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The Moby Dick Problem from 2022-02-07T19:01:59
Episode 81! This week Marc wraps up "Butcher's Crossing" or was is Miller's Crossing? Someone crossed something. Cormac McCarthy isn't as OG as he would have you believe. Trevor cautiously gets ...
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Hemingway Was Gross! from 2022-01-25T23:41:34
Episode 80! We discover Hemingway had way too many cats. Marc read "Butcher's Crossing" by John Williams and Trevor finished up "Quiet Flows the Don" and started "The Dragonbone Chair" by @tadwi...
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The Short Story Dispenser from 2021-12-04T18:45:52
Episode 78! We talk literary Christmas gifts! Marc cheated HARD and read 3 shorts from the Arvada "Short Story Dispenser" by @ShortEdition_EN short by Henry van Dyke, Juan Rosado, and Jenny Moor...
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The Orion Special from 2021-10-18T21:54:49
Episode 77! Ursula K. Le Guin is on a stamp - Trevor ruins the intro and cracks open two classics: an Orion beer and "Tale of Two Cities" by little known author Charles Dickens - Marc read "Autu...
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Touched by Chocolate from 2021-09-14T22:25:21
Episode 76! We have HUGE NEWS! Like...super huge. Marc read the almost legitimate Ray Bradbury and his novel "The Martian Chronicles" and Trevor actually read something new! "Three Women" by @li...
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800 Pages of Validation from 2021-08-11T18:33:21
Episode 75! Marc starts a new game of book blurbs that Trevor has to guess at, we shit on Franzen without even knowing it this time! Trevor is in a groove with Virginia Woolf and "Mrs. Dalloway"...
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Separate Loaves from 2021-07-27T00:11:34
Episode 73! Marc finally lets us know what his book sale haul was from a few weeks ago - Trevor read KOKO by Peter Straub and Marc read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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Something Classy Like...Butt-Chugging from 2021-06-07T21:08:08
Episode 72! We mix some interesting literary cocktails - Marc takes a break with Christopher Buehlman's "Those Across The River" and Trevor becomes the voice of a generation of feminists after r...
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Jam Packed With Facts from 2021-05-28T14:21:02
Episode 71! Marc catches up on literary headlines - Trevor read Moby Dick and Marc gets back into Alexander Dumas with The Black Tulip
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One of the Russells from 2021-04-22T23:28:52
Episode 70! Marc gets passionate about "Assassination Vacation" by Sarah Vowell, and Trevor is keeping in contemporary with "First Person Singular" by Haruki Murakami
Soft Cover Books from 2021-03-24T19:37:26
Episode 69! Trevor "entroduces" the fascinating life of J. Krishnamurti and the collected book of his works "Total Freedom" - Marc gets inspired by The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Trevor talks ab...
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Entroducing from 2021-03-04T21:44:20
Episode 68! NEW SEGMENT ALERT we bring you "Entroducing" whatever that actually means - Marc read Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" and Trevor read George Sand's "Indiana"
An Elephant Named DFW from 2021-02-14T18:40:15
Episode 67! Marc painstakingly researched a new segment called "Headlines" - Trevor gets deeper into Russian lit with The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Marc is the first person to ment...
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1862 - not that long ago! from 2020-12-28T17:41:19
Episode 65! Marc and Trevor discuss Obama's 2020 book list - Marc read James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" and Trevor read "Eugenie Grandet" by Balzac which was written a mere 30 years before the ...
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3 Book Meltdown from 2020-12-03T20:50:17
Episode 64! We discuss an article by @bhurley for @electriclit about Myst and the video games that have inspired us creatively - Trevor gets deep to talk about the 3 books he has had anxiety issues...
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Low Level Pokemon Trainer from 2020-10-29T17:24:12
Episode 63! We talk the future of sci-fi based on an article by @TashaRobinson writing for @Polygon - Marc raided a used book sale and came up with Waiting for Godot and Trevor dives back into the ...
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Art Garfunkel 2020 Update from 2020-10-13T23:21:33
Episode 62! We try to predict if master reader Art Garfunkel has been reading during the pandemic or if he's been slacking off like the rest of us...Trevor talks about "The Buzzing" by Jim Knipfel ...
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Malcolm the Tenth from 2020-09-30T22:05:10
Episode 61! We're back after a short (long) break, we discuss a Guardian article featuring Maaza Mengiste - Marc read The Overstory by Richard Powers and Trevor took Marc for his word on To The Lig...
