"If we burn, you burn with us." --Casey to Suzanne Collins after reading the travesty of a novel that is Mockingjay. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
The first book was okay. The second book was perfect. Will Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay end the Hunger Games trilogy on a high note? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
It's safe to say that President Snow one could've predicted how much Casey would end up liking Catching Fire. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Nothing's spookier than a book sequel, because as we've shown on (Re)Read, it's always worse than the original...or is it? Let's find out as we dive into the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
The moral of the story: The real treasure is the friends we see die along the way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Just in time for the most depressing season of the year, we revisit the YA classic that jumpstarted the "dystopia but with kids" genre--#TheHungerGames by #SuzanneCollins! What will Casey and Morgan disagree about this time?!?!?!?!?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Something wicked this way comes, courtesy of a listener recommendation! We celebrate the Bard's birthday early with a look at #WilliamShakespeare's shortest and possibly cursed tragedy, #Macbeth! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Fanny is the greatest #JaneAusten heroine ever, and you are a bad person if you disagree. Show Notes: "Jane Austen and Empire" by Edward Said --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
What time is it? It's #JaneAusten time. And this time, we take a look at her most divisive work ever—#MansfieldPark. Will the book live up to #PrideAndPrejudice's heights, or will it dash Casey's newfound love for Austen? Show Notes: "Jane Austen and Empire" by Edward Said --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
It's that time of the year when we get together as friends and family to watch our favorite Presidents' Day film--#TimBurton's #NightmareBeforeChristmas. Show Notes: "A Musical Conspiracy Theory: The Finale to Nightmare Before Christmas" by Sideways "My Monster Boyfriend" by Lindsay Ellis "The Nightmare Before Christmas writer says she thinks the movie's villain Oogie Boogie is racist and 'looks like a Klu Klux Klansman'" by Jacob Sarkisian --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, [read the #HisDarkMaterials trilogy] like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things." -- 1 Corinthians 13:11 Show Notes: "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
It's time for the (allegedly) epic conclusion of the #HisDarkMaterial trilogy: #TheAmberSpyglass by #PhilipPullman. Will the book redeem the mistake that was #TheSubtleKnife, or is it doomed for the abyss, to be forgotten forever? Show Notes: "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
#TheSubtleKnife sucks. Merry Christmas! Show Notes: "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Where there's a Will, there's a way ... right? We continue our (re)read through the #HisDarkMaterials saga with #TheSubtleKnife by #PhilipPullman. Will the sequel of #TheGoldenCompass remain a cut above the rest? Let's find out. Show Notes: "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Nothing says "children's book podcast" like an esoteric discussion about adapting myths and the academic interpretations of the Garden of Eden story as they apply to #PhilipPullman's #TheGoldenCompass. Show Notes: "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
Just in time for the Christianiest of Christian holidays, we revisit the first entry of the #PhilipPullman's #HisDarkMaterials trilogy that's definitely NOT responding to The Chronicles of Narnia, #TheGoldenCompass. Show Notes: "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
#ThingsFallApart by Chinua Achebe is a great book, and you should read it today*. *Or whenever you have time, really. But you better read it! Show Notes: John Green's Crash Course Literature series: Things Fall Apart --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
During his years in high school, Casey was assigned only a handful of books by Black authors for his English classes*. #ThingsFallApart by #ChinuaAchebe was one of those books. Let's see how it holds up. *Morgan's high school assigned her ZERO books by writers of color. Show Notes: John Green's Crash Course Literature series: Things Fall Apart --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
"Teenage boys are teenage boys," said Morgan and Casey. "Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. But if I’m to choose between a Nice Guy™ in the making who sometimes turns into a werewolf and a controlling, possessive 104-year-old stalker who cosplays as a high school student, then I prefer not to choose at all." Show notes: Lolita Podcast by Jamie Laftus "Forced Seduction": The Trope of Non-Consensual Romantic Fiction by Kayleigh Donaldson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support
#Twilight is the most divisive book of all time ... but why? Morgan and Casey add their discourse to #TheDiscourse on #StephenieMeyer's polarizing vampire romance. Show notes: Lolita Podcast by Jamie Laftus "Forced Seduction": The Trope of Non-Consensual Romantic Fiction by Kayleigh Donaldson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearereread/support