It’s no surprise that the FBC Team is incredibly well-read across multiple genres, but this episode especially feels like a testament to that! Join Mariquita and Jordy as they discuss righteous vengeance in two young adult novels. Then stick around for Shoshana and Nox’s top five books of 2025 so far to get a taste of haunting yet hopeful books for your TBR.
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (0:22)
Mariquita and Jordy are diving into revenge narratives featuring the justifiable rage of teenage girls as they discuss Kill Creatures by Rory Power and Kill the Lax Bro by Charlotte Lillie Balogh. They also touch on some other titles granting women the power to be angry and discuss how all of this is nothing new.
Shoshana and Nox’s top five books of 2025 so far (20:55)
Shoshana and Nox discuss their top five books from the first 5 months of 2025. A brief overview and our thoughts on each title is shared, without spoilers, these include: graphic novels, romance, middle grade, non-fiction, poetry and memoirs.
Books/Resources Mentioned and Recommended:
Kill the Lax Bro by Charlotte Lillie Balogh
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent
The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Bochica by Carolina Florez-Cerchiaro
Something Cheeky by Thien-Kim Lam
The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Textbook Defense by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James
Check Please # 1 and Check Please #2 by Ngozi Ukazu
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, Translated by Jesse Kirkwood
The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by Amarissa
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