Bookshelf Remix

Feb 05 2024 32 ep. 43 mins 7

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Have you ever read a book and wished you could linger in its world? Has an author ever dropped a reference that makes you want to look it up and fall into a research rabbit hole? In Bookshelf Remix, Sophia and Elaina, two “professional readers” get stuck into reading for fun and things get very nerdy. Drop in on their conversations and follow along as a Mexican-American and Filipina-Canadian discuss books (including spoilers!) by BIPOC, LGBTQ, disabled, and other historically marginalised authors and take a deep dive into themes they want to learn more about.

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Places I've Taken My Body

Feb 05 2024 59 mins

Join Eva and Élaina as they cocoon in the warm disabled academic embrace of Molly McCully Brown's "Places I've Taken My Body" essay collection. A poet and a scholar, McCully Brown prompts us to reflect on disability culture and disabled communities, past and present and we get pretty mushy about it. What! It feels so good to be seen. Listen if you too are craving

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Jul 24 2023 50 mins

We are back with more Emezi coverage! The magic in "You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty" is all about stringing that grief up like a canopy of wedding rings... If you know, you know. And if you don't know, go read this book immediately! Our fawning knows no spoiler bounds. CN for discussions of: death, grief, biphobia, aggression Buy the book You Made a Fool of

Lakelore

Jul 10 2023 49 mins

Are your ready for a psychoanalytic and gushing recap of a queer YA magical realism novel? Well, it doesn't matter because we are gifting you our review of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore. Come for the Latinx non-binary teen representation, stay for the crip mutual aid. Book recommendations: Élaina recommends Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moscowitz Felix Ever After by Kacen C

Jawbone

May 01 2023 53 mins

In this episode, Élaina and Eva wade into the crocodile-infested waters of “Jawbone”, the horror novel by Mónica Ojeda, translated from Spanish by Sarah Booker. Set in Ecuador, this gothic coming of age tale is as mesmerising as it is disturbing. And, of course, as former teenage girls who now teach the youth, your hosts have THOUGHTS. This was a fun one (and a dark one), y�

A Snake Falls to Earth

Apr 17 2023 44 mins

We invite you to enter the wholesome and delightful world of “A Snake Falls to Earth”, the YA fantasy novel by Darcie Little Badger. Witness Élaina as she revises her analysis live on air and bask in Eva’s joy at the excellent snake and ace representation. Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podca

The Piano Room

Apr 03 2023 45 mins

In this episode, Élaina and Eva discuss the gothic novel “The Piano Room” by Clio Velentza. We go into detail on this Faust retelling set in 1970s-1990s Hungary and Eva shines with her psychoanalytic insights on umlichkeit, or the Freudian “uncanny”. Listen and learn (in the most fun way, obviously). As always, this is a spoiler-FULL podcast Thank you to Fairlight Books fo

Gold Diggers

Mar 20 2023 43 mins

*Season 3 of Bookshelf Remix enters the scene to the sound of fanfare and golden trumpets*: We’re back with a brand new season, brand new lineup, and brand new co-host, Eva Sprecher! Join Eva and Élaina to discuss “Gold Diggers” by Sanjena Sathian as they live their best, gold-laden, literary life. We didn’t plan it this way, but it turns out this discussion is the anchor

Season 3 Trailer

We we are thrilled to announce that season 3 of Bookshelf Remix is coming on the 20th of March! We have read debut novels, romance, YA fantasy, horror, and magical realism galore and you get to hear about it. So subscribe to Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts and you won’t miss our season 3 premiere on March 20! Follow us @bookshelfremix

The Perishing w/Sariah Emmanuel

Aug 28 2022 51 mins

Visiting from the land of @bookedsolidpod and @woqmpod, Sariah has joined Élaina to read "The Perishing", a historical speculative fiction novel by Natashia Déon. As season 2 of Bookshelf Remix wraps up, Élaina is very tired and may or may not have completely misread a significant portion of the book. But, fear not, Sariah (and Google) is there to keep her on track and much fun

The Street w/Jack Davidson

Aug 07 2022 60 mins

Ok, we are going with back-to-back loved reads! In this episode, Élaina discusses The Street by Ann Petry with fellow podcaster Jack Davidson. The Street is a realist drama written and set in 1940s Harlem, NYC. But really, it is a masterful and bejeweled offering of complicated characters and systemic stakes. It’s a must read and belongs on every high school syllabus. Warning: T