The gates of the Institute swung open. The car turned down the driveway, and the Whitethorn Institute swallowed another incoming student alive. It’s been months since Cora returned from The Moors, and she still can’t sleep through the night without nightmares, still can’t clean her skin from the rainbow sheen that the Drowned Gods gave
I had planned to have my first review of 2023 posted earlier than now. But then I decided to read Illuminations, Alan Moore’s collection of stories from last year and, well, that took some time. I feel completely unqualified to review writing of this magnitude, but what the heck, let’s review it anyway. Wordy is
Last week Kathryn said she was going to watch Glass Onion this week and finally start the second season of Umbrella Academy. And wonder of all wonders, she did! It’s unheard of! It’s amazing! It’s unbelievable!! (It’s laying it on a bit thick is what it is. – Kathryn) (Hee. – Elizabeth) (AIRHORN NOISE) Massive
It’s a Binary System Birthday Edition as we’re joined by sister and frequent guest Hannah in the wilds of Kentucky! (“Wilds” meaning “a very nice Vrbo with wiFi and a fireplace.” Except we only get Netflix in the upstairs bedroom. Like SAVAGES.) Listen in as we discuss our first trip back to Mammoth Cave in
Whoops, sorry this is late everyone! Big milestone birthday this month, so I’ve been busy with a pretty wild celebration (said celebration involved exploring several miles of natural caverns, and reading in front of a fire every night. It’s how we roll.) I read at least a dozen excellent books from 2022, far too many
Happy New Year from the BSP team! We hope you all had a fantastic celebration (or a safe and relatively chill evening at home if that’s your jam.) It’s a quick Travel-Edition recording this week (we may not have been at home when we recorded this, but we’re definitely back home now, or if we’re
“We knew it was coming…” Aaa! Emily St. John Mandel (author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel) released another book months ago and I’m only just finding out about it now! Two days left to post a review before the end of 2022 so let’s do this really fast because omgyouguysthisbookisbeautiful. We start with
Happy Holidays from the Binary System Podcast team! This year one of our Christmas presents is some very welcome Lore Olympus backstory on Aphrodite (Ares is his own worst enemy, and for Aphrodite’s sake we hope the breakup takes). Elizabeth is also happy to report that the latest season of The Crown is well worth
We’ve got a few more days before the end of the year to fit in some 2022 books, and John Scalzi’s COVID-era adventure has been showing up on quite a few Best-Of lists The start of the pandemic in early 2020 was a difficult time to navigate: lockdowns pending, fear of contagion all around, businesses