Ep 190 - Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell

Heinlein's sci-fi classic is rather different from the campy satire of Paul Verhoeven's 1997 adaptation. You can ask similar questions of both. Do they gleefully depict fascism? Do they glorify militarism and violence? Do they successfully subvert either? In our experience, both ...  Show more

For this show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew learned about the world of Middle-Earth by reading J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published legendarium THE SILMARILLION. This episode posted first for our Patreon supporters in October 2025. If you want to hear our current longread pr ...  Show more

Ellen and Mom discuss the angsty teenagers, angry siblings, and asterisks in Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell.  Plus, being sick as dogs and the Winter Reading List!

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Ellen and Mom discuss the buulding, bookshelves, and bad bonnets in Love is a Rogue by Lenora Bell.  Plus, tangents about 4th graders.  

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On our second Best Books episode, Kelly Loy Gilbert discusses When We Were Infinite (Simon & Schuster, March). Gilbert’s “beautifully, achingly cathartic” YA novel (starred review), is one of Kirkus’ Best Books in young readers’ literature for 2021. Then young readers’ editor Lau ...  Show more

It is time for the long-awaited episode on Jane Austen's enduring classic novel Pride and Prejudice. We navigate issues of class, romance, expectations, first impressions, and of course, pride and prejudice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.