Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8 Read along with us on StoryGraph! Join the Five or Flop: Season One Reading Challenge and track your progress: https://bit.ly/3T7z8jO
Somehow Five AND Flop: HBO's Dear America Film Adaptations
It's the final bonus episode of Season 3, and it's a special one- we're watching two half-hour long short film adaptations of So Far From Home and Cleopatra!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
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Flop for Making Us Cry: Watching Ashes in the Snow
We're back with a far less happy movie adaptation. We're watching Ashes in the Snow, the movie version of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys! Join us for a good cry and more identifying where we know the cast from.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
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Five Cast, Flop Soundtrack: The Catherine, Called Birdy Movie
It's the most anticipated adaptation of season three: today we're watching Lena Dunham's film adaptation of Catherine, Called Birdy!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
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The Fives and Flops to Rule Them All: A Complete Podcast Ranking
We're back from a brief hiatus with our first between-season bonus episode! In this episode, we're revisiting all of our past reads and choosing the floppiest flops, the finest fines, and the fivest fives.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod...
Royal Diaries Part Two: Final Grade is Flop
It must be time for summer break, because it's the end of Back to School! We're wrapping up this week with Erin's Royal Diaries picks, reading about Anastasia, Cleopatra, and Marie Antoinette. We also rank all the books from the entire season, and tease the theme for season four!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
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Royal Diaries Part One: Princess of Flops
The first part of the two-part season finale is here, and it's our last series overview: the Royal Diaries! This week, it's Grace's picks, and we're reading about Anacaona, Jahanara, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod...
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis: Grace, Erin, and the Flopping Fives of the Podcast!!!!!
We're back to Newbery winners this week with a classic of elementary school libraries everywhere- it's Bud, Not Buddy!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Join our Season Three Reading Challenge on StoryGraph...
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Fire Safety is Not a Flop
This week, we're tackling one of Grace's favorite childhood books and one of both hosts' childhood historical obsessions: we're reading Uprising and learning about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!<...
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner: Our Hosts' First Flop
*We're still adjusting to our new mics, sorry for any loud portions!
We messed up and accidentally selected a contemporary fiction, so come with us to 1880s Sydney in Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and...
Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn: Tesla’s Flop Machine
*We're adjusting to our new mics, sorry for any loud portions!
Hop aboard the Titanic (for a shockingly short amount of time) to read Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn with us!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for...
