This bonus episode is a little different. This month Alex thought it might be fun for Joe to see how he does in a Choose Your Own Adventure style story. Joe, through bad experiences in 3rd grade, knew he would struggle to make it far. The book that Alex picked for this strange and bizarre adventure was Darkness Over Arkham by Jonathan Green. It is a Lovecraftian mystery, where you, the intrepid adventurer, must solve the strange happenings around the college town of Arkham.
As said, this is a different sort of episode. A lot of reading from Alex and Joe trying to voice his decision making at each juncture. If this type of episode was entertaining, let us know. If not, also tell us. Alex wants to do a lot more of these sorts of things. So, let us know if we have stumbled onto something that is good content. A poll on Spotify should go live with this episode. Check the link for it below or through our insta.
Next month, for our beginning of the month book pick, Alex has chosen to return to the darker and grittier world of murder and mayhem. He has picked a graphic novel of great renown. From Hell by Alan Moore will be our first attempt to discussing the popular literary method of graphic novels. So make sure you don't miss it. It'll be out July 5th.
Just as a reminder, we post twice monthly. On the 5th we post our book of the month. And on the 20th we will provide you lovely listeners with a bonus episode (as noted, the brothers are both becoming very busy with life, so this schedule may be changing; please stay tuned for any updates that they will be making). Please make sure to subscribe so that you never miss an episode. And please be active listeners and comment and rate on how you think we are doing. All the details below.
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