthetics by SoulProdMusic.

Welcome to Stray Reads! For our second episode, G joins cohosts Sergio and Sol once again to discuss Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by author R. F. Kuang! If you thought last month's episode was long... well, you might want to grab a snack and a drink for this one. Some corrections: - The Radch Trilogy book mentioned is Ancillary Mercy, not Ancillary Sword. - G Says: I misread and misspoke the source of my first quotation-- it was not from a letter to President McKinley but rather an address to McKinley by a sitting Senator, Alfred J. Beveridge, during a 9 January 1900 Congressional session, as anti-imperialist sentiment in the United States was increasing in the midst of the American occupation of the Philippines. The speech solidified the imperialist position, and the rest is now. I read aloud from "The Philippines Reader: A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship, and Resistance," but the address may be found as scans online here: https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1900/01/08/33/senate-section/article/700-730 and in text form here: https://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/documents/imperialism.htm My second quotation, McKinley's 21 November 1899 remarks to a Methodist delegation may be found online here: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/878 Plus, fun contemporary political cartoons from "satirical" publications, one featuring McKinley himself: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1070873144962842646/1084723418106183690/1_bath.jpg https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1070873144962842646/1084723452897927228/2_spain.jpg https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1070873144962842646/1084723480379007016/3_boston_globe.jpg And Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The White Man's Burden," about the Philippine occupation: https://sites.pitt.edu/~syd/wmb.html Find Sergio at @fireblend, G can be reached through discord at Galvan#5323 Next Month's Book(s): All Systems Red, Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Welcome to Stray Reads! For our inaugural episode, G joins cohosts Sergio and Sol to discuss 2 great books: Wizard of Earthsea and Tombs of Atuan by author Ursula K. LeGuin! This turned out to be a lengthy one, but we hope you enjoy our discussion! Find Sergio at @fireblend, G can be reached through discord at Galvan#5323 Next Month's Book: Babel by R.F. Kuang