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A Sentient Mirror from 2020-08-29T15:05:29
Episode 60! We analyze @magicrealismbot and have some fun - Marc and Trevor attempt to change their reading habits with black authors Paul Beatty and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie respectively
Smooth as a Pilsner from 2020-08-05T00:00:20
Episode 59! This week we play Morrissey vs. Wilde and Trevor fails miserably - Marc read "De Profundis", Oscar Wilde's hearth wrenching prison diary and Trevor recaps The Big Sleep by Raymond Chand...
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1 Star Childrens Books from 2020-07-23T00:08:57
Episode 58! MARC RETURNS with some sleep deprived report about dinosaurs and children's books - talk about shitty! Trevor talks about little known author William Shakespeare and "The Scottish Trage...
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MINI-SODE #1 - Proust from 2020-07-07T17:53:39
Episode 57! Marc takes a break to do something incredibly special and adult-like and Trevor lectures about the benefits of Marcel Proust in this, our very first MINI-SODE!!!
Jim Davis: Yacht Owner from 2020-05-28T05:52:40
Episode 56! Fate strikes again as Trevor and Marc choose the same author - JOHN BARTH! Trevor discovers why this guy is even on his shelf with "The Floating Opera" and Marc reads "Lost in the Funho...
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Celeb's Bookshelves TELL ALL from 2020-05-16T18:32:34
Episode 55! We delve into a NYT article that reveals some truths lurking in the background of celebrity Zoom calls - Marc reads the very funny and very FREE "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerom...
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Just Two Hours from 2020-04-29T14:44:26
Episode 54! Another quarantine episode recorded from parts unknown - Trevor takes a break from Balzac to discuss "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima and Marc enters middle age with...
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Russian Roulette from 2020-04-20T02:52:51
Episode 53! This week we try to project into the future - what music, art, and especially BOOKS will this current century be known for? Let us know what you think is GUARANTEED to be a 21st century...
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Anything But Reading from 2020-04-10T02:07:02
Episode 52! We reach an official "year" of SBR episodes...we talk quarantine and how our reading goals are less than realized, Trevor finally got into Balzac (hehe) with "Lost Illusions" and Marc d...
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Samuel "The Hobbit" Clemens from 2020-04-01T00:26:31
Episode 51! We play another shocking round of "Styles From Nowhere" and come up w/ some interesting connections...Marc read "Roughing It" by none other than Mark Twain and Trevor read "Victory" by ...
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Manfully Reading from 2020-03-22T22:22:14
Episode 50! The quarantine is in full effect, but at least we can get some reading (and dare we say...writing?) done! Trevor revisits Ishiguro for the 3rd time and "Never Let Me Go" and Marc also r...
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NO EXCUSES from 2020-03-16T04:37:13
Episode 49! Marc and Trevor enjoy the challenge of staying indoors indefinitely - TIME TO READ! FINALLY! Marc read "No Exit" by Jean-Paul Sartre and Trevor burned through "Kokoro" by Natsume Soseki...
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The Michael Bay of Authors from 2020-03-10T03:10:56
Episode 48! We play another fun game of "What If..." Trevor gets obsessed with a British monarch and reads Christopher Hibbert's "George IV: The Rebel Who Would Be King" and Marc contemplates what ...
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Baby's Day Out 2 from 2020-03-02T01:29:17
Episode 47! We go over some shitty stats and speculate about our fame in India...Marc read "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill and Trevor sort of remembers Manhattan with "Winter's Ta...
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The Devil in Tarbean from 2020-02-18T07:20:44
Episode 46! We review a short story by the very talented @foreverantrim called Spudology - Trevor takes a massive break with "The Name of the Wind" by @PatrickRothfuss and Marc plays Cuphead with "...
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Any Given Sunday from 2020-02-03T03:39:33
Episode 45! We're back from a short break, and we cleaned up even more of Marc's book shelf! Trevor finally gets around to his favorite Murakami novel "Kafka on the Shore" and Marc presents "Room W...
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Skipping CDs from 2020-01-13T16:35:26
Episode 44! The year of 2019 in review - which books and podcast episodes did we enjoy reading / making the most? Marc and Trevor pick their Top 5...Trevor read "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Wau...
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Cowboy John Lennon from 2020-01-06T18:27:24
Episode 43! This week we advise the general public on how to catch the reading bug...Marc feels dreamy and poetic with Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan and Trevor devoured Hunger by Kn...
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The Purge of Gogol from 2019-12-29T01:08:04
Episode 42! We're back from our holiday break with a discussion of book shelves - usually a long overdue purchase that comes with a bit of a PURGE - both Trevor and Marc pick the same author for th...
