Blind Girls' Book Talk

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Sorry for missing last month's episode, but we are excited to bring you a bookish scavenger hunt this month.  Play along at home and let us know your answers in the comments.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about our thoughts on baby books.  Recently our friend had a baby and so we wanted to get books as presents.  We were surprised by the state of the book section in larger bookstores, so we decided to talk about it.  If you've had a similar experience or different experience to us let us know in the comments.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I did a little challenge.  We tried to pick a book that we thought the other would enjoy.  If you have tried this challenge with your friends or family before let us know in the comments. :)

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to talk about some of what we read in 2024.  Sorry this episode is so late.  Check out our latest Blind Life episode for an explanation on what's been going on.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about the theories surrounding the passing of Edgar Allen Poe.  Which of these theories do you think is the most likely?  Let us know in the comments.

Articles Cited:

https://nkolakowski.medium.com/the-enduring-mystery-of-edgar-allan-poes-death-ef64c937fd0

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

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Hello fellow ink drinkers! Today Belle has gone down a rabbit hole of watching videos of different creators talking about the state of Book Tok and how it seems to be creating a culture of anti-intellectualism.  We had our own thoughts about this topic, so we wanted to weigh in.  NOTE:  No ill will is intended to any of these creators we have talked about.  We recognize that they are allowed to have different opinions just as we are.  As promised, here are the links to the videos we have mentioned in this episode:

Video One: https://youtu...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  I know summer is pretty much over by the time this episode has come out but these were our picks for summer reading recommendations. Some of these are all year long recommendations though so hopefully you'll be able to find a nice fall read in this episode too. 

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Sorry it has been awhile but we are going to give you the short story of where we have been for the past few weeks.  We thank you for your patience and support while we figured everything out 

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle is going to talk about her thoughts on fantasy books now that she has started to read more of them.  There are also many other random topics in this episode 

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are talking about what we would do if we had a book club.  We had a lot of fun discussing all aspects of our fictional book clubs so let us know what you would do if you ran a book club.

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about the books we have read so far this year.  Since I have been going through a major reading slump, I have read far less than Belle has.  SPOILER WARNING FOR THE BOOKS BELLE TALKS ABOUT

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am going to be going over another Belle recommends book.  This time, the book recommended was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.  Not sure why Belle recommended this one, but it was a very interesting read.  LIGHT SPOILER WARNING 

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Hello fellow ink drinkers.  Since Belle isn't with me today, I decided that I wanted to talk about some books that I recently read.  The first book is "The Book of Azrael" by Amber V. Nicole and the second book is "The Blonde Identity" by Ally Carter.  LIGHT SPOILER WARNING. 

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to talk about a new "series" that we are planning to do.  We want to talk about the kids' shows we watched when we were younger that promoted reading and literacy.  In this episode we are just talking about what we remember about the shows we are going to cover.  The shows include: Word Town, Martha Speaks, Word Girl, Wishbone, Reading Rainbow, and Between the Lions.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are talking about our ideal reading habitat as well as some of the craziest places we have ever read.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be ranking some romance tropes.   Our tiers are as follows if you want to play along at home:

More of This

Like it, but not my Favorite

Meh

I'll Pass

Immediately No

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  We are back today to talk about some bookish frustrations.  A quick note:  this show will be going to a biweekly upload schedule.  We thank you for your understanding and for listening.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are doing a Do I Have That Book Challenge.  
NOTE: We will be taking the rest of February off because we are moving.  Since it was a sudden move, we were not able to prep episodes ahead of time.  We will be back though in the March.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers! Today I am going to talk about some of my recent reads while Belle talks about her most recent crochet project.  (A slight spoiler for the episode, the crochet project may or may not be cursed lol)

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am going to rank some of my favorite fictional men in a tier list.  The tiers are the same as they were for Belle's list but as a reminder they are:
Somebody Make Him Real
I'd Go On a Date And See What Happens
He's Alright But There Could Be Improvement
I'll Pass
Immediately No

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am discussing a book to movie comparison of "The BFG" by Roald Dahl.  
As a note: in the episode I do say that you may want to skip ahead at one point.  Let me give some context now.  There was one part of the movie that wasn't in the book that I found a little weird and it kinda bothered me.  I'm not normally one to get triggered by things, so I wanted to throw out a warning.  Nothing actually bad happens but it is just a situation that I found to be str...

Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to talk about the books we have enjoyed reading in 2023 and our reading goals for 2024.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about our thoughts on Book Tok, BookTube, and the other bookish social media spaces.  Belle had watched a video from the creator, According to Alina, about BookTok and overconsumption.  We just wanted to talk more about this topic merely as people who are part of the book social media space and give a different take.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am going to give another tipsy bad retelling of a Dickens' Christmas story.  This time we are covering "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain".  We hope you enjoy and we hope you have a happy holiday season! A reminder, if you are going to enjoy some special adult beverages because you are of age to drink them, please do so responsibly.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am talking about my experience with the National Novel Writing Month challenge.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are celebrating 100 episodes of the podcast.  Today, I've decided to test Belle's knowledge of famous book quotes as well as connecting Harry Potter quotes to their characters.  I don't think I said it in the episode, but I do want to take the time to say a big thank you to everyone who has been listening to the podcast for any length of time over these past 100 episodes.  Belle and I truly appreciate your support.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about some of our favorite book quotes.  Let us know your favorites.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle has recommended that I read "Persuasion" by Jane Austen.  Since I've listened to the audiobook, I'm going to talk about my thoughts on the book.  SPOILER WARNING.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are revisiting the first sentence challenge and seeing how well we know the books we have (or haven't read). 

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I have been given the opportunity to read and briefly discuss a book before it is released.  We also got the chance to ask the author of the book some questions.  The book is called "The Star and The Strange Moon" by Constance Sayers.  The book will be released on November 14, 2023 and I definitely recommend this book.  We hope you enjoy this episode and a big thank you to Constance Sayers and anyone else involved for giving us this opportunity.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle is ranking some of her favorite (and not so favorite) fictional men in a tier list.  If you want to play at home, the tiers are:
Somebody Make Him Real
I'd Go On a Date And See What Happens
He's Alright But There Could Be Improvement
I'll Pass
Immediately No

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  In honor of Halloween coming up, we are going to do another bad retelling of Poe short stories.  The stories we will cover this time are "Shadow - A Parable", "Silence - A Fable", "Never Bet The Devil Your Head", "Masque of the Read Death", and "Hop Frog".  As always SPOILER WARNING and CONTENT WARNING.  Poe stories are dark and even though we try not to go too deep into the stories, there are still dark themes.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are talking about that books that made us feel some type of way be it embarrassed, sad, strange, or happy.  Pardon the random Piper noises in the background.  She was being very noisy in the recording room.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I am alone in the recording room, but I'm going to talk about Mary Shelley and her life.  I found out some interesting things in the research for this one.  

Research Links:
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/mary-shelley

https://www.bl.uk/people/mary-shelley

https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25311

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Since it is Blind Awareness Month, Belle and I decided to talk about blind representation in books.  We also have a big announcement.  We are launching a new podcast!  It is called It's a Blind Life and it will be where we talk about our lives and how we function as blind people.  For more information, feel free to check out the show.  It will be hosted everywhere this show is and will also be able to be found on Youtube.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle is going to do a bad retelling of "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  With Belle feeling under the weather and realizing we have talked a lot about our favorite series in this podcast, we have decided to change things up.  This is just a random bookish conversation about reading slumps and other random topics.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are doing another challenge.  This week we are picking some fictional characters and a few items that have washed up on a deserted with us.  We are going to see if the luck of the draw will help us survive... or not.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to give some tips for the best way to move a very large library of books.  Since we have just moved to our new place, we wanted to talk about what we did and how it helped our moving process.  

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Beth is joining Belle and me as we talk about tropes and put them in our own tier list.  The tropes are a mix of different ones found across literature and the tiers include:
Best Stories Ever
Pretty Good Books
Not my Cup of Tea but I Respect It
Could We Not Use This Please
Immediately No

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