Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're putting on our deerstalker, grabbing our pipes, and sleuthing our way to... Melbourne? Hold on. What do you mean it's 100% humid and we don't need to carry a magnifying glass in 2020? Ther

Episode 33 - Death by Divination

Feb 27th, 2020 56m 25s

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're flapping our way into the first book in a popular series and asking ourselves a few serious questions... 1. Why can't every book be this book and; 2. WHO STILL THINKS THAT OUIJA BOARDS ARE

Episode 32 - Death by Awards Season

Jan 29th, 2020 1h 7m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're donning our red carpet attire, filing our stilettos to sharp little points, and taking you to the awards show, dahlings! Join us in dissecting a less-than-deserving winner followed by a ce

Episode 31 - Death by TBR

Jan 14th, 2020 2h

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we valiantly pull on our heavy duty work gear and our steel-toed boots to wade through the vast piles of our backlists. Join us as we dive through (almost) everything that we own and haven't rea

Episode 30 - Death by 2019

Jan 2nd, 2020 1h 21m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode Kirsti and Lianne valiantly fight through the trashfire of 2019 to bring you the biggest and the best from their collective reading catalogue! Listener caution is advised: please at no point tau

Episode 29 - Death by Urban Fantasy Pt. 2

Oct 3rd, 2019 1h 9m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're finishing up our tour de force of the urban fantasy genre by dragging Kirsti away from Kate Daniels and smooshing her face into Patricia Briggs... uhm, I mean, recommending lots of DIVERSE

Episode 28 - Death by Urban Fantasy Pt. 1

Aug 22nd, 2019 1h 9m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're finally return to our oldest and bestestest favourite genre: urban fantasy. Tune in this week for the episode that ran so long that Lianne literally said, "Okay, this is gonna be two parts

Episode 27 - Death by Family

Aug 9th, 2019 53m 55s

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're fortifying ourselves in our bedroom, reinforcing our blanket forts, and generally counting the kitchen knives as we cast the evil eye of suspicion on... our families. I mean, it's not alwa

Episode 26 - Death by Scotland

Jul 24th, 2019 1h 27m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're heading to bonnie Scotland to investigate all of the dead bodies. The question is: was it the haggis, the cold, the whisky, or the deep fried everything Mars bars? I guess you'll just have

Episode 25 - Death by Doomsday

Jul 10th, 2019 1h 6m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're preparing for the end of days. Well, we're preparing for the end of our most recent reread of Good Omens, really. The end of days would mean Boyfriend Angels being split up and we can't ha

Episode 24 - Death by Husband

Jun 27th, 2019 1h 16m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're finally going to talk about the Stillhouse Lake series by Rachel Caine... so that we can finally shut up about it. Yeah, yeah, we know. We talk about it a lot. WE PROMISE THIS WILL BE THE

Episode 23 - Death by Sass

Jun 13th, 2019 1h 31m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're in danger of deafening you by the sound of our squeals as we finally dive into the long awaited new book by two of our favourite fellow death-heads, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff! That's r

Episode 22 - Death by Paper Dolls

May 29th, 2019 1h 8m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're giving you a first class ticket to journey with us into the wilds of Disappointmentville as we binge-read C.J. Tudor's much anticipated second novel, The Taking of Annie Thorne, and... wis

Episode 21 - Death by Plants

May 15th, 2019 1h 10m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're jumping into the sandy world of tombs, mummies, and ancient Pharaohs as we explore the mysterious historical world of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series! Bring your sunhat and your sh

Episode 20 - Death by Egypt

May 1st, 2019 1h 11m

Episode 19 - Death by YA Pt. 2

Apr 17th, 2019 1h 11m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're continuing our deep-dive into our body-filled hard-hitting YA faves with a long look at a book that made us cry (and continues to make us cry, again, and again, and again, and again...) an

Episode 18 - Death by YA Pt. 1

Apr 4th, 2019 51m 57s

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're finally returning to the world of hard-hitting YA by exploring The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and the impact it's had on the contemporary genre... with some liberal sprinkling of opinions

Episode 17 - Death by Actual Death

Mar 21st, 2019 1h 42m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're once again submitting ourselves to popular demand and providing you with a peek into the true crime chronicles of our bookshelves. Past, present, and we will clutter up our shelves with th

Episode 16 - Death by Matthew Reilly

Mar 6th, 2019 1h 24m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're investigating a publishing phenomenon who is not afraid of death, explosions, complicated (and questionable) plotting, and... well, aliens. Yes, that's right, Kirsti is finally making Lian

Episode 15 - Death by Adaptation Pt. 2

Feb 20th, 2019 1h 44m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're listening to your demands... and telling you all about the TV, movie, and miscellaneous media adaptations of our favourite death filled tomes! Make sure you have popcorn. And a splatter gu

Episode 14 - Death by Adaptation Pt. 1

Feb 6th, 2019 1h 3m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're inviting you out on a date! We're offering you a wonderful boat trip to a private island with nine strangers you've never met followed by some fava beans and a nice chianti. Who's in?You

Episode 13 - Death by Antici... pation

Jan 23rd, 2019 1h 34m

Welcome to Death by the Books! It's time for us to roll up our sleeves and deliver our (coughextensivecough) list of most anticipated titles for 2019. Some of them may even have survivors at the end... shocking, we know!You can find us on Twit

Episode 12 - Death by 2018

Jan 10th, 2019 1h 28m

Welcome to Death by the Books! Welcome to Death by the Books! In our first episode of the year, we'll be looking back at the only amazing things to happen in 2018: BOOKS! We have a top 10 and we're not afraid to show you it, so buckle up with a

Episode 11 - Death by Christmas

Dec 22nd, 2018 1h 25m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today’s episode we’re talking about our favourite reads every December, as well as Christmas traditions and the books we’re hoping to find under the tree. Also, in an absolute first, we don’t mention Karin Slau

Episode 10 - Death by Dinosaur

Dec 5th, 2018 1h 30m

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're journeying back in time to the Jurassic period (well, the early 90s, at least) as Lianne finally reads one of Kirsti's absolute favourite classic mystery novels. Can you guess which one? R