Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're covering a very special book that combines two of our recent units: time slip romances and prehistoric fiction. Also, you have to stick through to the end for the major reveal that Em keeps hinting at… Join us next week for our big 150th episode special!! Recommended Reading: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai Squid Game Twitter: @shelfawarecast, ...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! We're here with the last book of the Animorphs series narrated solely by Rachel, and boy, was it disappointing. We've got some returning characters, ROUSs (Rachels of Unusual Size), and a lot of dream sequences. Join us next week for a special wrap-up of two separate units: Time slip romances and prehistoric fiction. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ ...
Oct 04, 2021•55 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! In honor of spooky season, we're starting a new spooky unit on psychological thrillers, visiting an author that Anna and Em have both purposefully avoided over the years. We also dive in deep on some feelings about the horror genre in general and introduce our new Baby Driver podcast. Recommended Reading: Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! After the last two Animorphs books, the plot comes to a shrieking halt with some fun split perspective between Jake and his long dead Civil War uncle. Also enjoy some excellent beaver puns and just keep on rolling with our vast knowledge of water. Join us next week for the next book in Em's annual horror unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail...
Sep 20, 2021•59 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! We are finally wrapping up our prehistoric unit with a book… told from a dinosaur's point of view. Imagine Planet Earth: Dinosaurs, and you've pretty much got the gist of this one. Wasn't expecting the romance angle, though. Join us next week for another Morph Monday Recommended Reading: Her Private Life (Netflix) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarec...
Sep 13, 2021•55 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading an Ax POV that is actually a rare direct continuation of the previous book. We've got tons of action, tons of boat facts, and… human morphs? Join us next week for the last book in our prehistoric unit! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up our Great American Novel unit by very calmly discussing the sad book we read for our comedy podcast. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: Our Stories Carried Us Here by Green Card Voices Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! We're in the endgame now, and this Marco POV did not come to play. We've got some closure, some angst, and some intense plot. Only nine books to go after this… Join us next week for the last book in Em's unit on the Great American Novel! Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail
Aug 23, 2021•56 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing our listener slubmitted unit on prehistoric fiction with the classic novel, The Land That Time Forgot. We've got sabotage on the high seas. We've got a long lost land with weird evolution shit going on. We've got maneating dinosaurs. And yet somehow, this is still not an exciting book? Recommended Reading: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Sca...
Aug 16, 2021•59 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading a Cassie book where she takes part in some extremely confusing action scenes, travels all the way to Australia in the cargo hold of a plane, and then becomes a kangaroo to save the day. Yeesh. Join us next week for the next book in our prehistoric fiction unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecas...
Aug 09, 2021•49 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're finishing Anna's unit on Highlander time slip romances with a Christmas romcom! Will this book change Anna's perception of the genre? And just how many books can Em read in a week? Join us next week for another Morph Monday! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware. This week, we're reading a Tobias POV, where once again, Tobias is sad and grappling with way too much shit on his own. Also, weird sexual tension? Featuring manipulative!Rachel and funny!Ax. Join us next week for the last book in our unit on Highlander time slip romances! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee,...
Jul 26, 2021•53 min
cw: racism, domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, incest, child abuse, misogyny. This book is pretty heavy, so please proceed with caution. Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware. This week, we're reading the second book in Em's unit on the Great American Novel, The Color Purple. This book was actually very good and dealt with a lot of difficult topics, so jokes are not super heavy this episode. Can't be too mad about reading an excellent book though, r...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're taking a field trip through Marco's body, a la Magic School Bus. That's right, the Helmacrons are back, and they've entered Marco's body. What are a bunch of Bandalites to do but shrink themselves and follow suit? Please let this be the last time we see the Helmacrons. Join us next week for the second book in Em's Great American Novel unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Ch...
Jul 12, 2021•45 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're starting a new listener slubmitted unit on prehistoric fiction with the much beloved book, The Clan of the Cave Bear. Also included: discussion on the novelization of agrotourism; how Neanderthals were telepathic, I guess?; and content warnings galore. We go over an extensive list at the beginning of the episode. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: K-Pop Confidential by Stephen Lee T...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday of Shelf Aware! This week, we're going time traveling to a future where the Bandalites failed and the Yeerks have won control of the planet. Awesome sounding premise, right? Well… Join us next week for the first book in a new listener submitted unit on prehistoric fiction! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: ...
