Hardcover Hooligans

Fourth Wing - Part 2 (Re-upload)

January 28th, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

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We finally get to the NSFW parts of Fourth Wing! And also there is a sweet wizard fight.

Fourth Wing - Part 1 (Re-upload)

January 27th, 2026  |  1 hr 9 mins

We tackle the booktok sensation "Fourth Wing" to find out just what all the hub-bub is about. Is it good? Bad? Sexy??
Maybe it could be all three.

A Court of Mist and Fury - Part 2

January 19th, 2026  |  1 hr 17 mins

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While there are several climaxes in this book, the one that matters unfortunately made no sense.

A Court of Mist and Fury - Part 1

January 6th, 2026  |  1 hr 19 mins

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Everyone's favorite fairy smut series is back! And this time with…less sex? And more PTSD?!

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Part 2 (Re-upload)

December 30th, 2025  |  1 hr 24 mins

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Cauldron boil and fry me! It's part two of our discussion of the fairy smut phenomenon! And yes, Feyre's bowels are still watery!

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Part 1 (Re-upload)

December 29th, 2025  |  1 hr 26 mins

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In anticipation of our return to the world of Sarah J. Maas, here's our first episode on the romantasy phenomenon.

A Canticle for Leibowitz - Part 3

December 15th, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins

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After 400 years, humanity has finally recovered all their technology…including nuclear bombs! Uh oh!

A Canticle for Leibowitz - Part 2

December 1st, 2025  |  1 hr 16 secs

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We finally arrive at the first piece of true advanced technology in this novel: a lightbulb.

A Canticle for Leibowitz - Part 1

November 17th, 2025  |  1 hr 24 mins

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No lasers, no spaceships, just a sci-fi novel about a monk who finds a grocery list. Featuring our first ever guest on the podcast!

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

September 19th, 2025  |  41 mins 16 secs

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After an unintentional summer hiatus, we’re back with the third and final installment of our short series on Borges short stories. And oh no! It turns out a billionaire creating a fantasy planet with his friends can destroy the world.

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

June 2nd, 2025  |  51 mins 43 secs

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If we claimed we wrote a Borges story and read it in its entirety at the end of our podcast, that would make the story infinitely richer.

The Library of Babel

April 30th, 2025  |  48 mins 30 secs

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An infinite library implies the existence of infinite Mr. Beast video transcripts.

Carrie

April 14th, 2025  |  1 hr 13 mins

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The moral of this story is to not bully the girl with latent psychic abilities.

Dungeon Crawler Carl

April 1st, 2025  |  59 mins 24 secs

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I guess books are just video games now.

Watchmen

March 17th, 2025  |  1 hr 14 mins

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That’s right, we read comic books now! Just kidding, it’s called a "graphic novel". And this one’s about a bunch of superheroes who aren’t really that super and one blue guy who is TOO super. Get ready for morally grey characters, questionable motives, and a weird spooky pirate story.

The Way of Kings - Part 2

March 3rd, 2025  |  1 hr 17 mins

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We finish The Way of Kings and are left with boredomspren floating around our computers. Plus, we read some one-star Goodreads reviews of The Way of Kings and do a quick overview of the other Stormlight Archive books.