Tsundoku Book Club

Leif subjected himself to a flight of comics tasters. Over tens of minutes were spent poring over the finest vintages of new comics on the market. What will Leif decide? Who will make the pull list, and who will get sent to the bargain bin? Find out this episode of Tsundoku Book Club! This episode contains discussion of comics that can't be fully appreciated without the images to accompany them. Follow @TsundokuPod on Twitter to see images from the comics, alongside commentary highlighting and expanding on the episode's discussion. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Lynels and moblins and bokoblins, oh my! Emily regales us with tales of her childhood and adulthood playing Legend of Zelda games after finally beating newest title on the Switch. We discuss boss battles, open worlds, and disappointing endings. Follow us on Twitter at @TsundokuPod! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Part two of the first recorded episode is here! Leif's mom, Liz Nelson, reads Waging Peace: A Special Operations Team's Battle to Rebuild Iraq, a book that's been sitting on the window shelf for more than ten years. We discuss guilt, culture clash, and what we do despite our best intentions. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Who hasn't read the colossal standard of fantasy? Emily apparently. Join us as Emily, Leif, and a special guest discuss the book, the movie, Tom Bombadil, and all four women of the Lord of the Rings. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Your long wait has ended, as Emily and Leif have finally recovered from their various illnesses! This episode, Leif reads The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley. Marvel as he mixes up genres, and complains about fantasy info dumps. We are finally on social media! Follow @TsundokuPod on Twitter for episode corrections and second thoughts from the hosts. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Folks, if we can make a simple suggestion, don't start uploading a podcast right before the holidays! It'll really throw a spanner in the works. This episode, Emily discusses A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories by Yiyun Li. We talk about short story collections, eunuchs, and why connecting with characters is overrated. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Tsundoku is a Japanese word for the practice of gathering books and never reading them. Join Emily and Leif as they try to figure out why its so hard to read the books that are so fun to buy. Then, Leif talks about Unfollow, a comic about 140 characters who gain an enormous inheritance with a deadly cost. Follow us on Twitter at @TsundokuPod for extra tidbits that don't make it into the episodes! Music by Veltpunch. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.