Dec 27, 2023
Check it, Page-O's: it’s our favorite episode of the year, and also the most bowl-shakingly terrifying episode of the year — the Bookend Awards! Join us as we take a look at our stats, hand out superlatives (both positive and negative), and play a pair of games that alternately fill us with shame and dread. Plus,...
Dec 13, 2023
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Dostoevsky /
SOUR HEART by Jenny Zhang
Sacre bleu! This week, Andrew digs into his first Dostoevsky—CRIME AND PUNISHMENT— while in Parisian quarantine. Plus, Bailey reviews SOUR HEART, a surprisingly lewd collection of short stories à clef. And of course, we learn how to feel shame...
Nov 29, 2023
THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON by Garth Nix /
THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
Would you like to play a game? In this very special episode of The To Read List, comedian and podcast creator Ella Gale joins us to discuss the classic middle grade mystery THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin. We riff on overly...
Nov 15, 2023
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton /
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood
In this very NOT spooky episode, we have a classic pairing of novels. They go together as well as peanut butter and jelly! First, Andrew reviews Alan Paton's 1948 classic, CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY and finds it a bit... surprising. Then Bailey...
Nov 1, 2023
MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE by Marguerite Henry /
TRUST by Hernan Diaz
Don’t make a sound, Page-O’s! Bailey’s on the warpath after she reads MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE by Marguerite Henry, and she totally takes it out on the boys. Meanwhile, Toby tries his best to encapsulate the many levels of the .5 Pulitzer-Prize-winning...