Words About Books
Words About Books is a podcast where two wannabe writers read and discuss books. Read along with us, or just enjoy the show! New episodes every Sunday.
Episodes
448 episodes
Talking About Tolkien - The Grey Havens (Return, 6-9)
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
Discussing Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
This is what the patrons wanted. I hope that this is what they wanted. Be sure to let Ben know how wrong he is for his opinions. Not Nate though.
Discussing The Way of Hermes - Corpus Hermeticum (Part 1)
Ben and Chy discuss The Way of Hermes. A new(ish) translation of The Corpus Hermeticum and The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius. Don't know what these things are? I'm honestly not sure if anyone does.*Correction to episod...
Talking About Tolkien - The Scouring of the Shire (Return, 6-8)
How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold... Others can ...
Discussing The Biome by Enrique Ventura
Nate tells me I'm opening the flood gates by accepting a request for a review from a new independently published author, but when I hear there's a new books about a mysterious purple substance mutating an ecosystem into some horror movie stuff....
Talking About Tolkien - Homeward Bound (Return, 6-7)
I don't want to hear anything about 6-7
Discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas (Part 3)
CW: Sexual Content, Mentions of Sexual Violence, Gratuitous Backseat GeneralingWe might have gotten a little too into the war planning.
Talking About Tolkien - Many Partings (Return, 6-6)
The gang says a series of farewells from East to West.
Discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 2)
Content Warning: Sexual Content, Explicit Content, Mentions of Sexual ViolenceWell, you've read the content warning. We're back with Part Two of a A Court of Wings and Ruin. In this episode Ben and Nate discuss the upcoming war with Hybe...
Talking About Tolkien - The Steward and the King (Return, 6-5)
Faramir kind of checks out for his last two weeks on the job and tries to convince Eowyn that he would be a worthy silver metal. Aragorn also has a romance.
Discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas (Part 1)
We're back with the third installment of Sarah J. Maas's Sexy Romance Fantasy. A Sexromantasy, if you will. Last time Feyre failed to stop the king of Hybern from claiming the cauldron. Now she's back at the Spring Court and doing her best to b...
Talking About Tolkien - The Fields of Cormallen (Return, 6-4)
Sauron's dead. Volcano's are exploding. Orcs are going nuts and...is that?...THE EAGLES ARE COMING!
Discussing The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego (Part 2)
And we're back! Is this a podcast that I'm publishing? Did I record this? I finished editing it. I'm putting it in the dropbox. I'm clicking on "schedule for future" and publishing it this coming Sunday at midnight. I'm putting in th...
Talking About Tolkien - Mount Doom (Return, 6-3)
The episode is uploaded. But I do not now choose to write the description that I came to write. I will not do this deed.
Discussing The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego Part I
Bust out your bagpipes as we delve into the depths of an ~~ancient~~ slightly old library. It’s THE LIBRARY AFTER DARK by Ande ~~Peligrino~~ Pliego. Witness the dark secrets of someone who knows that a book reader is reading t...
Talking About Tolkien - Land of Shadow (Return, 6-2)
Tolkien really wants you to know how miserable this last bit of walking is.
Talking About Genre With John Bierce
We sit down with Wabby Award Winning Author John Bierce to discuss the relatively new genres of Progression Fantasy, LitRPG, and Isekai. ---Pre-order Mage Errant in hardcover at a bookstore of your choice and send John a proof o...
Talking About Tolkien - The Tower of Cirith Ungol (Return, 6-1)
We're back! Find out how Sam gets past an army of orcs to rescue Frodo using no less than 3 magic items requiring attunement.
World First - Two Idiots Talk About Stoicism on a Podcast
Today the boys are talking about Epictetus...kind of.
Nate Discusses All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse III) THE FINALE
The last Bobiverse episode is finally out! Now that we're done we can reflect on the experience. We're also going to tie up some storylines and get rid of The Others in a very dramatic way. Enjoy! Or don't, I'm not your dad.
Nate Discusses All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse III) Part I
Welcome to the two-part finale of the Bobiverse on Words About Books. This episode we talk about Bob and his various quests to hook up with a redhead, fight a fascist pacific island government, become a dolphin, and maybe become the greatest sm...
Discussing Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Wealthy, but not ultra-wealthy, boy genius Artemis Fowl commits crimes to further enrich himself. It's like real life, but these crimes are committed against the fairy folk.
Talking About Tolkien - The Black Gate Opens (Return 5-10)
My master Sauron the Great bids thee welcome.
