And we’re back! Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast season two! We’re catching you up on what we’ve been up to, talking about current events, and setting our goals for the new year! We have a ton in store for our second season, so stay tuned!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:00:30 - What’s new with everyone?

00:00:36 - Tessa’s Album Journey

00:07:40 - Books vs CDs

00:13:45 - Tabrizia went to London! (again)

00:17:28 - Whitney’s Bday!

00:20:55 - Twenty Sided Tavern

00:22:35 - Current Events - Luigi Mangione

00:36:48 - Evelyn has switched to Storygraph

00:42:10 - Tik Tok Ban

1:00:38 - Goals and Positivity in the New Year

It is our season finale, and we are closing out with the battle of the reading trackers! We are closing our inaugural season by comparing the two popular reading trackers: Goodreads and The Story Graph. We dive into these websites…but get sidetracked by other topics, of course. Which reading tracker will reign supreme? Listen to find out!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:01:49 - Reflection on Elections

00:13:05 - What’s everyone currently reading

00:13:20 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Chris

00:21:18 - Tabrizia reads a romance book! (Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards)

00:29:44 Steve Kornacki Pounded Enthusiastically By His Handsome Election Map by Chuck Tingle - Evelyn

00:32:03 - Kamisama Kiss aka Love will always be real - Tessa

00:39:18 - Motor Crush (reread) - Whitney

00:40:36 - Quick ComicCon seque

00:46:10 - The Friends of Stevie Derstler (starting) - Whitney

00:50:00 - Kodansha House Redux

00:55:00 - Chris’ Spider-man Rant

00:57:46 - Goodreads vs Story Graph

01:26:15 - Glasses Tangent

01:29:00 - We’re all getting old

01:34:45 - Closing Statements

01:48:53 - Holiday Plans

Episode 7 or That Halloween Episode! We sit down and talk about the various movies and books that spook us and give us chills…and in typical fashion go off the rails to discuss everything in between.

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Song used:

This Is Halloween by UNIVERSFIELD

From freemusicarchive.org

Image Credit: Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:00:50 - Spooky Levels

00:02:35 - Slasher Discourse

00:11:37 - Creepy Kids Discourse

00:26:28 - Gothic Horror and Psychological Thrillers (Tabrizia)

00:33:00 - All Horror Welcome (Evelyn)

00:34:24 - Movie/Shows Recommendations

00:35:46 - Tim Curry’s Criminal Minds episode, Possibly Disturbing (Whitney)

01:11:32 - Rosemary’s Baby and The Shining book vs film (Evelyn)

01:14:00 - Tabrizia and Tessa Prefer Reading / Book Recommendations

01:43:46 - NYC Halloween Parade

01:48:00 - NYC ComicCon!

01:52:25 - Outro

For Episode 6, we catch up, talk about our time at Anime NYC, we (re)tell a story. We each took a volume of Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn and retell the story the best we can from memory (and a few notes). We think it went better than expected, but we’ll let you be the judge?

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:01:21 - AnimeNYC and ComicCon

00:24:05 - Future events i.e. Libraries & Comic Shops

00:25:55 - Paper Girls ReTelling

00:29:37 - Volume 1 -Whitney

00:38:01 - Volume 2 -Tabrizia

00:55:55 - Volume 3 -Evelyn

01:03:05 - Volume 4 -Tessa

01:15.10 - Volume 5 -Chris

01:24:33 - Volume 6 -Future Whitney

01:40:05 - Final Thoughts

01:51:35 - Outro

In our fifth episode of our Fake Book Club, Tessa is hosting! Join us as we catch up on some wild current events, complain about the heat waves, scream about soccer, and fight off the sleepies as we record at 3 AM in a warehouse.

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intros

(00:00:45) - Weird Current Events

(00:00:45) - Hot As Hell

(00:10:42) - Crowdstrike Outage

(00:12:30) - Airline Talk

(00:18:20) - Conspiracy Episode?

(00:19:45) - Celebrity Deaths

(00:27:05) - What’s New With Everyone?

(00:28:00) - The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang (Chris)

(00:33:00) - A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh (Tabrizia)

(00:38:40) - Language Detour

(00:46:30) - My Summer of You [Manga (Evelyn)]

(00:50:11) - New Adaptation of Ranma ½ from MAPPA (Tessa)

(00:50:47) - General Discussion on Anime and Anime Studios

(00:59:30) - All the Sports (Euros, Copa, etc.)

(01:18:40) - AnimeNYC & other Cons

(01:30:55) - Positive Notes

(01:31:00) - Concerts (KPOP, Flow, Green Day)

(01:34:33) - Whitney and Tabrizia at Zine Conference

(01:36:30) - Man City vs AC Milan (Tabrizia, Evelyn, Whitney)

(01:41:10) - Outro

The second part of our fourth episode is the Tabrizia and Evelyn show! Tabrizia and Evelyn went on their great British adventure and talked about their recent Lake District and Manchester trip. Make sure to have your scones and a cup of tea, this is one wild adventure!

