Book Wars Pod, Bonus Episode 35: Inhibitor Chips, Not Potato Chips

Posted on June 16, 2022 by BookWarsPod

This week, we discuss the first season of The Bad Batch. Find out what we enjoyed, what we think could be improved for season 2, and the ways in which we see the show strongly interlocking with the wider Star Wars universe. Plus, Kristen waxes poetic about both clones and blue bois.

The cause we’re highlighting for this bonus episode is the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance. Donate to support LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders here.

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Book Wars Pod, Bonus Episode 34: Not Good Enough to Laugh

Posted on April 8, 2022 by BookWarsPod

This week we finish our conversation on Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett! We discuss how we felt about the book tie-ins in the series, and what we’d hope for in season 2. Plus, we reveal what we would prefer to cuddle: one Rancor-sized Grogu or 100 Grogu-sized Rancors!

The cause we’re highlighting for these bonus episodes is The International Rescue Committee. Donate to help refugees and immigrants here.

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Book Wars Pod, Bonus Episode 33: Drink Your Whole Beer Viewing Experience

Posted on March 24, 2022 by BookWarsPod

Listen to the first part of our conversation on Disney+’s THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT! We cover our general impressions, the show’s storytelling structure, and our high and low points for the season. Plus, Kate makes a special appearance while procrastinating her thesis!

The cause we’re highlighting for these bonus episodes is The International Rescue Committee. Donate to help refugees and immigrants here.

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Book Wars Pod, Episode 154: Chaotic Little Space Demon

Posted on March 10, 2022 by BookWarsPod

This week concludes our dive into LIGHT OF THE JEDI. Join us as we question the plan for Loden Greatstorm and his all-too-perfect name, discuss what happened between Avar and Elzar, and, of course, talk shit about Yoda.

The causes we’re highlighting for this group of episodes are donating blood (find a drive here) and/or donating to your local food bank (find a place to donate here).

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Review: Smoke & Summons

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Bria

What happens when you throw together a human vessel for a dangerous fire spirit and a thief with a talisman that allows him to be immortal for a minute a day? They attract trouble. A lot of trouble.

In the forthcoming Smoke & Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg, Sandis is a slave who has somewhat convinced herself that her current situation isn’t all that bad if you ignore all the times when her master Kazen uses her body to unleash a fire horse spirit named Ireth that shouldn’t even exist on the mortal plane. Or at least she’s able to until she witnesses him murder her friend by trying to summon an even stronger spirit and failing. She escapes and runs headlong into Rone, a thief who’s doing his best to survive and take care of his mother. With Kazen hell bent on hunting down Sandis and Rone in a boat-load of trouble of his own, their flight through the city takes them on a journey neither could have ever imagined. Continue reading →

Our Favorite Books of 2018

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Bria

As you may or may not have noticed, we’re kinda fond of reading around here. In fact, we like reading so much that we even read lots of books that have nothing to do with Star Wars! (Shocking, I know.) Because 2018 has lasted for approximately forty-thousand years, we thought it’d be nice to look back at some of our favorite books that have been released over the last twelve months because everyone can always add to their ‘to be read’ list, right?

Read on for three recs from each of us! Continue reading →

Review: Hullmetal Girls

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Bria

This is a book that did the impossible: it made me wish my metro ride was longer so I could keep reading. Twice.

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie is the sort of book that I’ve been wanting for ages. Two young women undergo a literally life changing procedure that turns them into mechanically enhanced soldiers who aren’t exactly human anymore, each for their own reasons. Aisha Un-Haad volunteers for the procedure in a last ditch attempt to help her family while Key Tanaka has nothing but a blank space in her memory when she tries to remember why she would give up her life of privilege to become a Scela especially since many don’t survive the modification process. Aisha, Key, and the two other members of their squad have to learn not only how to live in their new bodies but also how to work together. If they excel, a top placement would mean that Aisha’s siblings wouldn’t have to worry about money. If they fail… To make matters more complicated, there’s a rebellion brewing in the fleet and Aisha and Key find themselves swept up in it, whether they want to or not. Continue reading →

Review: Kill the Farm Boy

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Bria

A sense of humor is mandatory for reading this book.

Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is delightfully absurd and laughs in the face of how one would usually expect a Chosen One fantasy story to go. Every last trope is engaged with in a way that flips it on its head and makes it hard for readers not to laugh out loud. (Unless you hate puns. Don’t hate puns when you read this book.) When Staph the Pixie tells the farm boy Worstly that he’s the Chosen One and also makes his goat talk, Worstly does what any Chosen One would do and finds a quest. But when his quest doesn’t go quite as planned, it’s up to a motley crew to try make things right and save both him and an entire enchanted castle worth of people. Continue reading →

The Most Dangerous Game? Reading Jay Schiffman’s Game of the Gods

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Kate

A judge who has lost faith in his government. An uneasy global political climate. A world on the brink of all-out war.

Jay Schiffman’s debut novel, Game of the Gods, has all the ingredients to be the action-packed, sci-fi political thriller for our times. Wrestling with huge, fascinating themes, the story pits religion against science, individual against country, and one man against a prediction that he will destroy the world.

In the Earth’s far future, Max Cone is the High Judge of the Federacy, one of the nations carved out of the post-apocalyptic wasteland that was once North America. A former war hero and current arbiter of Federacy citizenship, Max is renowned for, well, being a really good guy–honest, responsible, and strong of both body and morals. All of his best qualities are tested, however, when he is drawn into a global conflict in the most personal way possible: His family is kidnapped by foreign government, propelling him on a revenge tour that takes him through nations run by rogue military factions, independent cartels, and a mysterious pope-like figure who is not as holy as he seems. Continue reading →

ThrawnCast 4.02: Love At First Force Sense

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Matthew

Season 4 of the ThrawnCast continues! This week Amanda, Matthew, and Sho continue their discussion of Kathy Tyers’s The Truce at Bakura. Why is Leia so out-of-character in these chapters? Who has a bigger Force Crush, Luke or Dev? And when, oh when, will authors stop comparing people’s features to food? We’re covering chapters 5-8 this episode, so strap in and hit play!

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