Episode 5: Mysterious Galaxy Summer Bingo Showdown, Part One

E5: Mysterious Galaxy Summer Bingo Showdown – Part One – Infinite TBR

Smack and Gabi compete to find out who read the best combination of books for the Mysterious Galaxy Summer Bingo by having random PvP fights between their books. Books pitted against each other in this episode (part one of two) include: The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett v. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara v. Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison v. Legendary Cracow by Ewa Basiura Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden v. Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction by Sami Schalk The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen v. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin v. The Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor v. The Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo Shuri: The Search for Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor v. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Gods and Monsters by Shelby Mahurin v. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Alicia Zaloga and Wendy Trimboli v. The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison v. Shuri: The Search for Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi translated by Cathy Hirano v. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

As with episode four (we recorded them at the same time), we made the rookie mistake of recording in front of an open window because it was a beautiful day and who closes their window on a beautiful day?

A: people recording podcasts, as it turns out, because that “gentle breeze” caused some weird vibrations.

(Sorry, everyone. Our bad.)

Spoiler Alerts

Spoilers for Demon in the Wood appear from 49:12 to 50:15.

Book Tournament/Competition

To review our summer bingo reads, Gabi and Smack wrote down all the titles they read on little pieces of paper and put them in two separate piles. They swapped piles (so they’re pulling titles that the other person read) and then had to convince each other that the title they read was better than the title the other person read.

By the end of this episode Gabi has won six rounds and Smack has won five–the winner will be declared in episode six!