Jaz & Sharn spent January dabbling with The Storygraph & they discuss the triumphs and tribulations of using this exciting new platform with Kerry from @linesiunderline. Part 1 of 2.

Find us:

• Our Instagram: @brewsandreviewspodcast
• Jaz: @travelsinfiction
• Sharn: @caffeineandcommas
• Kerry's: @LinesIUnderLine

Mentioned:

• The StoryGraph
• Netflix show: Dark Tourist

Books mentioned: 

In today’s episode, we are joined by the lovely Lois to talk about our first book club pick: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun. This eco-thriller is translated from Korean and follows a woman who works at a company specialising in ‘disaster tourism packages’. 

Content warnings for discussions of sexual assault/harrasment in reference to the book.

Book club discussion starts at 23:31

Our overall thoughts and ratings

• Do we get frustrated with Yona’s apathetic tone?
• Discussion about sexual harassment working in an all-male office, and the ‘Angry Black Woman’ stereotype
• Do we think the tone of the book changed at all during translation?
• Was it weird to read about travel and tourism during Covid?
• What did we think of the ironic ending?

Find us:

• Our Instagram: @brewsandreviewspodcast
• Jaz: @travelsinfiction
• Sharn: @caffeineandcommas
• Lois’ Insta: @LochanReads

Mentioned:

• The Little Contemporary Corner
• Netflix show: Dark Tourist

Books mentioned: 

• The Disaster Tourist - Yun Ko-Eun
• Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
• Wilder Girls - Rory Powers
• The Billionaire Murders - Kevin Donovan
• The Shadows - Alex North
• Out of the Woods - Luke Turner
• Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde
• The Stonewall Reader
• Pie in the Sky - Remy Lai
• An Ordinary Wonder - Buki Papillon
• Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
• The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
• Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi
• The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
• The Girls I’ve Been - Tess Sharpe
• How to Pronounce Knife - Souvankham Thammavongsa
• Adventures of a Young Naturalist - David Attenborough
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon
• Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
• The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
• Happy - Fearne Cotton

In today’s episode, Jaz and Sharn are talking about all things book covers! From the popular trends they’ve noticed, to movie book covers, to sprayed edges and printed stickers on books, we *cover* it all. See what we did there? 👀

Our Instagram: @brewsandreviewspodcast
Jaz: @travelsinfiction
Sharn: @caffeineandcommas

People and things mentioned: 

• Khadija Mbowe: ‘Race-baiting, queer-baiting, colorism, featurism, and performative diversity’
• Guardian article: Why are UK and US book covers different?
• MPRnews article: UK vs US book covers

Books mentioned:

• The Other F Word - Angie Manfredi
• Eight Perfect Murders - Peter Swanson
• The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy
• Do You Dream of Terra-Two? - Temi Oh
• The Disaster Tourist - Yun Ko-Eun
• Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
• The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel
• Tin Man - Sarah Winman
• From the Ashes - Jesse Thistle
• The Stonewall Reader
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth
• The Hate U Give, On the Come Up and Concrete Rose - all by Angie Thomas
• Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Chiltern Classic edition)
• One of Us is Lying - Karen M. McManus
• Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Ones We’re Meant to Find - Joan He
• Bridgerton: The Duke and I - Julia Quinn
• Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
• Educated - Tara Westover
• Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata
• The Night Tiger - Yangsze Choo
• Gingerbread - Helen Oyeyemi
• City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert
• When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
• Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams