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Cracked Spines

Cyrus Amelia Fisher and Sarah Palmer

Crack open a good book with two wise-cracking besties. Sarah and Cyrus are two queer English majors who use their degrees to commit crimes against literature. Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes and merch! https://www.patreon.com/crackedspinespodcast

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166 episodes

  1. Reading Challenge Death Match Check In 2: The World War II Spectrum of Quality 23:03
  2. 2026 Reading Death Match - Checkpoint 1 16:12
  3. The $500 Tortoise and Hare Literary Death Match 1:03:36
  4. Animorphs 43-47: A Tale of Three Vissers 56:49
  5. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 51:24
  6. Ol' Sarah Could Really Use A Win (a mid-year TBR check-in) 54:07
  7. How To Learn Languages Fast But Maybe Not Like. That Fast 50:21
  8. Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Endure Domestic Air Travel 43:44
  9. Cleaning (With The Help of Books) 1:15:56
  10. Writers Talking About Writing Books About Writing 50:47
  11. Heated Rivalry (ft. A Proprietary Nootropic Mushroom Blend Inspired By Psychodelics) 55:37
  12. Taboo Romance and Captive Prince 1:07:03
  13. There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm 49:58
  14. THE PILE: Dissecting Our TBR Lists 51:56
  15. 2025 ROUND UP: The Milk Chronicles 48:50
  16. What To Read When You Aren't Reading 52:31
  17. Animorphs Part 8: You Can't Keep Inventing Gods! 55:23
  18. Heaven Official's Blessing (Part 3 and 4) 59:16
  19. Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin 1:00:39
  20. Heaven Official's Blessing (Volumes 1 and 2) 53:38
  21. Chicken Book Extravaganza feat. Our Actual Chickens 1:13:12
  22. Animorphs Part 7: Put Him In The Horse Plinko 53:53
  23. Barbarian Beds: The Origin of the Chair in China by C.P. Fitzgerald (and other books on Chinese history) 1:00:38
  24. Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz 46:46
  25. The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson 50:40
  26. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 44:47
  27. Sunrise on the Reaping/The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 58:22
  28. READING DEATH PACT THUNDERDOME ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN 55:46
  29. Animorphs Part 6: The Bright, Clear Line 58:34
  30. TBR Pile Death Pact 1:05:48
  31. Animorphs Part 5: The Weekend is Cancelled 1:02:26
  32. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix 1:08:22
  33. Sarah's Bummer of an Extended Vacation: The 2025 Oregon Healthcare Strike 58:48
  34. This is KINDA an Episode about Murderbot 1:01:14
  35. Vermis: Which Flesh is Your Flesh? 1:00:04
  36. Animorphs Part 4: We HAVE to Talk about David 58:18
  37. 2024 Recap: DIY, Top Fives, and the Raw Power of Animorphs 1:07:46
  38. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 51:42
  39. Animorphs Part 3: It's All Uphell From Here (Books 11-19) 1:10:48
  40. Danmei Beatdown!! 44:14
  41. The Book of Billl (and More!) 1:05:34
  42. "That's Life!" A Harrowing Tale of Triumph, Humiliation, and Gravity Falls 59:39
  43. A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland 46:47
  44. Nestlings by Nat Cassidy 1:03:26
  45. Alien Romulus: We did not like The Man 1:13:44
  46. This Is Not An Episode About Dungeon Meshi (lofi) 51:42
  47. Illumicrate Book Subscription Box 49:43
  48. He Who Drowned The World by Shelley Parker-Chan 1:09:08
  49. Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction 59:47
  50. A Rube Goldberg Machine for Self-Crucifixion 45:40