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100 Beers of Solitude from 2019-11-24T22:41:33
Episode 41! We play another fun round of "What If...?" where we speculate wildly about our favorite writers - Marc wants Flann O'Brien to be his favorite author with "At Swim Two Birds" and Trevor ...
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Double Death Shakespeare from 2019-11-17T18:55:54
Episode 40! We play another round of "Elevator Pitch" - Trevor discusses the career arc of Thomas Pynchon with "Vineland" and Marc tries desperately to get into poetry with "Aurora Leigh" by Elizab...
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Fan Fiction from 2019-11-04T00:50:19
Episode 39! We discuss fan fiction and wonder...what would be the best combinations? What is the best fan fiction out there? Marc read the ever-praised "Stoner" by John Williams and Trevor thinks A...
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Go-GURT! The Moveable Feast! from 2019-10-28T02:32:26
Episode 38! We talk E-Readers and review some of the vocabulary we've learned from reading...Trevor feels inspired by "A Moveable Feast" by unknown author Ernest Hemingway and Marc is reminded of h...
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The Franzen Doorstop from 2019-10-06T17:15:57
Episode 36! This week we discuss books we've given the ultimate insult to: stopping in the middle - Trevor engages in espionage with John Le Carre and "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" and Marc i...
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Christian Math from 2019-09-29T23:30:18
Episode 35! This week we talk about the "different" books we have like art, coffee table, and reference books - Marc is almost completely devastated by "Something Happened" by Joseph Heller and Tre...
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Fresh as a Gameboy from 2019-09-22T16:16:05
Episode 34! This week we play another game of "First In Last Out" with some interesting results...Trevor tells us more about Emile Zola than he does about "La Bete Humaine" and Marc reads the suici...
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Shooting Guns and Breakfast for Dinner from 2019-09-09T23:35:07
Episode 33! This week we talk audiobooks - whats out there, and what do we wish was out there? Marc tells us about "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson, and Trevor doesn't know how he feels about t...
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Cletus Isn't a Punchline from 2019-09-01T15:42:27
Episode 32! We play a new and slightly developing word game! Trevor thinks he may have read the same book twice with "Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro, and Marc tells us about the beautiful an...
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Bowie Reads Private Eye from 2019-08-26T02:23:25
Episode 31! Trevor's mic sounds like shit from the road! Marc tells us about another celebrity bibliophile, and also about "The Body" by Stephen King - Trevor's respect for Karl Ove Knausgaard gets...
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Commissioner Martin from 2019-08-18T12:00:06
Episode 30! We play another round of "What If...", we talk police brutality GOT style, Norwegian travel pamphlets, and narcissistic demands for the after life! Trevor tells us about "Gargantua and ...
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Closet Goth from 2019-08-04T16:50:53
Episode 28! We play another round of "First In, Last Out" - Trevor read F Scott Fitzgerald's shorts in "Flappers & Philosophers" and Marc reveals his secret passion for "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peak...
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First In, Last Out from 2019-07-28T12:00:05
Episode 27! This week we play a brand new game called "First In, Last Out" what do some of our favorite novels sound like as just 2 sentences? We also talk food dumpsters, mp3 compression, and TMNT...
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Harry Potter Reads Bulgakov from 2019-07-14T11:13:31
Episode 25! We talk celebrity appreciation of novels - and make some wild predictions of our own! Marc brings us back to Czechia with "Slowness" by Milan Kundera, and Trevor shows his film school r...
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Surgeons Listening to Weird Al from 2019-07-07T11:59:59
Episode 24! A full day's worth of Shitty Book Reports is now available for your listening pleasure! We talk earthquakes, words with more than one meaning, and surgeons listening to speed metal - Tr...
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Tactical Turn Table from 2019-06-30T12:00:09
Episode 23! It's too early for Trevor on "Styles From Nowhere", we talk Cabela's, turn tables, young love and writer's block - Trevor read "Normal People" by the annoyingly young Sally Rooney and M...
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Decaf Dale Cooper from 2019-06-23T11:59:59
Episode 22! We take some time to discuss one of our all-time favorites: AKIRA! Trevor escapes the real world for fantasy with Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" as recommended by @AlzaboSoup and Ma...
