Hot & Bothered: The Book of Judgement

About this episode

The hosts discuss books that evoke strong opinions and the impact of personal favorites on recommendations.

Hi Readers and Happy May! We're still on a reading hiatus but found this rant of an episode in our 2025 library. ----- Thank you Reddit for inspiring yet another H&B episode: this week we're getting judgy. What is your book? You know the one. If someone says it's their most favorite, artistic rendering of the genre, an utter masterpiece. and you just, can't? Every single recommendation they make is tainted by it. Books and authors mentioned this episode: Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49826643-daughter-of-no-worlds?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9pUDfXymEa&rank=1 Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13928.Daughter_of_the_Forest?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6XPbWHXyby&rank=1 Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25128811-ice-planet-barbarians?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jPaU0ULUMi&rank=1 Zodiac Academy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46261182-the-awakening?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=JBiMKOnXaD&rank=1 Blade Dancer by S.L. Viehl…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie, Jordan

Topics covered

• book recommendations
• literary criticism
• favorite books
• reading preferences
• judgment in literature

Keywords

• book judgment
• reading hiatus
• favorite books
• literary rants
• book recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Daughter of No Worlds, Daughter of the Forest, Ice Planet Barbarians, Zodiac Academy, Blade Dancer, Legendborn