Jun 28, 2021•53 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing Anna's unit on time slip Highland romances (that aren't Outlander, because Outlander isn't a romance), with another early example of the genre. This one is at least less offensive than Beyond the Highland Mist. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: When the Tiger Comes Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon A very...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading the last of the Megamorph books, alas. But you know what that means. More time travel bullshit! Beloved character, The Drode, is back, and he's trying to mess with the Bandalites once again. Join us next week for the next book in Anna's time slip Highland romance unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelf...
Jun 14, 2021•49 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're starting a new unit on The Great American Novel. No pressure, right? We're talking about (and shitting on) F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved classic, The Great Gatsby. Recommended Reading: Taskmaster Love O2O The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington Always Only You by Chloe Liese People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Join us next for another Morph Monday! A very spe...
Jun 07, 2021•58 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we've got a Marco POV that provides further evidence of the assholeish nature of the Andalites, and finally, someone becomes a bee. Also, what an UNFORTUNATE choice in titles. Yikes. Join us next week for the first book in Em's new unit on The Great American Novel! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeeb...
May 31, 2021•54 min
Welcome back, Literary Slimmers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're discussing the sexy, sci-fi romp, Electra Rex by April C. Griffiths! Join us as we discuss new methods of identity theft, the sisterhood of the traveling horny pants, and our thoughts on garbage girls and medical science fiction. Join us next week for another Morph Monday. A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdee...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! First they gave us alien toilet and alligator pregnancy. Then it was Marco poodle. Now… Buffahuman. The morphing cube is back in play, and the Bandalites gain a new member (kind of). What could go wrong? Join us next week for the final (?) book in our garbage girl unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube.com/fretwiz. Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @e...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 2 min
cw: Sexual assault, dub-con Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're kicking off a new unit on Highland time slip romances with Beyond the Highland Mist. Is this one of the most offensive books we've read? Yes. We've got yucky consent issues, overly-domineering men, and a female protagonist with no personality (other than her hatred of beautiful men). Will Em be able to redeem the genre for Anna? It's a tall order. Join us next week for another Morph M...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we are discussing The Arrival, and the Andalites have finally showed up on Earth! Or have they? We also have to deal with the fact that Jake is a little bit of a badass in this book, and the save that Ax might be a fully grown adult hanging out with all these kids. Join us next week for the first book in Anna's new unit on highland time travel romances! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme s...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're wrapping up Em's unit on the great detective trope with an absolutely bonkers historical mystery. Did Anna find something in the genre that Em could like? Also included, a brooding taxidermist, a butterfly loving garbage girl, and so much good banter. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended Reading: Goldie Vance by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Mandala Goddess of the ...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're reading a book that truly destroyed one of our favorite characters, introduced another random alien race that probably won't be mentioned again, and reveals a secret about Cassie's family that we didn't see coming (spoilers: it's not that exciting). Join us next week for the last book in Em's great detective unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel...
Apr 19, 2021•55 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're continuing our quest to find the perfect garbage girl with The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham. Does the main character fit the trope? And if not, will we ever find the perfect character who does fit the bill? Darcy Garbage Girl, where are you??? Join us next week for another Morph Monday episode! Recommended Reading: The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao The Only Living Girl on Earth by Charles Yu In the Vanishers' Palace b...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're discussing a bit of a wild Jake POV. Maybe the Animorphs have discovered the lost city of Atlantis. Maybe the citizens of Atlantis are mutants. And maybe they're bent on taking over the surface. One thing we're fairly certain of, this new threat will never be heard from again. Probably. We've been wrong before. Join us next week for another episode in our garbage girl unit! A very special thank you t...
Apr 05, 2021•54 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware! This week we're wrapping up Anna's military sci-fi unit with Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie. Was Em successful in finding a book on the genre that Anna could appreciate? Kind of?? I mean, it was definitely a good book, probably. Join us next week for another Morph Monday! Recommended reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Monster Prom Monstress by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another Morph Monday episode of Shelf Aware! This week, we're kind of reading To Kill a Mockingbird, I guess? Anyway, here's the excellent follow up to one of the most garbage books in the series. Is it a middle grade scifi book? Or is it a courtroom drama? Either way, this book is so fucking good. Join us next week for the last book in Anna's military sci-fi unit! A very special thank you to Ben Cope for our theme song! Check out his YouTube channel: youtube....
Mar 22, 2021•57 min
