No Page Unturned

Nona the Ninth 6-9: Ianthe Loves the Sims

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:16:08 GMT

Some questions are answered, but lead to more questions, as is the way. We discuss the narrative trick the author plays on the reader regarding the identity of Nona's body and our own thoughts of how certain souls arrived where they are at the time of this book.

Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt), and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on BlueSky, and Instagram.

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Nona the Ninth John 20:8 -5: Lots of Weird Dogs

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Nona is finally here, and we are all confused about a lot of what is happening, par for the course.

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Harrow the Ninth 49 - Epilogue: Bible AO3 Tags

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

We're at the end of Harrow the Ninth, where we get one crystal beautiful moment where we actually understood what was going on (did we?), only for it to be bashed into a million pieces. We had fun on the journey here, though.

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Harrow the Ninth 43-48: No Cat GIFs in the Nine Houses

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Oh, Dang. The Penultimate Harrow episode is here. Peak Tamsyn Muir writing in these chapters. Bees! Swordfighting! Pithy Conversations! Questions are answered! New Questions are asked! Exclamation points are used!

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Harrow the Ninth 37 - 42: Necromantic STIs

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:47:46 GMT

We're reaching the sections of the book where we are tee-heeing and steepling our fingers, connivingly, at the reveals happening in these chapters and the coffee-shop AU fanfictions happening in Harrow's mind.

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Harrow the Ninth 31 - 36: Skeletal Baby Bjorn

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:47:01 GMT

We talk about a kind of heartfelt reunion with known quantities that reassures the readers that they haven't lost their minds. Plus a rejected kiss and thistle.

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Our Best Books of 2025

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 GMT

We're back from the Holidays. Happy New Year. We list what we think are the best books we read in 2025, which are not limited to but do include a lot published in 2025.

Christina's Books

5. Lost in the Garden by Adam Leslie

4. Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur

3. A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

2. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

1. The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

Steph's Books

5. Full Negative by Jenn Lyons

4. The Eyes are the Best Part by Monica Kim

3. Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur

2. Mirage City by Lev AC Rosen

1. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

Josh's books

5. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

4. Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon

3. Full Negative by Jenn Lyons

2. The Raven's Scholar by Atonia Hodgson

1. The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

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Bookling: The Devils

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:14:36 GMT

Josh and Steph discuss the lovable and tragic monsters of Joe Abercrombie's The Devils.

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Harrow the Ninth 25 - 30: Soup's On

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:13:07 GMT

Big Corpo "We're your family now" Energy from Jod in these chapters as we discuss the infamous soup scene, Harrow being bone horny, and boy howdy, do we pick a lot of books with immortals who suck.

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Bookling: Blood for the Undying Throne

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:58:23 GMT

We discuss how much we love the 2nd book in @sung-il-kim.com's The Bleeding Empire series. New locations, new characters, surprising returns, and an ambitious but nerve-wracking ending are delved into here.

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Bookling: The Eyes are the Best Part

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Happy Halloween Season. This year's scary Bookling was picked by Steph, The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim. On this episode, we're rooting and feeling for the serial killer, for the most part. Be warned if you don't like eyeball stuff, this may not be the one for you.

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Harrow the Ninth 19-24: We Know He Has Balls

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:58:39 GMT

Josh goes off on John and his old Lyctors in these middle chapters. Steph digs through the clues. Christina praises the use of asymmetrical information serving multiple twists. Ortus is the real MVP and sees the Cool S.

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Harrow the Ninth 13-18: Neither Crazy Nor Cake

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:26:32 GMT

We discuss what is up with Ianthe, Ianthe's weird room, the unserious Emperor's decor, Harrow and John's conversation about her birth, and hints about what BoE is. We are also wistful for Harrow's door diary.

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Off the Books: Sung-il Kim and Anton Hur Re-Release

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT

The paperback edition of Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim and translated by Anton Hur is out today, so we are re-releasing our interview with both of them from last year. The cast loved this book when it was originally released and found this interview to be a delight, and hope you do too. The second book Blood of the Undying Throne is out next month and we plan on covering that as well for a Bookling, so look forward to that.

