The Litty Podcast
By The Litty Podcast
The Litty PodcastMay 25, 2024
EP. 40 - The Litty Sessions: From Daily Grind to Page-Turners
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EP. 39 - The Litty Review: The Love Plot
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EP. 38 - Uncanny Realms: Exploring Surreal Stories
Amyn's picks:
- Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- A Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
- Little Birds by Samanta Schweblin
- Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
Karachi's picks:
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
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EP. 37 - The Litty Sessions: Litty Life Hacks + Life As We Know It
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EP. 36 - The Litty Review: Yellowface
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EP. 35 - Literary Futures: Books We Can't Wait to Dive Into in 2024
Books mentioned in this episode:
Amyn's picks:
The Phoenix Crown by Janie Chang and Kate Quinn
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly Chang
The FriendZone Experiment by Zen Cho
All of Aminatta Forna's books
Karachi's picks:
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
House Woman by Adorah Nworah
Edge of Here by Kelechi Okafor
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
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EP. 34 - The Litty Sessions: Birthday Edition
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EP. 33 - The Litty Review: His Only Wife
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EP. 32 - The Bad Bish Episode
Books mentioned in this episode:
Amyn's picks:
- The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee
- A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- The Dead Djinn Universe series by P. Djèlí Clark
- Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Karachi's picks
- Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
- House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
- The Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard
- Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi
- Legend series by Marie Lu
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EP. 31 - Easing Back Into Bookish Things
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EP. 30 - The Litty Sessions: Get to Know Us
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EP. 29 - Book Recommendations On Acid
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
✣ Dial A For Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto ✣ Black Water Sister - Zen Cho ✣ My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell ✣ Consent - Vanessa Springora ✣ Imagine This - Sade Adeniran ✣ Tiny Sunbirds Far Away - Christie Watson ✣ Kintu / The First Woman - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ✣ Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse ✣ The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin ✣ The Murmur of Bees - Sofia Segovia ✣ A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry ✣ The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See ✣ The Mountains Sing - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai ✣ Mouthful of Birds - Samanta Schweblin ✣ The Night Stalker - Chris Carter ✣ The Only Child - Mi-ae Seo ✣ The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak ✣ Here Comes The Sun ✣ The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald ✣ The Chosen and the Beautiful - Nghi Vo ✣ Daisy Jones and the Six / Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid ✣ Mhairi McFarlane ✣ Jill Mansell ✣ Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado ✣ Vagabonds - Eloghosa Osunde ✣ Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef - Cassandra Khaw ✣ David Mogo Godhunter - Suyi Davies Okungbowa ✣
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EP. 28 - The Litty Review: Anonymous Sex
In this episode, we share our reviews of the much-anticipated fiction anthology, 'Anonymous Sex'.
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EP. 27 - The Litty Sessions: RIP to your TBR
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EP. 26 - Reader 101: The Anatomy of a Romance Novel
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EP. 25 - "The Very Important Year in Review"
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EP. 24 - The Litty Sessions: It's the final brain cells...
