Episode 48: What We Read In September

 It's the end of our 4th year! Dean is just back from Mexico and we have another stack of books to review! Featuring surprise call-in from author Neil Rabin (nealrabin.com).

Books discussed include:

- Flat (Neil Rabin, 2024)

- Three Men In A boat (Jerome. K. Jermone, 1889)

- Daniel Deronda (George Eliot, 1876)

- Roma Soy Yo / I Am Rome (Santiago Posteguillo, 2023)

- La Señal De La Cruz / The Sign Of The Cross (Glenn Cooper, 2022)

- Los Ritos Del Agua / The Water Rituals (Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, 2017)

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Episode 43: What We Read In April

The Books Boys crew are just back from a trip to Venice, and ready to tell us about their April reads. Also happy birthday to Dean. It's time for the dreaded George Eliot, some great dystopian books, and a surprise call in from renowned scientist turned author George Paxinos (georgepaxinos.com.au)

Books reviewed include:

- A River Divided (George Paxinos, 2021)

- George Eliot (Adam Bede, 1859)

- Toilers of The Sea (Victor Hugo, 1866)

- The Law And The Lady (Wilkie Collins, 1875)

- The Seven Poor Travellers (Charles Dickens, 1854 / 1920)

- Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005)

- Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury, 1953)

- We (Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924)

- Loose Ends (Michael Weller, 1979)

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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 16

The Books Boys turn sweet 16! TheDean! and PJ (and Little Alfred) are back with another episode as we chat about what we have been reading in January, give some recommendations, play some music, Dean gets swindled by Dumas, and we speak with the amazing author Susan Ferber (susanfurberbooks.com) who surprised us with a call-in!

Books discussed include:

- Middlemarch (George Eliot, 1872)

- The Argonautica (Apollonius Rhodius, C3rd BC)

- Bruno's Dream (Iris Murdoch, 1969)

- La Hojarasca (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1972)

- The Son of Porthos ("Alexandre Dumas", 1883)

- The Essence Of An Hour (Susan Furber, 2021)

- The Fifth Mountain (Paulo Coelho, 1996)

- Shadow of a Gunman; Juno & The Paycock (Sean O'Casey, 1923-4)

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Episode 12

It's the final month of our first year of books boys!

PJ keeps it light-hearted, while TheDean! gets very annoyed with Jane Austen and Virgil. We also hear from the lovely Sandy Barker (sandybarker.com) as she chats about her books.

 
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Books discussed include:

- Emma (Jane Austen, 1815)
- The Aeneid (Virgil, 19BC)
- Silas Marner (George Eliot, 1861)
- One Summer In Santorini (Sandy Barker, 2019)
- Pippi Goes On Board (Astrid Lindgren, 1946)
- Astrix and Obelix comics - Asterix and the Goths (1963)

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Books Boys - Episode 7

Welcome to Episode 7 of Books Boys!

This month we talk about an interesting mix of books, and we chat to author Anne Wedgwood about her first book The Botanist!  annewedgwood.com

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Books discussed include:

- The Mill On The Floss (George Eliot, 1860)

- Flowers In The Attic, Petals On The Wind, If There Be Thorns (Virginia "VC" Andrews, 1979-1981)

- Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813)

- Jeeves In The Offing (P.G. Wodehouse, 1960)

- The Botanist (Anne Wedgwood, 2020)

- Trials From Classical Athens (ed. Christopher Carey, 1997)

- Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis, 1954)

- Points And Lines (Seicho Matsumoto, 1958)

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