• April 2023 Book Chat – Euphoria Kids
    Aug 22 2023

    APRIL BOOK CHAT: Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans


    THIS EPISODE'S GUESTS: 
    Alison Evans!
    Alphabet’s Theresa


    You can find them here:
    Alison:
    https://www.alisonwritesthings.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/alisonwritesthings/
    https://www.tiktok.com/@alisonwritesthings
    https://twitter.com/_budgie

    Theresa and the Alphabet Team:
    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz

    Books mentioned/ discussed:
    Finch: A Novel -  Jeff VanderMeer
    Shriek: An Afterword - Jeff VanderMeer
    A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon
    The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
    Finding Nevo: How I Confused Everyone – Nevo Zisin
    The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
    Hell Followed with Us - Andrew White
    The Honeys - Ryan La Sala
    Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a queerer light - Michael Earp
    Monuments - William Kostakis
    The Dawnhounds - Sascha Stronach
    Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
    Ida - Alison Evans
    Highway Bodies - Alison Evans

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    45 mins
  • March 2023 Book Chat - She Gets the Girl
    Aug 4 2023


    MARCH BOOK CHAT: SHE GETS THE GIRL - Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott


    THIS EPISODE'S GUESTS: 
    Alphabet’s Theresa


    You can find them here:
    Theresa and the Alphabet Team:
    https://www.instagram.com/theresamayadams/
    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz

    Books mentioned/ discussed:
    She Gets the Girl - Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott
    Ophelia After All - Racquel Marie
    In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune
    The Charm Offensive: A Novel - Alison Cochrun
    The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
    Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

    Special thanks to Claire Cowan for the gorgeous music. Find out more about Claire at: www.clairesmusic.com

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    45 mins
  • February 2023 Book Chat - The Sunbearer Trials
    Jun 17 2023

    FEBRUARY BOOK CHAT: The Sunbearer Trials – Aiden Thomas


    THIS EPISODE'S GUESTS: 
    Alphabet’s Theresa


    You can find them here:
    Theresa and the Alphabet Team:
    https://www.instagram.com/theresamayadams/
    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz

    Books mentioned/ discussed:

    The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas
    Long Story Short – Benjamin Mills
    She Gets The Girl - Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
    Percy Jackson Series – Rick Riordan
    The Hunger Games Series – Suzanne Collins
    The Lord of the Rings Series – J. R. R. Tolkien
    The Never Ending Story – Michael Ende

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    53 mins
  • January 2023 Book Chat - All That's Left In the World
    Mar 19 2023

    JANUARY BOOK CHAT: ALL THAT’S LEFT IN THE WORLD


    THIS EPISODE'S GUESTS: 
    Author Erik J. Brown and Alphabet’s Theresa


    You can find them here:
    Erik:
    https://www.erikjbrown.com/
    https://twitter.com/WriterikJB
    https://www.instagram.com/erikjb/


    Theresa and the Alphabet Team:
    https://www.instagram.com/theresamayadams/
    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz


    Books mentioned/ discussed:

    She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan
    Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance: A Novel - John Waters
    The Pledge - Cale Dietrich
    If Tomorrow Doesn't Come - Jen St. Jude
    Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World - Ashley Herring Blake
    Black Wings Beating - Alex London
    Beloved, novel by Toni Morrison
    Rabbit, Run - John Updike
    Lose You to Find Me  - Erik J. Brown
    Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales
    The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas
    The Charm Offensive: A Novel - Alison Cochrun
    The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • December 2022 Book Chat: She Drives Me Crazy
    Mar 9 2023


    DECEMBER 2022 BOOK CHAT: SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY BY KELLY QUINDLEN

    https://alphabetbookclub.nz   
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz


    THIS EPISODE'S GUESTS: 
    Author Kelly Quindlen and the Book Club within a Book Club: Kaspar, Jay and Kirsty


    You can find them here:

