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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel tackle the subject of fan fiction. Let us know what you think of fanfiction as a literary genre. Comment with titles that you have read, as well as what attracted you to the title. And remember, Joss Whedon said, “There’s a time and place for everything, and I believe […]

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In this episode, Rachel and Carmen take a look at titles you should read when you are getting ready for jury duty. Let us know what you think Carmen should read while she waits to be chosen for a jury. And maybe some recommendations of what NOT to read. If you haven’t joined our private […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel take a look at what they think made up the best and the worst of 2023 reading. Let us know your best and worst of 2023. And what your reading plan is for entering 2024! And remember, to be the best, you have to be able to handle the […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about books on our shelves that we have no intention of reading, and why.  Let us know if you have books on your shelf that you have no intention of reading, and give us the titles and why you bought them. And remember, keep buying those books, whether […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about titles someone has told us to “Stop Everything and read!”, and how they turned out. Let us know if you’ve ever been faced with a “stop everything” book, and how it turned out for you. And remember, the acronym for “drop everything and read” is DEAR!

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about the graphic novel by Art Spiegelman called, “Maus”. We have talked about Maus before, but we have never dedicated an entire episode to one title.  First a little background. Maus is written and illustrated by a cartoonist and was originally serialized between 1980 to 1991. That is […]

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In this episode, Carmen will be doing most of the talking, and Rachel will be making comments, on various titles from the horror genre.  Let us know which book scared you the most. And remember, “Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk more about books made into movies: Oscar Edition! Let us know if you are doing some pre-Oscar reading of your own. And, if you are, let us know what you are reading and what you think of it. And remember, Seth Grahame-Smith said, “What makes a good book […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about book trends that you love, but just can’t seem to pull off. We love Pinterest and fun book trends, but who really has the time to make it happen. Let us know which book trends that you have tried and just can’t pull off. We also want to […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about their favorite season: BANNED BOOKS month! Our recommendation is to read at least two in the top-13 titles challenged in 2022. Let us know what you are reading for Banned Books month and which books you have read from the long list of historically banned books. And […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about biographies and autobiographies. Let us know how you feel about the nonfiction genre of Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, and Journals. And share some titles you have loved. And let us know which one we should read first! And remember this great advice from author of “Special Topics in […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about books that made them break up with an author. They discuss authors that they won’t read. Let us know if you’ve ever broken up with an author, and let us know why. And we want to know what could happen, if anything, to have you go back […]

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This topic has been on our list of possible episode for a while. In this episode Carmen and Rachel are talking about poetry. Let us know what your experiences are with poetry, and recommend some of your favorites to us. And remember, Jean-Paul Sartre said, “Poetry creates the myth, the prose writer draws its portrait.”

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Carmen confesses a strange revelation to Rachel! In this episode Carmen and Rachel talk about physical reactions to books.  Let us know what you think of Carmen’s weird habit of acting out a character’s actions. Do you do anything like that? We promise we won’t call you weird…just Carmen.

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about reading rating systems. They talk about how others rate books and what kind of systems make sense. Let us know what kind of scale you use when you are rating books, and we also want to know if you read books based on ratings. If you do, […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel are going to talk about series’ that we recommend you read.  Let us know if any of our series titles resonated with you, and if you are going to add them to your reading list.  Be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter, look at the merch that […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel are going to talk about literary animals.  Let us know which literary animals have made an impact on you, and why. Please continue to keep a check on our social media pages, and keep that interaction going – we love it! Be sure to sign up for our monthly […]

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This is going to be a celebration of the “book haul”!  In this episode, Carmen and Rachel are going to talk about some of our book hauls. Let us know which titles you have picked up on your latest book hauls. And, be sure to let us know if you added any of the titles […]

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In this episode, Carmen and Rachel are going to talk about books that you bought because they were featured somewhere in media. We love it that we keep our eyes out for books everywhere – movies and TV shows. It really is like finding little treasures out there. And remember, Toni Morrison said, “Books are […]

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