The Yak Babies Book Podcast
Reviews
Episodes
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Books this time: Euphoria, by Lily King; Writers and Lovers, by Lily King; Lessons in Chemisty, by Bonnie Garmus; The Last Housewife, by Ashley Winstead; I Have Some Questions for You, by Rebecca Makkai; You Only Live Twice, by Ian Fleming; Astro City Vol 2, by Kurt Busiak; All the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk; 33 1/3 Unknown Pleasures, by Chris Ott.r
Monday May 29, 2023
226- Yak Picks: 19th Century Lit
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
The pals share their favorite reads from the 19th century (and earlier).
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Books this time: The Song of Pentecost, by W.J. Corbett; Anger, by Thicht Naht Hahn; One Story; Boulevard; Boston Review; Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone, by Benjamin Stephenson; The Writing Retreat, by Julia Bartz; I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy; A Heart that Works, by Rob Delaney; The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan; 33 1/3: Highway to Hell, by Joe Bonomo and Unknown Pleasures, by Chris Ott; The Human Target, by Tom King.
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
219- Dana Spiotta’s Stone Arabia
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Next in our recommendation roulette of Secret Santa books, Aaron read Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta upon Dave's recommendation.
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
216- Tommy Orange’s There There - Canon or Cannon 2.0
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
The pals read Tommy Orange's acclaimed 2018 novel There There and consider whether it should be canonized or launched into the sea.
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
212- Alan Moore’s From Hell
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
The next assignment in the pals' Secret Santa / Reading Roulette. Aaron assigns Nico to read Alan Moore's historical fiction Jack the Ripper comic opus From Hell. Bricks joins as well.
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
210- The Best Books We Read in 2022
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
The personal pals discuss the best books they read in 2022, very few of which were actually written in 2022.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
208- Scott Hawkins’s The Library at Mt. Char
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Brick reports back after reading his assignment for Recommendation Roulette: The Library at Mt. Char, by Scott Hawkins.
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Books this time: The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones; Headlopper, by Andrew Maclean; Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl; Light from Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki; The Woman in my Home, by Kerry Fisher; The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde; Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin; 1st Issue Special, by various authors
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
What are we reading, boys? Together We Will Go, J. Michael Straczynski; The Greenbone Saga, Fonda Lee; Arlington Park, Rachel Cusk; Invisible Things, Matt Johnson; The Deluge, Stephen Markley; The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohammed; The Slynx, Tatyana Tolstaya; The Last Ronin, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird; Superman Space Age, Mark Russel; Batman: One Bad Day, Tom King.