Shelf Respect https://audioboom.com/channels/5170428 audioboom.com Mon, 04 May 2026 14:34:26 +0000 en https://audioboom.com/i/43628253.png Shelf Respect https://audioboom.com/channels/5170428 false Shelf Respect knox@knoxandjamie.com eaa4d150-431c-5e26-acf3-ed8101a793c0 2026 https://audioboom.com/channels/5170428.rss episodic Literary Spring Awakenings: First Reading Loves https://audioboom.com/posts/8898893 2808 false full We're taking it back to the characters we met in our youth who served as our literary spring awakening, those first tingles of romantic love. We share ours - YOU ARE NOT READY FOR KNOX'S - and we share many of yours. Which character got your motor running for the first time? Your heart race? Your blood boil (complimentary)?

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 e010e8d9-fbfb-4b6a-9f9d-ccc28e07b191 Shelf Respect Shelf Respect Odd Reader Out: Short Stories https://audioboom.com/posts/8898894 3964 false full In this episode series, Odd Reader Out, one or two of your Shelf Respect hosts will take a literary concept the other host or hosts are unfamiliar with and attempt to entice them into jumping on the bandwagon. In this installment, Knox is walking Erin and Jamie through one of his favorite reading experiences: short stories.

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 00a3c1bf-c9b2-409d-9631-327969b365df Shelf Respect Shelf Respect New Books Snake Draft: Spring 2026 https://audioboom.com/posts/8898895 3628 false full Spring has sprung and we're tackling all the new books coming out in April, May, and June of 2026. Get your TBRs ready.

What's your spring reading vibe? What's the best first kiss you've read in a book? Which new books do you have your eye on?

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 972785a0-3a34-45ea-b0b0-d30bdd72285b Shelf Respect Shelf Respect Toxic Literary Romance Snake Draft https://audioboom.com/posts/8898896 3491 false full We draw for spots and snake draft the worst (OR BEST) toxic fictional romances. These are love stories where suffering is marketed as soulmates.

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 696fbc3d-9447-4c0e-bf14-f07248dfb9f0 Shelf Respect Shelf Respect Burn or Blurb: Reader Spicy Takes https://audioboom.com/posts/8898897 2515 false full We collected spicy takes from readers on Instagram and we decide whether those opinions will be burned or blurbed.

Join 3,300+ Hardbacks on Patreon. Those readers get exclusive episodes like our Shelf Reflections series where we talk about what we've been reading, Building a Literary Villain, Odd Reader Out where two of us explain an unfamiliar concept to the third. Plus, our 2025 Book Superlatives and much more. Two exclusive episodes added every month.

Use code BATEDBREATH now through March 6 to save 90% on your first month of Hardbacks. That's only $0.70 at patreon.com/shelfrespect.

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 f76f3d24-1649-4b07-ac52-96aecca789ae Shelf Respect Shelf Respect Words, Phrases, and Clichés That Need To Die in Fiction Books https://audioboom.com/posts/8898898 2700 false full Welcome to the first public episode of Shelf Respect. We've been doing this for six months over on Patreon and now it's time to have the best of both worlds. We'll have new free episodes twice monthly.

This is a Snake Draft episode where the three of us slither through all the words and phrases we'd like to remove from all future books.

All our book lists are always found on Bookshop.org. Support indie shops!

]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 a7ab43f0-c893-4cfa-89dd-4a111fdac493 Shelf Respect Shelf Respect The NOs of Fiction https://audioboom.com/posts/8898899 3423 false full This is a an example of our premium content you can find on our Shelf Respect Patreon. *originaly published in October, 2025

We asked our Hardbacks to air their grievances about fiction and they answered. LOUDLY AND WITH FEELING. They shared the details, big and small, they despise in a novel. In this episode, we feature some of their complaints, as well as share a few of our own. And there's a kerfuffle about short stories.

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]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:01:00 +0000 7cfc65e8-e1ea-4d9d-bff7-3ac20aa088ad Shelf Respect Shelf Respect Shelf Respect: What is This? Who Are We? https://audioboom.com/posts/8898900 2501 false full Join us as we unpack why we launched another podcast, who we are as readers, which books define us, and what to expect at Shelf Respect. *originally published in September, 2025

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