    Kelly Quindlen
    https://www.kellyquindlen.com
    https://www.instagram.com/kellyquindlen/
    https://twitter.com/kellyquindlen
    https://littleoases.tumblr.com/
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7768490.Kelly_Quindlen

    Kaspar
    https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureCatNZ

    Kirsty
    https://twitter.com/alkalinekiwi
    https://www.instagram.com/alkalinekiwi/
    https://www.instagram.com/alkalinekiwireads

    Jay
    https://discoverylover.tumblr.com/

     

    Books mentioned/ discussed:

    In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune
    The Girl Next Door - Cecilia Vinesse
    Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertall
    Girls Like Us - Randi Pink
    Only Mostly Devastated - Sophie Gonzales
    May the Best Man Win - ZR Ellor
    The Passing Playbook - Isaac Fitzsimons
    Running with Lions - Julian Winters
    Home Field Advantage - Dahlia Adler
    Late to the Party – Kelly Quindlen
    Something to Talk About - Meryl Wilsner
    Mistakes Were Made - Meryl Wilsner
    Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail - Ashley Herring Blake
    We Deserve Monuments - Jas Hammonds
    What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics - Ian Stewart
    Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales
    A Restless Truth - Freya Marske
    A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske
    Pantomime - Laura Lam
    Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues -  H.S. Valley
    Loveless - Alice Oseman
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo

     

    Join our Facebook Super Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/alphabetbookclub/

     

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • November 2022 Book Chat: Pantomime
    Feb 1 2023

    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz

    This episode's guests: 
    Our favourite clinical psychologist Ilana (aka @queerkiwireads https://www.instagram.com/queerkiwireads/)
    Theresa and Chelsea from Alphabet Book Club

    Books mentioned/ discussed:

    Pantomime - Laura Lam
    Shadowplay - Laura Lam
    Masquerade - Laura Lam
    She Who Became The Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan
    You and I rewritten - Chip Pons
    Priory of The Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
    The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
    She Drives me Crazy - Kelly Quindlen
    All That's Left In The World - Erik J. Brown
    The House in the Cerulean Sea – TJ Klune


    Join our Facebook Super Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/alphabetbookclub/

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Alphabet Birthday Review!
    Nov 29 2022

    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz

    This episode's guests: 

    Chelsea, Theresa and Ruth from Alphabet Book Club

    Books mentioned/ discussed:

    A Million Quiet revolutions - Robin Gow
    The Whispers - Greg Howard
    Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman
    Camp - L.C. Rosen
    The Feeling of Falling in Love - Mason Deaver
    Kiss and Tell - Adib Khorram
    Patomime - Laura Lam
    Loveless - Alice Oseman
    If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo
    Twilight Series - Stephanie Meyer
    These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling
    She's Too Pretty to Burn - Wendy Heard
    When The Moon Was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore
    Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues - H.S Valley
    I Wish You All The Best – Mason Deaver
    The Extraordinaries - TJ Klune
    Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
    Heartstopper Series - Alice Oseman
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Join our Facebook Super Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/alphabetbookclub/

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    59 mins
  • October 2022 Book Chat: These Witches Don’t Burn
    Oct 31 2022

    https://alphabetbookclub.nz 
    https://www.instagram.com/alphabetbookclub
    https://twitter.com/alphabetclubnz

    This episode's guests: 

    Theresa and Chelsea from Alphabet Book Club

    Books mentioned/ discussed:

    The First to Die at The End – Adam Silvera
    They Both Die at The End – Adam Silvera
    The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun
    These Witches Don’t Burn – Isabel Sterling
    Camp – L C Rosen
    The House in the Cerulean Sea – TJ Klune
    Under the Whispering Door – TJ Klune
    I Kissed Shara Wheeler – Casey McQuiston
    I Wish You All The Best – Mason Deaver
    Blasphemy – TJ Klune
    Blasphemy 2: Jesus Goes To Hell On Vacation – TJ Klune
    The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
    This Coven Won’t Break – Isabel Sterling


    Join our Facebook Super Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/alphabetbookclub/

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    55 mins