Touch Your Shelf
Sister duo Kailin and Kelsey deep dive into classic literature. Presenting to you novels and plays you have read, haven't yet read, or maybe don't want to read. They bring a bit of humor and sass to try and shed some new light on the classics.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 45
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
24 - My Name is Asher Lev
Here is our Season 1 finale episode! We are talking about Asher Lev and his unique, artistic coming of age story. We loved his fascinating life and tragic ending. This first season has been absolutel…
23 - Mrs. Dalloway
TRIGGER WARNING: For a brief, ten minute period we discuss suicide and PTSD. We let you know when it's coming up, but we want everyone aware.
This week, we're back in full capacity since Kelsey has …
22 - Anna Karenina
Welcome to our first ever minisode! This week, Kelsey is recovering so Kailin is taking over and doing Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. This book can be real boring, so I get down to what's really import…
21 - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Take a look through the soul-encompassing picture frame as we take you on the wild ride that is the life of Dorian Gray. We talk about morality, sexuality, and the way in which Oscar Wilde writes wom…
20 - The Handmaid's Tale
This week we are talking about an eerily relevant book, The Handmaid's Tale by the incomparable Margaret Atwood! You do not want to miss this! We are talking female oppression, the election, and Kels…
1984
We are doubleplushappy to present our episode of George Orwell's 1984. Join us as we discuss Newspeak, the proverbial death of Winston, and the parallels to today's politics. We can't wait for you to…
18 - Dracula
Come one, come all, to the final episode in our Halloween Spook-Tacular! We tell you the scariest ghost stories. And, we take a bite out of Victorian novel: Dracula. We follow the Count himself and t…
17 - Carrie
The second to last episode in the Spook-Tacular Halloween Series! We give you even scarier ghost stories, and scarier interpretations of everyone's favorite gal, Carrie. We discuss the teeny town of …
16 - The Lottery
Let's get stoned! Just kidding, we won't be getting stoned, but the characters in this short story sure are! This week we're talking about a small town bound by the tradition of stoning its citizens …
15 - Frankenstein
Welcome to the second spook-tacular installment of our Halloween Series! This week we are taking you through the story of Victor Frankenstein, it's a novel where the monsters are scary and the sancti…
14 - The Raven
This week the TYS sisters are starting spooky month a bit early with ghost stories, and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Join us for some dissection of the famous poem by the famous Poe-t. We talk abou…
13 - The Catcher in the Rye
We are traveling through Manhattan this week with good ol Holden Caulfield! Join us as we discuss this timeless novel about angst, the fight against the superficial, and alienation. Not to mention ou…
12 - Lolita
Trigger Warning: This novel contains elements of sexual assault and kidnapping.
Hopefully you'll still give us a listen! We do not take this book lightly, and we truly want to discuss all literature…
11 - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Hey all you cool cats and bibliophiles, just a little trigger warning here; this book deals with assault and we just want you to be aware as we discuss it this week. We are diving on into the Thomas …
10 - Dickinson
Come one, come all, to our Emily Dickinson episode! Kelsey and Kailin are discussing the poems, "Hope" is the thing with feathers, and Some-Work for Immortality. We explain Dickinson's reclusive natu…
9 - Pride and Prejudice
Welcome to another favorites episode, this week we are reading Kailin's favorite: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. We talk about what Regency romance looks like, the oppression of women, and if M…
8 - To Kill a Mockingbird
This week we discuss the legendary Harper Lee novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. We go over prejudice in the deep south. And, discuss how the narrative is affected when we look at it through the lens of y…
7 - Cask of Amontillado
Join us as we wander down the deep dark halls into this creepy Edgar Allan Poe tale. Kelsey and Kailin declare Wegmans the king of grocery stores, and debate on the meaning of the ending. We're all o…
6 - Hamlet
We are shakin' it for Shakespeare this week! Join us as we discuss this beloved tragedy. We go deep into Oedipus, Hamlet's melancholia, and trouble at the border? Tune in to find out more! Find us @t…
5 - The Old Man and the Sea
Or as we like to call it, The Old Man and the Fish. We are swimming with the fishes this week as we take a look at this Hemingway classic. We discuss this novella's beautiful imagery and heavenly the…