On this Off the Books, we are interviewing Sung-il Kim, author of Blood of the Old Kings, and Anton Hur (Toward Eternity, transl. Blood of the Old Kings, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee) to discuss Kim's book, falling empires, publishing, translations, technofeudalism, and what's next for The Bleeding Empire series.

Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt), and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on Twitter, BlueSky, and Instagram.

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Harrow the Ninth 7-12: Let’s Have a Bath About It

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT

We discuss knowing you when your bones were smaller, Ianthe haunted by Babs' FunkoPop collection, God playing games on his phone, forgetting that he's muted during meetings, and will someone PLEASE check on Harrow?

These chapters do a lot to set up the plot and introduce the new characters like the Lyctors, Jod, and the Canaan House guests(???). Therefore, we spend a lot of time discussing the plot, the Lyctors, and the resurrection beasts.

(Apologies, Josh had a bad cold during this episode.)

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Doctor Sex / Harrow the Ninth 1-6: Tamsyn Muir is Not Gaslighting You

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:18:43 GMT

We start by discussing the Locked Tomb story, "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex," and then move on to Harrow the Ninth, where we explore the confusion of reading this for the first time compared to now, pointing out the small details that went over our heads amidst the chaos.

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Bookling: Volatile Memory

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:52:30 GMT

On this bookling, we're talking the science fiction novella Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon. This was a fun one to talk about the cool technology used, dystopian futures run by corporations, setting boundaries, and the intimacy of the two main characters, so be sure to check it out.

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Gideon the Ninth 33-Epilogue: Apotheosis is a Weird Thing

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:21:32 GMT

We talk about the final chapters of Gideon the Ninth, where things escalate quickly. We talk about the infamous pool scene and what details in the finale stood out to us this time around.

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Gideon the Ninth 26-32: Bed Swords

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

We talk about holding grudges, how much we hate the mayonnaise uncle, ghost talk, trauma responses, the youth of the Ninth House, Gideon and Harrow's backstory, the mythology of the locked tomb, Camilla's weapon of choice, and what Dulcinea is up to.

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Halfway Through 2025

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:21:54 GMT

We discuss our favorite / best books we've read halfway through the year (2025) and what we're looking forward to reading.

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Gideon the Ninth 19-25: But She Got It (Mental Illness)

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:32:39 GMT

We discuss the realization that Gideon and Harrow are, in fact, youths, and Gideon has a teenager's brain. Plus, a lot of mysteries occur in the book about what exactly Canaan House is and what has occurred before.

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Bookling: Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame

Sat, 31 May 2025 09:37:14 GMT

We talk empires, dragon slayers, dragons, finding your place, and going home again in this lovely novella.

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Bookling: The Incandescent

Tue, 13 May 2025 21:44:41 GMT

We're talking about Emily Tesh's new book, The Incandescent, which is out today. Set in a British magical school, it gives us the overworked administrative point-of-view of running a magical school, to what felt like, to us, a very millennial-coded story that was fun to discuss.

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Gideon the Ninth 13-18: That's Boat Level Shit

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:58:11 GMT

We discuss food Gideon has never had before, Magnus's dad vibes, mayonnaise uncle, and 9th House Zoom calls. We also speak on podcast amnesia, magic as science, the fantasy equivalent of Like A Dragon, and deus ex machinas as the plot thickens.

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Gideon the Ninth 7-12: Team Ghost or Team Skeleton

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 23:59:14 GMT

We're back with more of Tamsyn Muir's The Locked Tomb as we discuss Gideon and Harrow's arrival at Canaan House and the members of the other houses. Are you Team Skeleton or Team Ghost?

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Bookling - Running Close to the Wind

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT

April Fool's! We love boat books; well, specifically, we love Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind. A perfect combination of our running bit of disliking boat books and this being one of the funniest books we've ever read, we thought it perfect for the day.

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March Madness Character Draft 2025

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT

It's March, so by the rules of podcasting, we must do a draft. On this episode, each host drafted eight characters to come to a new world as its new protectors (or rulers, depending on their disposition). You can decide via the poll below whose eight would be the best protectors or make the best stories. The poll will be open for one month.

