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Book club meets fight club. Two book recommendations every Monday from high school English teachers Ian and Joe. And Nick.
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Joe's weekly in memoriam, child labor ideas for Audible, and a tell-all interview with the car that hit Stephen King. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2016) vs On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (2000).
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Happy spooky season! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (2007) vs Nancy Drew, The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene (1942).
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Fall weather, ribs and blatant pandering on this weeks episode. The Age of Anxiety Poem by W. H. Auden (1947) vs The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011).
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Happy National Book Month! This episode we feature previous National Book Award winners. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer (2013) vs The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom (2019).
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Nick becomes a plumber in real-time, Big Mama Jamas, and we finally learn what a crawdad is but not really. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) vs Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (2018).
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Many, many Creed references, we discover it's all about the journey, and we enter the Argarian Era. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (1952) vs Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer (1932).
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
The world's longest book titles, action items and Joe says yes. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew Crawford (2014) vs Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes (2015).
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Hard science: What is it and where does it come from? We explore this completely new topic on this weekend episode. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (2011) vs Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (2000).
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Shed those pounds on this week's episode - Happy Labor Day! Grand Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery (2014) vs What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (2007).
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
In our final Road Trip Series episode, Nick and Ian present to Joe the 22-hour audiobook Moby Dick by Herman Melville (1851).