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A group of friends with a newly discovered appreciation for reading bring a new take on the classic book club formula by each choosing their own book in relation to a theme each month and discuss without spoiling them.
Pierce and Justin are joined by guests Emma and JB as they discuss Aldous Huxley's masterpiece, Brave New World. What are we even supposed to take from this novel? What is it about this society's hedonism that is morally wrong? Are these character likeable, pitiable, deplorable? What does Huxley think about all of this? All this and more in May's episode of NJABC!
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Since there aren't really any good Brave New World adaptations, we took a look at a different kind of dystopian film, the satirical Starship Troopers. Join us as we talk about the stark difference between the book and the film and be ready to listen to two people confused about how people miss the satire in the film
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Pierce and Justin find a new favorite literary genre and author in Noir and Raymond Chandler. That totally isn't sarcasm. Join us as we discuss the man and his creation in two Phillip Marlowe classics
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We take a look at one of the best works of Noir fiction ever, Double Indemnity. Join us for a rainy night of crime and mystery as Pierce and Justin put on their black and white suits and fall for a femme fatale!
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Join Pierce and Justin as they get spooky in spring. We discuss Thomas Ligotti's short stories and The Haunting of Hill House
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Justin and Pierce are in for an extremely spooky film. Join us as we investigate four Japanese folk tales, lovingly retold on film by the master filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi
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Join Justin and Pierce as they go over all of the Oscar categories, their thoughts and picks, as well as some notable snubs. Stay tuned for Pierce's Best Picture ranking at the end!
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We're back after a short hiatus! Join Pierce, Justin, and reoccurring member Luke for an in depth discussion on John Williams' masterpiece(?) Stoner!
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Justin and Pierce go inside Inside Llewyn Davis and go inside this movie in order to give you the inside scoop on the inside of this Coen Brothers classic film
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Justin and Pierce review The 400 Blows (1959) - perhaps the greatest coming of age film ever made.▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitudebuymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube!Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod▶ FOLLOW US ON TIK TOK!TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Justin and Pierce review The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - perhaps the most difficult books we've ever had to read for this podcast so far.
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Justin and Pierce review Come and See (1985) - we never quite were the same after this one.
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Justin and Pierce review:
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Laroux
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Justin and Pierce review Portrait of a Lady on Fire - a steamy French slow burn romance. You know, the stuff we're usually into
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Justin and Pierce review Slaughterhouse Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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Now no one will have to listen to our first episode because we have a take two on Modernism!
Justin read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Pierce read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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Make sure you save this video for the post-apocalypse! Justin and Pierce peer into the future and discuss apocalypses and what they mean for our current day in writing
Justin read I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Pierce read The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Pierce and Justin, in our longest episode yet, give their thoughts and opinions on the new Last of Us HBO series. Come join us as we (inevitably) compare it to the game we love and give our thoughts on some of the choices and decisions made in adapting the story!
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We're here to talk about some authors who had to go into exile for one reason or another (usually if an artist is exiled its for a bad reason). Come with us as we discuss the tragic exiling of Oscar Wilde and Herman Hesse and their works, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Steppenwolf respectively
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Book Ends is finally back with a BANG! Pierce and Justin cover Andrei Tarkovsky's Nostalghia for this Artists in Exile month. Join us as we carry this discussion over a drained pool of water!
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Welcome to a brand new topic in a brand new year of Not Just Any Book Club! This month, Justin and Pierce take yet another look at fantasy but get more specific this time. Listen in, as we discuss The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
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Welcome to philosophy month! Well... all about Plato's Republic. The plan was to do a more general philosophy month, but here we are reading Plato together. Worked out well for an interesting conversation on Plato's city, Platonic ideals, the theory of forms, and more!
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We messed up on The Lighthouse recording, so join us for just the book club session instead! Pierce read probably one of the weirdest books he's ever read in Kathe Koja's "The Cipher" and Justin read some elevated horror that he didn't quite love in Grady Hendrix's "Horrorstör"
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Pierce once again gets to talk about Germany! Join us as we dive into Herman Hesse's best known novel (Siddhartha) as well as an interesting German novel taking place in France, Perfume by Patrick Süskind
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Pierce once again gets to talk about Germany! Join us as we dive into Herman Hesse's best known novel (Siddhartha) as well as an interesting German novel taking place in France, Perfume by Patrick Süskind
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Pierce and Justin dive into the talkie. One of the best German films of all time, tune into NJABC Book Ends German Month extravaganza, where we'll dive deep on the Fritz Lang film, M.
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Pierce and Justin dive into the talkie. One of the best German films of all time, tune into NJABC Book Ends German Month extravaganza, where we'll dive deep on the Fritz Lang film, M.
