Book Eaters Podcast

In the final episode of season four of Book Eaters Podcast April and Michele drink classic gin martinis and discuss the Barnes and Noble Book of the Year. Will April's love of cooking affect how she feels about the book? Will Michele ever pronounce the main character's name correctly? Join them as they digest this story where a home-cooked meal becomes the centerpiece of a steminis

Michele and April dive deep into the Amazon charts and come up with Never Lie by Frieda McFadden. Discussion around unreliable narrators and the contract between readers and authors is discussed. Is it okay for an author to purposefully lead a reader astray, or must they never lie? The drink in this episode is a Negroni with a bloody twist. Pour a cocktail and sip along with the Bo

In this episode, April and Michele discuss Demon Copperhead the Nobel Prize Winning Novel for Fiction written by Barbara Kingsolver. Pour a Rusty Nail and join them as they discuss what butters their bread about this book based on the classic Charles Dickens Novel, David Copperfield. Is this the coming-of-age story that finally wins Michele over? Will April think it lives up to her

In this April led episode the Book Eaters discuss the Edgar award-winning novel Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka. April and Michele imbibe the classic cocktail Suffering Bastard as they discuss what butters their bread about the New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year. No book is perfect so they will also discuss what they didn't like about the novel and if they would thr

Michele and April finally agree on a book. Do they love or hate the best selling novel IT Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover? In this episode, Book Eaters podcast talks about the former USA Today best-selling list and the author who made many marks upon it. Pour yourself a Cape Cod and listen in as they discover if everything is better in Boston or if the book placed there falls flat.

Michele and April discuss what butters their bread about Babel: Or, The Necessity of Violence An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators Revolution by R.F Kuang. They discover the minty freshness of a Stinger classic cocktail and delve deep into conversation about pronunciation and their love of language. Join them as they decide if they agree with the Science Fiction and Fantasy

April and Michele discuss Goodread's most shelved book Happy Place by Emily Henry. They drink margaritas and discuss the envious friendships and relationships in the first romance book to be reviewed this season.

June is Audiobook appreciation month. So it is apt that Michele and April discuss the Audio Publishers Association's AudioBook of the Year. Several awards called Audies are given for multiple categories, but this year's top nod went to Viola Davis for her memoir Finding Me. The banter and the drinking continue into season four as the Book Eater cohosts discover the delights of clas

Book Eaters Podcast invites fan fiction writer Lea, to discuss the ins and outs of fan fiction and slash fiction. Michele and April learn from Lea where to access fan/slash fiction and the various ins and outs of the tags and warnings involved. They discuss who they "ship" Rum with in a cocktail, and discover their own personal One True Rum Pairing.

In this episode, Michele and April talk about how it seems like there are fewer stand-alone books and more series. Instead of a cocktail, they drink a series of shots. They discuss the pros and cons of book series.