S&L Podcast - #476 - Don't Get Your Atmoscarf In A Bunch

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We're huge fans of mushrooms! Fourth Wing is EVERYWHERE. And remember, the very aspects of a novel you might not fancy could be the same ones that captivate someone else.

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WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?

Tom: Mushroom gnocchi

Veronica: Cauliflower tacos

QUICK BURNS

Tamahome: Nominees are out for the Godoreads awards

Seth: Here's Amazon's best of 2023.

HarryB: The New York Times today (11/7) published a profile of "Fourth Wing" author Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing printing errors.

Liqorice: In other news, George really is working on The Winds of Winter.

Stephen: The Cover reveal for the first book from a new trilogy from the duo that make up James S.A. Corey, coming in August 2024.

Stephen & Tamahome: The Finalist for SPFBO 9 or Spiff-Bo for those in the know, have been chosen

BARE YOUR SWORD

Terpkristin: The violence in The Library at Mount Char had me nope out of it, but I was glad you guys talked about it, even if it seemed that there was less conversation than usual on the book. I was interested in the story but just couldn't stomach the violence

Drake Tungsten

@turtleismytotem

I miss the days when wacky moments could be found by listening to older episodes. Everything's so perfect now. No more mentions of ants, consuming authors, or Cthulhu. Sigh...

Tamahome: Holy shoot, Trike makes it to 10,000 comments on the Sword and Laser Goodreads group. Following in #2 and #3 are Rob and me. I thought I'd pull a Jan and fill in a quick burn.

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

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Does the sci-fi add anything?

Scones and Laksa

The writing style is perhaps more ornate and stilted than would be my ideal preference, she expostulated

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