A Twentieth Century Take on a Legendary King
Something in the King Arthur canon was bound to make it onto Jay’s list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language, and this week Jay and Stacey discuss the linked novellas that comprise t...
20 Maj 202538min
"A Record of Hate More than Love"
This week our married authors discuss Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair, the most recent entry on Jay Ruud’s list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language. The novel focuses on the j...
13 Maj 202536min
An Odd Best Friend with a God Complex
A coming-of-age story about two boys, Owen and John, growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in rural New Hampshire. While the premise may seem unremarkable and relatable, there is nothing normal about Owen...
6 Maj 202545min
Things We Love: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
This week’s entry on the 200 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language list is Things Fall Apart by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe. We talk about Okonkwo, whose life is destroyed by colonialism’s e...
29 Apr 202539min
Journey into Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Jay and Stacey discuss the iconic, influential novel (novella?) by Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness. The journey of the plot is also a journey of the soul for the characters and their country, as well...
22 Apr 202546min
Spend the Day with Mrs. Dalloway!
Jay and Stacey discuss Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, entering the life of the mind of Clarissa Dalloway and her social set in this watershed novel of the early 20th century. Chaos reader talks about h...
15 Apr 202541min
The Best of Best-Selling British Author Terry Pratchett's Novels: Night Watch
This week's entry on Jay Ruud's 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language is Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, Night Watch, a time-traveling fantasy on a flat planet that considers the nature o...
8 Apr 202539min
Return to Old New York Guided by Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence
Jay's entry on his 100 Most Lovable Books List this week is one of Stacey's most loved books ever. Join them for their discussion of 1870s New York and its moneyed high society as Wharton's Newland Ar...
1 Apr 202541min
