Not Just Any Book Club

Now that Pierce's internet is back, we're back on track! Join Pierce and Justin as they dive into a classic Romance film, The Apartment! - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Welcome to 2021! For our first episode of the year, as well as to celebrate our first anniversary as a podcast, we're talking about our favorite books! Join as we dive into some of our absolute favorites! - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books: Watchmen by Alan Moore (Justin's book) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Pierce's book) The Green Glass...

Join us as we continue favorites month! This time we dive into the short story that predated one of Justin's favorite novels, Flowers for Algernon! Join Pierce and Justin as they each retread the old ground of the story Flowers for Algernon - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

WE'RE BACK!!! In our first episode of "Favorites Month," where we're celebrating our first year as a podcast, join Pierce, Justin, and Emma (Gray) as they discuss one of Pierce and Emma's favorite movies in Baby Driver!  - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Join Pierce, Justin, and Gavin discussing a few iterations of one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time, A Christmas Carol. Happy Holidays! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the fourth Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Join Justin, Pierce, Gavin, and Luke as they explore some Utopian fictional societies. Join us as we investigate new technology, an AI controlled society, and an interesting critique of western society by Huxley. - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the fourth Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books:  In the Ye...

Join Justin and Pierce as they delve into these two utopian short stories (each with dystopian elements). Listen in, as we discuss the utilitarian nightmare of The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas and as we look into some anarchist bees laying the groundwork for utopia in the Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the fourth Saturday of each month to hear us t...

Pierce and Justin discuss another movie this month and at least this time its a good movie! This month the focus is on one of John Carpenter's classic movies; Join us as Pierce and Justin dive into the themes and the 4 minute long fight scenes of They Live! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the fourth Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch! - Check out our Goodreads page to see wh...

Gavin, Pierce, and Justin round out spooky month with our episode on "psychological horror" (you be the judge on if we even read anything in the genre). Join us as Pierce dives into Lovecraft (again) and his influence on modern psychological horror, and we explore a video game translated into a novel for the first time - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us...

Justin and Pierce discuss the merits of two spooky short stories in this month's episode of between the chapters. Join us as we dive into The Raven, one of the most famous works of horror of all time, and Click Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman, a story that neither of us had heard of prior to recording this episode! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us t...

Pierce and Justin discuss another movie this month... this time they didn't enjoy it that much. Join us for our *spookiest* episode yet as we discuss the merits and deficiencies of one of the most famous horror movies of all time, Poltergeist! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're readin...

Pierce, Justin, and Bella are back! Join the three of us as we discuss what made people so upset about our books that they decide they should be banned! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Bella's book) 1984 by George Orwell (Justin'...

Join Pierce, Justin, and Vic as they discuss the merits of the short stories The Lottery and Harrison Bergeron by Shirley Jackson and Kurt Vonnegut respectively. Go ahead and read these two classic stories before listening if you don't want them spoiled for you! (they're very short) - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our...

Listen in to Pierce and Justin cover music for the first time on Book Ends! Book Ends (or I Can't Believe it's not Literature!) is one of our three shows where we discuss something outside of the scope of literature, whether the topic is a movie, a music, a play, or something similar. This month Justin and Pierce discuss a great band famous for making music in strange time signatures, Tool! - Foll...

Join the crew this month with what is basically a full house (though two of our members didn't read anything and are just along for the ride), as we explore one of the most intriguing character archetypes in anti-heroes. We also have a new member named Emma Gray! By the way she's a different Emma than the one who joined us for Satire month - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of e...

Pierce and Justin are back with another new show in which they explore short stories related to each months theme! Well this time its a re imagined version of a show they tried to make a few months ago. Anyhow, listen in as Justin clowns on the pair while they discuss Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan (Christopher Nolan's brother) - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to...

Join Pierce and Justin as they explore a new type of show and the first of our new monthly episodes! Book Ends (or I Can't Believe it's not Literature!) is one of our three shows where we discuss something outside of the scope of literature, whether the topic is a movie, a music, a play, or something similar. This month Justin and Pierce discuss what some consider to be the best movie of all time,...

Join us this month as Justin, Pierce, Vic, and Gavin explore some negatives for both sides of the Cold War, dive into the conflict itself, and talk about some lasting effects of the Cold War. Join the gang as they explore one of the darkest centuries in human history. - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page...

Listen in this month as we explore new takes on established genres and discover why authors might want to deconstruct the genres we have established. - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books: Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert (Bella's book) Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarth...

Join us this month as we explore Coming of Age stories! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Gavin's book) Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Justin's book) Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Pierce's book)

This month join the gang, along with some fresh faces in Anthony and Vic, as the club discusses different works of literature from Russia, a region with some of the greatest pieces of literature of all time! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! The books: One Day in the Life of...

This month join Justin, Pierce, Gavin, and guest star Emma, as the group tackles satirical works! Join us as we discuss the poorly aged humor in Gulliver's Travels, the dystopian worlds of We and Atlas Shrugged, as well as book one of a trilogy in six parts. We're a bunch of amateur readers who decided it was time to read again by choosing what we want to read. Every month we vote on a theme and m...

This month, Pierce and Justin were busy on spring break so they decided to release a recording of our book club from before we decided to become an official podcast. We apologize for the audio quality, many people upgraded their microphones when we decided to start the podcast so  the audio of this old recording is lower quality. So, join us as the group discusses Lovecraftian horror, Lovecraft hi...

For our second official episode, Pierce, Justin, and Bella discuss some works written by African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement! We're a bunch of amateur readers who decided it was time to read again by choosing what we want to read. Every month we vote on a theme and meet up to discuss the books we read without spoiling it. - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each...

They read them in high school, now they’re ranking them! Join Pierce and Justin as they talk about their favorite and least favorite assigned readings from high school in our first ever episode of between the chapters! - Follow us on Twitter - Tune in on the last Saturday of each month to hear us talk live on Twitch ! - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!