Ep 238 - Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Ep 748 - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker and W.C. Heinz

MASH is the book that inspired the movie that inspired the show M*A*S*H, which is set in an active war zone but doesn't have a ton to say about war. If you wanted to read about the exploits of a bunch of meatball surgeon wiseacres, though, it is not completely without its charms. ...  Show more

Sit Me Baby One More Time Bonus - The Baby-Sitters Club: The Movie (1995)

Ho-na-na-na Hey-ey! It's time to talk about the 1995 film adaptation of the series, directed by Melanie Mayron and written by Dalene Young. We mostly enjoyed it, though we have to acknowledge how hard it is to squeeze full plots for each BSC member into one 94-minute movie. Also, ...  Show more

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