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad by Damilare Kuku
✣ The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo
✣ Vagabonds by Eloghosa Osunde
✣ Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
✣ Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
✣ The Legend series by Marie Lu
✣ The Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi
✣ The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
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EP. 23 - The Litty Review: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
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EP. 22 - Spooky Books for Spooky Times
EP. 21 - The Litty Sessions: #CurrentlyReading, Vibes on Vibes & Experimental Cocktails
Books mentioned in this episode: ✣ The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura ✣ Seasons of Love by Harper Bliss ✣ Better to Trust by Heather Frimmer ✣ Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie ✣ How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie ✣ Normal People by Sally Rooney ✣ Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney ✣ Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney ✣ Hard Drive by Shae Connor
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EP. 20 - The Litty Review: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
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EP. 019 - "Appreciating Fictional Mother/Daughter Relationships & the Beauty of K-Dramas"
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ Here comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn ✣ Patsy by Nicole Dennis Benn ✣ Island of Sea Women by Lisa See ✣ Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen ✣ The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ✣ Normal People by Sarah Rooney ✣ The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak ✣ Dial A for Aunties by Jessie Q. Sutanto ✣ Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez ✣ One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston ✣ Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers ✣ Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao ✣ The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney by Okechukwu Nzelu ✣ The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3) by N.K. Jemisin ✣ Blindsight by Peter Watts
A note from your hosts:
"Early in the episode, I said someone got COVID-19 because he's an anti-vaxxer. I misspoke. I meant to imply that he was more susceptible because he refused to take any precautions." - Karachi
K-Dramas mentioned in this episode:
✣ Crash Landing on You ✣ Hyena ✣ Vincenzo ✣ My Mister ✣ Men Are Men ✣ Something In the Rain ✣
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EP. 018 - Nigerian Passport Drama, Appropriation in Books & Some Necessary Tea
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EP. 017 - The Litty Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
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EP. 016 - "Books That Help You Get It Out & the Art of Doing Nothing"
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
✣ Pachinko by Min Jin Lee ✣ How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee ✣ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ✣ Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas ✣ Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen ✣ The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai ✣ The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré ✣ Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) by Lisa See ✣ Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley ✣ Sankofa by Onuzo Chibundu
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EP. 015 - "Pure Vibes"
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EP. 014 - The Litty Review: Luster by Raven Leilani
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EP. 013 - "Did it Just Get Hot in Here?": 8 Sexy Fictional Men & Litty 2021 Goals
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
✣ Get a Life, Chloe Brown and Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert ✣ You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria ✣ Twisted Marriage by Alessandra Torre ✣ Normal People by Sally Rooney ✣ Lothaire by Kresley Cole ✣ Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks
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EP. 012 - "Vibes & Inshallah: 2020 in Review"
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
✣ Talia Hibbert ✣ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ✣ The Comeback by Ella Berman ✣ Rosewater by Tade Thompson ✣ Nights of the Creaking Bed by Toni Kan ✣ Carnivorous City by Toni Kan ✣ PET by Akwaeke Emezi ✣ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi ✣ The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré ✣ The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa ✣ Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami ✣ Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado ✣
TV shows and movies mentioned in this episode:
✣Lovecraft Country ✣ The Flight Attendant ✣ Big Sky ✣ Bridgerton ✣ Bob's Burgers ✣ Big Mouth ✣ How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding ✣ The World of the Married ✣ Filthy Rich ✣ Schitt's Creek ✣ Doctor Foster ✣
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EP. 011 - "On Notable Book Adaptations and the Will to Keep Going"
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ✣
✣ 50 Shades trilogy by EL James ✣
✣ The Giver by Lois Lowry ✣
✣The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare ✣
✣ The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth ✣
✣ Bel Canto by Ann Patchett ✣
✣ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ✣
✣ Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings ✣
✣ Poldark series by Winston Graham ✣
✣ Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman ✣
✣ Normal People by Sally Rooney ✣
✣ Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney ✣
✣ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ✣
✣ Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy ✣
✣ Fingersmith by Sarah Waters ✣
