Goodreads and 5-star Ratings First, let’s talk about the “Goodreads problem.” Goodreads is a troubled site that most of its active user base hates. The… Continue reading
Shocking Scenes: How Far Is too Far?
Editing your own podcast can be an introspective experience. We record Words About Books episodes much faster than we can edit them. Often, enough time… Continue reading
Nate’s Top 5ish Guesses for How Twilight Ends
Hey everyone it’s me, Nate. I promised you Twilight blogs and damnit I’m giving you twilight blogs. If you haven’t checked it out yet, Ben… Continue reading
I Think Ready Player One Is Bad
This is the first time that I have ever started writing a blog post about a book before we’ve recorded the episodes for said book.… Continue reading
Cynical English Class With Professor Ben
First things first: I’m not a professor. I’m not an educator of any kind. I have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and I’m not… Continue reading
The Chocolate War Synopsis with Nate
I wanted to put up a more complete summary of The Chocolate War so that we can be as fair to this book as possible.… Continue reading
American Election Extravaganza, Media Literacy, and Political Burnout
This is the third time I’ve sat down to try to write something about our election episode. After the first two attempts I abandoned the… Continue reading
Why So Hard on Lovecraft?
I’ve been a fan of the aesthetic of cosmic horror for much longer than I’ve been a fan of the work of H.P. Lovecraft. For… Continue reading
At The Mountains Of Madness – Additional Show Notes
“It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth’s dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be let alone; lest… Continue reading
Judging by the Cover 9/27/2020 episode
Hey everyone, Nate here. I just wanted to post these sick covers that Ben will be going over for the episode. You can look at… Continue reading