The Library Game

Love reading but hate making decisions? Hate reading and prefer for two completely unqualified critics to fill you in instead? Just generally stuck in a reading rut? Paradoxically all three? This podcast is for you. Join us in letting the universe decide our literary fates, leading us down paths we’d never choose on our own. It’s a journey to broaden our tastes and horizons and you never know where we might end up. Whether it’s a western, mystery, romance or sci-fi, the results are sometimes thoughtful, often funny, and always surprising.
Episodes
Episodes



Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
3.03 - Kentucky Fried Cover-Up
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Harry Turtledove’s ‘Three Miles Down’ takes us down, WAY down the rabbit hole. Past Nixon and Watergate, past unearthly chimeras, all the way to Colonel freaking Sanders. Whether you’re a fan or not, we can all agree: grad students are the worst.



Saturday Jan 25, 2025
3.02 - The Worst Neighbors Ever
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
In this episode on ‘The Whispers’ by Ashley Audrain, we dream up our next big business idea and try not to see too much of ourselves in some of the worst people you’ve ever met. And, sadly (or thankfully, depending on your perspective), there are no tortoise appendages involved.



Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
3.01 - Nobody Gets Deer but Everyone Gets Diarrhea
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
A surprise guest joins us for this episode on ‘Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord’ by Celeste Connally (not to be confused with the similarly titled but infinitely less entertaining book by Steve Harvey). We meet the Twilight version of Sherlock Holmes, try to solve all the world’s problems in a single book, but most importantly – more white soup.



Friday Oct 25, 2024
2.11 - Where the Words Are Made Up and the Plot Doesn't Matter
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
We close out season 2 with Addlands by Tom Bullough. It's a pace change from the madcap adventures of previous books, a slowdown to help ease us into the break. Will it continue the trends we've seen so far this season with romance and the search for immortality and, most importantly, are date rape drugs involved? You'll have to listen to find out. And remember: All words are made up.



Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
2.10 - Michael Bay All Day Bae
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
The Fonz ain't got nothing on the shark jumping happening in this episode. Get your action fix as we dive into The Last Second by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison. It has literally everything.



Sunday Aug 25, 2024
2.09 - Scientology for Scholarly Seniors
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
After a decade, Amy is finally forced to read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan in this special Read This Coward episode. She gains some valuable insights along the way, like her unlikely kinship with the boob guy and her own propensity for joining a cult.



Thursday Jul 25, 2024
2.08 - This One Is For The Boys
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
It's all love and war in this surprisingly on-brand pick for season 2 with Alec by William di Canzio.



Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
2.07 - Sad Sack Shack It Up
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Things take a bit of a zany turn in this episode on You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead. Will you join the She-Woman Man-Haters club or will you identify with poop guy? (Please don't identify with poop guy.) Most of all, help us answer the question: Who hurt you, Maggie? P.S. - It's 33.