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We dive into one of the most dense authors we've covered, Cormac McCarthy. Pierce has once again decided to dive into a work that Justin disliked in Blood Meridian. Will he prove Justin wrong and show that said work is great once again? Justin is up to try Cormac McCarthy one more time and is reading The Road. Will he actually enjoy the McCarthy Style this time? Find out how these two dealt with such dense works on this episode of NJABC
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Who's ready for some tonal whiplash? From Disney's Dicken's Oliver & Company to the Coen Brother's McCarthy's No Country for Old Men! Join us this week as we discuss one of the best and most well made movies of all time!
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You've heard of him, we've read him. NJABC takes on what we call "one of the authors of all time," Charles Dickens. What does Dickensian mean? Listen in as Pierce reads Great Expectations and Justin reads A Tale of Two Cities. We discuss the acclaimed English author, looking into his life and discussing the tropes used in his many works.
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For Dickens month, we went with a loose interpretation of one of his books. Justin absolutely loved Oliver & Company... I think? Tune in to hear us discuss how Disney handled one of Dickens' most famous works ever!
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In the wise words of William Faulkner, "it's Faulkner Time!" That's right, this is the Not Just Any Book Club episode on William Faulkner, where Justin reads "The Sound and The Fury" and Pierce reads "Light in August". We talk about his complicated legacy and views, but how despite all that, he wrote some of the greatest novels written in America.
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It's time for the antithesis of Hemingway! Since Hemingway's style fits so perfectly with the short story format, we were intrigued to find out that Faulkner also had quite a few acclaimed short stories. Join us, as we go through Barn Burning, A Rose for Emily, Dry September, and Two Soldiers
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NJABC is back with another of our rare non-fiction months. Both Pierce and Justin read works discussing elements of the Holy Roman Empire, so join as we discuss a time of ladies and lords, knights and peasants!
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Justin and Pierce capture their inner child as they read some of Roald Dahl's classics. Look out for a discussion on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Mathilda!
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This month we jump into everyone's childhoods and talk about Roald Dahl. For Book Ends we discuss one of the newest Roald Dahl movies in Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
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Justin and Pierce wander into some Fantasy worlds again. Listen as Justin takes his first dip into Terry Pratchett's Discworld and Pierce discusses his findings after taking The Path alongside Geralt of Rivia.
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Justin read Lord of the Rings for fantasy month, but we decided to talk about the trilogy (movies and books) for Book Ends instead! Hear Justin and Pierce's takes on the best part of the trilogy and the influence that this epic trilogy has had on fantasy.
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Can we find the bottom of the iceberg? This week we all read Hemingway stories and our conversation centers on Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, Islands in the Stream, and how Justin feels lukewarm about Hemingway for some reason.
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In a month about a author of many, many short stories, we decided to take a break from the movies and read 3 Hemingway short stories for this month. And Justin finally enjoyed some Hemingway!
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Not Just Any Book Club is back and this week we're talking all thing's Steinbeck. In this episode, Justin and Luke go over (probably) John Steinbeck's two most important novels, in The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, while Pierce goes over a less well-known novella, in Cannery Row.
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Pierce and Justin talk about fictional works of political commentary. Pierce read Flatland, a biting commentary on Victorian era politics, while Justin read It Can't Happen Here, a commentary on the possibility of Fascism in America from the 1930s.
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This month is a bit of an experiment. Join Pierce, Justin, and Luke as we all discuss the same book on the main show for the first time! Are you afraid of puppies? Join us on this special Halloween episode, where we dive into Cujo by Stephen King!
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Another spooky month of NJABC, another classic horror movie watched and discussed on Book Ends. Listen to Pierce and Justin giving reasonable hot takes on the classic movie, Kubrick's The Shining
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This month our podcast takes a look at Japanese Literature, which Pierce and Justin don't have much experience in. Listen in as we explore amazing literature from the isolated island nation, Japan.
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This month we dive head first into Japanese fiction with one of Studio Ghibli's most famous films, Spirited Away! Its an incredible animated film and a great fantastical peak into Japanese folklore and culture!
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We dive into the works of Franz Kafka! Join Justin, Pierce, and Luke as they discuss Kafka's most famous works in The Trial and The Metamorphosis, as well as some of his shorter stories.
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This month is all about Kafka - and instead of talking about an adaptation of Kafka's work (sorry Orson Welles!), we're going to look at what exactly influenced. This episode is all about the Coen Brother's Kafkaesque black comedy A Serious Man (2009) - a movie about a man who tries to figure out what the world is doing to him.
On the surface, it seems like a comedy but the film is packed with a whole lot of meaning in the tiniest of things. So be sure to check that out!
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This month NJARPG dives into some Pulp stories. Join us for a night of action, horror, and insect aliens!
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This month we're doing pulp, so what better genre to do for book ends than western? We're also announcing some changes for the podcast so be sure to tune in!
