Book Cult
Episodes
235-The Holiday Swap
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the point of having a twin if you can't make them go to work for you? Today we are talking about The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox. If you like ...
234-Honey
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your grandpa hates you because he ain't you. Today we are talking about Honey by VC Andrews. This book has a lot of accusations of drama without the a...
233-Rose
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who wouldn't ditch their daughter for some fake diamonds and new clothes? Today we are talking about Rose by VC Andrews. Surprise, she is more than a ...
232-Ice
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is she cold? Is she cool? Is it just a weird name? We will never know! Today we are talking about Ice by VC Andrews. The second book in the shooting s...
231-The Waking Dark
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where being on Meth just makes sense....? Today we are talking about The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman. This book somehow proves anti-vaxxers right b...
Movie Night 28: Flowers In The Attic
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! Today we are talking about a spooky adjacent movie, the 2014 Lifetime movie Flowers in the Attic! They tone down the incest but keep ...
230-Just Like Mother
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Come and experience the joys of Motherhood with us! Today we are talking about Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel. If you also love a female cult leader...
229-My Sister, The Serial Killer
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lets celebrate women in mens fields. Today we are talking about My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. If you like blind loyalty, hot gi...
228-Something Wicked This Way Comes
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"By the pricking of my thumbs, someghing wicked this way comes." - William Shakespeare. Today we are talking about Something Wicked This Way Comes by ...
227-Less
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's an angsty white man but this time he's international (like pitbull). Today we are talking about Less by Andrew Sean Geer. If you dream of traveli...
226-Blame It On The Cowboy
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one's got it all: blackmail, clowns, and big ol titties. Seriously, don't cheat on your boyfriend with a clown in a room that does not have a loc...
225-How To Sell A Haunted House
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
it's really not that hard, just get rid of all the dolls and puppets (also wear safety glasses). Today we are talking about How to Sell A Haunted Hous...
224-Howl's Moving Castle
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are all wizards from Wales? Today we are talking about Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This book has everything: scarecrows that knock on d...
StoryTime 67
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
the sexy cowboy recap we've all been waiting for! Listen as Sydney finally gets to hear the plots of all those sexy cowboy books (many apparently not ...
223-His Country Girl
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Don't marry the first guy to be nice to your kid. Today we are talking about His Country Girl by Jillian Hart, the book that has everything you could ...
Mini 103-Baby Books
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about board books but more importantly we are talking about the whack one star Google reviews for The Very Hungry Caterpillar by ...
222-The New Deputy In Town
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're in small town Montana, which is apparently full of crime, and none of it really makes sense, but don't worry, the cowboy still gets th...
221-Hold Me, Cowboy
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Sexy Cowboy Summer! It's Christmas in July this week, and the 12 days of Christmas just got a little more naughty.... this week we're ...
220-A Cowboy's Justice
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's part 2 of sexy cowboy summer! This week we're investigating a 10 year old cold case, and the killer is....maybe who you suspected all along? Tune...
219-Love of a Cowboy
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sydney's on break, so welcome to Sexy Cowboy Summer! We're starting it off with a lot of drama, cults, murder, and child marriage! Don't worry, it wra...
StoryTime 66-With Special Announcement!
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's another Grimms' Fairytale! Another man wanders into a forest and finds a princess, who saw that coming?! Plus an announcement about upcoming epis...
218-Lessons in Chemistry
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is the real genius: the dog, the toddler or the scientist? Today we are talking about Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, a book about feminism...
217-The Outsiders
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will Ponyboy stay golden? Listen to find out! Today we are talking about The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a book written by a teen, about teens and for t...
StoryTime 65
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if Little Red Riding Hood had a not so catchy name? Today you get the real story of a little girl who listens to a wolves advice to bring her gra...
216-Breakfast of Champions
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A great book for if you want to know if your dick size is average! Today we are talking about Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. A classic book ...
