Booked on Sundays

Episode 37: Rebecca

Have you ever dreamed of being whisked away to an English mansion? How do you feel about rhododendrons? An older man? Societal expectations of the 1930s? Rebecca has it all! We're perhaps thrilled, perhaps just satisfied, and perhaps confused in our latest episode where we discuss Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Tune into book club with us as we dig into this unfortunate narrator, the dos and don'ts of maintaining a large house, and whether the movie is worth a watch. As a reminder, this season all our episodes contain Spoilers!! So if you haven't read it, and want to - turn back! Else, listen in and we will give you enough of a synopsis to get the picture. Have your own thoughts? Let us know (we dare you to)! Submit a footnote [https://bookedonsundays.notion.site/135f062e795d80c8963ed9566b05e390]! For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod [https://www.instagram.com/bookedonsundayspod/], on tiktok @bookedonsundays [https://www.tiktok.com/@bookedonsundays], and on substack @bookdonsundays [https://bookedonsundays.substack.com/]. Tune in next month, where we will discuss Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays! Rebecca book blurb: Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again... Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Her future looks bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Max de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding housekeeper, Mrs Danvers... Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 36: You Dreamed of Empires

Looking for a little historical humor? Or maybe some weird vibes through intriguingly witty text? Well, I think this month's book club pick might just satisfy the need. Join us and tune into our third episode of Season 4 discussing You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue. In this episode, we diving into this brat, top-tier airplane book and talking colonialism, conquistadors, and how one decision can shift all of history. Shoutout to the horse girlies - this ones for you. As a reminder, this season all our episodes contain Spoilers!! So if you haven't read it, and want to - turn back! Else, listen in and we will give you enough of a synopsis to get the picture. Have your own thoughts? Let us know (we dare you to)! Submit a footnote [https://bookedonsundays.notion.site/135f062e795d80c8963ed9566b05e390]! For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod [https://www.instagram.com/bookedonsundayspod/], on tiktok @bookedonsundays [https://www.tiktok.com/@bookedonsundays], and on substack @bookdonsundays [https://bookedonsundays.substack.com/]. Tune in next month, where we will discuss Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays! You Dreamed of Empires book blurb: One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés entered the city of Tenochtitlan – today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures. Cortés was accompanied by his nine captains, his troops, and his two translators: Friar Aguilar, a taciturn, former slave, and Malinalli, a strategic, former princess. Greeted at a ceremonial welcome meal by the steely princess Atotoxli, sister and wife of Moctezuma, the Spanish nearly bungle their entrance to the city. As they await their meeting with Moctezuma – who is at a political, spiritual, and physical crossroads, and relies on hallucinogens to get himself through the day and in quest for any kind of answer from the gods – the Spanish are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés’s captains, Jazmín Caldera, overwhelmed by the grandeur of the city, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed into the city, and wonders at the risks of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. You Dreamed of Empires brings to life Tenochtitlan at its height, and reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original Alvaro Enrigue sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, a restitutive, fantastical counter-attack, in a novel so electric and so unique that it feels like a dream. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 35: Female Fantasy

Are you still in the romance mood? As we ease into spring, we are springing into a little spicy conversation with this one! Love hot takes, with sources cited? This one's for you. Join us and tune into our second episode of Season 4 discussing Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia. As a reminder, this season all our episodes contain Spoilers!! So if you haven't read it, and want to - turn back! Else, listen in and we will give you enough of a synopsis to get the picture. Have your own thoughts? Let us know (we dare you to)! Submit a footnote [https://bookedonsundays.notion.site/135f062e795d80c8963ed9566b05e390]! For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod [https://www.instagram.com/bookedonsundayspod/], on tiktok @bookedonsundays [https://www.tiktok.com/@bookedonsundays], and on substack @bookdonsundays [https://bookedonsundays.substack.com/]. Tune in next month, where we will discuss You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays! The Female Fantasy book blurb: All's fair in love and lore. Joonie is living in a fantasy—at least that’s what people tell her. Men in the real world have done nothing but disappoint her time and time again, so she keeps her heart reserved for Ryke, the fictional male lead of her favorite romance series, who just happens to be a merman. And so far, her book boyfriend is meeting her needs more than any other “real” man ever has. But when she learns that Ryke's character is based on a friend of the author, Joonie is determined to track him down and take her shot at a happily ever after. She’ll need to borrow her brother’s car for the road trip, with the one condition that his annoying (but also hot) best friend can catch a ride to New York with her. But as she makes her way to her male lead, she’ll learn that once you wish fantasy into reality, you have to take all the tropes that come with it—not just the fun ones. As unhinged as it is brilliant, Female Fantasy is both a self-aware dive into the concept of genre and a wild, steamy romp. Most of all, though, it’s a heartfelt love letter to romance readers everywhere. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 34: The Monsters We Defy

We are back with Season 4! And this time we are assembling an incredible team - we've got an editor with the ears of a legend, the two social media goddesses of the Pacific Northwest, and a hand dandy project manager ready to ... put together an episode? Oh! It's a heist! Yup, we are kicking off Season 4 discussing The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope. This season all our episodes contain Spoilers!! Do if you haven't read it, and want to - turn back! Else, listen in and we will give you enough of a synopsis to get the picture. Have your own thoughts? Let us know (we dare you to)! Submit a footnote [https://bookedonsundays.notion.site/135f062e795d80c8963ed9566b05e390]! For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod [https://www.instagram.com/bookedonsundayspod/], on tiktok @bookedonsundays [https://www.tiktok.com/@bookedonsundays], and on substack @bookdonsundays [https://bookedonsundays.substack.com/]. Tune in next month, where we will discuss Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays! The Monsters We Defy book blurb: A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance. In the summer of 1925, along Washington, DC’s “Black Broadway”, a malevolent entity has begun preying on Negro residents. Twenty-three-year-old Clara Johnson is determined to discover what’s going on in her community. Using her natural ability to talk with spirits, she begins to investigate, but a powerful spirit tasks her with a difficult quest: steal an ancient, magical ring from the finger of a wealthy socialite. When Clara meets Israel Lee, a supernaturally enhanced jazz musician also vying for the ring, the two decide to work together. They put together an unlikely team including a former circus freak, a pickpocketing Pullman Porter, and an aging vaudeville actor to pull off an impossible heist. But a dangerous spirit interferes at every turn and conflict in the spirit world is leaking out into the human world. With different agendas, even if Clara and Israel pull off the heist, only one of them can truly win. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 33: The Memory Police

The FULL EPISODE is here! It feels more than right to read a dystopian lit fic right now, given the state of the world. And this one is a doozy - we talk a lot about the fact we don't recommend reading this alone. There's a lot to unpack, and it reminds us that it's important to have friends close by to lean on for memories, insight into what the heck the author means, and in case you're feeling like abandoning your novel. We will talk about all that in more in our episode on The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. Grab a warm beverage and take a listen. Have your own thoughts? Let us know! Submit a footnote [https://bookedonsundays.notion.site/135f062e795d80c8963ed9566b05e390]! For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod [https://www.instagram.com/bookedonsundayspod/], on tiktok @bookedonsundays [https://www.tiktok.com/@bookedonsundays], and on substack @bookdonsundays [https://bookedonsundays.substack.com/]. That is a wrap on Season 3, thank you so much for reading with us and listening to our many many words! We will catch up with you next year for Season 4! In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays! The Memory Police book blurb: On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses—until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. When a young woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. A surreal, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, The Memory Police is a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.