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Friends, Matt and Peter discuss books and currents reads in a humorous and informal manner.
Update frequency:
every 26 days
Average audio length:
64 minutes
English
United States
197 episodes
since July 15, 2020
episodic
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This week we tackle something we should have figured out much much earlier. We organize our TBR, set out a reasonable schedule, and commit to plan. *Please do not refer to this episode in 6 months, thank you*
October
-Turn, Magic Wheel by Dawn Powell
-Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
November
-Re…
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We have delightful episode this week. Kara Infante, host of "Bookish Flights," came on the show to about all things books, reading, podcasting, and so much more. We think you'll really like this one, and be sure to check out Kara's wonderful podcast "Bookish Flights."
Enjoy!
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We are back after an extended time off and we are ready to talk about books! But first we discuss a new puppy, plumbing issues, home repair, nerve damage, and kidney stones. Fun!
Once we talk about getting old we dive into the Booker longlist. We discuss which books sound interesting and make our o…
Hello, friends. We have a fun one this week discussing the 1926 novel, "Lolly Willowes" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. A novel about a woman becoming a witch but is that what it's really about? We had a great time unpacking what makes this novel tick.
Also, Peter surprised Matt with a review …
"You guys never read anything super popular or relevant!"
If you've ever yelled that at us in person or online well we have an episode for you. We do our best to discuss, theorize, and dissect the mega super popular romantic fantasy, "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J Maas…
On this week's episode, we review the latest novel by Ben Lerner. We discuss auto-fictions limitations and why we were left frustrated by this potentially thought provoking novel.
And, finally, we discussed adding a beach read to our TBR, (since Lerner was so adamant that his latest novel was most…
A jam pack episode this week. We discuss the final Hemingway short story on our TBR, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," a work that is powerful while being elusive. *Side note, Peter feels like he mispronounced this story the whole way through, he barely sleeps #Dadlife.
And finally, we have a s…
This week we are discussing the popular 2020 novel, "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig. A novel that means well, but does that mean it's a good book? We discuss our thoughts on the book and the genre we think it fits into along with a myriad of other topics*
*Other topics include stomach…
After more than 40 minutes of tech issues we were finally able to record this weeks episode. (If this episode is bad...blame the tech gods) And after a little bit of a rough start we find our rhythm and discuss the short story "Enoch Soames" by Max Beerbohm. From there we discuss getting …
We're back this week to discuss the George Saunders short story, "Victory Lap." (But not before a long intro on the NFL playoffs) We discuss the nuance of the story and give our thoughts on what Saunders is going for with this odd but powerful story. We end the episode with adding a new b…
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