TBR Lowdown

In this episode, we discuss an article on The Bookseller titled The Adultification of YA. Highlights: 🎙 Is the intended audience for the YA readership being pushed out???? 🎙Many YA readers DO NOT want to read books with spice. 🎙 It seems like authors are writing YA books for adults instead of for the actual YA audience. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we discuss an article on The Cut titled Why Does Every Famous Woman Have a Book Club Now? Highlights: 🎙 The idea of having a ‘Book Concierge’ is strange and intriguing. 🎙 Naomi was surprised the article didn’t mention Amerie and Natalie Portman. 🎙 Surprisingly, these celebrity-chosen books do not have a sustaining effect on sales. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we discuss our MAR/APR community read: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison. Highlights: 🎙 The level of discomfort is high in this book. 🎙The relationship between the siblings is so strained and strange. 🎙 The grief is heavy in this book. It drips off almost every page. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we discuss, The Atlantic’s March 14, 2024, The Great American Novels article. Highlights: 🎙 Can one book encompass the totality of America? 🎙What does the term “great American novel” even mean? 🎙 It’s always fun to see a list of books that are completely new to you. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we share our favorite books from the first quarter. Highlights: 🎙 Poets writing novels FOR THE WIN! 🎙Naomi makes serious progress in completing some series on her shelves. 🎙2024 is proving to be a really good reading year. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we talk about some of the late Spring and Summer book releases we’re looking forward to and think you should put on your radar. Highlights: 🎙 Naomi has been on a literary vampire book kick. 🎙Yup, there are most definitely some dark emotional books on our list. 🎙 Female friendships come up again in some of Alyssa’s picks. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

STAY TUNED FOR THIS UPCOMING EPISODE.... The Grapes of Wrath was published today in 1939. We have been reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb, and we will have a deep dive discussion about both books and their publishing history. You don't want to miss this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we chat about the Bloomberg article: TikTok Is Turning the Publishing World Into Fast Fashion. There have been several articles and YouTube video essays on this topic. Highlights: 🎙Is it booktok that’s the problem or the publishing industry? 🎙There seems to be an increasing amount of judgment in the book community. 🎙We are entirely too concerned with what other readers are doing. 🎙 Are special editions even special anymore? ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we discuss Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Highlights: 🎙You can’t help but feel a great deal of empathy for Cyrus. 🎙 We explore the horrid dangers of alcoholism. 🎙This book deserves a second read. There is so much in this story to glean from. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we discuss Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump. Highlights: 🎙Sometimes beautiful writing isn’t enough. 🎙There was a particular event that was mentioned several times, but was never confirmed, and that lack of verification was extremely confusing. 🎙At times it seemed as though we jumped ahead of time without any warning. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we share our reactions to the Women's Prize for Fiction, Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, and the International Booker Prize longlists. Highlights: 🎙Brotherless Nights must be good as it’s made its way to two longlists. 🎙The Carol Shields longlist is more exciting to us than the Women’s Prize longlist. 🎙The International Booker has given Alyssa hope that the Booker longlist will be better than the 2023 longlist. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we talk about being a completist. Maybe not for every single author we’ve ever read, but the ones who struck such a cord in our literary hearts, that we are now moved to read everything they’ve ever written. Highlights: 🎙An author’s books don’t have to be “perfect” for us to want to read all of their works. 🎙Alyssa talks about doing more literary trips. 🎙Of course Elena Ferrante is one of the authors on Naomi’s list. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we talk about what floats our boats in the books we read. Highlights: 🎙 Alyssa loves it when bad stuff happens to people in books. 🎙 Books about marriage are absolute catnip for Naomi. 🎙 We both love books that are raw and honest. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we talk about book prizes we follow. Book prizes are a great way to find ‘new to you’ authors, books, and publishers. Highlights: 🎙 We’re so excited about the inaugural Women’s Prize for Fiction 🎙 We shared many book prizes, but there are much more out there we haven’t tapped into. 🎙 Will we attempt to read from any of the longlists this year???? ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we share the books we have on pre-order. There are so many exciting books releasing this year. Highlights: 🎙 Some interesting books are being reprinted this year. 🎙 Our pre-orders span multiple genres! 🎙 Naomi has way more pre-orders than usual. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we finally discuss our last two reads from our 2023 community reading schedule, Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas, and Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon. Highlights: 🎙 Naomi had a strange and tiresome experience with Tentacle. 🎙 The sheer amount of literature from Iceland is impressive considering its size. 🎙 We loved the themes explored in Miss Iceland. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we discuss an article that shares statistics on how many books people own and how they organize them. Highlights: 🎙 85% say they owned at least one physical book. 🎙 19% of Americans between 31 and 35 years old own at least 100 physical books. 🎙 Even among adults under 30, however, color is a less popular sorting method. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we chat about a Book Riot article and Obama’s list of his favorite books from 2023. Highlights: 🎙 It’s weird being concerned with how many books other people read. 🎙 Why is the book community so obsessed with numerical reading goals? 🎙 The questions surrounding Obama’s annual reading lists are pretty hilarious. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we chat about romance novels vs romance in books. Highlights: 🎙 We briefly chatted about finally starting the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Check our Discord for details! 🎙 Is there a specific formula romance authors use? If a novel doesn’t follow that formula, is it even a true romance novel??? 🎙 Do romance novels give a false sense of reality as it relates to real relationships? ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message

In this episode, we chat about our 12 favorite books we read in 2023. Highlights: 🎙 Alyssa has such an appreciation for well-written short novels. 🎙 Translated fiction was a definite winner for Naomi in 2023. 🎙 Check our individual social media channels for our full list of favorites. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.com/2024readingschedule ⭐️ Participate in our 2nd annual #12Women12Countries reading challenge ⁠https://www.tbrlowdown.com/12women12countries⁠ ⭐️ Join our book club Discord server ⁠https://disboard.org/server/823917426387058719⁠ ⭐️ Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TBRLowdown⁠ ⭐️ Follow TBR Lowdown on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/YouTube ⭐️ Follow Alyssa on Instagram, TikTok, and Lemon8 (nerdynursereads ) ⭐️ Follow Naomi on Instagram, Lemon8, and Twitter (bookladyreads ) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbrlowdown/message