Backlog Books Podcast

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! I read 101 books in 2024! Most of those were part of a series. 20 were novellas and 20 were audiobooks.

I have a podcast episode recorded. I'm hoping to have it ready and published on the 13th.

Happy reading in 2025

02/12/2024

A new episode! Episode 98 is out now: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart.

Next time: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

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08/10/2024

Happening today & tomorrow! Bookshop.org is a great way to support your local bookstores and everyone loves free shipping.

07/10/2024

New episode is here! Godkiller by Hannah Kaner.

Next time: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.

Will I get next episode out on schedule? Who knows! It was vaguely miraculous to get this one done this week.

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24/09/2024

Obviously no episode this week either. I've been a little busy moving! If I can find my podcast gear soon in one of these boxes, hopefully I can get an episode together for next time.

I recently finished Long Live Evil and it was very very good. Pictured here with the other books I received the week I was moving: Emma Nova and the Unstoppable Force of Gravity and Bury Your G**s!

09/09/2024

Hey y'all - no podcast episode today. I'm gonna be busy for a while. I bought a house!

Meanwhile, I picked up more Vorkosigan Saga (Diplomatic Immunity: good, kinda like Cetaganda part 2)(I was going to keep reading the Vorkosigan Saga but I packed the rest of the books, whoops!).

And I'm currently reading Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan!

26/08/2024

Now on the podcast: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.

No actual picture of the books because I got them out of the library as audiobooks!

Next time: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

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22/08/2024

VERY COOL NEWS FOR ME SPECIFICALLY

They're making more graphic novels of Tamora Pierce books! I already bought & enjoyed the first graphic novel of Kel's series, and looks like in May of next year there will be one for Alanna!

Excuse me while I pre-order it. Just once this time. (I may have accidentally pre-ordered the Kel book twice. Ah well. Support your local bookstores!)

The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce’s award-winning Song of the Lioness quartet, adapted into a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel In Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna, the first of four volumes adapting #1 New York Times bestseller Tamora Pierce’s Song of the ...

12/08/2024

This week on the podcast: the Vorkosigan Saga continues with Komarr and A Civil Campaign!

Next time: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

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30/07/2024

Recently finished: the Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. One sentence review? Girl, you are unwell about that man.

29/07/2024

This week on the podcast: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez.

Next time: Komarr & A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

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15/07/2024

Hey y'all! No episode today. Life stuff has been busy. Instead here's a look at what I've been reading lately:

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
Beyond Uhura by Nichelle Nichols
First Test: the graphic novel

01/07/2024

Now on the podcast: The Prequel! New Spring by Robert Jordan. With a guest appearance by my Other Wheel of Time Friend.

Next time: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

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17/06/2024

New episode out now: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold.

The Vorkosigan Saga continues!

Next time: New Spring by Robert Jordan w/ special guest :)

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03/06/2024

Now on the podcast: The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch.

Next time: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

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20/05/2024

Hey all! No episode today. I got caught up in a sewing project and focused on that all weekend. (It's going so well! It will look so cool!!)

See you next time for Rivers of London.

Photos are of my messy bookshelf plus the pile of books I mean to give away. Eventually.

06/05/2024

This time on the podcast: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
feat. Kat! Thanks for joining me. I had a blast!

Next time: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

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22/04/2024

New episode out now: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Vorkosigan Saga Continues.

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