Mini 102: Law & Order SVU Goes VC Andrews
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is this what discord is for? Today we are talking about an new episode of Law & Order: SVU where the plot sounds more like a VC Andrews books than...
Mini 101: James Joyce
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A man famous enough to be in a coffee table book of just general world history. We are talking about James Joyce, best know for the book Ulysses but a...
215-Hidden Leaves
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prequel that nobody asked for. Today we are talking about Hidden Leaves by VC Andrews (with surprise Dark Seeds by VC Andrews), the book that disc...
Mini 100: A Mini of All Minis
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to hear about all the stuff we have learned over the past 99 mini episodes that were maybe not always all that mini. Become a supporter of thi...
214-Into the Woods
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not the musical and not woods related at all. We are talking about Into the Woods by VC Andrews, the 4th book in the De Beers series. In this one we l...
213-Twisted Roots
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a teenager decides that her whole family hates her? She runs away in a motor home with her uncle and boyfriend of course! Except thi...
Mini 99: Fabio
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How could he turn out as anyone but fabio with that name? Today we are talking about the King of Romance, Fabio Lanzoni aka Fabio. Yes that is his rea...
212-Wicked Forest
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is our girl Willow up to in the second book of the De Beers series? Getting married, obviously but also becoming besties with a professor who doe...
Mini 98: Werewolf Literature
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about werewolves. Are they real? Were they a big problem in France? Does the full moon matter? Did that one guys wife really dese...
211-Willow
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about Willow, the first book in the De Beers series by VC Andrews. If you are expecting a wild ride like that in Flowers in the A...
210-China Dolls
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dancers used to be able to get rich! Today we are talking about China Dolls by Lisa See, a book about three women who are able to make a living as per...
Mini 97: America's Racist Marriage Laws
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone congragulate Alabama for finally getting rid of the anti-interracial marriage stuff in their state constitution in the year 2000! We are talk...
209-Interview With The Vampire
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's not just any vampire, he's THE vampire. Today we are talking about Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. While this book may be a classic and ...
Mini 96: R. L. Stine
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about Grampa Goosebumps himself, R.L. Stine! A man who has never had writers block and it shows, R.L. Stine has written an insane...
208-Esperanza Rising
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A children's book that is so relevant. Today we are talking about Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. This book is about a young girl immigrating to C...
Mini 95: Immigration in the United States
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A very non comprehensive view of immigration in the United States and why people who don't think we should allow immigration are very wrong. Just reme...
207-Fairest
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She might not be the fairest of them all but she a baddie (in the worse way). Today we are talking about Fairest by Marissa Meyer, the prequel to the ...
Movie Night 27: The Hating Game
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catch me on smurf-fiction.net or wherever she was. We watched The Hating Game starring Lucy Hale playing a character also named Lucy. Based on the boo...
206-The Hating Game
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She's short, he's tall, can i make it anymore obvious? Today we are talking about The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. This book has all your fave romance...
Mini 94: Gil Scott-Heron
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about the "Godfather of Rap", writer and musician Gil Scott-Heron. He is a major influence on modern day music and political prot...
205-I Kissed Shara Wheeler
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Her name might not be Sara but she is out there kissing people and helping them find love. Today we are talking about I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey ...
StoryTime 64
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays stories include a woman just trying to live her life without a man in the late 1800s and a guy named Stupid Hans who gets to win a wife just by...
204-The Wide Window
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Such a shame they had to break such a nice window. Today we are talking about The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket, which is a book about three kids who ...
Mini 93: Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 7 (Pete Hegseth)
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about a $49,000 emergency paint job, making sure Americans can't be investiaged to international crimes, and of course the southe...
203-The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dinner & a show! Join us as we watch the universe implode and talk about The Resturaunt at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. This book is ...
Mini 92-Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 6 (RFK JR)
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every Kennedy has Lyme disease and nobody knows why! Today we are talking about RFK Jr's second confrimation hearing where he continously asks to be s...
