I did not announce this in the episode, but I will be switching over to an every other week schedule for the podcast.Thanks for understanding! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

This week I am discussing the similarities and differences between The Haunting of Hill House Netflix show and the book written by Shirley Jackson. Trigger Warning: I do briefly discuss suicide in this episode, I apologize for not mentioning it in the audio.If you are interested in buying The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, you can find it on bookshop.org You can also watch the t.v. miniseries on Netflix. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

In this week's episode, Noël and I dive into a book review for Gilded by Marissa Meyer.If you want to buy this book, you can find it on bookshop.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

This week I do a roundup of the top 5 publishing companies in the world, otherwise known as "The Big 5".https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-publishing.htmlhttps://www.harpercollins.com/pages/worldwide-company-profilehttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/about-us/our-story/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Penguin-Random-Househttps://www.penguin.co.uk/company/about-us/company-history.htmlhttps://www.palgrave.com/gp/media-centre/press/macmillan-celebrates-175-years-of-publishing/15483290https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/company-history/https://about.simonandschuster.biz/corporate-history/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

There is no new episode this week due to the fact that I got COVID-19 the first weekend of January and didn't have time to work on the podcast. There will be a new episode up next week though! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

In this extra special episode, I go through 22 books coming this coming year!If you are interested in purchasing any of these books you can do so on bookshop.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

Happy new year! For the first episode of 2022, I am talking about the author, Marissa Meyer.If you want to buy any of her books, you can find them on bookshop.orgResources:https://www.marissameyer.com/about-marissa-meyer/ https://www.southsoundmag.com/arts-entertainment/interview-marissa-meyer/article_be7fe88c-4024-55ef-9234-8e2e4af2c8a3.html https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/feb/02/marissa-meyer-lunar-chronicles-interviewhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Meyer https://onetruedaydreamer.com/2020/10/31/author-interview-with-marissa-meyer/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

This week, Noël and I begin the discussion about problematic authors.Sources:https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/jan/13/death-of-the-author https://bookriot.com/mourning-problematic-authors/https://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/10-problematic-authors-i-have-trouble-separating-from-their-work.phphttps://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/literature/problematic-authors-should-we-separate-the-writer-from-the-writing/https://www.rhiannonkthomas.com/blog/jkr-death-of-the-authorThe Death of an Author Essay:https://sites.tufts.edu/english292b/files/2012/01/Barthes-The-Death-of-the-Author.pdfTrigger Warning Websites:https://booktriggerwarnings.com/index.php?title=Welcomehttps://bookriot.com/trigger-warnings-for-books/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

Check out this week's book review on Circe by Madeline MillerIf you want to skip the spoiler part of the episode here is the timestamp for the end of the episode: (42:40)If you want to buy Circe check out bookshop.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support

This week I am talking about the life of Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification system he created.An example of a Dewey Decimal Classification for the book The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab:813.6Sources:https://biography.yourdictionary.com/melvil-deweyhttps://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/03/24/melvil-dewey-compulsive-innovator/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melvil-deweys-name-stripped-top-library-award-180972514/https://libguides.pratt.edu/dewey-decimal-system/melvil-deweyhttps://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk/libraries/overview-the-dewey-decimal-system/https://bookriot.com/racism-in-the-dewey-decimal-system/https://www.careharder.com/blog/systemic-injustice-in-the-dewey-decimal-system --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/femme-fatale-pod/support