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Here are each host's eight:

Joshua:

1. Thurvishar D’Lorus (A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons

2. Kaul Shaelinsan “Shae” (Green Bone Sage by Fonda Lee)

3. Richa Langyun (Book of the Usurper by Erin M. Evans)

4. Adolin Kholin (The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson)

5. Kihrin D’Mon (A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons)

6. Peralon (The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons)

7. Caul Shivers (The Age of Madness by Joe Abercrombie)

8. Bayaz, First of the Magi (The Age of Madness by Joe Abercrombie)

Steph:

1. Queen Neveranimas (The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons)

2. Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir)

3. Arasgon, the Fireblood (A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons)

4. Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien

5. Captain Teveri az-Ḥaffār (Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland)

6. Senera (A Chorus of Dragon by Jenn Lyons)

7. Kaladin Stormblessed (The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson)

8. Nynaeve al'Meara (The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan)

Christina:

1. Dr. Ayda Mensah (The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells)

2. Brother Qown (A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons)

3. Asshole Research Transport (ART) (The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells)

4. Anahrod (The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons)

5. Abigail Pent (The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir)

6. Tyensto (A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons)

7. Digger-of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels (Digger by Ursula Vernon)

8. Avra Helvaçi (Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland)

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Gideon the Ninth 1-6: Oops! Dead Parents

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:49:19 GMT

At the start of a new season and series, we begin our deep dive into Tamsyn Muir's The Locked Tomb series with Gideon the Ninth. We discuss why we like and chose the series and what makes it unique. This episode focuses a lot on Gideon herself.

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Bookling: Wind and Truth

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Our Cosmerenauts Steph and Josh talk full spoilers about the fifth book in the Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth. We talked about what we loved, what didn't work, our character MVPs of the book, and the future of the characters and the series.

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The Discord of Gods 91-109: As Was Foretold

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT

This is the end of our journey with A Chorus of Dragons. We want to thank @jennlyons.bsky.social for the series, the catalyst for this podcast's start. We talk about the final battle, the ending, and the series overall.

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The Discord of Gods 81-90: This Could Be Nice

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:41:41 GMT

Our penultimate episode on Jenn Lyons' The Discord of Gods / A Chorus of Dragons episode. We talk about new guardians, Relos Var's point of view, the final battle starts, and Teraeth doing a Kamehameha.

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Bookling Reread: The Sky on Fire

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 21:12:14 GMT

Essentially our book of the year, here is a reread (a rerun) of our Bookling episode on Jenn Lyon's The Sky on Fire. We hope everyone had a good holiday and here is to more reading in 2025.

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Our Best Books of 2024

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT

We come together to tell you about what we each thought were the five best books we read in 2024. We've included a special section for Jenn Lyon's The Sky on Fire, which was on everyone's list. This year, we're not just limiting it to books published in 2024. Plus, a few books we're anticipating for 2025.

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The Discord of Gods 71-80: Ompher is a Nepo Baby

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:59 GMT

On this episode we discuss chapters 71-80 of The Discord of Gods, the fifth book in Jenn Lyon's A Chorus of Dragons. We're close to the very end now, and events get near apocalyptic levels of crazy.

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Off the Books: Sung-il Kim and Anton Hur

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:00:56 GMT

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The Discord of Gods 61-70: 14,000 Years of Therapy

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:00:43 GMT

In these chapters of Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods (61-70), we discuss the return of a former final boss who is now a mini-boss, the opposite of Keanu Reeves, and their quick demise. Always remember: no vengeance, do okay.

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Bookling: Helpmeet

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:26 GMT

On this Bookling, we're reading Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum, just in time for Halloween, a tale of intimacy, body horror, poverty, diseases, possession, infidelity, and identity.

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Bookling: Blood of the Old Kings

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:00:40 GMT

On this Bookling, we discuss Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur. Multi-eyed dragons, fiery swords, mech-like war machines, and a curmudgeon sorcerer trapped in a mindscape are just some of the details of this great book.

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Bookling: The Murderbot Diaries 3 + 4

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:00:21 GMT

On this Bookling, we're continuing to read Martha Wells's The Murderbot Diaries with the third and fourth novellas, Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy. Our little Murderbot is growing up to an approximation of a being with feelings, to its chagrin.

Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (StephOKingston), and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on BlueSky @NoPageUnturned and Instagram @NoPagePodcast”

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The Discord of Gods 51-60: Boji>Tave

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:24:12 GMT

This is our sixth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 60 and nurse a Warmonger hangover.

Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (StephOKingston) and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on BlueSky @NoPageUnturned and Instagram @NoPagePodcast

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The Discord of Gods 41-50: Is This Fish Mad at Me?

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:42:53 GMT

This is our fifth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 50 and determine that Khaemezra is a total boomer.

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The Discord of Gods 31-40: Why Does This Baby Know Empathy?

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:06:54 GMT

This is our fourth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 40 and drop truth bombs about Clippy.

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Off the Books: Jenn Lyons (Full Spoilers)

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:26:27 GMT

This is the second half of our interview with Jenn Lyons and we are talking full spoilers for The Sky on Fire (and some for A Chorus of Dragons). Jenn drops juicy lore steaks on the starving dogs that are the podcast hosts and we love every second of it. Be sure to check out The Sky on Fire, out now!

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Bookling: The Sky on Fire

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:30:16 GMT

Of course we were going to do a full episode on The Sky on Fire! We dive into gay dragons, nerd legacy, heists and so much more. The Sky on Fire is out now so be sure to check out this excellent standalone novel from Jenn Lyons!

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Booking: Empire of Exiles

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:31:55 GMT

Steph and Josh talk about Erin M Evan's Empire of Exiles. In this book changlings and intrigue haunt a small country of refugees, and magic users must resist the allure of spiraling and letting their element completely take them over.

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Off the Books: Jenn Lyons (Spoiler free!)

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 21:18:57 GMT

We are joined once again by our favourite author Jenn Lyons to discuss her new upcoming book The Sky on Fire. This is a spoiler free conversation so settle in, get hyped and be sure to preorder The Sky on Fire!

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The Discord of Gods 21-30: Questionable Horse Consent

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:49:00 GMT

This is our third episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 30 and grieve the Uncle Bavrin hole.

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The Discord of Gods 11-20: That’s Potatoes

Tue, 28 May 2024 04:54:00 GMT

This is our second episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 11 and determine that the rules don't say a horse can't be a spy.

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The Discord of Gods 1-10: Chekhov’s Toddler

Thu, 16 May 2024 09:33:00 GMT

This is our first episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Discord of Gods in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 10 and determine that Khaeriel is really in her flop era.

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Bookling: Jade City

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:57:00 GMT

For this bookling we began the excellent Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee with it's first book: Jade City. This kung fu inspired urban fantasy has great worldbuilding, characters (loveable and hateable) and an extremely cool magic system.

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The House of Always 51-60: Kihrin Omega

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:51:00 GMT

This is our final episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 60 and yell “What?” in three harmonies.

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The House of Always 43-50: Boji, Son of Butterbelly

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:46:00 GMT

This is our eighth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 50 and determine that ancient gods of spite don't really play fair.

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Bookling: Murderbot Diaries 1 + 2

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:40:00 GMT

We read the first two novellas in Martha Wells's Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red and Artificial Condition. In this episode we gush about how much we love Murderbot almost as much as it secretly loves it's humans.

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The House of Always 31-36: slut (lowercase s)

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:12:00 GMT

This is our seventh episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 36 and discuss hazing juice.

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The House of Always 31-36: Throuple Gets to Throup

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 05:52:00 GMT

This is our sixth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 36 and determine that Vol Karoth is a real sex cop.

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The House of Always 25-30: Janel’s Horse Girl Fanfiction

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:47:00 GMT

This is our fifth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 30 and determine that House D'Mon is at it again.

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Year End Wrapup 2023

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:19:37 GMT

We've made it to another year of No Page Unturned and we're talking our top 5 books of 2023. Apologies to the nation of Belgium in advance.

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Cosmere Watch: Tress and Yumi

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:11:13 GMT

Gather round gentle listeners as we do our annual check in with Brandon Sanderson's latest (sort of) books. This time Josh and Steph read Tress of the Emerald Sea and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. These excellent novels were part of Sanderson's Secret Projects but are now available to all. We dug in, had a great time, and become further riddled with the Cosmere Disease.

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The House of Always 19-24: As It Was Foretold

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 05:12:00 GMT

This is our fourth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 24 and finally pick a sign-off that isn't just yelling.

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The House of Always 13-18: Screaming is Surprisingly Effective

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:03:00 GMT

This is our third episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 18 and determine that Josh was right, again.

