Megg Griffin
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Hello blog I miss you! How terrible have I treated you for months and months and months…. I’m not sure how much I am going to come back to it, but I do have plans to clean up and restart my blog back up. And what better way than to discuss the nerdy nerdy thing…
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Originally posted on Fableulous Retellings Podcast: Mari and Meg discuss one of the first modern Beauty and the Beast retellings! As mentioned last week, Belle is the original Young Adult Heroine?, so how does an actual modern New Adult book compare? Well, there are fairies, sex, giggling, and eye rolling. And yelling about boy names.…
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Check out this episode! (OH HEY. YOU CAN EXPECT SOME REAL POSTS FROM ME THIS WEEK TOO!) It’s a hot summer, and movies are playing blockbusters to fill the air conditioned seats. The guest this week recommended the perfect book blockbuster for when you don’t quite feel like walking out of your apartment into the heat!…
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Originally posted on Fableulous Retellings Podcast: Click here to download Episode 1! Meg and Mari open their first season by discussing the classic original fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast! They focus on the original and first adaptation as it is frequently what is used in modern retellings. They make their checklist to use against…
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Check out this episode! Meghan is joined again by Ileana and Stephanie to discuss the YA anthology The Essential Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling and Delia Sherman. We discuss how the YA genre ends to reach back to its 90s roots and bring the grittiness back, especially when discussing elves and faeries! Book Drink: Elder-Berry Tea…
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Meghan is joined by two new guests this week, Stephanie Cortez and Ileana Garcia. We read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory and discussed our thoughts on 1500s clothing, movie adaptations, and whether or not British actors can pull off American accents. Ileana introduces a new aspect of the podcast going forward, what cocktail goes with this book?…
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First, go check out our minisode as well! There’s a giveaway you can enter! Giveaway ends June 10th, so get your entries in ASAP! This week I am joined by Ollie Brady and Emily Bennett of Best Acquaintances! We discuss David Gemmell’s Waylander II and giggle through the entire episode while Ollie tries to explain…
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Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts: iTunes | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play| Pocket Cast| RSS Feed Mari and James join me again for episode 4 of the podcast, where we discuss Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Lots of talk of zombies and steampunk in this episode, as well as Mari and…
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Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts: iTunes | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play| Pocket Cast| RSS Feed Word of the Day: Weird For episode 3 I welcome two new guests, James DeBruicker and Marilag Angway! We discuss Silk by Caitlin Kiernan, which is a darker book than the previous two…
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In order to clear my head from Infected, (see my last blog post about my latest podcast *ahem*), I binged through some library books I’ve had an ARC I thought I was excited about. (Spoiler: it was terrible.) So Below is 7 short summaries on the books I read this week! Book 1: Heist Society by…
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