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This is the final month of promoting NJARPG on this podcast. Join Justin, Pierce, and Luke as they discuss books that are somehow connected to existing RPGs (usually just through genre)
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Join Justin and Pierce in a dive into Greek Mythology. This week we focus on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, talk a bit about what myth means to us, and talk a bit about a tabletop game based on Greek Mythology (which we might play on NJARPG)
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We're entering a new month in which the topic can be literally anything as long as it relates to a tabletop game! This week we dive into the mess that was Cyberpunk 2077 and give our hot takes!
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Lovecraft month 2.0 to promote our spin off show, Not Just Any RPG, listen in as we discuss some of Pierce's favorite works (even though he knows the author was a terrible person) for the second time on our show (then go check out our spinoff!!)
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We each read a number of Lovecraft's works, and Pierce read one from Robert Bloch, so just come find out what we read!
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Join Justin and Pierce in a new week of Lovecraft month! This week we're examining one of Lovecraft's influences instead of his own work; join us as we dive into several short stories from the mind of Robert W Chambers!
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Justin and Pierce kick off Lovecraft month with one of the best Lovecraftian films of all time, John Carpenter's The Thing! Could one of our hosts be infected?
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We're doing another Fantasy month to promote our new tabletop RPG stream: Not Just Any RPG! This month we dive into the worlds of Tolkien and Brandon Sanderson!
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The books:
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (Justin's book)
The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien (Pierce's book)
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Luke's book)
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Join Pierce and Justin as they discuss one of the most famous stories of one of the most famous pulp fantasy heroes, The Tower of the Elephant! Listen in!
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Join Justin and Pierce as they dive into a story of fencing, fighting, torture, poison, true love, hate, revenge, giants, hunters, bad men, good men, beautifulest ladies, snakes, spiders, beasts of all natures and descriptions, pain, death, brave men, coward men, strongest men, chases, escapes, lies, truths, passion, and miracle.
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The busiest month of the year for us (apparently) is February, so this month its just Pierce and Justin diving into our topic! Join us as we discuss the rise of humanity in Sapiens and Guns, Germs, and Steel and the negatives of social media as we discuss our first documentary on the main show!
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The books:
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (Justin's book)
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Pierce's book)
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Now that Pierce's internet is back, we're back on track! Join Pierce and Justin as they dive into a classic Romance film, The Apartment!
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Welcome to 2021! For our first episode of the year, as well as to celebrate our first anniversary as a podcast, we're talking about our favorite books! Join as we dive into some of our absolute favorites!
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The books:
Watchmen by Alan Moore (Justin's book)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Pierce's book)
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages (Gavin's book)
Mosquitoland by David Arnold (Emma's book)
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Join us as we continue favorites month! This time we dive into the short story that predated one of Justin's favorite novels, Flowers for Algernon! Join Pierce and Justin as they each retread the old ground of the story Flowers for Algernon
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WE'RE BACK!!! In our first episode of "Favorites Month," where we're celebrating our first year as a podcast, join Pierce, Justin, and Emma (Gray) as they discuss one of Pierce and Emma's favorite movies in Baby Driver!
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Join Pierce, Justin, and Gavin discussing a few iterations of one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time, A Christmas Carol. Happy Holidays!
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Join Justin, Pierce, Gavin, and Luke as they explore some Utopian fictional societies. Join us as we investigate new technology, an AI controlled society, and an interesting critique of western society by Huxley.
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The books:
In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne (Justin's book)
Island by Aldous Huxley (Pierce's book)
Utopia, LOL? by Jamie Wahls (Luke's book)
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Join Justin and Pierce as they delve into these two utopian short stories (each with dystopian elements). Listen in, as we discuss the utilitarian nightmare of The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas and as we look into some anarchist bees laying the groundwork for utopia in the Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees!
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Pierce and Justin discuss another movie this month and at least this time its a good movie! This month the focus is on one of John Carpenter's classic movies; Join us as Pierce and Justin dive into the themes and the 4 minute long fight scenes of They Live!
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Gavin, Pierce, and Justin round out spooky month with our episode on "psychological horror" (you be the judge on if we even read anything in the genre). Join us as Pierce dives into Lovecraft (again) and his influence on modern psychological horror, and we explore a video game translated into a novel for the first time - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe (Justin's book) The Outsider by HP Lovecraft (Pierce's book) FNAF The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthorn and Kira Breed-Wrisley (Gavin's book)
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Justin and Pierce discuss the merits of two spooky short stories in this month's episode of between the chapters. Join us as we dive into The Raven, one of the most famous works of horror of all time, and Click Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman, a story that neither of us had heard of prior to recording this episode!
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Pierce and Justin discuss another movie this month... this time they didn't enjoy it that much. Join us for our spookiest episode yet as we discuss the merits and deficiencies of one of the most famous horror movies of all time, Poltergeist!