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Bookling: Red River Seven

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 04:18:00 GMT

It's Halloween so here's a spoOoOoOky bookling: Red River Seven by AJ Ryan! This tense horror thriller is a fantastic quick and creepy read. Check out the episode for more discussion (remember there will be spoilers!)

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Off the Books: Lev AC Rosen

Sat, 07 Oct 2023 20:48:54 GMT

Lev AC Rosen joins us to talk about his new book (which you should absolutely preorder right now, go do it!) coming out on October 10th: The Bell in the Fog. This is a sequel to last year's Lavender House which you'll recall was one of our top books of the year and happy to say the sequel delivers in every way. Lev and Steph discuss noir, queer history, and the wonderful cast of characters in the Evander Mills series.

The Bell in the Fog comes out October 10th, preorder it now at your local bookstore! Listen to the episode to find out where you can order signed copies from!

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Off the Books: Paul Vanhoutteghem Interview

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 04:29:00 GMT

This episode Steph talks to author Paul Vanhoutteghem about his debut novel The Chao Portal (available now!). They discuss what it's like to hybrid publish, collaborating in the book process, and building a world inspired by D&D.

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The House of Always 7-12: Ranking the Series’ Terrible Parents

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:10:00 GMT

This is our second episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 12 and discuss the Sad Boy Brigade.

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The House of Always 1-6: My Dark Twisted Pringles Fantasy

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 04:07:00 GMT

This is our first episode covering Jenn Lyon's The House of Always in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 6 and determine that the wizards are having a Bad Time.

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Off the Books: Halfway Through 2023

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:18:00 GMT

We are talking about each of our top 3 books of 2023 as of August!

Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston) and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on BlueSky @NoPageUnturned and Instagram @NoPagePodcast

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The Memory of Souls 101-114: I Still Hate Her Though

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:59:00 GMT

This is our final episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 114 and determine that the de-escalating via murder is not a good strategy.

Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@OLaddieGirl), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston). Our art is by Chango Chamango (@ChangoChamango) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on Twitter and Instagram @NoPagePodcast

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The Memory of Souls 89-100: Yeeted Through the Universsy

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 04:47:00 GMT

This is our ninth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 100 and start a new social media network.

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The Memory of Souls 77-88: Ships Not Boats

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 04:28:00 GMT

This is our eighth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 88 and determine that if we're wrong, just don't tell us.

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The Memory of Souls 64-76: My Other Boyfriend is the God of Annihilation

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:21:00 GMT

This is our seventh episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 76 and discuss Santa Claus's tenye.

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Off the Books: Ursula Vernon (T Kingfisher) Interview

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:15:00 GMT

Get your beverage of choice ready because we finally manifested our own drinking game into existence. We welcome the fantastic Ursula Vernon AKA T. Kingfisher onto the show to discuss caterpillar inflaters, ghost kangaroos, and A House With Good Bones.

You can find Ursula on Twitter @ursulav where you can find Josh MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@OLaddieGirl), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston). Our art is by Chango Chamango (@ChangoChamango) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on Twitter and Instagram @NoPagePodcast

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The Memory of Souls 51-63: Kiss Then Bad

Tue, 30 May 2023 04:26:00 GMT

This is our sixth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 63 and determine that you should definitely call out your snake god bro.

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The Memory of Souls 41-50: We Don’t Do Apostrophes Anymore

Tue, 16 May 2023 04:18:00 GMT

This is our fifth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 50 and talk about messed up family hobbies.

Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@OLaddieGirl), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston). Our art is by Chango Chamango (@ChangoChamango) and our music is by Bad Sparrow

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Bookling: Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark

Tue, 02 May 2023 04:40:00 GMT

We welcome Bry (@blaze_nbk) to read this astonishing satire of superheroes by Charlie J Eskew. Zapidy doo!

Your hosts are Christina Ladd (@OLaddieGirl), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston). Our art is by Chango Chamango (@ChangoChamango) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on Twitter and Instagram @NoPagePodcast

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Off The Books: Kat Howard

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:16:47 GMT

No Page Unturned interviews the amazing Kat Howard, author of the upcoming A Sleight of Shadows, the followup to An Unkindness of Magicians, an NPR Best Book. Howard is also co-creator of the Books of Magic comic series, and chats with us about how to balance comics, short stories, novels–and oh yeah, life!

