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Showing posts with label oscar wilde. Show all posts

Episode 41: What We Read In February

 We're back with our February reads, overall positive but some problematic elements as well. Alfred gets up to shenanigans, we compare frankenstein to dracula, experience our worst Dumas to date, and get a surprise call-in from the author W.J. Blackwood (wjblackwood.com).

Books reviewed include:

- The Turning Point (W.J. Blackwood, 2023) 

- Frankenstein (Mary Shelley, 1818)

- Le Chevalier De La Maison Rouge / The Night Of The Red House (Dumas, 1845)

- Pantaléon Y Las Visitadoras / Captain Pantoja & The Special Service (Mario Vargas Llosa, 1973)

- The Plays Of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde, 1880-95)

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Episode 15

 Happy New Year from the Books Boys!

TheDean! & PJ chat about their December reading, give their top 3 books they reviewed in 2021, and interview author N. Daniel (ndaniel.us) who called in to talk about his brand new book Burn This City To The Ground 

Books discussed include:

- La Casa De Los Espiritus (Isabel Allende, 1982)
- Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle, 350 BC)
- The War Of The Worlds (H.G. Wells, 1898)
- The Picture Of Dorian Gray, (Oscar Wilde, 1890)
- The Sheep Man's Christmas (Haruki Murakami, 1989)
- Burn This City To The Ground (N. Daniel, 2021)

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In December alone we released: 

- Playboys 7 & 8 - detailed reviews / study guides of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Othello (both on the A-level syllabus)
- Film Fellows 3: Nightcrawler
- Poetry Pals 2
- Interviews From The Vault 8: Meghan Cary (about her album Building This House)
- Music Men 2: The Christmas Collection
- Darkplace Dreamers 2: reviewing episode 2 of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
- Caper Captains 6: And Then There Were None (guessing whodunnit in one of the best-selling books in history)

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