202-Breaking Dawn
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is it, we are finally talking about the most problematic of all teen vampire books, Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers. This book has it all: wait...
Movie Night 26: Uglies
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix made a movie adaptation of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and then casted some of the hottest actors out there. Tune in to listen to us talk about...
201 - Extras
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stop being so brain-missing. Today we are talking about Extras by Scott Westerfeld. The government might not be giving everyone brain damage anymore b...
Mini 91 - Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 5 (Matt Gaetz)
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest losers of 2024, today we are talking about Matt Gaetz. This man quit one job before getting another and then dropped out of the run...
200-Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a woman, it's all your fault. Today we read the way too popular self-help/relationship advice book, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus ...
Mini 90-John Gray Is a Joke
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes we call him Gary for most of the episode, oops. Today we are talking about the best selling author, John Gray, but known for Men Are From Mars, Wo...
199-Silent Night(s)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two for the price of one! Today we are talking about Silent Night and Silent Night 2 by R.L. Stine. If you want to be on the side of the murderers and...
Mini 89: Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 4 (Kash Patel)
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about the probably soon to be FBI Director, Kash Patel. As with all good heads of governmental departments that are supposed to b...
198-Let it Snow
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let it snow but only if you want to be stuck in a random midwest town at a Waffle House or maybe a Starbucks but you also get to be a teen who falls i...
Movie Night 25: Let it Snow
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 Netflix movie, Let It Snow, might be based on a book but it is loose at best. Is it better than the book? Maybe not but it is a vaguely holid...
197-Wreck the Halls
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls. If you want to watch the children of rockstars try to pretend they aren't obsessed with eac...
196-The Christmas Murder Game
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise, you got a murder for Christmas! Today's holiday episode is The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Bennedict. If you want to hear about rich ...
Mini 88: Candy Canes
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is up with this extremely seasonal candy that we use as decorations as much as food? Well listen here to find out. Hint: they have been around fo...
195-Winter
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about the 4th book in the Lunar Chronicles, Winter by Marissa Meyer. If you like teens overthrowing a monarchy, robots with the w...
Mini 87: Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 3 (Tulsi Gabbard)
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's little freak is Tulsi Gabbard, a flip flopping, dictator loving, cult member who might be in charge of National Intelligence. If you want to h...
Friday the 13th Storytime Spectacular (#5)
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The bones are their money but also their food? Today is a super special supernatural superstitious story time for Friday the 13th. Be warned, we are t...
194-The Guest List
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A horror book for all brides everywhere. Today we are talking about The Guest List by Lucy Foley. This book has every possible wedding nightmare rolle...
Mini 86: Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 2 (Linda McMahon)
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of the Department of Education you obviously think of wrestling, and that is why it just makes sense for Linda McMahon to be our next S...
193-Double Identity
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If your name is Bethany, you are a clown and everyone knows it. Today we are talking about Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix and it has ever...
Mini 85: Trump's Cabinet of Little Freaks Part 1 (Elon & Vivek)
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to America 2025. To get ready for a second Trump term we are going over all the little freaks that will surround Trump this time around. Start...
192-Gone Girl
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She gone. We are talking about the wildely popular book, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Listen to find out the best way to frame your cheating spouse for...
Mini 84: The "Real" Gone Girl
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sherri Papini tried to pull a Gone Girl in real life but didn't get away with it. Listen to hear about how Sherri vanished, is a racist, and how far s...
191-Lucy in the Sky
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
D.A.R.E. but it's a book. If you liked Go Ask Alice but wished it was set in 2012 then I have some great news for you! Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous is...
Movie Night 24: Holes
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don't stop diggin. Do you want to watch a bunch of dirty kids dig holes? What about two kids wander in the Texas desert eating old peaches to survive?...
190-Holes
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don't let your great great grandpa take a pig without holding up his end of the bargain because you might end up digging hella holes in the texan dese...
