Tea Is Good, Books Are Better
Grab a steaming cup of tea and your fluffiest blanket, and join Jess and Raven Egan--sisters on a mission to get back into reading--as they break down fiction novels chapter by chapter, discuss characters and plot points, and analyze writing techniques. We are currently reading Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman!
Episodes
184 episodes
EP. 181 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 36-Epilogue (FINALE)
The finale of Shadow Scale is here, and more chaotic than ever with our new soundboard! Join us for our season 7 finale as we wrap up this story, discuss our likes and disappointments, and reveal the book we are reading next season...Cre...
EP. 180 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 34-35
Welcome to the penultimate episode of season 7 of TIGBAB! Join us as we finally meet Pandowdy, face off against Jannoula for the final showdown, and discover something so shocking it has us rethinking everything about this series!Create ...
EP. 179 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 32-33
On today's episode of TIGBAB, Raven finds out whether her theory about Pandowdy is correct and Jess learns what a deus ex machina is.Create a podcast with Buzzsprout and get a $20 Amazon gift card with our link!https://www.buzzsprout...
EP. 178 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 30-31
On this week's episode, Raven has an epiphany about Pandowdy and Jess speculates on Jannoula's true intentions.Create a podcast with Buzzsprout and get a $20 Amazon gift card with our link!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=289...
EP. 177 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 28-29
In this week's episode, Jannoula is playing 4D underwater chess and we finally get a Pandowdy reveal! We also discuss whether Jannoula is a sociopath.Create a podcast with Buzzsprout and get a $20 Amazon gift card with our link!http...
EP. 176 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 26-27
In this week's episode, we figure out what "eye cones" are and discover that quigs are stronger than dragons. We learn that victory is an aphrodisiac and Jannoula is even more terrifying than we thought. Other topics include: judging books by t...
EP. 175 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 24-25
In this week's chapters, Raven and Jess finally learn the origin story of the world's scariest villain, Jannoula. Will Raven's theory be proven right, or will she be embarrassed into quitting the show? Other topics include: the novel's confusin...
EP. 174 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 22-23
We are back once again! We explain the long break we took, then delve back into Shadow Scale. In this week's chapters, a war breaks out and dragons take to the skies. Jannoula also invades the mind of someone new, which could end up be...
EP. 173 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 20-21
In this week's episode, we cover chapters 20 and 21 from Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman. Lucien Kiggs is back and wants some alone time with Seraphina (you know what that means - kissy kissy), Seraphina and Kiggs get some bad new...
EP. 172 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 18-19
After some riveting talk about coconuts, we delve into this week's chapters of Shadow Scale, in which we try to pronounce fantasy names (and basic English words), debate the difference between throat singing and sinus singing, and disc...
EP. 171 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 16-17
This week Jess admits the real reason she hasn't started House of the Dragon Season 2 yet and Raven explains how AI helped her with her novel. In Shadow Scale, we meet three new half-dragons from Seraphina's garden and Abdo goes head t...
EP. 170 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 14-15
We begin this week's episode with a long rant about the delights of water and the near-heatstroke experience Raven had in Madrid. In Shadow Scale, we learn Kiggs might reappear soon and discuss whether the Will They/Won't They te...
EP. 169 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 12-13
Raven makes a huge mistake at the top of this week's episode, gives us the tea on the disaster she faced with her newest Ikea furniture, and reveals what makes getting tattooed so difficult. In Shadow Scale, the series' ickiest charact...
EP. 168 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 10-11
(WARNING: BALDUR'S GATE 3 SPOILERS IN EPISODE) In this week's episode, Raven talks learning to play Fallout 4 and pepperoni tea, while Jess talks Baldur's Gate 3 choices. In Shadow Scale, Jannoula becomes a bigger problem, Abdo's secre...
EP. 167 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 8-9
WE'RE BACK! In this episode, Jess and Raven explain why they went on such a long, unexpected break, and we return to Shadow Scale! We learn more about Jannoula and what makes her so terrifying to Seraphina, and Raven speculates that a ...
EP. 166 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 6-7
In this episode, chapters 6 and 7 of Shadow Scale make us more and more suspicious of Abdo, his powers, and who he is communicating with behind the scenes. We also discuss which of the novel's half-dragon characters we would want to ha...
EP. 165 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 4-5
In chapters 4 and 5 of Rachel Hartman's Shadow Scale, Raven's and Jess's suspicions about Abdo deepen, we encounter one of Seraphina's grotesques, and we reflect on "iPad kids" and the impact of technology on childhood. We also compare...
EP. 164 - Shadow Scale: Ch. 2-3
In this episode, we spill the tea on chapters 1 and 2! Brace yourself for the mysterious absence of Seraphina's "soul-light," Abdo's villain arc, a morally indifferent dragon general, and Seraphina becoming the ultimate dragon whisperer. Plus, ...
EP. 163 - Shadow Scale: Prologue-Ch. 1
Welcome back, dearest listeners! We're thrilled to kick off season 7 with Shadow Scale, the highly anticipated sequel to Seraphina. In this episode, we dive headfirst into the familiar land of Goredd, revisit Seraphina, Kiggs,...
EP. 162 - A Feast for Crows: Afterword (FINALE)
We have finally reached the end of A Feast for Crows! In this episode, we find out why so many of the biggest characters were excluded from this novel, we break down the themes of the story, reflect on notable moments, and give our fin...
EP. 161 - A Feast for Crows: Ch. 45
In this week's episode, we cover the final chapter of the book. Will this chapter bring the story full circle, as we predicted? Or will it be just as disappointing as the rest of the book? We discuss how to depict iron in a sigil, the differenc...
EP. 160 - A Feast for Crows: Ch. 44
In this week's chapter, Jaime's final chapter of the book, we explore how Jaime is much smarter than his twin sister Cersei and also how he's just as stupid. We learn who betrayed Robb to the Lannisters, the true motives of Robb's wife, and tal...
EP. 159 - A Feast for Crows: Ch. 43
Happy Halloween! In Cersei's final perspective chapter in this novel, will her world come crashing down around her or will all her evil plans pay off? Topics include: what makes rooibos a fake tea (again), Raven's new excuse for why she i...
EP. 158 - A Feast for Crows: Ch. 41
Happy Friday the 13th! After last week's chapter mix-up, we are back on track with Alayne's missing chapter! We discover one of the biggest differences between the show and the book, the three queens who followed the five kings, a not-so-surpri...
EP. 157 - A Feast for Crows: Ch. 42
Jess and Raven, as well as Brienne, come face to face with the haunting Lady Stoneheart in this week's episode. We discuss why she was excluded from the show and George R.R. Martin's response to that decision. Other topics include: Raven's exte...