Krissi Reads

S2E4: A very short review of my June BOTM (I didn't really like it...)

Soooo....I'm not used to reviewing books I don't like, but Isabel Banta's Honey just didn't do it for me. Let me explain why! Source: Banta, Isabel. Honey. Celadon Books, 2024.  Music: Bus Stop https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/bus-stop/ https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Hooptie With The Windows Down https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/hooptie-with-the-windows-down/ https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Social Media: Instagram: @krissi.a.r. TikTok: @krizzakritza Thank you for listening!

S2E3: let’s find Peter and Richard a therapist ASAP

Tell a friend to tell a friend, HA! SHE'S BACKKKKKKK!!! Today I'm reviewing two amazing books with amazing character work...Funny Story by Emily Henry and If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio! These books have completely different moods to them, but I enjoyed both of these and I loved doing my analysis. Sources: Henry, Emily. Funny Story. Berkley, 2024.  Maas, Jennifer. “‘funny Story’ Author Emily Henry Breaks down New Romance Novel, ‘Very Discreet’ Easter Eggs for Previous Books and ‘Scary’ Feelings about What She’s Writing Next.” Variety, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024, variety.com/2024/film/news/funny-story-emily-henry-daphne-miles-easter-eggs-1235980167/.  Puckett-Pope, Lauren. “Emily Henry on ‘funny Story,’ Romance Novel Tropes, and Adapting Her Books into Movies.” Elle, Hearst Magazine Media, Inc., 24 Apr. 2024, www.elle.com/culture/books/a60569995/emily-henry-funny-story-interview/.  RIO, M. L. If We Were Villains. FLATIRON BOOKS, 2024.  Shakespeare, William, and Paul Menzer. Romeo and Juliet. Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.  Shakespeare, William, Burton Raffel, et al. Julius Caesar. Yale University Press, 2006.  Shakespeare, William, G. B. Harrison, et al. King Lear: Text, Sources, Criticism. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962.  Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Floating Press, 2008.  Music: Nights Like This https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/nights-like-this/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bus Stop https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/bus-stop/ https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Hooptie With The Windows Down https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/hooptie-with-the-windows-down/ https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ My socials/Youtube: Instagram: @krissi.a.r TikTok: @krizzakritza Youtube: Krissi Reads Pod

S2E2: The hardest review I've ever done(BOOK CLUB)

Well...this book was hard to review, but we gotta talk about it! This month, we read No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, and it's got a lot of heavy subject matter. Join Kristen as she discusses this novel. Sources: Dazai, Osamu. No Longer Human. New Directions, 2022.  Neporent, Liz. “What’s the Deal With Comedians and Depression?” ABC News, 12 Aug. 2014, abcnews.go.com/Health/deal-comedians-depression/story?id=24945911.  Music: April Showers by HoliznaCC0, Free Music Archive, CC0/Public Domain Intro Music link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/spring-at-last-lofi-tape/april-showers/ License: https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ (Ambient) Deep Sky by Kirk Osamayo, Free Music Archive, CC BY Background Music link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kirk-osamayo/season-one/ambient-deep-sky/ License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

S2E1: All my homies hate Coriolanus Snow (BOOK CLUB)

For our JUNE PICK, we read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. In this episode, we will dive into this fascinating and tumultuous Hunger Games prequel. Collins, Suzanne. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Hunger Games. Scholastic, Inc., 2020.  “Suzanne Collins.” Suzanne Collins - Biography, www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/bio.htm. Accessed 29 June 2023.  Drum roll please link: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/drum-roll-please-6386/ License: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/ Success fanfare link: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/success-fanfare-trumpets-6185/ License: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/ Applause link: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/short-crowd-cheer-6713/ License: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/ Buzzer Link: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/buzzerwav-14908/ License: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/ Background Music link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/winter-lofi/2-hour-delay-1/ License: https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ Intro Music link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/spring-at-last-lofi-tape/april-showers/ License: https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/

S1E7: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (with special guest Reagan Ford)

The tea is PIPING HOT this week! Kristen, with special guest Reagan Ford, go back to their days as high school seniors and take a deep dive into a novel they read for AP Literature, Wuthering Heights. The discussion includes important themes, the significance of all of the characters, and things they hadn't even thought about when they first read the novel. References: Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004.  “Emily Brontë.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 14, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%AB.  Music  Intro Music “Bus Stop” Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/bus-stop/ [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/bus-stop/] License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/] You & Me link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/You__Me_Live/1_You_And_Me_-_Live License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode Follow Reagan on Instagram, @___reagan.xo___ For more content and the next novel, visit @k.a.r.blog on Instagram! Also, feel free to follow my personal Instagram, @kristen.a.rhoda!