We go long as Dean attempts the longest book in the English language, a really cool early gothic novel, and a cool new YA book; Alex reads books about how to be a good Prince, and the first female English playwright, and we both read our gift from Playgirl Carla.
Books discussed include:
- The Gnostic Gospels (ed. Alan Jacobs, 2005)
- The Boy From Elsewhere (Kestral Gaian, 2026)
- The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli, 1532)
- The Prince & The Pauper (Mark Twain, 1881)
- The Monk (Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1796)
- The Rover (Aphra Behn, 1677)
- Kidnapped (R.L. Stevenson, 1886)
- Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson, 1748)
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