Bookshelf Remix
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Places I've Taken My Body
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Eva and Élaina as they cocoon in the warm disabled academic embrace of Molly McCully Brown's "Places I've Taken My Body" essay...
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with more Emezi coverage! The magic in "You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty" is all about stringing that grief up like a c...
Lakelore
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are your ready for a psychoanalytic and gushing recap of a queer YA magical realism novel? Well, it doesn't matter because we are gifting you our ...
Jawbone
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Élaina and Eva wade into the crocodile-infested waters of “Jawbone”, the horror novel by Mónica Ojeda, translated from Spanish ...
A Snake Falls to Earth
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We invite you to enter the wholesome and delightful world of “A Snake Falls to Earth”, the YA fantasy novel by Darcie Little Badger. Witness Élai...
The Piano Room
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Élaina and Eva discuss the gothic novel “The Piano Room” by Clio Velentza. We go into detail on this Faust retelling set in 1970...
Gold Diggers
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*Season 3 of Bookshelf Remix enters the scene to the sound of fanfare and golden trumpets*: We’re back with a brand new season, brand new lineup, an...
Season 3 Trailer
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We we are thrilled to announce that season 3 of Bookshelf Remix is coming on the 20th of March! We have read debut novels, romance, YA fantasy, horror...
The Perishing w/Sariah Emmanuel
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Visiting from the land of @bookedsolidpod and @woqmpod, Sariah has joined Élaina to read "The Perishing", a historical speculative fiction novel by N...
The Street w/Jack Davidson
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, we are going with back-to-back loved reads! In this episode, Élaina discusses The Street by Ann Petry with fellow podcaster Jack Davidson. The St...
In the Dream House w/Liv Mammone
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, poet Liv Mammone joins Élaina to discuss the genre-breaking offering that is Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”. We t...
The Panopticon w/Eva A. Sprecher
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Élaina is joined by psychoanalyst, social care scholar, and fellow bookstagrammer Eva A. Sprecher to discuss “The Panopticon”, a...
The Other Black Girl w/Sarah and Ben Winkler
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Élaina discusses The Other Black Girl, a social horror thriller by Zakiya Dalila Harris, with Sarah Winkler and Ben Winkler, the hos...
Whereabouts/Dove mi trovo Part 2
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sophia spills the tea on why authors translating their own books is problematic, Élaina googles “pushing daisies” in French, and...
Whereabouts/Dove mi trovo Part 1
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Élaina and Sophia read a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with mixed results. In this episode, they cover Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri, with Élaina read...
Anna K. Part 2
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second installment of our coverage of Anna K. by Jenny Lee we stacked one soapbox on top of the other and our teetering up there. This episode ...
Anna K. Part 1
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back, y’all! In this episode, we discuss Anna K. by Jenny Lee, a contemporary YA adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Full disclosure,...
Season 2 Trailer
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're baaaaaaaack! Did you miss us? Make sure you subscribe to Bookshelf Remix so you won't miss our Season 2 premiere on May 2 and follow @bookshelf ...
Bookshelf Remix presents: Women of Questionable Morals - A Gilmore Girls Deep Dive
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When I'm not reading books, I'm watching Gilmore Girls. So it is my pleasure to announce Women of Questionable Morals: "Who led? Who followed? None o...
Season 1 Recap
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time to share our feelings about season 1! We read so many good books and we truly went on a journey. Errata: In this episode, we use the wrong...
Love After the End Part 2: Cruise Ships and Consciousness
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's our season finale! In this episode Elaina and Sophia wrap up their discussion of Love After the End, a Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Anthology edite...
Love After the End Part 1: Choosing Utopia
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia reads to her plants and admits being afraid of anthologies, Élaina waxes poetic about “reading practices”, and we all discuss the impact o...
The Death of Vivek Oji Part 2: Is This the Perfect Novel?
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 Sophia and Élaina discuss the community that surrounds Vivek and the way living his and later her truth creates a chosen family; Osita’s ...
The Death of Vivek Oji Part 1: Are We White Men?
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 of their coverage of Akwaeke Emezi’s “The Death of Vivek Oji”, Élaina and Sophia confront their limits as readers and discuss the ben...
The City We Became Part 2: New York Personified
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Élaina and Sophia explore the different personalities of the boroughs and reflect on the role of Staten Island in the plot. They con...
The City We Became Part 1: Who Is New York Anyway?
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Élaina and Sophia find a book they disagree about! In a debate between a New Yorker and a non-New Yorker about a plot that revolves around the incarn...
Sex and Vanity Part 2: New York
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Élaina and Sophia tackle the second half of Kevin Kwan’s latest beach read Sex & Vanity. They discuss old New York blue bloods...
Sex and Vanity Part 1: Capri
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sophia and Élaina discuss the breath of fresh Amalfi Coast air that is Kevin Kwan’s latest book “Sex and Vanity”. Between reve...
Mexican Gothic Part 2: The Demon Mushroom
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Élaina and Sophia wrap up their discussion of “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. They deep dive into mushroom plot points,...
BONUS: Crimson Peak vs Mexican Gothic
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of Video Remix, Élaina and Sophia discuss the 2015 Guillermo del Toro movie "Crimson Peak" and compare it to "Mexican Gothic". ...
Mexican Gothic Part 1: Sophia loves allegories for colonialism
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the one that starts it all. Élaina and Sophia introduce themselves and dive into the book that prompted the birth of this podcast: “Mexican...
Season 1 trailer
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the trailer announcing Bookshelf Remix's season 1 premiere on July 5, 2021! Follow @bookshelfremix on Instagram and Twitter for all updates an...