Functionally Literate: The Book Club Podcast
It's a book club! Join Ryan and his friends every other Tuesday as they chat about books chapter-by-chapter (and also tell you all about things they aren't sponsored by). From Mythology and Swords & Sorcery to Urban Fantasy or History, this book club is all about having a good time while exploring diverse literary genres.
Episodes
(2/11; Ch 5-8) Y'all gotta do bible study *every* morning? Spare me...
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Produced, directed, recorded and edited by: Ryan Carter
Hosted by: Ryan Carter & Jackie Eckert
Theme music by Jake Weller. Listen to Jake's album, Wasting Time.
(bonus) Julia returns to talk about the Manderly estate, Rebecca, and the woman who replaced her in this early 20th century classic.
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Hosted by: Ryan Carter & Julia Carney
(1/11; Ch 1-4) Jackie's *favorite* book. She has 9 copies (and counting)! Ryan thought this was going to be a quaint, sweet old timey romp...he's not going to get less mad as they keep reading....
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Hosted by: Rya...
(4/4)
(Bonus) It turns out that when murderbots aren't being forced to murder, they like to just be lazy and watch TV. Shame they have to at least half-ass their job if they don't want to get caught having free will.
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(3/4; Ch 11-16)
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Hosted by: Ryan Carter & Gregg Bush
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(2/4; Ch 6-10)
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Hosted by: Ryan Carter & Gregg Bush
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(1/4; Ch 1-5) It's not easy being a detective during the end of the world, but Justin Case is going to do his darndest to find Africa, and maybe he'll find his girlfriend along the way. This book is the first that Gregg's friend, Scott, ever published and he's going to chat about it with Ryan.
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(12/12; Ch 45-55) It's a double climax! Will Harry save his brother's life? Will he protect his castle?! Will he still get married???
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Recorded by: Clifton S...
(11/14; Ch 41-44) We're on the cusp of something awesome...!
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(10/12; Ch 37-40) Strike 1: owns a castle; makes the normies uncomfortable....Strike 2: enthralled his fiancée....Strike 3: Beat up the Queen of Air and Darkness....makes one wonder what he'll do next?
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(9/12; Ch 33-36) The wire torture mystery comes to a close, Harry has a heart-wrenching discussion with the shade of Murphy and goes on another date with Lara, but perhaps most importantly...he meets the Spice 'Goyles. Come gab with us about it.
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(8/12; Ch 29-32) Really, Jim?! You're going to show us all that and then just pivot to something else entirely with no explanation? Rude!
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Ryan, Jackie and Zach celebrate the third anniversary of book club. They discuss the top 10 episodes, whether or not to change up the format, and several literary classics and modern favorites.
(7/12; Ch 25-28) Did anyone else notice that chapter 25 was right before Christmas?
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(6/12; Ch 21-24) On God, you deserve better than you are giving yourself.
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(5/12; Ch 17-20) Like, are they intimidated by him, hot for him, or both?
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(4/12; Ch 13-16) I was under the impression there was going to be a Ghost Adventure, not a Ghoul Adventure. I feel misled.
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(3/12; Ch 9-12) Hot take, I know. Anyway, HBGB is Heebie Jeebies? Wild.
(00:00) Introduction
(01:18) Chapter 9
(10:28) Chapter 10
(31:34) Chapter 11
(42:48) Chapter 12
(2/12; Ch 5-8) What's that title got to do with these chapters? Well, nothing, really, but it does come up when we're talking about chapter 8.
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Produced, directed, recorded and edited by: Ryan Carter
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