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Confessions of a Book Hoarder

Podcast by Denise Rose

English

Culture & leisure

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🎧 Confessions of a Book Hoarder is a podcast where literary nostalgia meets fresh obsession. Host Denise shares heartfelt reviews of new releases and old favourites—spanning gripping crime, sweeping drama, and everything in between. With warmth, wit, and unapologetic shelf-chaos, she explores the stories that shape us and the libraries we lovingly lose control of.

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8 episodes

episode Episode 7: Spellbound - A Hex with Teeth artwork

Episode 7: Spellbound - A Hex with Teeth

In Episode 7, Denise delves into Spellbound’s bold reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, a chapter where the familiar fairy tale fractures into something far darker and more intimate. As the curse at the centre of the story intensifies, she traces how the novel transforms the classic “sleep” into a living force not a passive enchantment, but a predatory magic that chooses its moment and its victim with unsettling precision. Denise examines the way Spellbound strips the tale of its romantic gloss, revealing the violence and agency buried beneath the original myth. She explores how the heroine’s fate is no longer sealed by a spindle’s prick but by a curse that understands her fears, her desires, and the legacy she never asked to inherit. This episode captures Denise following the thread between folklore and modern storytelling, showing how Spellbound turns Sleeping Beauty into a story of awakening rather than rescue a reckoning with the past, the curse, and the power that comes from refusing to stay asleep.

17 Jan 2026 - 20 min
episode Episode 6: Butter, Murder, and the Seduction of Stew artwork

Episode 6: Butter, Murder, and the Seduction of Stew

In this episode of Confessions of a Book Hoarder, Denise dives into the rich symbolism of food in literature and its feminist dimensions. Talking about Asako Yuzuki’s Butter she explores how appetite, cooking, and meals become metaphors for women’s agency, rebellion, and identity. Listeners will discover how food in novels is never just about sustenance — it’s about power, memory, and desire. Denise reflects on Rika Machida’s journey in Butter, contrasts it with Manako Kajii’s unapologetic indulgence, and situates both within a wider feminist tradition that includes Like Water for Chocolate, The Joy Luck Club and more This episode is a warm, witty, and thought-provoking exploration of how literature uses food to challenge gender norms and celebrate women’s voices.

13 Dec 2025 - 13 min
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