S&L Podcast - #405 - Above The Fold
/The hosts of the SMR Podcast join Tom to discuss The Fold by Peter Clines. Is the main character overpowered? Can they convince Christ to read the book? Plus why kids these days get to tour potato chip factories AND the beginning of March madness!
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Coca Cola - Mini
Rod: San Pellegrino Tangerine and Wild Strawberry
Robb: Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
Chris: Lemonade Propel
QUICK BURNS
Joanna: The BSFA Awards shortlist for 2020 had been announced.
Trike: George R.R. Martin to produce Roger Zelazny’s Roadmarks for HBO.
Trike: Redwall by Brian Jacques to be turned into an animated feature film and a TV series by Netflix.
BARE YOUR SWORD
Terpkristin: I’m jealous of the kids that get to field trip to the utz factory. I grew up in MD and we did all kinds of field trips to local things (MD Science Center, Baltimore Aquarium, Goddard Space Flight Center, many Smithsonian museums, Mount Vernon, etc) but never the utz factory.
From @MitchamBeth THE MARROW THIEVES, Cherie Dimaline. A great post-apocalyptic road story (only they avoid roads) layered with the traumas and inspirations of reclaiming First Nation culture. There's personal and cultural loss and rediscovery.
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Next month!
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
My guest host will be Alex Brown, librarian, local historian, author and Tor & Locus reviewer will join us as our guest host in March.
WRAP UP
Contrasting views
Ruth: I DNF’ed this pretty quickly as I just found the characters flat and the story uninteresting. Reading the spoiler-protected stuff above, I’m glad I quit when I did as I think I’d have found it all really annoying, especially the [ nerd-guy-gets-the-cheerleader thing (hide spoiler)] which is a trope I HATE. "Leesa: I enjoyed the story. It was fast-paced, funny, and nutty. Light weird fiction! Just what I needed!
Terpkristin: I don't need every book to be unique. I don't need it to be special. I need it to be engaging (and lately, not depressing). I enjoyed the romp. Perfect? Absolutely not. But a fun read.
Jenny (reading Envy) - the author is missing such a great opportunity based on his narrator - this guy has a photographic memory? Why is her hair brown and not a specific Pantone shade, like 19-1228, 18-1033, or 19-1012? Surely at some point he's read a paint sample catalog or crayon wrapper. I mean... brown?
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