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The Hobbit: Chapters 7-13
Bilbo, Thorin, and co. are well on their way, but are they actually good at their jobs? We discuss. Plus: Beowulf, The Hobbit and the question of her…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Hobbit: Chapters 1-6
Welcome to a new series here on Close Reads! We’re talking Tolkien, we’re talking Hobbits, we’re talking rings and dwarves and wizards, and (this wee…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Road: Q&A
We’ve come to the end of the line discussing another book and that means it’s time to answer your questions! A lot of questions came in for this one,…
2 years, 3 months ago
The End of "The Road"
This week we begin with a brief “Posts for the Hosts” segment before diving into conversation about the final passages in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Road: Pages 93-198
The gang’s all back to discuss Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. This week we contemplate the gruesome nature of some of the scenes and images in this sect…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Road: Pages 1-92
Welcome to our new (and long-awaited) series on Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Road. All four of us are here for this one and here in …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Warden: Q&A Episode
And so we come to the end of our conversations on Anthony Trollope’s The Warden, focusing, as always, on your questions. Join us as we dig into Troll…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Warden: The Final Chapters
Welcome to our conversation on the concluding chapters of The Warden, in which the Close Reads team discusses whether this books ends in anti-climax,…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Warden: Chapters 11-15
This week’s episode features a new occasional segment tentatively called “Letters to the Editors” (help us come up with something better!). So click …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Warden: Chapters 6-11
This week on the show, Sean is forced to confront some . . . questions . . . about The Warden presented by David and Heidi (and David suggest a narra…
2 years, 4 months ago