Mini 83: The Merry Pranksters
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we ride around with Ken Kesey and his crew of Merry Pranksters from Califnoria to New York. We will do drugs, flash truckers, and make inco...
Mini 82: UPDATE: Book Banning, Elections & Elon Musk Getting Sued
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book bans, Giuliani, and Elon, oh my... Today we are giving updates on topics covered in the past like the Democratic party and how Bernie Sanders thi...
189-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BOGO lobotomies at Claires :)))) Also we are talking about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, it's the bro version of Girl, Interrupted. If...
Mini 81: PragerU Part II
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PragerU is coming to a school near you, if you live in Idaho. Today we are talking about how Idaho public schools have approved PragerU materials to b...
188-Goosebumps
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! Make it extra spooky this year with some Goosebumps. We ready A Night in Terror Tower by RL Stine and Werewolf in Fever Swamp by RL S...
Mini 80: Halloween, Is It Just for Americans?
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! Celebrate by learning about how people around the world celebrate during this time of year and find out what you should have actually...
187-Swallow
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Teen bullies are at it again. This week we read Swallow by Sam Schill and want to tell you all about it. If you like the story of Carrie but wished it...
Mini 79- Voting Rights, Do We Still Have Them?
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's another American presidential election and we are all exhuasted yet they just won't stop. The latest comic book villian plan to win the presidenc...
Movie Night 23: Lisa Frankenstein
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frankenstien but with 80s teenagers. We watched one of our new fave movies, Lisa Frankenstien and want to tell you all about it. The writing, the cost...
186-Tender is the Flesh
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's cannibalism but make it capitalist ;) We are talking about the english translation of Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica and boy it goes...
185-Hatchet (with special guest)
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 153 episodes so we invited Delaney's brother Jon back! And he wanted to talk about every boy's favorite book, Hatchet! Do you think a 13 cou...
Mini 78- Cards Against Humanity v Elon Musk
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, the card game. Cards Against Humanity is taking on SpaceX in a lawsuit regarding the destruction of their property in Texas by the company owned ...
184-I Know What You Did Last Summer
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what you did last summer? Well someone does and they are leaving you creepy little notes about it. Today we are talking about I Know What ...
StoryTime 63
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We missed Friday the 13th but here is a spooky story time anyways. We are talking about a creepy circus with a hot clown and a sunken place from an an...
183-Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The second in the Zoey Ashe series by our bestie Jason Pargin, we are talking about Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick. This book has everything we l...
Mini 77- The Drama behind It Ends with Us
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In case you haven't heard, there is a movie adaptation of the Colleen Hoover book, It Ends with Us. You probably have heard about all the drama going ...
182-The Reptile Room
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
sssssssssssssnakessssssssssss. It is about to get real unfortunate up in here because we are talking about The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket. Is this...
Mini 76: The DNC is *almost* fun
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well back to another episode of the American Democratic party trying really hard to be fun and cool. This time they get close with a surprise appearan...
181-The Storm Is Upon Us
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WWG1WGA! Jk. Today we are talking about Mike Rothschild's (no relation) book The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult and Conspiracy Th...
StoryTime 62
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's StoryTime gives us the much anticipated second half of a box car kids book about why women don't belong in video games and another classic Gri...
180-Cinnamon
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you wanted the classic VC Andrews novel without all that pesky plot, this is the book for you. It has a teen girl who is so much better than any ot...
StoryTime 61: Qanon's Version
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a special Qanon Story Time with a story from Jesselyn Cook's book The Quiet Damage: Qanon and the Destruction of the American Family. Listen ...
179-The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you know anything about America you know it has a very horrific and racist history. This story will still shock you. On May 31, 1921 a mob of white...
Mini 75: Vampire Literature
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vampires are more than just Twilight, did you know that? We did and now you get to learn about it. Listen to hear about the origins of vampire literat...