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March Book of the Month. The Extinction of Irena Rey is genuinely insane, but in the best way possible. When Irena disappears, so begins a high brow, albeit funny and mischievous tale, that explores the intricacies of language and expression. Without giving too much away, think: locked-room murder mystery with suspects only identified by the language they speak Serbian, Sweden, English, French, German, Slovenian, Spanish and Ukrainian. The translators are totally bizarre and flit about the forest sharing meals, putting on costumes, foraging for mushrooms and generally being strange and it makes for a fever-dream-esque, cult-like atmosphere.

Better read than dead

Three jerky socialists talk about books you've probably heard of. We embark on a cosmic journey through Samuel Delany's sci-fi gem, Babel And let's not forget the discorporate entities—because we all need some more space ghosts in our lives. We get into linguistic philosophy, the category of the human, and what the whole Babel thing is about. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast gmail. Find Tristan on Twitter tjschweiger, Katie katiekrywo, and Megan tuslersaurus; we all have the same handles on BlueSky. For Halloween , we bring you one of the craziest novels of all time or certainly of the eighteenth century. JK about that last one, we would never. Shakespeare is Good. Drinking alcohol is Bad. We discuss politics of gender and sexuality, what a leftist critique might amount to here, and why mysticism is tiresome. Honestly, Science Fiction Studies is generally pretty cool. Friends, it's the crossover event of the century - we join our comrades at You're Tall but I'm Standing in Front of You if you don't know their podcast, it's amazing, hilarious, brilliant, and you should subscribe immediately for a discussion of Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans It's a film that dares to ask the question, "What if the book didn't totally suck ass? Follow us on Twitter betterreadpod, Tristan at tjschweiger, Megan tuslersaurus, and Katie katiekrywo.

JK about that last one, we would never. I love Abby Cooper and Love Dutch. Can't find what you're looking for?

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Better read than dead

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How incredibly annoying an impolite! It's a film that dares to ask the question, "What if the book didn't totally suck ass? I was almost picturing a comedy hour between those two, which didn't end when they went to the house and found a partner in a compromising position. There are a lot of repetitive phrases, and I think you notice them more when you're listening to the book. The mystery is well done with genuine tension, clues leading them all over, several key players, a viciousness of attack - highly recommended. The main character was unlikable and inconsistent , like how she ran screaming from a wedding she was working but sassed a mafia don the first time she met him , and it was vaguely sexist at times despite having been written by a woman. Victoria Laurie is the New York Times bestselling author of 32 books and counting. When the police seek out her psychic intuition to shed light on a masked man who's been attacking women, Abby finds herself working both sides of the law on her own, leading her to wonder, why didn't I see this coming? The Don proceeds to "convince" Abby of the smartness of agreeing. Abby heard Cat speaking to him "Oh, it's We talk about poverty and violence in rural America, masculinity, class, epic, and the classic Philadelphia tradition Wing Bowl.

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Linda Smatzny. Abby Cooper est de retour, et elle est de nouveau dans les embrouilles jusqu'au cou! Abby refuses and the pursuit is on. Golly, Abby, men in this city sure are gorgeous", but he's not on the video of the attack. Australian Non-Fiction. We know if she's telling a lie. Not only does she come across as immature and ridiculous, she makes Dutch look stupid, too, in front of a new partner who's also his superior. Of course, she is human — she is not magical, just psychic. This is about the level of intellectualism I can handle after working from home and helping kids navigate online schooling. Cool Zone Media.