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The Memory of Souls 31-40: Lots of Things That Start With T

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:01:00 GMT

This is our fourth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 10 and determine that Kihrin says ACAB.

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The Memory of Souls 21-30: The Gold Cartridge is My Upper Soul

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 04:56:00 GMT

This is our third episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 30 and determine that Terindel is the ultimate wife guy.

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Bookling: A House With Good Bones

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:17:00 GMT

We are joined by guest Henry (www.patreon.com/whimsysthrone) to discuss T Kingfisher's new horror novel: A House With Good Bones.

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Off The Books with Pat Edwards

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:30:00 GMT

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Welcome to Off The Books! These episodes are spoiler free chats with authors and other book people about writing, reading and all sorts of stuff. For our first episode we welcome friend and author Pat Edwards to talk about his Space Trippin series and his new project The Black Ballad.

You can find Pat @thepatedwards on social media or www.thepatedwards.com and www.storytellersforge.com

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The Memory of Souls 11-20: Bad Consent Onion

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:57:00 GMT

This is our second episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 20 and dunk on the Midwest a lot.

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The Memory of Souls 1-10: Send Josh Compliments

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:51:00 GMT

This is our first episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Memory of Souls in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 10 and determine that the Manol is really just horny jungle Rivendell.

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The Name of All Things 57-64: War Orbs

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:28:00 GMT

This is our final episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 64 and determine that daaaang Urthaenriel is needy.

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The Name of All Things 49-56: A Horse Saying “Fuck”

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 05:22:00 GMT

This is our seventh episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 56 and determine that Relos Var would definitely have “Well actually” breath.

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The Name of All Things 41-48: Mommy Issues

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 05:16:00 GMT

This is our sixth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 48 and determine that beating a dead horse really means something different in this series.

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Year End Wrapup 2022

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:36:00 GMT

In this completely spoiler free episode we discuss our favourite books of 2022!

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Bookling: Drowned Country

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:14:00 GMT

We revisit Emily Tesh's wonderful world of woods and monsters for the sequel to Silver in the Wood. The boys are fighting again but don't worry, there's a badass new character here ready to investigate fairies.

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Bonus: The Lost Metal Reactions

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:25:00 GMT

The final book in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Era 2 is out and it is a doozy. Join Steph and Josh as they discuss their initial thoughts and feelings on The Lost Metal.

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The Name of All Things 33-40: Crying and Horny

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:10:00 GMT

This is our fifth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 40 and determine that it's important to get a dragon paternity test.

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Speculating on The Lost Metal

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:47:00 GMT

The final book in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Era 2 is coming out on November 8th. Steph and Josh brought friend and fellow Mistborn lover Eli on to talk theories and speculation about what is going to go down as this series wraps up.

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The Name of All Things 25-32: Evil Himbo

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:42:00 GMT

This is our fourth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 32 and determine that Duke Xun is basically Cuzco from Emperor's New Groove.

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The Name of All Things 17-24: Janel Goes Super Saiyan

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:34:00 GMT

This is our third episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 24 and talk a lot of bridge politics.

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Bookling: Silver in the Wood

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:15:00 GMT

For this bookling we read Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh. This quick read will warm your heartstrings and spook your bones.

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The Name of All Things 9-16: Don’t Milk Sentient Things

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:39:00 GMT

This is our second episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 16 and determine that the afterlife is basically Riverdale.

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Bonus: Interview with Alexandra Rowland

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 04:34:00 GMT

Steph was lucky enough to virtually sit down with author Alexandra Rowland and discuss their new book A Taste of Gold and Iron. They talk worldbuilding, sex scenes and the importance of writing the book you want to read. Thanks to Alex for giving us your time!

Alexandra Rowland can be found @_alexrowland on Twitter or www.alexandrarowland.net

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The Name of All Things 1-8: Joracheese

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 04:35:00 GMT

This is our first episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Name of All Things in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 8 and determine that Xaltorath is a real wine mom.

