Just Another Bookish Podcast
Episodes
Episode 28: Horror - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a couple of days past Halloween, but let's keep the spooky season going for as long as we can.This episode, Silke discusses three stories...
Episode 27: Fantasy - The Cruel Prince (1 of 5)
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this five-part (interrupted) series in which Silke discusses the Folk of the Air trilogy and Stolen Heir duology, we start wit...
Episode 26: YA thriller - One of Us is Lying
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 26 we travel to Bayview, California, where four students at the local high school are suspected of being involved in the death of a fellow ...
Episode 25: Fantasy - Legends and Lattes
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 25 is about cosy fantasy novel Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. Join Silke on a discussion of this book about an orc who starts a coffee ...
Episode 24: Sci-fi - They Both Die at the End
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 24 we head to an alternate verion of NYC. This episode is all about "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera, a science fiction...
Episode 23: Historical fiction - The Book Thief
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 23 covers Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. This historical fiction novel is the story of Liesel Memninger, a girl living in Germany, whom we...
Episode 22: Literary Fiction - Things that fall from the sky
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In literary novel "Things that fall from the sky" by Selja Ahava, we follow Saara, a young girl who recently lost her mother in an unusual w...
Episode 21: Thriller - You should have left
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time around, we're looking at a psychological thriller novella called "You should have left" written by German author Daniel Kehlma...
Episode 20: War novels - Noah's Child &The Empty House
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, I lost my notes. Here's an emergency topic about two books we had to read for French Class: Noah's Child (L'enfant de Noé) by Eric Em...
Episode 19: Fantasy - Throne of Glass
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, look at that. I've started the Throne of Glass series. In this episode, I (Silke, since I usually do these notes in third person) will talk/...
Episode 18: Mystery - Inheritance Games
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you inherit billions from a guy you've never even heard of? Well, that's what happens to Avery Grambs, the main character of...
Episode 17: My Bookish Recap of 2024
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2025 to everyone who celebrates! In this episode, Silke gives you an overview of all books she read in the year 2024 (and of course she rants ab...
Episode 16: Horror - Pariah
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 16 marks a year of podcasting. This Halloween Silke talks about Pariah by Thomas Emson (and really just shares her messy annotations). We're d...
Episode 15 Fantasy - Before the Coffee gets cold
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 15 is finally here! (more than a month after recording this one, finally edited it, sorry, procrastination) We're going to Tokio, to a café w...
Episode 14: book vs show: a Good Girl's Guide to Murder
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a month of procastinating editing this episode, it's finally here! In episode 14 Silke compares the first book in Holly Jackson's A Good...
Episode 13: Fantasy - Destroy the Day (book 3/3)
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the thirteenth episode (we got to my favourite number), Silke discusses the third and final installment of the Defy the Night series by Brigid Kemm...
Episode 12: SF - 1984
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this twelfth episode, Silke discusses the famous novel 1984 written by George Orwell. In a distopian world where privacy and free will can get you ...
Episode 11: Fantasy - Defend the Dawn (book 2/3)
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode, Silke discusses the second book in the Defy the Night trilogy by Brigid Kemmerer, a political fantasy-romance series. This epis...
Episode 10: Fantasy Anthology - Verhalen uit de Drakenvleugel (ft. Eva linden)
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode ten covers Verhalen uit de Drakenvleugel, a Dungeons and Dragons-inspired anthology combining eight short stories and a frame story in one boo...
Episode 9: Fantasy - Defy the Night (book 1/3)
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode on the Defy the Night trilogy written by Brigid Kemmerer. Kandala is a country dealing with a mysterious disease. Outlaws Te...
Episode 8: Romance - It Ends With Us
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hear what Silke thought of her first-ever full-on romance read. This time around she dives into the story of popular BookTok book It Ends With Us by C...
Episode 7: SF - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Silke as she takes you on a train back to the Capitol. This time, a decade after the Uprising, we follow young Coriolanus Snow as he mentors the ...
Episode 6: My bookish recap of 2023
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about 2023. Silke talks about all 42 books she read last year (and fangirls about her favourite author). Next she discusses her mo...
Episode 5: Manga (Sci-fi): Ikigami volume 6-10
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Silke dives deeper into the world of Motoro Mase's Ikigami: the ultimate limit. She discusses the second half of the manga series...
Episode 4: Manga (Sci-fi): Ikigami volume 1-5
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Silke discusses the first half of the Ikigami manga series by Motoro Mase. We follow Kengo Fujimoto as he delivers young adults the d...
Episode 3: Thriller - Before I go to sleep
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this third (delayed) episode, Silke talks about SJ Watson's Before I go to sleep. 47-year-old Christine Lucas lives with a severe brain injury ...
Episode 2: Fantasy - Ruby Red
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This time around, Silke talks about a book she's read for school: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, the first part of a trilogy about 16-year-old Gwendoly...
Episode 1: Horror - Carrie
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this very first episode, which happens to air on Halloween, Silke discusses the debut novel of horror master Stephen King. Carrie is a story about ...
Episode 0: introduction
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the introduction episode of Just Another Bookish Podcast. In this episode, you get to know the host a little better and get an overview of wha...