• 39. The Merriest Misters
    Dec 24 2024

    Melissa and James discuss Timothy Janovsky’s The Merriest Misters by through themes of control, mentorship, and personal growth.

    Join us next month for The Wedding People by Alison Espach.

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    43 mins
  • 38. Intermezzo
    Dec 15 2024

    James, Melissa, and special guest Elyse Kanagaratnam discuss Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo through themes of care ethics, character doubling, and Melissa’s very strong views on birth order.

    Join us later this month for The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky.

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    54 mins
  • 37. Slow Dance
    Nov 26 2024

    James and Melissa discuss Rainbow Rowell’s Slow Dance through themes of personal growth, escape, and returning home.

    Join us next month for Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.

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    43 mins
  • 36. Twelfth Knight
    Oct 6 2024

    James and Melissa discuss Alexene Farol Follmuth's Twelfth Knight through themes of performance, identity, and greatness via their respective source texts of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and the great 2006 romcom She's the Man.

    Join us next month for Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell.

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    45 mins
  • 35. I Hope This Finds You Well
    Aug 29 2024

    James and Melissa discuss Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well through themes of power, personal growth, and whether or not you should be friends with your coworkers.

    Join us next month for Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth.

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    49 mins
  • 34b. How to End a Love Story Bonus - The Google Form
    Jul 23 2024
    3 mins
  • 34. How to End a Love Story
    Jul 12 2024

    James and Melissa discuss Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story, touching on forgiveness, genre, and how everything is just fanfiction. Notes: trigger warning for suicide of a loved one, and spiciness alert for lots of heterosexual intercourse.

    Join us next month for Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well.

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    46 mins
  • 33. Funny Story
    Jun 16 2024

    James and Melissa discuss Emily Henry’s Funny Story through themes of communication, community, and compromise.

    Join us next month for Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story (spiciness alert for lots of heterosexual intercourse.)

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    41 mins