Book Pile Banter
Book Pile Banter is your book club without having to attend book club! Get all the banter from Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim.
Sarah's System to Fair Rating
Originally from Tumblr (and credit to Kate), this chart is how Sarah now determines her rating system when discussing the different categories in each episode. It is a great way to assess your own reading reactions.
We use a 10-category system (10 points each) to rate and rank the books we discuss on the podcast. Each book can get 100 points from each of us for 300 points. The system was introduced in our 2023 episodes.
Episodes
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024
1hr 23 min
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim discuss the last ever book written by Octavia E Butler, whether vampires can be considered science fiction, and the desire for this to have been a series.
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
28 min
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim question what really makes something a soft science fiction versus regular "hard" science fiction.
Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
1hr 33 min
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim conclude body horror with a small press selection that has varying reactions from each of them.
Feb 20, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
1hr 47 min
Amberlee, Sarah, and Kim have too many thoughts on this book and most of them are not pleasant.
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
1hr 31 min
Amberlee and Sarah begin the month of Body Horror with a light dabbling via young adults.
Upcoming Episodes
7/30/2024 |The Romantasy Craze!
8/6/2024 | Thornhedge | T Kingfisher
8/13/2024 | Diavola | Jennifer Marie Thorne
8/20/2024 | The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy | Megan Bannen
8/27/2024 | The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) | Kristen Ciccarelli
9/3/2024 | Vampire Bites
9/10/2024 | Cutting Your Teeth | Caylan MacRae
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