Canon or Canceled?

"Julie", "Jefferson", "Kai", "Maddie", and "Milo", go into detail on the overview of the book and the writing style of Cormac McCarthy. We also look into factors that may lead to its cancellation such as sexist and racist writing. We ended with figuring out if the book should be Canon or Cancled!

Henry, Jacob, Ewen, and Braedon discuss the literary merits of Grady Hendrix’s book Horrorstör, where IKEA tells you to assemble the terror yourself. Are the details fleshed out enough?

Thea, Maddie, Will, and River discuss Kafka’s nonsensical and complicated world of logical fallacies and hidden messaging. There are offices in your attic!

C, R, E, and B psychoanalyze Kafka, his biases, and his insecurities through the world of "The Trial". The group thoroughly critiques the main character, Josef K., and the way he treats other characters in the novel by touching on his socioeconomic standing, growing psychological condition, and the struggles of the author who curated him. In a back and forth about character development (...

In this episode we talk about The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Hosted by Atticus, Evan, Tyler, and Kiran.

Canon or canceled…or cloned? Minon, Maia, Minal and Naomi discussed Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel, Never Let Me Go, and its navigation of friendship, self discovery and its chilling insight into what it means to be human.

Nic, Maya, Augustine, and Angie sing a little rap; taste test 1950s cookies; and touch on Giovanni’s Room to delve into themes of sexism, labels, and echo chambers. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD!!"

Spener, Laith, Brandon, Ryder, and Drew dive into whether Ursula K. LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea belongs as literary cannon or not. Analyzing gender roles, character cliches, and the possible creation of many classic fantasy troupes, this episode will entrance you, no secret name needed!

Cameron, Carter, Milo, and Tee discuss how the characters in Blood Meridian are driven to do bad things, and how the Judge expresses this cycle of war and death as the natural and true way of the world. Do the its complex themes, symbols, and allusions make Blood Meridian great, or should it be canceled? (spoilers) (TW: gore)

Lila, Toby, Nico, Nala, and Nicola bumble through Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha and discuss the book's exploration of women, colonialism, and Japan as a whole.

Finn, Miles, and Leo discuss Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad and explain why it should be cancelled. In this episode, they touch on topics of pacing, characterization, and how Saadawi bit off more than he could chew with this novel.

Luna, Lillian, An-Li, and Morgan share their takes on Dorothy Stratchey's "Olivia", delving into the complexities of power dynamics in relationships, queer representation, and milky shoulders. SHOULD(ER) IT BE CANON OR CANCELLED???

Polina, Ivy, Vishad, and Rosemary discuss deeper meaning within the chaos of Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Death, paradoxes, bureaucracy and historical connections! What does it mean to be sane in an insane world? How do you solve a problem with no good solution? What does it mean to be at war? Many many spoilers!

Should the lambs have stayed silent? Tyler, Jonah, Josiah, and Roben delve into the intricate plot of Thomas Harris’ best selling novel, uncovering potential problematic elements and examining its longstanding reputation as one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Hey, is that the pregnant man emoji?

Owen, Sam, Juniper and Finn discuss Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , diving into the psychology at play. Hear their opinions on if the book is a worthwhile read or something to fly by.

Anthony Doerr wrote All the Light we Cannot see, and Olivia, Graham, and Alex read it and discussed if it should be canon or it should be canceled. We discussed if the novel had already been done before or if it was a new idea and concept. Listen to our podcast for a lot of interesting debate and to figure out if we said it was canceled or canon!

Augie, Audrey, Keller, and Zeke read Pride and Prejudice with an open mind.

Wait, did Donna Tartt just fail the Bechdel test? Mabel, Porter, Mateo, and Didi discuss how her '90s classic holds up. Full spoilers!

Brave New World , same old canon. Caroline, Connor, Claire, and Olivia discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian classic, touching on politics, economics, psychology, philosophy, and (briefly) geography.

Liz, Evy, and Alex read TWO books! Both fairly depressing! Like a sad hat on a sad hat. They also settle the age-old question of who would win in a fight between Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath. Content warning: discussion of plotlines involving attempted and completed suicide in The Bell Jar.

Sammy, Ava, Fiona, Mae, and Noelle discuss how Stephen King's first novel handles adolescence, mean girls, and high school drama.

Ash, Drew, Rafi, and Quinn ride the wave of (so many) narrative voices in George Saunders's Booker Prize-winning novel. CONTENT WARNINGS: brief discussion of suicide, mentions of pedophilia, talking about death and racism characteristic of the time period.

Aaron, Millie, Levi, Ella, and Sam discuss all the things that make Cormac McCarthy's capacious anti-western a tough read... and why that's not necessarily a bad thing. CONTENT WARNING: Blood Meridian is chock-full of upsetting imagery and language, including detailed portrayals of sadistic violence, racially offensive language, and intentionally provocative depictions of racial bigotry. I...

Xander, Raja, Hudson, Leo, and James do their best to untangle Joseph Conrad's point of view from his narrator's, looking at his novel that famously critiques colonialism while repeating some of the same dehumanizing stereotypes that were used to justify it.

Owen, Dan, Adithi, and Joris inspect Isaac Asimov's Foundation and find some cracks. But that doesn't necessarily make it a tear-down.