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Featuring “Erasure” by Percival Everett and “Garden by the Sea” by Mercé Rodoreda, this book box is our last in the series, as well as Mackenzie’s top pick. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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Today we review the first novel in our Summer YA series, in which Mackenzie reads the young adult books that proved formative to her development as a young reader. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Graceling” by Kristen Cashore | Summer Young Adult – Episode 182 →

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I peruse this selection of serials chronologically to point out the literary gems in each. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 9-12 (2/2) – Episode 181 →

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Another “Bleak House” episode puts us squarely over halfway through the novel. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 9-12 (1/2) – Episode 180 →

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Another look at the masterful “Emma” by Jane Austen, a bit over a year after I read and reviewed the novel for the first time on the show. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Emma” by Jane Austen: One Year Later – Episode 179 →

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Our long-anticipated discussion of the newest Joan Didion collection is finally here! Cheers to the most contemporary book review on the show thus far. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Let Me Tell You What I Mean” by Joan Didion – Episode 178 →

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In anticipation of our upcoming review of “Let Me Tell You What I Mean” by Joan Didion, we thought we would revisit our last episode on Didion’s fiction novel, “Run River.” — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Run River” by Joan Didion (Repost) – Episode 50 →

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I read along with Youtuber JadetheLibra’s spooky book club for the month of April. **Trigger warning: I talk in broad strokes about erotica in this episode. JadetheLibra: https://www.youtube.com/jadethelibra — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading JadetheLibra’s (Spooky) Book Club – Episode 177 →

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This week we talk about how Mackenzie is doing with her reading challenge and how to persevere in the face of time or lifestyle constraints with reading. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading Week 21 of Reading – Episode 176 →

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We don’t do reposts very often, but in lieu of a new short story episode (on the way next week), we will be listening to a classic episode from a year and a half ago on the very American “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and … Continue reading “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor (Repost) – Episode 81 →