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Amari and the Night Brothers

In this episode of That Pretentious Book Club, hosts Spoons, Wheezy, and Gino are joined by fellow teacup Grandmaster Myla for a magical deep dive into Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston.This popular middle gra...

July 24, 2025 • Season 6 • Episode 2 • 1:39:30

The Woman in White

Welcome to Season 6, Episode 1 of That Pretentious Book Club! In the first episode of season 6, Spoons, Wheezy, and Gino join The Teacups to discuss ethereal classic mystery The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Heralded as one of the f...

July 17, 2025 • Season 6 • Episode 1 • 1:48:51

Writing Retreat Recap - Story Sirens Studio, Spring 2025

✨ Come behind the scenes of our Spring 2025 Story Sirens Writing Retreat—a weekend filled with creativity, connection, and storytelling magic!In this short episode, we share some of our favorite moments from Story Sirens inaugural retre...

June 30, 2025 • 32:28

Just Ella

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 23 of That Pretentious Book Club! In this episode (the last episode of Season 5!), hosts Spoons, Wheezy, and Gino dive into the girl-power-inspired world of Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This Ci...

June 12, 2025 • Season 5 • Episode 22 • 1:32:41

North and South

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 21 of That Pretentious Book Club!In this episode, Spoons and Wheezy deep-dive into listener recommendation North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. This Victorian romance is rife with more than just yearning (a...

April 28, 2025 • Episode 21 • 2:24:32

Fan Mail

Hi! I am a huge fan of the podcast- it has gotten me out many a reading rut and made me laugh out loud. PLEASE do an episode on Howls Moving Castle- it got me kicking my feet and giggling at like one in the morning. Thank you for all the good listens! Young fry of treachery, Anna

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