Episode 1.8a - “There is only one plot — things are not what they seem.” -Jim Thompson

In this episode, we talk about tropes with special guest, Walter! Warning: This episode contains rants, adult language, and ramblings. Books:

Greetings and Drinkings

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) Novik, Naomi *

The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1) Blake, Olivie

The Family Krupitsky, Naomi

Book of Night (Book of Night, #1) Black, Holly

She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) Parker-Chan, Shelley

When Women Were Dragons Barnhill, Kelly

Horus Rising (Horus Heresy #1) Abnett, Dan

False Gods (Horus Heresy #2) McNeill, Graham

Galaxy in Flames (The Horus Heresy #3) Counter, Ben

The Flight of the Eisenstein (The Horus Heresy #4) Swallow, James

All the Light We Cannot See Doerr, Anthony

Pulp Brubaker, Ed

Razzmatazz Moore, Christopher

Noir Moore, Christopher

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal Moore, Christopher

Fool Moore, Christopher

Kill or be Killed, Vol. 1 Brubaker, Ed

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II Parkin, Simon

Tropes

Ready Player One Cline, Ernest

Ready Player Two Cline, Ernest

Armada Cline, Ernest

Cryptonomicon Stephenson, Neal

Seveneves Stephenson, Neal

The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) Abercrombie, Joe

A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1) Abercrombie, Joe

Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1) Abercrombie, Joe

The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) Sanderson, Brandon

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) Sanderson, Brandon

The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) Sanderson, Brandon

The Historian Kostova, Elizabeth

Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1) Newman, Kim

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (The Shadow Histories #1) Parry, H.G.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Clarke, Susanna

The Guns of the South Turtledove, Harry

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1) Grahame-Smith, Seth

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1) Grahame-Smith, Seth

Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #0.5) Hockensmith, Steve

East of Eden Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck, John

The Dutch House Patchett, Ann

Mexican Gothic Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) Puzo, Mario

August: Osage County Letts, Tracy

Steel Magnolias Harling, Robert

John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Marks of Woe Spurrier, Simon

The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 1 Izumi, Kyouka

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Brown, Dan

Foucault's Pendulum Eco, Umberto

The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto

Rabbits Miles, Terry

Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane

This Is How You Lose the Time War El-Mohtar, Amal

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Bardugo, Leigh