# Dennis Lehane

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Rachel McGown Halverson

Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith! This week, TNBC welcomes Rachel McGown Halverson, a lifelong friend of the pod with some serious reading cred. In addition to teaching Tava, Brett, and Alex about how our education system can better serve kids with d…

Comparison kills: why ranking books can get problematic

What are the best books published this month? Questions and titles like this led to writer and teacher Thea Lim’s article “Abolish the Top Ten List,” for the Walrus magazine. She noticed how rankings and lists dominate how we speak about books, narrowing the number of titles that reach the surface.…

Books You NEED on Your TBR! 📚 Mystery, Thrillers & Must-Reads | Hello Bestea Podcast | Ep. 127

Hey Besteas! 💕📚 This week on the Hello Bestea Podcast, we're talking books, books, and MORE books! From life-changing lessons in The Greatest Salesman in the World to the dark mystery of Mystic River, the twists of First Lie Wins, and Alice Feeney's psychological thriller My Husband's Wife, we've…

Mediasplode #19 - The Many Saints of Newark & Ted Lasso, Season 2

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:01:43 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:05 - Conor has been watchin…

It's Thriller, Thriller Night

Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith! In this episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex each pick a book from the New York Times 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century and report back. Brett went with Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, Alex picked The Push by Ashley Au…

Along Came a Spider - James Patterson - Episode 148

The Buddies finally crack open an airport bookstore staple with James Patterson’s 1993 debut of Alex Cross, “Along Came a Spider.” The Buddies debate whether Cross is a devoted single dad or a hypocrite who hates the media right up until he needs a favor, why the D.C. police desperately needed a PR…

What Would Greg Kinnear Read?

What Would Greg Kinnear Read? What do art thieves, fly-fishing, cryptocurrency, surveillance technology, a library fire, and getting swallowed by a whale have in common? Apparently, Greg Kinnear's imaginary TBR. In this episode of What Would _____ Read?, Michelle and Laura are building a book bag f…