✣ Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh ✣
✣ The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins ✣
✣ Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng ✣
✣ Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty ✣
✣ Hollywood Dirt by Alessandra Torre ✣
✣ Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams ✣
✣ Ordinary People by Diana Evans ✣
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EP. 010 - "On Better Representation in Fiction and Life's Wahala"
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai ✣
✣ Reluctant Royals by Alyssa Cole ✣
✣ RAFE: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon ✣
✣ The Hairdressers of Harare by Tendai Huchu ✣
✣ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin ✣
✣ Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta ✣
Other authors mentioned:
✣ Talia Hibbert ✣
✣ Jasmine Guillory ✣
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EP. 009 - "On September Reads and Rampant Misogyny"
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert ✣
✣ The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa ✣
✣ You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria ✣
✣ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi ✣
✣ Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Ju ✣
✣ The Bead Collector by Sefi Atta ✣
✣ Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim ✣
✣ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ✣
✣ Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado ✣
✣ Dominicana by Angie Cruz ✣
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EP. 008 - "On Pet Peeves and Open Marriages"
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EP. 007 - "On Literary Tropes and Oversized Egos"
Books Mentioned in this episode:
✣ The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich ✣
✣ Charlie Davidson Series by Darynda Jones ✣
✣ The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon ✣
✣ The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang ✣
✣ Take a Hint, Dani Brown - Talia Hibbert ✣
✣ The With You series by Sylvia Day ✣
✣ The Killing Eve series by Luke Jennings ✣
✣ The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas ✣
✣ The Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard ✣
✣ Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn ✣
✣ A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins ✣
✣ The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins ✣
✣ The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth ✣
✣ The Legend series by Marie Lu ✣
✣ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ✣
✣ The Giver by Lois Lowry ✣
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EP. 006 - "On Soul-Stirring Books and Unneighbourly Behaviour"
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa ✣
✣ PET by Akwaeke Emezi ✣
✣ Kintu by Jennifer Makumbi ✣
✣ Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin ✣
✣ Pachinko by Min Jin Lee ✣
✣ Dominicana by Angie Cruz ✣
✣ Into the Deep by Samantha Young ✣
✣ The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi ✣
✣ Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi ✣
✣ I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson ✣
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EP. 005 - "On Endtime Pastors and the African Literary Struggle"
Mental Health Resources
USA
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
- Crisis Text Line (Text "HELLO" to 741741)
Nigeria
- Nigerian Suicide Prevention Initiative Counselling Centre (0806 210 6493)
- Lagos suicide hotlines, by the Lagos State Government (08058820777 or 09030000741)
Apps - https://adaa.org/finding-help/mobile-apps
Books mentioned in this episode:
✣ An Orchestra of Minorities - Chigozie Obioma ✣
✣ Born on a Tuesday - Elnathan John ✣
✣ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Lives - Lola Shoneyin ✣
✣ Anthills of the Savannah - Chinua Achebe ✣
✣ A Man of the People - Chinua Achebe ✣
✣ Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ✣
✣ Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ✣
✣ Dust - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor ✣
✣ The Book of Memory - Petina Gappah ✣
✣ The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste ✣
✣ The Mechanics of Yenagoa - Michael Afenfia ✣
✣ The Blessed Girl - Angela Makholwa ✣
✣ David Mogo, Godhunter - Suyi Davies Okungbowa ✣
✣ Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ✣
✣ We Need New Names - NoViolet Bulawayo ✣
✣ Kintu - Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ✣
✣ The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré ✣
✣ Stay with Me - Ayobami Adebayo ✣
✣ My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite ✣
✣ The Hairdresser of Harare - Tendai Huchu ✣
✣ Tomorrow Died Yesterday - Chimeka Garricks ✣
✣ A Broken People's Playlist - Chimeka Garricks ✣
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EP. 004 - "On Small Penises and When to Trust the Hype"
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EP. 003 - On Transphobic Authors and Rappers Who Don't Read
"I don't even know what I said on this episode, but I feel like I failed to communicate some stuff...but sha, take it like that. #TransLivesMatter " - Karachi
EP. 002 - On Queer Reads and the World Going to Shit
Happy Pride Month! This episode we chat about our favourite LGBTQ reads and lessons for our 13-year-old selves.
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Books Mentioned In this Episode:
✣ Two Boys Kissing - David Levithan ✣
✣ Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston ✣
✣ Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi ✣
✣ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki ✣
✣ Girl Woman Other - Bernardine Evaristo ✣
✣ Her Body And Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado ✣
✣ Mr Loverman - Bernardine Evaristo ✣
✣ Under The Udala Trees - Chinelo Okparanta ✣
✣ The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid ✣
✣ Patsy - Nicole Dennis Benn ✣
✣ Pet - Akwaeke Emezi ✣
✣ What Happens When A Man Falls From The Sky - Leslie Nneka Arimah ✣
✣ Here Comes The Sun - Nicole Dennis Benn ✣