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Pierce, Justin, and Bella are back! Join the three of us as we discuss what made people so upset about our books that they decide they should be banned!
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The books:
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Bella's book)
1984 by George Orwell (Justin's book)
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Pierce's book) (Emma Gray's book)
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Join Pierce, Justin, and Vic as they discuss the merits of the short stories The Lottery and Harrison Bergeron by Shirley Jackson and Kurt Vonnegut respectively. Go ahead and read these two classic stories before listening if you don't want them spoiled for you! (they're very short)
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Listen in to Pierce and Justin cover music for the first time on Book Ends! Book Ends (or I Can't Believe it's not Literature!) is one of our three shows where we discuss something outside of the scope of literature, whether the topic is a movie, a music, a play, or something similar. This month Justin and Pierce discuss a great band famous for making music in strange time signatures, Tool!
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Join the crew this month with what is basically a full house (though two of our members didn't read anything and are just along for the ride), as we explore one of the most intriguing character archetypes in anti-heroes. We also have a new member named Emma Gray! By the way she's a different Emma than the one who joined us for Satire month
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The books:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Bella's book)
The High Window by Raymond Chandler (Justin's book)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (Pierce's book)
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (Emma Gray's book)
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Pierce and Justin are back with another new show in which they explore short stories related to each months theme! Well this time its a re imagined version of a show they tried to make a few months ago. Anyhow, listen in as Justin clowns on the pair while they discuss Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan (Christopher Nolan's brother)
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Join Pierce and Justin as they explore a new type of show and the first of our new monthly episodes! Book Ends (or I Can't Believe it's not Literature!) is one of our three shows where we discuss something outside of the scope of literature, whether the topic is a movie, a music, a play, or something similar. This month Justin and Pierce discuss what some consider to be the best movie of all time, Citizen Kane!
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Join us this month as Justin, Pierce, Vic, and Gavin explore some negatives for both sides of the Cold War, dive into the conflict itself, and talk about some lasting effects of the Cold War. Join the gang as they explore one of the darkest centuries in human history.
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The books:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Vic's book)
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Justin's book)
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Pierce's book)
Bridge of Spies by Giles Whittell (Gavin's book)
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Listen in this month as we explore new takes on established genres and discover why authors might want to deconstruct the genres we have established.
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The books:
Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert (Bella's book)
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (Justin's book)
The Witcher: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (Pierce's book)
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Join us this month as we explore Coming of Age stories!
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The books:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Gavin's book)
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Justin's book)
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Pierce's book)
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This month join the gang, along with some fresh faces in Anthony and Vic, as the club discusses different works of literature from Russia, a region with some of the greatest pieces of literature of all time!
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The books:
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Gavin's book)
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Justin's book)
The Foundation Pit by Andrei Platonov (Anthony's book)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Pierce and Vic's book)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Bella's book)
The Shot by Alexander Pushkin (Luke's book)
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This month join Justin, Pierce, Gavin, and guest star Emma, as the group tackles satirical works! Join us as we discuss the poorly aged humor in Gulliver's Travels, the dystopian worlds of We and Atlas Shrugged, as well as book one of a trilogy in six parts.
We're a bunch of amateur readers who decided it was time to read again by choosing what we want to read. Every month we vote on a theme and meet up to discuss the books we read without spoiling it.
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The books:
Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift (Gavin's book)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Justin's book)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Emma's book)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Pierce's book)
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This month, Pierce and Justin were busy on spring break so they decided to release a recording of our book club from before we decided to become an official podcast. We apologize for the audio quality, many people upgraded their microphones when we decided to start the podcast so the audio of this old recording is lower quality.So, join us as the group discusses Lovecraftian horror, Lovecraft himself, and as Pierce gives a long lecture about insights into Lovecraft's character!
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For our second official episode, Pierce, Justin, and Bella discuss some works written by African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement! We're a bunch of amateur readers who decided it was time to read again by choosing what we want to read. Every month we vote on a theme and meet up to discuss the books we read without spoiling it.
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The books:
March by John Lewis (Justin's book)
Native Son by Richard Wright (Bella's book)
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Pierce's book)
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They read them in high school, now they’re ranking them! Join Pierce and Justin as they talk about their favorite and least favorite assigned readings from high school in our first ever episode of between the chapters!
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For our first episode, we have a lengthy discussion on Modernist Literature! Apologies for the audio and the pacing issues, we will work on the issues in the future. We're a bunch of amateur readers who decided it was time to read again by choosing what we want to read. Every month we vote on a theme and meet up to discuss the books we read without spoiling it.
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The books:
Pale Fire by Vladamir Nabokov (Justin's book)
Ulysses by James Joyce (Pierce's book)
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (Bella's book)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Gavin's book)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Luke's book)
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