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Mid Year Review: The Age of Enjoyment

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 04:35:00 GMT

We're just over halfway through 2022 so the hosts take time to reflect on their best books of 2022 and beyond. Remember kids, like what you like and who cares if it's “cool”? The Age of Enjoyment has begun!

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Bookling: Upright Women Wanted

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 04:40:00 GMT

We are joined by guest Bijaya (@ethnicninja) today to discuss Sarah Gailey's novel Upright Women Wanted. This novel is a western set in a future theocratic Arizona and features badass gay women/nonbinary librarians. Yes, we have a type.

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The Ruin of Kings 81-90: The Name of All The Things We Forgot

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:35:00 GMT

This is our final episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 90 and determine that wow this really was all spelled out so much earlier than we thought.

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The Ruin of Kings 71-80: As It Was Foretold

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:10:00 GMT

This is our eighth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 80 and determine that Gryphon Men are freaking everywhere.

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The Ruin of Kings 61-70: Thurvishar is Bae

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:07:00 GMT

This is our seventh episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 70 and determine that Kihrin's best trait is fucking up forward.

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Bookling: Gearbreakers

Tue, 31 May 2022 04:47:00 GMT

Welcome to our second Bookling episode, which we actually recorded first because time is weird! This episode we read Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta, a YA novel featuring queer love in a dystopian world of Pacific Rim style mechs. Mech fights and smooches here we come!

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The Ruin of Kings 52-61: Five Crates of Hedgehogs

Tue, 17 May 2022 04:22:00 GMT

This is our sixth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 61 and determine that head empty only evil.

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Interview with Jenn Lyons! Part 2

Tue, 03 May 2022 04:54:00 GMT

Do not listen to this episode if you have not read the Discord of Gods! Unless you're just freaky like that. We are talking full spoilers for the entire series of A Chorus of Dragons! Listen to find out some of Jenn's favourite moments in the series, how the finale came about and hints of what she's working on next!

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The Ruin of Kings 42-51: I Don’t Know How My Necklace Works

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:46:00 GMT

This is our fifth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 50 and really just reiterate: Fuck Darzin.

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Interview with Jenn Lyons! Part 1

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:07:00 GMT

Hold onto your butts because No Page Unturned is thrilled to share this interview we did with Jenn Lyons! This first episode is a general conversation about Jenn, her writing style and A Chorus of Dragons leading up to the final book The Discord of Gods (coming out April 26th). In two weeks we'll have part 2, which will be a no holds barred spoilerfest on the the Discord of Gods.

Please check out Jenn Lyons @jennlyonsauthor on Twitter, @jennlyonsandtigers on Instagram and www.jennlyons.com

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The Ruin of Kings 31-41: The Kihrin Apology Episode

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:00:00 GMT

This is our fourth episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 41 and learn what was actually happening in the first 30 episodes.

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Bookling: The Kaiju Preservation Society

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:55:15 GMT

Welcome to No Page Unturned's first Bookling episode. These are episodes covering the entirety of a single book. In this episode we cover John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society and are joined by friend of the pod and kaiju specialist Jason Clarke.

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The Ruin of Kings 21-30: God King of Self Care

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:54:21 GMT

This is our third episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 30 and discuss God Kings and Jenn Lyon's terrifying string board.

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The Ruin of Kings 11-20: Firmly Anti Boat Book

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:53:53 GMT

This is our second episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 20 and talk about how we just are not into boat books. Sorry not sorry.

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The Ruin of Kings 1-10: The Fresh Prince of Quur

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:01:00 GMT

This is our first episode covering Jenn Lyon's The Ruin of Kings in her A Chorus of Dragons Series. In this episode we read up to chapter 10 and determine that Kihrin is the Will Smith of the Capital City.

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Introduction to No Page Unturned

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:04:02 GMT

Introducing a brand new podcast from GeeklyInc, No Page Unturned is all about books and reading. Join your hosts Josh MacDougall, Christina Ladd, and Steph Kingston for in depth discussions on fantasy, sci fi and other nerdy novels. In this introduction episode you'll learn about us, our goal for the podcast and the types of episodes we'll be doing.

Hosted by Josh MacDougall (@fouroffivewits), Christina Ladd (OLaddieGirl) and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston). Our art is by Chango Chamango (@changochamango) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic) You can find us on Twitter and Instagram @NoPagePodcast

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