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Skinning a Flea from 2019-06-16T12:00:16
Episode 21! The return of Plot or Not! Marc attempts to stump Trevor with fairy tales, we talk overgrown fleas, seahorses with saddles, and religion v. society - Mark presents "Masters of Atlantis"...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Bowser from 2019-06-09T12:00:05
Episode 20! We talk movie adaptations - what makes them good or bad? Trevor presents the 1994 page-turner "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr who had a totally chill childhood and Marc completely understa...
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Lego Prison from 2019-06-02T12:00:07
Episode 19! We talk one-star reviews of our favorite or classic novels, Lego prisons, Anne Frank, and narcissistic claptraps - Marc tells us about "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by the Blogges...
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Erroneous Erogenous from 2019-05-26T16:57:23
Episode 18! This week we talk literary tropes, ones we hate but also ones we just recognize from book to book - Trevor presents Anton Chekhov's short story "The Black Monk" and Marc tells us about ...
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Proust on Repeat from 2019-05-19T22:58:09
Episode 17! This week we discuss the cross section of music and books - how have they mixed in our reading journey? Marc tells us about Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and Trevor presents "My Struggle, ...
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Baby's Day Out from 2019-05-13T17:19:54
Episode 16! This week we play "Styles From Nowhere" once again, we talk Indian cinema and Baby's Day Out vs. Star Wars...Trevor vents his rage for Cormac McCarthy and "All The Pretty Horses" while ...
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NAME! THAT! AUTHOR! from 2019-05-05T16:45:47
Episode 15! This week Trevor scores big in a new game, Marc tells us about "To The Lighthouse" by Virginia Wolfe and Trevor takes a break with "Rendezvous With Rama" by Arthur C Clarke
Frasier Crane Jazz Cup from 2019-04-29T08:23:34
Episode 14! This week we talk shitty book covers, terrible book jacket summaries, grimy Catcher in the Rye copies, and more! Trevor presents Joan DIdion's collection of essays "The White Album" and...
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Art's Library from 2019-04-21T15:12:49
Episode 13! This week we discuss celebrity bookworms, and dive into the ridiculous reading accomplishments of Art Garfunkel. Marc presents the famous 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison, and Trevor ta...
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Substance D and NX-9 from 2019-04-14T06:44:21
Episode 12! We play another game of 'Plot or Not', talking about sci-fi, fictional drugs, and Raymon Chandler's disdain for the genre - this week Trevor presents "The Master & Margarita" by Mikail ...
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Kids Playing in DDT from 2019-04-07T17:30:26
Episode 11! This week we discuss our favorite book store features, Marc tells us about Rachel Carlson and the end of DDT with "Silent Spring" and Trevor talks about the "first post-Brexit novel" by...
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Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from 2019-03-24T16:45:37
Episode 9! This week we talk food in books - what food scenes have left the biggest impression? Marc tells us about the Basque language and "Obabakoak" by Bernardo Atxaga, and Trevor presents "Comi...
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The Ted Bundy Swingers from 2019-03-17T15:32:19
Episode 8! This week we break down our favorite book covers, Trevor tells us about the classic novel "On The Road" by Jack Kurouac and Marc exposes Hitchcock as a thief with "Rebecca" by Daphne du ...
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Two Words Per Night from 2019-03-10T15:08:33
Episode 7! This week we talk classic noir fiction and "The Works" toilet bowl cleaner - Marc gives us some hard facts about Tom Robbins and "Still Life With Woodpecker" while Trevor talks about the...
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The Famous Author Don Quixote from 2019-03-03T15:26:19
Episode 6! This week we talk the alphabet, David Baldacci, and Under the Dome - Marc presents "Peace" by Gene Wolfe while Trevor tells us about "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith
Unprepared Dude Camping from 2019-02-24T16:12:13
Episode 5! This week on Shitty Book Reports Marc tells us about "Bitter" Ambrose Bierce and "Cobwebs From An Empty Skull" and Trevor dives into Thomas Pynchon's short story "The Secret Integration"...
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General and Undirected Sadness from 2019-02-17T16:39:46
Episode 4! This week Trevor discusses the 1935 novel Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck and Marc takes us to 1950 for The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy! Check us out every Su...
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The Picture of Doomguy from 2019-02-10T15:22:19
In our latest episode, Marc presents Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (1988) and Trevor talks about Mosquitoes by William Faulkner (1927)
Parachute Corpse! from 2019-02-03T00:00
This week, Trevor presents "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty and Marc tells us about "The Third Policeman" by Flan O'brien
Micro Cult from 2019-01-30T00:00
In the FIRST EPISODE of Shitty Book Reports, Marc discusses Warlock by Oakley Hall (1958) and Trevor presents Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima (1949)