Book Reviews Kill
Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels.
Episodes
Monday Morning Minute (9/14)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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Claimed By Wraiths by Elin Wyn
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
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Monday Morning Minute (09/07)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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Claimed By Wraiths by Elin Wyn
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
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Dungeon Crawler Carl #4
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion on The Gate of the Feral Gods, book 4 of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
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Monday Morning Minute (8/24)
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Monday Morning Minute (08/17)
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New Release Radar:
War Wizard by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Calamities by Chuck Wendig
Books Mentioned:
Insomnia - St
Monday Morning Minute (8/10)
Join Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our host has delved into this past week. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Monday Morning Minute (07/20)
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New Release Radar:
The Mortons by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfield
Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst
Books Mentioned:
River of Teeth - Sarah Bailey
Dungeon Crawler
Dungeon Crawler Carl #3
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion of The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, book 3 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman
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Monday Morning Minute (07/13)
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New Release Radar:
The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell
The Eye of the Leviathan by M.A. Carrick
Books Mentioned:
Old Man’s War - John Scalzi
The Fisherman - John L
Monday Morning Minute (07/06)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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New Release Radar:
Labyrinth: Novelization by Liz Braswell
The Farewitch of Foxe Holler by Ellen Pauley Goff
Books Mentioned:
Prey - Michael Crichton
Heart Shaped Box -
Monday Morning Minute (06/29))
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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New Release Radar:
The Soft Touch by Daniel Polansky
Banners of Wrath by Michael Michel
Books Mentioned:
Justice of Kings - Richard Swan
Prey - Michael Crichton
Dark Mat
Monday Morning Minute (06/22)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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New Release Radar:
Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry
Evil Goods by Marcus Bone
Books Mentioned:
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
Cinder Spire
Dungeon Crawler Carl #2
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion on Carl's Doomsday Scenario - book two of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman!
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Narrator Interview: Moira Quirk
Evan interviews audiobook narrator and voice actor Moira Quirk!
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Monday Morning Minute (06/15))
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New Release Radar:
The Knight Watch by Thomas D. Lee
The Tinder Box by MR Carey
Books Mentioned:
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
The Girl Next Door -
Monday Morning Minute (06/08)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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New Release Radar:
Kingdom of Waves by Melissa de la Cruz
Songs of the Dead by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian
Books Mentioned:
The Witcher Series - A
Dungeon Crawler Carl #1
Join Evan and Chad for a spoiler-filled discussion of Matt Dinniman's LitRPG phenomenon: Dungeon Crawler Carl
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BRK Book Club - Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion on Adrian Tchaikovsky's new scifi novel: Shroud
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Monday Morning Minute (06/01)
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New Release Radar:
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
Maiden by Georgia Leighton Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info
Author Interview: Jeremy Szal
Join Evan for a conversation with Sci-Fi author Jeremy Szal!
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Monday Morning Minute (05/25)
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New Release Radar:
Our Lady of Blades by Sebastien de Castell
Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You by Julian Delgato Lopera
Books Mentioned:
Shroud - Adrian
Author Interview - Moses Ose Utomi
Join Evan and Chad for a chat with Forever Desert author Moses Ose Utomi!
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Monday Morning Minute (05/18)
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New Release Radar:
And Side By Side They Wander by Molly Tanzer
The Rain Shadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro
Books Mentioned:
Worth the Candle - Alexander W
BRK Book Club - Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
Join Evan and Chad for a spoiler-filled discussion of Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
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Monday Morning Minute (05/11)
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New Release Radar:
Mortendant's Peril - RJ Barker
Trollheim: A Tale of Systir by Georgia Summers
Books Mentioned:
Forever Desert Trilogy - Moses Ose Utomi
Interview: Maude Garrett
Join Evan for a conversation with Maude Garrett!
Maude Garrett was born in Darwin, Australia and grew up in Brisbane. She is a sassy and comedic TV Presenter, radio host, producer, MC, voice actor, geeky content creator and video games addict.
In January 2023, she rebranded her company to focus on her show, Maude's Book Club.
