Book Club Without a Club

Give Up 18.05.2023 27:34 ↓

Joy and Ryan talk about eating kiwis and (still being on) book 7 out of 1001.

No Days Off 09.03.2023 33:58 ↓

We're sorry

Now Without Corn Starch 23.02.2023 36:08 ↓

 

And Apuleius Makes 6 09.02.2023 31:29 ↓

6 down, 995 to go!

One Double Oh One: Water Margin (aka The Outlaws of the Marsh) by Luo Guanzhong Part 2 17.11.2022 34:39 ↓

So after all this time, was it worth it? 

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon 25.08.2022 26:32 ↓

Joy and Ryan survived the summer! Did they enjoy their summer read? Are they still awkward as ever? Will they say they'll finish The Water Margin? These questions and more! 

One Double Oh One: The Water Margin (aka Outlaws of the Marsh) by Luo Guanzhong Part 1 19.04.2022 28:16 ↓

Chinese epics, A Rose For Emily, The Lottery, and Chinese buffets as Joy and Ryan take on book 5 of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

A Chat with Ben Arzate, Author of Music Is Over! 05.04.2022 22:45 ↓

"Library edit" Music is Over! available at http://malarkeybooks.com/music-is-over

Zorrie by Laird Hunt 22.03.2022 27:13 ↓

Joy and Ryan are back and more awkward than ever!

A Chat with Wallace Barker, Author of La Serenissima: Collected Travelogues 08.03.2022 29:59 ↓

The Book Club Without a Club chats with Wallace Barker about parenthood, punctuation, and his new collection from Gob Pile Press.

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke 26.01.2022 35:25 ↓

Joy and Ryan discuss loneliness, together.   We're a day late so we hope you weren't too lonely without us, and we hope you won't be lonely as we take a bit of break, returning March 22, 2022 with The Water Margin.

Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami 11.01.2022 26:42 ↓

Joy and Ryan bring the Heat with Ms Ice Sandwich!  And in two weeks when the books are due, 1/25/22: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott 28.12.2021 29:15 ↓

Nic Cage! And join us next year on 1/11/2022 for Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami.

At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop 14.12.2021 26:05 ↓

Can't say we didn't try to keep this one lighthearted.  (WARNING: Spoilers all the way through.)

One Double Oh One: The Romance of The Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 30.11.2021 46:43 ↓

Book 4 of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.  And in two week when the books are due (12/14/21) will be At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams 15.11.2021 26:06 ↓

 A PG conversation about an R rated book.