"Time to Teleport" by Gordon R. Dickson Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which: continuity rears its head, and we learn an important lesson from a disgruntled scientist's journey through time and space! Do we learn from our past and work to build a better future or do we pull our chrono-spatial ripcord and nope-out? K practices championship-level technobabble. Khaki has too many notes to comprehend, so many notes. Bookmarked passages: Look out below, Booze Chess, completely ferschnic...
Mar 21, 2019•26 min
"Multiface" by Mark Adlard Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which: We're getting really good at notes, and wield them like little sticky-yellow shuriken! We learn about Spocking, meow at a lemniscate, give a poor review to a book we haven't read, and immediately feel bad about it. So sorry, mister Adlard. K swoons over David Tennant cuddling kittens. Khaki has a bad case of Paper Fever and scores 10 points! Bookmarked passages: Fuck Essential Oils, Fall Out Pip Boy, Art Deco via Art ...
Mar 14, 2019•26 min
"Crabs: the Human Sacrifice" by Guy N. Smith Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which: the Sea Can't Hold Them, We Can't Stop Them, and They're Here to Kill! But a toxin-resistant trainee sous-chef and a plucky band of unlikely heroes valiantly resist the hordes of vicious decapods. Will they win, or are their clams royally baked? K does some suspicious Googling. Khaki learns a recipe for grilled bookworms. Bookmarked passages: Khaki the Skywalker, Eco-gnome-ics 101, the Pen is a Might...
Mar 07, 2019•28 min
"Lost in Cyberspace" by Richard Peck Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we try something new with our notes and it goes very well indeed, resulting in a sexless late-90s Weird Science / Tron hybrid set in the digital equivalent of Pennsylvania. K mimes Cupid instead of Hunger Games. Khaki just wants something to thump. Bookmarked passages: Tensing Norgay, Teenagers played by Twentysomethings, Eighties Mega-Perm, the Source Quilt, TCP over Carrier Pigeon, Maybe Just a Nibble, Ouro...
Feb 28, 2019•25 min
"Godsfire" by Cynthia Felice Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we read the Little Librarianess's favorite book. The ancients return to plunge Earth in a fiery flea-dip rule over humanity with a velvet paw – but the Cat Ladies have a plan to save us: drugs. Khaki apologizes insincerely for saying 'purrchandise'. K brandishes a spray bottle. Bookmarked passages: Frighteningly graphic "catch and release", Renaissance Van Dyke, Apparatchik vs Capo, the Order of the Pearl Necklace, A...
Feb 21, 2019•30 min
"Tam Son of the Tiger" by Otis Adelbert Kline Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we examine the tragic consequences of rival fandoms clashing and the embrace a glimmer of hope for harmony when we learn to see the world through someone else's eyes, coming closer together as friends. K compares jungle flora to a Matryoshka Brain and Khaki builds a tipi out of books. Bookmarked passages: Mowgli is from the Internet Subconscious, the Jungles of Kew Gardens, the Opposite of a Simile, ...
Feb 14, 2019•26 min
"I Paria dell'Atomo" by Max-André Rayjean Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we pretend to espouse opinions and attitudes not our own and, golly-gee willickers, we're just no dang good at it. We sure do try, though! Bookmarked passages: What do we feed books? Ray-Gun, Rosie the Roomba, the Outcast Neutron, Mark Wahlberg the Martian, from Billiamo to Spock, Esmengelbert's Bum, Gluten-free Cat, a Bad Hit from a Hoe. Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter | Gmail | web.
Feb 07, 2019•28 min
"The Drums of Tapajos" by Colonel S. P. Meek Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which Khaki distracts K to converse directly with the readers at home, and we fall deeper into the madness of arguing passionately about a book we haven't read. We wisely pull the ripcord before it's too late. The spoiler warning is therefore entirely superfluous, but hey, at least it's there! Bookmarked passages: the remains of Decimal Dewey, a Touch o' the Ol' Syphilis, Bill the Pony vs Artax, Gaslighting...
Jan 31, 2019•28 min
"WASP" by Eric Frank Russell (or maybe Eric, Frank and Russell) Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we meet beloved but problematic literary legend Blake Whitecock, delve into the geopolitical reality of the Falklands Cold War, and pitch a movie version with two Anne Hathaways and a Halle Berry. Bookmarked passages: Burning Fahrenheit 451, Which One Is Enid Blyton Again, Nubbly Bits on What I Think is the Jet, Fantastic Lesbian Subtext, Scramjet Tracheae, Teniente-Coronel Jones, L...
Jan 24, 2019•33 min
"Deryni Checkmate" by Katherine Kurtz (or maybe the other way around?) Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we discuss the names of medieval armour, whether 'scallop' or 'scallion' is a better job, and fail to escape the 'Explicit' tag by the skin of our teeth. Bookmarked passages: Not a NYT Bestseller, A Lot Happening on the Front, Point at Egbert, Cuirass or Tabbard, Retroactive Chamber of Secrets Ripoff, Teetering on the Prepuce, The Milk Boy Dafydd, and Seven is a Good Snake Nu...
Jan 17, 2019•24 min
"Dagger's Point" by Anne Logston Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which we accidentally started inventing a pretty good book to argue about before we remembered what we were doing. Oops! Bookmarked passages: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Sphinx cats' bronzed oiled skin, Towers or toars, 4-foot tabby lynx, Bob Ross?, Glaive on a stick, THE TUFTS, The Segue Award 2018, StormFangBloodMoon II, a wild idea for a podcast. Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter | Gmail | web.
Jan 10, 2019•28 min
"Aliens From Space" by David Osborne Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K. In which it begins! Cover My Ass is a podcast where Baffling Books Are Reviewed (But Not Read!) starting with "Aliens from Space" by David Osborne. The cover almost makes us wish we'd read the book... Bookmarked passages: 45-caliber bookworms, the Democracy of Rocket Equation, Is Frank Herbert dead, Earth is a big pumpkin, "it gives the fingers stain", they're not Zorglabians, all the cool aliens and their genitals, s...
Jan 03, 2019•25 min
