Fiction Freaks

About Fiction Freaks

Fiction Freaks is a podcast of two best friends, Brandi and Diane, who love to read, unscripted and uncensored. This is the book club you’ve always wanted to join.

Publisher

Brandi & Diane

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 Feb 2023

Latest episode

14 Mar 2024

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Mar 2024

   Minisode 5: Daddy issues

   Book reviews! Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Boys Don’t Cry by Fiona Scarlett A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Sally Rooney Educated by Tara Westover Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry Arc of a Scythe trilogy (Scythe; Thunderhead; The Toll) by Neal Shusterman Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarrows

2. 

   23 Feb 2024

   Episode 7: The Master of Myth

   Our first guest! Shawnna Kerns aka the Master of Myth Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): American Diaries series by Kathleen Duey Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner The Silver Slippers by Elizabeth Koda-Callan Jennifer McMahon One by One by Ruth Ware A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos #0) by Samantha Shannon The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City #3) by Sarah J. Maas Xoxo, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (audiobooks narrated by Davina Porter) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris

3. 

   16 Jan 2024

   Episode 6: Where the hell have you been loca?

   Our 2023 reading recap and so many updates!! Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): NetGalley (https://www.netgalley.com/) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison Normal People by Sally Rooney The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas Throne of Glass Tandem Reading Guide (https://www.tlbranson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Throne-of-Glass-Reading-Guide.pdf) ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas Crescent City series by Sarah J Maas Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark The Zodiac Academy series by Caroline Peckham Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood The Poppy War series by R. F. Kuang The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by  Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Close to Home by Michael Magee Red Rising series by Pierce Brown The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

4. 

   21 Jul 2023

   Minisode 4: July Book Club

   Minisode 4 We review and chat about Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. *Spoiler alert at minute 8:04, skip to minute 09:27*

5. 

   20 Jun 2023

   Episode 5: Unpopular reading opinions

   A melodrama of our unpopular reading opinions. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

6. 

   9 Jun 2023

   Minisode 3: Tilapia telepathy

   Two short and sweet book reviews. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Heaths Book Club (http://www.instagram.com/heaths.bookclub) The Bonds That Tie series by J. Bree Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Martian by Andy Weir No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Guncle by Steven Rowley Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses The English Teacher by Lily King Remarkably Bright Creatures Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

7. 

   23 May 2023

   Episode 4: Hey all you podcats and kittens

   The tell-all you never asked for. Get to know your amazing, cool, beautiful hosts, Brandi & Diane. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller (correction of mistakenly naming “C.S. Lewis” in the podcast) Harry Potter series When We Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Holes by Louis Sachar The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins Happy Place by Emily Henry Maame by Jessica George Book Lovers by Emily Henry All Swell? Podcast (https://www.coastalnewstoday.com/podcasts/welcome-to-the-all-swell-podcast)

8. 

   12 May 2023

   Minisode 2: I feel a lot of things

   Two short and sweet book reviews. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar Lake Union Publishing (Amazon Publishing) Penguin Random House Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel by Robert Dugoni NetGalley Light of the Second Star by Vanessa Raccio (pub date 6 June 23) Peter Pan Grimm’s Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka Shrek The Emperor’s New Groove Book Lovers by Emily Henry Happy Place by Emily Henry People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

9. 

   21 Apr 2023

   Episode 3: Book tropes

   Book tropes we love and hate and everything in-between. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) Amazon Prime first reads (https://www.amazon.com/firstreads/ref=apubna_pr_gs_10002_tx_1_br_2304) Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ACOTAR by Sarah J Maas Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn Crescent City by Sarah J Maas Romeo & Juliet Atonement by Ian McEwan Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Pearl Harbor movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante The Turnout by Megan Abbott People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry Bargain Books Richmond (https://m.facebook.com/bargainbooksrichmond/) Sherlock Holmes Little Women by Louisa May Alcott When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, Susan Meissner Bewitched Shadows by Autumn Blake Spare by Prince Harry

10. 

    7 Apr 2023

    Minisode 1: Octopi fetish

    Two short and sweet book reviews. Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Read With Jenna (https://www.today.com/shop/read-with-jenna) The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

11. 