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Monday Morning Minute (05/04)
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New Release Radar:
Seek the Traitor's Son by Veronica Roth
Moon Over Brednle by Jeff Noon
Books Mentioned:
Astarion - T. Kingfisher
Combat Codes - Alexande
Monday Morning Minute (04/27)
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New Release Radar:
We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee
Books Mentioned:
How To Defeat the Demon King in 10 Easy Steps - And
Forever Desert #2 - The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion of Moses Ose Utomi's second novella in the Forever Desert Trilogy
HERE BE SPOILERS
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Evan Leikam OBLITERATES Nat Cassidy in HEATED debate
Evan interviews horror author Nat Cassidy
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Monday Morning Minute (04/20)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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New Release Radar:
The Faith of Beasts by James SA Corey
An Accident of Dragons by Cheri Radke
Books Mentioned:
Books of Babel - Josiah Bancroft
Snake Eater - T. Kingfis
Artist Interview - Oliver Barrett
Oliver Barrett is a multi-time Clio award-winning artist and designer from Cleveland, Ohio, now residing in Austin, Texas. He works with movie studios, directors, ad agencies, sports brands, game developers, publishers, and more. He spent nearly a decade as a graphic designer before forging his own path as an artist.
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Monday Morning Minute (04/13)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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New Release Radar:
Black As Diamond by UM Agoawike
You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews
Books Mentioned:
Redwall - Brian Jaques
Needful Things - Stephen King
A Series of Un
Monday Morning Minute (04/06)
Join Evan and Chad for the weekly Monday Morning Minute! An episode recapping the many nerdy things our hosts have delved into.
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Rising Thunder by Neal Shusterman
New Release Radar:
The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
Year of the Mer by LD Lewis
Books Mentioned:
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
Arc of a Scythe - Neal Shusterman
Animor
BRK Movie Minute: Project Hail Mary
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion of the 2026 blockbuster Project Hail Mary, adapted from Andy Weir's 2021 novel of the same name.
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BRK Book Club - The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother’s life. Prepare to enter the Forever Desert.
A Library Journal Best Book of the Month!
They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe
Monday Morning Minute (03/30)
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New Release Radar:
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
The Lighthouse at the End of the World by Philip A. Suggars
Books Mentioned:
Traitor Son Cycle - Miles Cameron
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock
The Legend of Drizzt - RA Salvatore
The Forever Desert - Moses Ose Utomi
1922 - Stephen
BRK Book Club - Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill
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Monday Morning Minute (03/23)
A hearty and healthy morning to you all! Your Minute of the Mondays is here, so grab some sun and a cup of joe and join your hosts Evan and Chad for another exciting episode.
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New Release Radar:
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence
Books/series mentioned:
The Wheel of Time - Robert Jor
Monday Morning Minute (03/16)
The sun is rising earlier and your favorite podcast has come in right on schedule! cozy up to this week's Monday Morning Minute!
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Moorcock's Epic Pooh
New Release Radar:
The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by CM Waggoner
The Book of Fallen Leaves by AS Tamaki
Books/series mentioned:
The Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu
Dresden
Monday Morning Minute (03/09)
Good morning everyone! Evan was in Seattle in a dark and dingy hotel room while recording this, but the podcast stops for no man in a Seattle hotel.
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New Release Radar:
Entwined by HM Long
The Thousand Orcs by RA Salvatore
Books/series mentioned:
A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
Mala
BRK Book Club: Witch King by Martha Wells
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion on a book neither of them loved but found plenty to ponder about.
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Monday Morning Minute (03/02)
A hearty and healthy good morning to you all! Grab a cup of coffee, turn your damn nightmare rectangle off for an hour, and hang out with Evan and Chad for another episode of the BRK Monday Morning Minute!
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New Release Radar:
Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Jitterbug by Gareth Powell
Books discussed:
The Hunger Games
Monday Morning Minute (02/23)
Good morning to you all! You've waited two weeks for Evan to get over his pesky headcold, and in that time our hosts have read quite a few books they'd love to nerd out about. Grab some coffee and a safe place to park your car and enjoy this week's Monday Morning Minute!
Humble Bundle Discworld
New Release Radar:
The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox by Katrina Kwan
The Red Winter by Cameron Sulliva
Monday Morning Minute (02/09)
A hearty and happy and good morning to you all! Cozy up with Evan and Chad for this week's episode of the BRK Monday Morning Minute!
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New Release Radar
Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Books mentioned
The Red Knight - Miles Cameron
Traitor’s Blade - Sebastien de Castell
The Halfling’s Gem - RA Salvatore
T
Monday Morning Minute (01/26)
A hearty and wholesome good morning to you all! Grab your coffee and a nice old fashioned donut or scone and kick back with Evan and Chad for the newest Monday Morning Minute!