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - The Tabrizia and Evelyn Show!/Begins

(00:00:05) - Plane trip distractions

(00:00:32) - The Three Body Problem / Asteroid City / Love to Love You, Donna Summer - Evelyn

(00:01:44) - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallet / Binged Dreamland - Tabrizia

(00:04:30) -Customs

(00:05:45) - Maikie Mentioned!

(00:05:54) - Lake District

(00:07:22) - Beatrix Potter House

(00:10:26) - Ten Lakes Tour

(00:12:00) - Grasmere Gingerbread Shop

(00:13:30) - Honister Slate Mine

(00:15:25) - Hadrian’s Wall

(00:21:25) - Forester Peak

(00:22:54) - Whitney’s Souvenir

(00:24:21) - Evelyn is a Hobbit

(00:26:10) - Manchester

(00:27:01) - Manchester Central Library

(00:31:35) - Spirits of Manchester Distillery

(00:36:35) - Back to the Central Library

(00:37:15) - Music History with Evelyn

(00:40:47) - Return to Analogue

(00:42:10) - National Football Museum; Football Talks (Man City Won)

(00:51:17) - Manchester Art Gallery

(00:54:12) - Trip Wrap Up / North Wales

(00:55:11) - Thomas the Tank Engine

(00:55:55) - Great Britain’s Smallest House

(00:58:14) - Tabrizia Returns to London

(00:58:44) - Beginning of Tabrizia’s Roast

(01:03:05) - What we’re looking forward to

(01:03:10) - BM and Megan Thee Stallion Concert - Whitney

(01:06:25) - Surprise Engagement Party for Adena

(01:08:27) - ThrillerFest - Tabrizia

(01:10:10) - Sports Summer - Evelyn

(01:11:51) - Outro

We talked so much in our fourth episode that we had to break it up into two parts! In part one, Tabrizia is in charge, and she catches up with everyone about their recent reads and what has caught their eye on the big and small screen (of course, there is Bridgerton talk!). We also briefly mention the New York-Dublin Portal, which could have been a great experience…if it hadn’t been shut down.
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Timestamps

(00:00:00) - Intros

(00:00:44) - What’s new with everyone

(00:00:58) - Bridgerton - Whitney

(00:11:48) - Walking Dead Tangent

(00:12:20) - Back to Bridgerton

(00:17:55) - Shogun - Whitney & Evelyn

(00:26:47) - Anti-Prom - Whitney

(00:36:40) - The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin - Evelyn

(00:40:08) - The Great British Bump Off by John Allison - Evelyn & Tabrizia

(00:42:28) - Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Kel Bebelle - Chris

(00:47:09) - Samurai Champloo - Chris

(00:48:36) - Dublin Gate

(00:49:48) - 9/11 Mentioned

(00:52:50) - Cross Bronx Expressway

(00:54:30) - The Tabrizia and Evelyn Show!/End

In our third episode of Fake Book Club, Chris is in charge, and we talk about a range of topics: Whitney’s group date with a Thai BL actor, our reaction to the documentary “Quiet on the Set,” and reliving the nostalgia of the 90s and Fall Out Boy. We also take the time to give out some “Positive Notes,” things we look forward to. You are in for a great listen with this episode!

Please note that this episode's Quiet on the Set section at 35:00 marks contains some sensitive topics. To avoid this content, skip to the 46:00 mark.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) - Intros

(00:00:30) - Apocalypse Now

(00:15:38) - Quick Notes / Fact Checking

(00:16:08) - What’s Everyone Reading

(00:16:14) - The Gathering by C:J: Tudor - Tabrizia

(00:22:20) - The Talented Mr: Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - Evelyn

(00:25:26) - The Codex Alera by Jim Butcher - Chris

(00:28:08) - Yakuza Lover (manga series) by Nozomi Mino - Whitney

(00:33:24) - Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch - Tessa

(00:35:50) - What’s Everyone Watching

(00:35:50) - Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV - Tabrizia

(00:46:20) - 9-1-1 - Whitney

(00:56:25) - Marry My Husband - Whitney

(00:57:58) - Arrested Development - Tabrizia

(01:10:14) - Ripley - Evelyn

(01:15:25) - The Brothers Sun - Chris

(01:20:20) - Jurassic Park Trilogy - Chris

(01:24:55) - Tessa Watches Anime

(01:25:20) - Yu Yu Hakusho - Tessa

(01:26:09) - InuYasha - Tessa

(01:34:14) - Whitney’s Thai Group Date

(01:46:45) - Holly Jackson Book Signing - Tabrizia

(01:49:25) - Book Signing Talk truly begins

(01:51:56) - Beatrix Potter Exhibit - Evelyn

(01:54:55) - FOB Concert - Chris & Tessa

(02:06:25) - Positive Notes

(02:06:30) - Upcoming Concerts - Whitney

(02:07:50) - UK trip with Evelyn and Tabrizia

(02:09:35) - Paint & Sip + Wedding talk with Chris and Tessa

(02:11:29) - Outro