Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

Hosted ByAnna Ferri

A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading books we hate!

Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.


All Episodes

Episode 011 – Religious Fiction

Our genre this month (Religious Fiction) demands we take a look at what makes a book count as “religious fiction” (instead of just fiction about religion). Plus in our one hour and 48 minute episode, Meghan reads too many books (as…

Episode 010 – Space Opera

In this episode we discuss Space Opera and all the endless tangents. This is a LONG conversation (we almost split it in two, but we’re trying to catch up episodes to our current reading topic). We talk about losing our solid footing on genre…

Episode 009 – Aboriginal, Indigenous, and First Nations Books

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Aboriginal, Indigenous, and First Nations Books.   This episode we’re looking at another thematic…

Episode 008 – Christmas/Holiday Reads

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Christmas and Holiday Reads.   It’s Christmas in July as we talk about library displays, book stickers, the…

Episode 007 – Cozy Mysteries

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Cozy Mysteries.   Listen to your hosts Anna Ferri, Meghan Whyte, Matthew Murray, and Amanda Wanner discuss…

Episode 006 – Books in Translation

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Books in Translation.   Listen to your hosts Anna Ferri, Meghan Whyte, Matthew Murray, and Jorge Cardenas…

Episode 005 – Religion (non-fiction)

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Religion (non-fiction).   Listen to your hosts Anna Ferri, Meghan Whyte, and Matthew Murray discuss how/whether…

Episode 004 – Psychological Thrillers

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Psychological Thrillers.   Listen to your hosts Anna Ferri,Meghan Whyte, and Matthew Murray discuss appeal…

Episode 003 – Technology (non-fiction)

 Your Hosts This Episode  | | We discuss online reading vs book reading (“I just want to read the wiki article”), whether pop science is formulaic, if we read non-fiction to learn explicit facts or provoke thought generally, the…

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