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New Release Radar:
Ballad of the Bone Road by AC Wise
Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead by KJ Parker
Books discussed:
16 Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
Ho
Monday Morning Minute (01/19)
A hearty and wholesome good morning to you all! Grab a cup of joe and kick back with Evan and Chad as they discuss this week's reading shenanigans.
Our Weekly Release Radar:
Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
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Books discussed:
ASOIAF - George RR Martin
The Expanse - James SA Corey
Dawn of Wonder - Jonathan Renshaw
Codex Alera - Jim Butcher
BRK Bookclub - King Sorrow by Joe Hill
Join Evan and Chad for a discussion on King Sorrow by Joe Hill!
This episode includes MAJOR SPOILERS for King Sorrow.
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Monday Morning Minute (01/12)
A good morning to you all! Sweeten that coffee if that's your thing, make sure the snow is wiped off your back window, and settle in for your weekly dose of book nerd.
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New Release Radar
Twelve Months by Jim Butcher
Godstorm by Solitarie Townsend
Books Mentioned:
Masters and Mages - Miles
Monday Morning Minute (01/05)
Good morning! Got your coffee? A sweet treat? Great! Join Evan and Chad for your weekly dose of book nerd!
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Books mentioned
King Sorrow - Joe Hill
The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Masters and Mages - Miles Cameron
Seed - Ania Ahlborn
Traitor’s Blade - Sebastien de Castel
Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - Jesse
Monday Morning Minute (12/22)
Evan and Chad discuss Heirarchy, mass market paperbacks, Miles Cameron, and Shrek 2 on a plane.
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Books Mentioned:
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy #1) - James Islington
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy #2) - James Islington
Beware of Chicken - CasualFarmer
Many Are Dead - Anthony Ryan
King Sorrow - Joe Hill
A Pilgrimage of Swords (Seven Swords #
BRK Bookclub - Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang
Content Warnings:
Suicidal thoughts
Labotamization
Racial violence
Chad and Evan sit down to discuss ML Wang's Blood Over Bright Haven
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Monday Morning Minute (12/15)
Evan is 100% sober for this episode he did not have multiple old fashioneds before recording
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Books mentioned:
Blood Over Bright Heaven - ML Wang
Blood Song - Anthony Ryan
Fever House - Keith Rosson
Coffin Moon - Keith Rosson
Cold Iron - Miles Cameron
The Builders - Daniel Polansky
Empre of the Damned - Jay Kr
Monday Morning Minute (11/24)
Good morning you incredible legendary nerds! Join Evan and Chad for a conversation about Zelda, Blood Over Bright Haven, The Haar, Mage Errant, Powdermage, and more!
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Monday Morning Minute (11/17)
A good morning to all you wonderful nerds! Join Chad and Evan in their weekly episode about all the things they've feasted their eyes and ears upon.
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Books Mentioned:
Blood Over Bright Heaven - ML Wang
Spiderlight - Adrian Gibson
The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson
Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian
Best Served Cold - Joe Abe
Monday Morning Minute (11/10)
Join Evan and Chad for a lengthy conversation about e-Reader preference, books, and AI overlords!
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World Fantasy Awards List
Books Mentioned
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
The Scar - China Mieville
Red Country - Joe Abercrombie
Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie
The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
The Expanse - James SA Corey
Commonwealth -
Monday Morning Minute (11/03)
We're so back again! Evan and Chad discuss He Who Fights Monsters, Babel, Redwall, and Solo Leveling
Other books mentioned:
Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
Cradle - Will Wight
Blood Over Bright Haven - ML Wang
Games Mentioned:
Arc Raiders
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Author Interview - Brian McClellan
Brian McClellan is an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for writing the trilogies The Powder Mage and Gods of Blood and Powder. His newest novella, Mr. Styke, takes place in the world of Powder Mage.
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Monday Morning Minute (10/27)
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Author Interview - Amal El-Mohtar
Amal El-Mohtar is an award winning speculative fiction author best known for This Is How You Lose The Time War and her newest novella The River Has Roots. I was so excited to sit down and talk craft and music with her.
