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by renata | September 11, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 81 – Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by renata | April 11, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 46 – Killing Lincoln

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard and/or Lincoln’s Last Days by Bill O’Reilly & Dwight Jon Zimmerman. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by renata | January 4, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Episode 39 – Bests & Worsts of 2015 (Part 2, Adult and Graphic Novels)

Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2015 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites and least favorites! Please note:

We counted things that we read in 2015, regardless of publication year.
We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!

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by renata | December 28, 2015 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 38 – Hamilton

Here’s what we suggest in addition to reading Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and listening to Hamilton the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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