In our penultimate Gideon the Ninth recap episode (yes, we're really almost there!!), we look at the last half of Chapter 36, in which the fight against Cytherea concludes with Gideon's sacrifice. We also covered the so-called Western ...

The battle with Cytherea errupts as we recap the first half of Chapter 36 in this episode, followed by a dive into a tournament bracket of the most iconic lines in Gideon the Ninth, since we're so close to the end of this book (!!). Th...

In this episode, Gideon finds “her last two living allies” [citation needed] in the Canaan House sickroom, and Palamedes goes out with a bang. Baily then torments Kabriya with another word definitions quiz. We end with a long-awaited discussion...

Uh oh, sisters! In this episode, we’re reconnecting with the world’s most normal twins. Chapter 34 finds us in the Seventh House’s lyctoral lab with Ianthe, Corona, and Babs’ dead body. Ianthe performs her villain monologue, reveals Corona’s “b...

Let's hear it for the horrors of love! This episode is the second part of our two-part discussion of the short story "The Unwanted Guest," from the paperback edition of Nona the Ninth. We're taking a deep dive into the implications of ...

It's so over... We're so back! And we're so excited to begin by sinking our teeth into the short story, "The Unwanted Guest," from the paperback edition of Nona the Ninth. This episode is the first of a two-part discussion—in part one,  we...

Hello, fellow boneheads. We miss you and we want to resurrect the pod so... we're launching a Patreon! This is not a regular episode, just a quick update on why we're asking for your support, how it's going to work, and what you can expect from...

It’s been a minute, but we’re diving back into GIDEON THE NINTH! In this episode, we pick up our reread with Chapters 32 and 33, in which Gideon, Harrow, Pal, and Cam team up to explore a new room, Second House tragedies occur, and we find the ...

We still have so much more to say about Nona the Ninth! After gushing over two characters we hadn't got to yet—Pyrrha and Pash!—we evaluated how well we did overall in our previous Nona theories episode and discussed the major plot dev...

It's another bonus episode all about Nona the Ninth! (Sort of.) This episode is focused on the biggest theories and questions we had going into Nona and was recorded before we read it, so there aren't any spoilers or discussion of even...

Happy Birthday Nona the Ninth!!!!! Please make sure you've finished reading the book before listening to this episode, as it is entirely made of spoilers. We're celebrating this special day with our very first reactions, recorded withi...

This episode is about one thing only: THE POOL SCENE. Our best friend Nora joined us to celebrate the iconic Chapter 31 and we had so much fun chatting about everything that goes down in the Canaan House pool—from plot revelations to moments of...

Gideon's reeling from discovering the head of Protelisaus the Seventh in Harrow's closet when we start our recap of Chapter 30. A heavy dose of childhood secrets and guilt come to the surface in a conversation with Palamedes that we got very em...

Gideon is NOT having a great time as we recap Chapters 28-29, in which she has a truly awful visit with the Eighth House, is too confused to even appreciate Coronabeth's hotness, and finally makes a horrifying discovery in Harrow's closet. Then...

We're going on a guilt spiral with Gideon in Chapters 26-27, before a fight with Harrow blows up everything and leaves us on a thrilling cliffhanger. Baily gets quizzed on words for numbers in different languages, as we study up on the etymolog...

Welcome to suffering hours. In a Chapter 25 that's straight out of a horror movie, poor Isaac Tettares and Jeannemary Chatur meet their tragic deaths and we will absolutely never be okay about it. There's a lot of wailing. But we tried to lift ...

WE'RE BACK!!! And we're making up for our absence by bringing you sexy duels and sexy bones! Canaan House is plunged into chaos in Chapters 23-24, as the houses start fighting for possession of the keys. Camilla gets the chance to show off her ...

It's getting tense at Canaan House as we recap Chapters 21-22, in which discoveries are made about just how many keys there are for everyone to fight over and some mysterious remains are discovered in the incinerator... Then to lighten the mood...

Our tenth episode is finally here! Gideon and Harrow are taking on the avulsion trial in Chapter 20 and we certainly feel like we've been through it too after all the technical delays we had to get through to put this out. We revisit Goodreads ...

There are too many mysteries to keep track of in this episode! In Chapters 18-19, no one can agree on what happened to Magnus and Abigail and suspicions are cast wildly. Then Gideon and Harrow explore the very well-preserved rooms of a certain ...

It’s time for more of the epic highs and lows of Canaan House. In episode 8, we recap Gideon and Harrow’s triumph over the winnowing trial and the tragic discovery of Magnus and Abigail’s bodies in Chapters 16-17. After another vocabulary quiz ...

There's a lot happening at Canaan House! In Chapters 14-15, Gideon's introduced to the winnowing trial and gets to fight a truly terrifying bone construct. Then it's time to celebrate the eleventh year of Magnus and Abigail's espousal with a di...

This week, it's time for Gideon and Harrow to finally join forces in Chapter 13, we dive into deeper, darker corners of the Internet (and probably get put on a watch list somewhere) to find out just where Harrow would be able to get her hands o...

In our first bonus episode, we're stepping away from our reread for an interview with a very special guest: Carl Engle-Laird, editor of the Locked Tomb series. We discussed a poem from Nona the Ninth that was recently released by Tor.com Publis...

Ambience, baby 💀 This week, Baily and Kabriya recap Chapter 12, in which Harrow goes missing and Gideon is definitely, totally celebrating while also desperately trying to rescue her with the help of the Sixth House. Then we take a look at how ...