47: How We Talk About Books

If you are reading this, there is a good chance you enjoy reading fantasy books. You may also like talking about fantasy books... or at least listening to others talk about them.

This week, Calvin Park (from Under a Pile of Books) and David Walters (from Authors on a Podcast Talking Books) stopped by the Fantasy Inn to talk about how they talk about books. How exactly does one write a review? And how does the relatively formal structure of written book reviews differ from a podcast or BookTube format?

Things Mentioned:

• Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
• The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
• The Headlock of Destiny by Samuel Gately
• The Seventh Perfection by Daniel Polansky
• The Diviners by Libba Bray
• January LaVoy (audio narrator)
• Self Published Fantasy Book Month
• Self Published Fantasy Blog-Off
• Petrik Leo
• Novel Notions blog

Find Calvin Park Online:

• Under a Pile of Books podcast
• Fantasy Book Review blog
• @cpark2005 on Twitter
• Listen to Ep. 15, where Calvin and I discuss The Elder Empire by Will Wight

Find David Walters Online:

• Authors on a Podcast Talking Books podcast
• FanFiAddict BookTube
• FanFaAddict blog
• @DWalters29 on Twitter

Find Us Online:

• Blog
• Discord
• Twitter
• Instagram

Support Us:

• Become a Patron
• Buy Us a Coffee

Music:

• Intro: "The Legend of Iya" courtesy of https://philter.no
• Outro: "A Quest Unfolds" courtesy of https://philter.no

The blog post accompanying this episode can be found at https://thefantasyinn.com, along with fantasy book reviews, author interviews, and more fantasy content.