We were so psyched to have a chat with CJ Leede, author of the debut novel Maeve Fly. If you haven’t read it, we highly recommend you get your hands on it and enjoy the wild ride that is Maeve Fly! Highlights: 🎙 CJ has received some very weird creepy gifts.🎙 Let’s talk about being obsessed with eyeballs.🎙 CJ shares a surprise with us! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

Welcome back to Season 3! We’re back from our summer break and we catch up and share what we’ve been up to. Highlights: 🎙 Naomi shares her massive book project! 🎙 We dive deep into Bindery to see what it’s all about. 🎙 Alyssa tells us about her string of crazy weird luck. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

This is a rebroadcast interview with Charles A. Bush, debut author of Every Variable of Us. Highlights: 🎙We share how our bookshelves are organized or not so organized 🎙Charles shares his admiration for John Green and finding his own voice 🎙The writing processes Charles has borrowed from other authors REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. JOIN OUR DISCORD! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

This is a rebroadcast of a book discussion we had about The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston. Highlights: 🎙 It was kinda cool to see these older villains getting back to doing villainous things.🎙 If you didn’t like Orcs before, you’ll love them after reading this book.🎙 The number of solid plot twists in this book had us shooketh! REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. JOIN OUR DISCORD! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

This is a rebroadcast of a book discussion we had about The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. Highlights: 🎙 Our current issues surrounding the lgbtqia+ community are not new. They’ve always existed.🎙 Having means was definitely a factor that allowed her to live life on her terms.🎙 The religious tension that played throughout the book. REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. JOIN OUR DISCORD! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

This is a rebroadcast of a book discussion we had about Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Highlights: 🎙What was the deal with the photograph of David’s mother?🎙 There was a definite disdain for women throughout this book.🎙 Past trauma runs deep in some of these characters. REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. JOIN OUR DISCORD! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

This is a rebroadcast of the discussion about the book Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell. Just by Looking at Him is one of those books you read in a day. It’s that good and that funny. You start it and before you know it, you’re at the end. Highlights: 🎙 We chat about disability rep in books. 🎙 Threesomes. Good or bad? 🎙 We had a good laugh running over some of the funniest lines in the book. REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. JOIN OUR DISCORD! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

We have so many classics on our shelves we've been talking about reading for so long, but have not even cracked one book open. So, on this episode, we put ourselves on notice and share some of the classics that are on our list! Highlights: 🎙 Will George Eliot be a winner for Naomi? 🎙 Alyssa shares how she’s been getting through these “LitBro” books. 🎙 We chat about different translations for some classics. 🎙 We both want to read all the books by Anthony Trollope. Should we have a year of Trollope read-along? REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Out from Pantheon on May 2. PRE-ORDER IT NOW! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

We enjoy reading translated books. It’s a big part of our reading lives. We’ve had a strong desire to be in conversation with literary translators on the podcast, and we finally got the chance to do so. Highlights: 🎙 From wanting to join the foreign service to becoming a literary translator. 🎙 The way translations are pitched and commissioned is quite different than how a conventional author would pitch their work. 🎙 Translators are writers. It’s more than a process. REMINDER: Our 2023 Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Out from Pantheon on May 2. PRE-ORDER IT NOW! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In 2022, we had the pleasure of interviewing Hugh Ryan, the author of our June 2022 book club pick, The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. This is such an important book— should be required reading for high school and college. We learned so much and had quite the experience reading about all of the women who have gone through the Women’s House of Detention. We thought this would be a great time to rebroadcast that episode since the paperback is coming out tomorrow. We highly recommend you grab yourself a copy if you haven’t read this book. This book will open your eyes and illuminate your mind. Highlights: 🎙 The issue of wearing pants continues to confound us.🎙 Fingerprinting made things worse for women in particular. 🎙 Bail was an issue then and is still an issue today. ------SUMMER READ: Our Summer Read is Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. JOIN OUR DISCORD to read with us and participate in the discussion! ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2023 Reading Schedule ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2023readingschedule⁠ ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message