Dec 29, 2021
As 2021 comes to a close, we reflect back on the highs and lows of our reading year -- our favorite protagonists, our most surprising reads, and the characters we'd like to lock in a wine cellar under Venice. Plus, we play "To Read List Roulette," a game with some seriously high stakes. Books books books!
Dec 15, 2021
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS by Isabel Allende & THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua Ferris.
This week on the pod, Toby tackles Isabel Allende’s smash hit, magical realism-heavy debut novel, and Bailey gets deep into the surprisingly long THEN WE CAME TO THE END. Along the way, the hosts establish their reading wheelhouses,...
Nov 30, 2021
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf & THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig. This week, Andrew heads on a meta-journey inside the anxiety of the early 20th century with Virginia Woolf's TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. Then, Bailey explores the multiverse in Matt Haig's THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY. Is this the timeline where she thinks the...
Nov 17, 2021
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh & DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann. On this week’s episode, Toby digs into a classic in Evelyn Waugh’s BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. But will he dig it? And Bailey checks out a thriller that has some similarities to some she’s loved before in DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann. How will it stack...
Nov 3, 2021
SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward & PIZZA GIRL by Jean Kyoung Frazier. This week, Andrew takes a road trip with SING, UNBURIED, SING while Bailey gets a part-time job as a PIZZA GIRL. Dillon is there too. We learn the answers to huge questions like what makes a haunted pumpkin? What's an appletizer? And, most...