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Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Five or Flop
87 episodes
2 days ago
Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
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Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
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Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See: Fishing for Flops

We're returning to a classic pod author this week, as Grace's friend Kate Weis picks The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See! Will she keep up her streak as Erin's favorite pod author?

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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2 weeks ago
49 minutes 6 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Silence by Shusaku Endo: Flopostasy

We're putting the family in Family and Friends this week when Grace's brother Nick comes on to talk about Silence by Shusaku Endo! Which of the three film adaptations should we watch?

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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3 weeks ago
1 hour 13 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows: Epistolary Novels Are Not a Flop

Returning guest Kat joins us to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, as well as to share a salacious story or two! But the biggest question: Has she joined the season five Storygraph reading challenge?

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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1 month ago
59 minutes 57 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver: The Gospel of Flop

Grace and Erin are alone in the studio this week, discussing a recommendation from Erin's friend Ryleigh: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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1 month ago
1 hour 9 minutes 13 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell: The Four United Flops

Data Scientist Ashley is here again, with a book she's been recommending since season one! We sat down to talk with her about it, and not even technical glitches could stop us!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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1 month ago
58 minutes 28 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon: Flop in a Box

We're bringing the family back to Friends and Family: Erin's mom, Pam, joins us with a book from her book club, The Frozen River! Are feminist themes, a real historical document, and a shocking ending enough to thaw our hearts?

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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2 months ago
1 hour 13 minutes 24 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie: The Flop of a Ka-Priest

While we travel back to ancient Egypt this week for a murder mystery, Kate C. joins us this week as our guest and Agatha Christie expert! Where does this book rank on her list of books read? And will we be watching an adaptation of this one?

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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2 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave: The Third Amendment Is Not a Flop

Previous guest Diana returns to discuss a book she's read before: The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave! We travel to France to discuss the famous dancing plague, as well as feminism, race, class, and bees.

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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2 months ago
1 hour 1 minute 55 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid: Houston, We Have a Flop

For the second episode (and first book) of season five, guest host Kelly joins us on a journey to space with Taylor Jenkins Reid's Atmosphere! All of us have personal histories with TJR and the space program, so tune in for a fantastic discussion!

*Thank you for bearing with us through some of this episode's audio problems!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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2 months ago
1 hour 1 minute 6 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson: Badass Feminists, Badass Flops

We're back, baby! Season five is here, and our theme is Family and Friends. We're reading historical fiction recommendations from our number 1 fans! In this episode, we're taking the stage and reading our first play: The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson. Erin's cousin Elizabeth is joining for the discussion, and she's got a special connection to this one! Listen to learn more.

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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2 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Reviewing The Handmaiden: Our Final Flop Film

For the last bonus episode before season five begins, we're watching The Handmaiden, the Korean adaptation of Fingersmith!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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3 months ago
37 minutes 40 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Watching The Color Purple: No Flops Here!

We're back to movies, watching the musical version of The Color Purple! Somehow, Whoopi Goldberg is still here?

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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3 months ago
32 minutes 4 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Five or Flop Awards: Ranking Four Seasons of Prizewinners

Over the seasons, Grace and Erin have read a lot of award-winning novels, from the Pulitzer, to the Booker, to the... British Fantasy Award? Now, it's time to decide who deserved the honor!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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4 months ago
32 minutes 19 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Watching The Letter: The Flopverse of W. Somerset Maugham

For our first bonus episode following Season Four, we're diving back into The Letter cinematic universe and watching the Bette Davis movie! Do we recommend it? Well, that's up to interpretation.

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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4 months ago
26 minutes 27 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The Color Purple by Alice Walker: Season Four Has Finished Flopping

It's the big season finale this week, and we're reading The Color Purple! We look back on the highs and lows of the season, but first we have a discussion about how classics age and what to do when an author betrays the themes of their most famous work.

Here is the article Grace cites: Fact and Fiction in Alice Walker's The Color Purple, by Jacqueline Jones.

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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5 months ago
59 minutes 36 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Jews Queers Germans by Martin Duberman: The Most Notorious Flop on the Pod

We're walking a thin genre line in today's episode - come with us as we explore Jews Queers Germans by Martin Duberman!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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5 months ago
44 minutes 6 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters: Fine or Flop?

We're discussing our two favorite topics this week- pacing and plot twists- as we read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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5 months ago
52 minutes 13 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia: Everything’s Flop Babe

We're excited to introduce a new subgenre to the pod this week with our first mystery novel! Find out the person, place, and weapon in this week's episode on Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia.

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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5 months ago
32 minutes 28 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng: Flopping on the Veranda

We're crossing decades and oceans this week, and juggling tons of real-life historical figures: we're reading The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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6 months ago
41 minutes 30 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides: Flop Dog Stands

We're two-thirds of the way through Season 4, and this week is a big one: we're reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides! The book covers a lot of ground, we have a lot of thoughts, and the historical accuracy section is a lot longer than usual!

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!

Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj

Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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6 months ago
57 minutes 6 seconds

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8