    28 Mar 2023

    Episode 2: Genre deep dive, part 2

    Do it, read it, write it? Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Fantasy/YA (young adult) (0:01:45) Red Rising Saga (Red Rising; Golden Son; Morning Star; Iron Gold; Dark Age; and, Light Bringer) by Pierce Brown ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses) (A Court of Thorns and Roses; A Court of Mist and Fury; A Court of Wings and Ruin; A Court of Frost and Starlight; and, A Court of Silver Flames) by Sarah J Maas Crescent City duology (House of Earth and Blood, and, House of Sky and Breath) by Sarah J Maas Throne of Glass series (The Assassin and the Pirate Lord; The Assassin and the Healer; The Assassin and the Desert; The Assassin and the Underworld; The Assassin and the Empire; Throne of Glass; Crown of Midnight; Heir of Fire; Queen of Shadows; Empire of Storms; Tower of Dawn; and, Kingdom of Ash) by Sarah J Maas The Inheritance Games series (The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy; The Final Gambit; and, The Brothers Hawthorne) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Chronicles of Narnia series (The Magician’s Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Trader; The Silver Chair; and, The Last Battle) by C. S. Lewis @Ben Barnes (https://www.instagram.com/benbarnes/?hl=en) Shadow and Bone trilogy (Shadow and Bone; Siege and Storm; and, Ruin and Rising) by Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows duology (Six of Crows, and, Crooked Kingdom) by Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80236319) His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; and, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman Historical Fiction (0:21:47) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Four Winds by Kristin Hannah “DNF” = did not finish Home Front by Kristin Hannah The Alice Network by Kate Quinn The Rose Code by Kate Quinn The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Mothers by Brit Bennett Circe by Madeline Miller The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray Freedman/Johnson trilogy (Yellow Crocus; Mustard Seed; and, Golden Poppies) by Laila Ibrahim Horror (0:34:00) The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield General Fiction (0:42:00) Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Beartown by Fredrik Bachman The People We Keep by Allison Larkin Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Special Mentions Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Brandi’s PangoBooks Bookstore (https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/books.withbrandi) Modern Mrs. Darcy (https://modernmrsdarcy.com) The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos) by Samantha Shannon

12. 

    21 Mar 2023

    Episode 2: Genre deep dive, part 1

    "You give me poetry and I’ll give you smut” Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): Memoir (0:04:30) My Life in France by Julia Child How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Lazarus’s Denial by Linda S. Hopkins Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susanna Callahan Born A Crime by Trevor Noah I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Poetry (0:22:40) Frank O’Hara Pablo Neruda Shel Silverstein Contemporary Fiction (0:32:00) Writers and Lovers by Lily King Euphoria by Lily King Trespasses by Louise Kennedy The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Deacon King Kong by James McBride Atonement by Ian McEwan @James Mcavoy (https://www.instagram.com/jamesmcavoyrealdeal/?hl=en) Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sarder No Heaven For Good Boys by Keisha Bush The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Duboni Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy So, What Are You Reading? Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/0P2vKcFp9AeZ5th1zxPhzl) Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Mystery/Thriller (1:10:00) Dublin Murder Squad series (In the Woods; The Likeness; Faithful Place; Broken Harbor; The Secret Place; The Trespasser; The Witch Elm; and, The Searcher) by Tana French

13. 

    20 Feb 2023

    Episode 1: Welcome to the club + a 2022 recap

    Who we are, how many times we’ve recorded this episode, some hot takes, and a study on Brandi’s repeated use of the word “stunning”. Welcome to the club! Connect with us on Instagram @fictionfreakspodcast  (https://www.instagram.com/fictionfreakspodcast) Email us @fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:fictionfreakspodcast@gmail.com) Subscribe to Fiction Freaks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. *Maze Runner Series book spoiler alert at minute 36, skip to minute 37* Show shout-outs (in order of appearance): The Boxcar Children Books by Gertrude Chandler Warner RL Stine books Brandi’s Little Free Library charter #118670 Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Know My Name by Chanel Miller Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Maze Runner Series by James Dashner @Dylan O’Brien (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3729721/) Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Maame by Jessica George Read with Jenna (https://www.today.com/shop/read-with-jenna) Better in Balance Podcast with Nia Renteria (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-in-balance/id1634050584?uo=4) Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Zodiac Academy Series by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti @Dakota Johnson (https://www.instagram.com/dakotajohnson/?hl=en) Call of Duty (https://www.callofduty.com)

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