Episode 59: What We Read In August

  We spent the whole month dancing but still found time to read some (mostly mediocre) books.  

Books discussed include:

- Extasis (Antonio Soto Madrid, 2018)

- Tirano Banderas (Ramón Del Valle-Inclán, 1926)

- Tormento (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1884)

- Tales From The Café (Toshikazu Kawaguchi, 2020)

- Mr. Britling Sees It Through (H.G. Wells, 1916) 

- Destination Unknown (Agatha Christie, 1954)

- Anastasia's Midnight Song (M. Laszlo, 2025)

- Antonio & Mellida / Antonio's Revenge (John Marston, 1599-1600)

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Episode 32: What We Read In May

 Playboy Alex has been upgraded to a full Books Boy! Join him and TheDean! as they chat about what they read in May, sing sea shanties, and interview surprise guest author Douglas J. Wood (douglasjwood.com).

Books discussed include:

- The Shakespeare Killer (Douglas J. Wood, 2023)

- Hadrian's Empire (Danny Danziger & Nicholas Purcell, 2005)

- Pétalos (Guadalupe Nettel, 2007)

- Miau (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1888)

- Man On The Run, Charles Salzberg, 2023)

- Those Learned Ladies & The Would-be Gentleman (Molière, 1670-2)

- Chicot The Jester (Alexandre Dumas, 1846)

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Episode 25: 2 Year Aniversario!

 Welcome to Episode 25, our 2 year anniversary show! Woohoo!!

This one goes a little bit long, as TheDean! & PJ chat about all the books they read in October, celebrate 2 years of books boys with some cameos and call-ins, give us their Hallowe'en recommendations, and much more. We also chat with author Gary F Bengier, original CFO of ebay (garyfbengier.com) whose book we reviewed last month. And in particular we recommend Lindsay Sealey's book Made For More (lindsaysealey.com)

Books discussed include:

- Doña Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1876)
- The Conspirators (Alexandre Dumas, 1843)
- La Tía Tula (Miguel de Unamuno, 1921)
- Requiem For A Spanish Peasant (Ramón J. Sender, 1953) - (thanks to elpatiaz.es for sending)
- A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)
- Unfettered Journey (Gary F. Bengier, 2020)
- Made For More (Lindsay Sealey, 2022)
-  The Great And Secret Show (Clive Barker, 1989)
- Henry IV (Luigi Pirandello, 1921)

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Episode 24

 The 2nd year is at an end! Join Dean & PJ as we chat about all the books we read in September, and chat with author and founder of Speak up Sis magazine Angel Charmaine (speakupsis.com)

Books discussed include:

- Don Quijote part 2 (Cervantes, 1615)

- Marianela (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1878)

- Countess De Charny (Alexandre Dumas, 1853-5)

- Speak Up Sis magazine

- Unfettered Journey (Gary F. Bengier, 2020)

- Scenes of Clerical Life (George Eliot, 1857)

- If I Ran The Zoo; Scrambled Eggs Super! (Dr. Seuss, 1950, 1953)

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Episode 10

 TheDean! & PJ are back for Episode 10 of Books Boys!! Have you figured out what books are yet?

This month, TheDean!'s a die-hard romantic, and PJ goes through the looking glass. Plus we have TWO call-ins, one from the author Rev Aleeceha Pitts (aleecheapitts.com)and one from @secondhandbookman  who tells the books boys about a rare Dickens story. 

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Books discussed on this episode include:

- The Count Of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)

- Lost Connections (Johann Hari, 2018)

- Misericordia (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1897)

- Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll, 1865)

- Through The Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll, 1871)

- Automated Alice (Jeff Noon, 1996)

- Behind Closed Doors (BA Paris, 2016)

- Zealot (Reza Aslan, 2013)

- San Miguel Bueno, Mártir (Miguel de Unamuno, 1931)

- Let It Go For Your Sake! Forgive! (Aleechea Pitts, 2018)

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Books Boys - Episode 9

 Welcome back to Episode 9 of the books boys podcast! We tried so hard to keep it concise this time as we had alot of books to cover! TheDean! & PJ have both done alot of reading this month, and have also both taken the time to read something for mental wellbeing and mindfulness.

 Then the fantastic author Leah Holbrook Sackett (leaholbrooksackett.com) calls in to chat about her novella Raising St. Elisabeth, and her short stories.

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Books discussed include:

- A Monk's Guide To Happiness (Gelong Thubten, 2019)

- Persuasion (Jane Austen, 1818)

- Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert, 1856)

- Trafalgar (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1873)

- Raising St Elisabeth (Leah Holbrook Sackett, 2021)

- The Vanished Man (Jeffrey Deaver, 2003)

- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)

- Momo (Michael Ende, 1973)

- Devil On The Cross (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 1980)


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Books Boys - Episode 8

 The Books Boys are back with more book talk on episode 8!

This month we chat about some classic literature, we juxtapose the romantic with the realistic, and then unexpectedly the amazing author Denis Shaughnessy  (theawfulauthor.com) calls in to chat about his ground-breaking writing style

Books discussed include:

- Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811)

- Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen, 1817)

- Old Goriot (Honoré de Balzac, 1835)

- The Awful Truth about the Sushing Prize (Denis Shaughnessy, 2019)

- Sketches by Boz (Charles Dickens, 1836)

- Doña Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1876)

- The Works of Christopher Marlowe (1500s)

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