A Podcast About Books Everyone's Already Talking About
The Blurb Jury
Two readers, one verdict, zero mercy for the hype. Every week we read the blurb on air and decide if the internet was right about it.
Recent Cases
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Meet the Jury
One skeptic. One softie. One shared bookshelf.
Mom reads the acknowledgments first looking for a reason to distrust the author. Daughter cries at the blurb before the book even ships. Together they run the trial.
Mom
The Skeptic
Daughter
The Softie
This Week's Case
The Duke's Secret Ledger is everywhere. Is it guilty?
“A duke. A spreadsheet. A scandal involving compound interest.” 240,000 saves on BookTok and a waitlist at every library in the country. We read the blurb live and cross-examined the hype.
Hype Upheld
"I no longer trust a blurb until these two have weighed in."
A Listener
"Finally, someone willing to say the twist was obvious."
A Listener
"My TBR pile shrank by twelve books after one episode."
A Listener
The Docket
Three recent verdicts
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One email a week: the new episode, the verdict, and whatever book we are currently fighting about.
