Justice revenge, troubled with hope

It’s no surprise that the FBC team is very read in multiple genres, but this episode especially feels like proof of this! Join Mariquita and Jordy to discuss justice in two young novels. Then stick with Shoshana and NOX’s top five books in 2025 so far to taste the troubled but hopeful books of your TBR.

Faster cats! kill! kill! (0:22)

Mariquita and Jordy are studying the narrative of revenge, which includes the teenage girl’s legitimate anger, discussing Rory Power’s murderous creatures and killing Charlotte Lillie Balogh’s Lax Bro. They also talked about other titles that empower women to get angry and discuss that all of them are not new.

Shoshana and NOX’s Top Five Books in 2025 So far (20:55)

Shoshana and Nox discuss their first five books in the first five months of 2025. A brief overview and our thoughts on each title are shared without spoilers: graphic novels, romance, intermediate, nonfiction, poetry and memoirs.

References/Resources mentioned and recommended:

The creature that kills Rory’s power

Kill Charlotte Lillie Balogh

Deanna Raybourn’s killer of a certain age

Kelly Barnhill is the dragon of the dragon

How to Kill and Escape from Katy Brent

In the summer, I ate the wealthy Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Carolina Florez-Bochica by Curchiaro

Hearing her how called Kim derose

Thien-Kim Lam’s cheeky stuff

Cameron Mukwa’s ribbon skirt

Cautionary: The cautionary tale of Sarah Wynn-Williams’ power, greed and lost idealism

Textbook defense by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James

Please check #1, please check #2 by Ngozi ukazu

Full Moon Coffee Shop at Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jesse Kirkwood

The wrong way Kate O’Shaughnessy gets home

Sharks Not Sinking: Jasmin Graham’s Rogue Shark Scientist Takes Adventure

Falling in love with humanity: Kai Cheng Thom’s letter to the lost soul

What happened to Bain: Unjust incarceration triggered Ana Elena Correa’s women’s rights campaign, translated by Julia Sanches

META stops former director promotes critical memoirs

The Minority of Shark Science (Miss)

Weather and climate livelihoods

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