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Author Interview - Philip Fracassi
Philip Fracassi is an American writer of horror, thriller, and science fiction. He has written multiple novels, screenplays, and short stories. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award. He is the author of the novels A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley, The Third Rule of Time Travel, and The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre. He is al
Author Interview - Adrian M. Gibson
A long, spacy conversation with the ever-interesting Adrian Gibson, author of Mushroom Blues and Co-Host of the SFF Addicts Podcast
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Wednesday Worning Winute (08/06)
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Books Mentioned:
Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
The Hobbit - Jolkien Rolkien Ralkien Tolkien
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
The Women - Kristin Hannah
Gardens Of The Moon (Malazan #1) - Steven Erik
Wednesday Worning Winute (07/23)
A good morning to you all! Cozy up with the caffeinated drink of your choice and join Evan and Nick for their weekly bookish-leaning chat.
Books Mentioned:
It - Stephen King
Ascendant (Songs Of Chaos #1) - Michael R. Miller
The Invention Of Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares
Anji In Shadow - Evan Leikam
Light Bringer - Pierce Brown
Into the Wild - Jack Krakauer
Into Thin Air - Jack Krakauer
Just Kids
Wednesday Worning Winute (07/09)
Look at all of us nerds gathered together on this glorious Wednesday to chat about nerd stuff. You're all super cool and very likely sharp dressers. Cheers Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Thursday Torning Tinute (07/03)
Short one today, folks! Nick has daddy duties. This is a fun one though. Grab some coffee and a cheese danish and listen to Evan and Nick discuss Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Fan Fiction, and Halo books.
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Wednesday Worning Winute (06/25)
Good morning to you all! Today is a fine day to listen to two guys in their mid thirties talk about books and video games.
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Author Interview: Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfeet Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. His works include the horror novels The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and Night of the Mannequins among many others.
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Wednesday Worning Winute (06/18)
Good morning! How've you been? Take an hour or so to yourself, grab some coffee or tea, and kick back with a nice podcast episode. Your big tattooed nerds are back from a nice little hiatus to talk about books and the classic puke and rally (IYKYK)
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Author Interview: Stephen Aryan
Stephen Aryan is an award winning fantasy author. He has written two trilogies, the Age of Darkness, and the Age of Dread, plus a prequel novella, Of Gods and Men, set in the world of Mordana.
He has also written the Quest for Heroes duology, The Coward and The Warrior. The Coward received a starred review in Publisher's Weekly.
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Wednesday Morning Minute (04/23)
Well hi, everyone!
Nick and Evan had a splendid couple of weeks off to catch up on reading and general dorkfulledness. Grab some coffee or sugar-free monster energy drink and listen to the latest episode of BRK on your commute or better yet, on company time.
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Author Interview: VE Schwab
No intro on this one y'all, we started talking like old friends right off the bat.
What an honor it was to sit down with VE Schwab! A wonderful writer and a superb conversationalist, you don't want to miss this one, folks.
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Wednesday Morning Minute (04/10)
What are you talking about it's always been the wednesday morning minute.
Nick got a vesectomy lol
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Tuesday Morning Minute (04/01)
Don't worry, no April fools jokes up in here today, just your friendly neighborhood book nerds yapppin.
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Monday Morning Minute (03/24)
A beautiful morning to you, our fine bookish friends! Grab a latte, throw an extra shot into it, and settle back with a new episode of Book Reviews Kill!
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Wednesday Worning Winute (03/19)
A day late, a dollar short...plus another day, and another dollar. But good morning! Grab some coffee, call in sick to work, and zone out to the dulcet tones of two tattooed nerds in their 30s talking about books and reality shows.
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Monday Morning Minute (03/10)
CW: Harry Potter, longboarding accident, Berserk
Good morning! Once more our fearless podcast co-hosts have united to discuss all the things they've been getting into this week.
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Tuesday Morning Minute (03/04)
A day late and many dollars short, welcome back to the BRK Monday Morning Minute! Join Evan and Nick as they discuss what's been happening in our wonderful word of make believe.
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Monday Morning Minute (02/24)
A hearty and healthy good morning to you, wonderful listener! Join Evan and Nick for a discussion on all things other worldly on this, the top of your week.
If Evan's voice sounds blown out, he has no idea why it sounds that way. He didn't mess with any EQ stuff and his interface was at the same gain level it's always at. Maybe there's a troll living in his microphone. Hopefully the troll isn't t
Monday Morning Minute (02/17)
Good morning all you wonderful nerds. Sip on some coffee, scroll through some cute animal videos, and show up ten minutes late for work as Evan and Nick discuss the current happenings in the world of make believe.
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