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I don't even know how to describe this episode, I feel if you don't know the story I want to leave it all as a surprise, a horrid, traumatising surprise. So enjoy!

Ok, things are unraveling on the island, the group is breaking up and Simon is just being weird. What do you think the "one syllable word" is? And have they finally found the beast?   Comedy Literature Lord of the Flies William Golding Feminism  Books 

Oh my god, the sh1t be hitting the proverbial fan! And the sass of these kids is too much! We are loving this book, watch out for beasties and get ready to hate on Jack! Piggy for leader! Lord of Flies Comedy Literature  Feminism 

Welcome back! We are well and ready to traumatise our dear listeners with this harrowing tale of survival and human (hmmm, male) nature! Please be warned there's lots of fatphobia in this book and lots of kids having a terrible time, but also some "whizzo" times too, so swings and roundabouts!

Thank you for bearing with and a very belated - Happy New Year! Marsha is on the mend and we can finally find out what followed Pemberley's dramatic Christmas Day! And how this book (rather abruptly) ends! Thank you so much for all your support this year and we'll be back in a couple of weeks with our new read! xx

Happy Christmas everyone! It's Christmas time at Pemberley, we have ice skating, we have feuds and... well some snogging I think, oh my god, it's Christmas Day and I don't think anyone banged?! They're all too busy going to church! ...well, that's disappointing... sorry about that, we'll make up for it by revealing a new phrase we want to print on merch, it's a cracker (hehehehe!) Have an awesome...

Part 2! It's a Christmas miracle - Lizzie and Darcy at the lodge are having a wild old time! Mary and Joseph's baby is on the way, will Lizzie be able to help?! And there's romance brewing in their absence at Pemberely! These really are precendented times, no, unprecedented times, unpresidented?

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, in the lane, Darcy's fisting! Let's get ready to welcome in the festive season with some good old Georgian smut! Expect tightening groins, problematic power dynamics and some lovely Christmas imagery! Back to Pemberley we go guys!

The second part of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', wow, a mental breakdown, a public appeal and sickening apples, the concluding part of Metamorphosis has all the emotions! We really enjoyed this surreal short story, perfect pit stop before we start getting festive! Hope you enjoy it too! Female comedians take a new look at classical literature.

This is disgusting guys. Like, so grim. There's a gross giant bug, the capitalist arseholes are out to get us and Marsha keeps farting!!! Kinda loving revisiting Kafka, the surrealism is just *chef's kiss*!

To be fair!!! I did not see this coming!! Am I slow or is Daphne one hell of a sneaky author?!?! No spoilers here! But what a story - and of course lots of problematic misogyny is in there too! We will be taking a short break before coming back with our new season, but will let you know release dates soon! Have a spooOOOooooky halloween!

Jesus, we need to get Mary out of Jamaica Inn, she's in danger and she's getting more attracted to Joss/Jem by the minute! And she just needs to get out! But at least she gets to see some lovely water colours, and what a cliffhanger for our penultimate episode!

It's Christmas Day and shit is going down! Jos, stop fucking killing people??!?!! Guys, this a rollercoaster! so much drama! Strap in, and then, please tell us, in your opinion, what is the function of a lighthouse?

Part 4 and it's time to get in the Christmas spirit early! Will it be cozy or will everything be terrible? Terrible, come on, we know, it's going to be terrible isn't it? Plus - let's give it our 5lutty tw*ts across the land some love! 5lutty Tw*ts 4 lyf!

That Joss Merlyn is not a nice man! This week we meet a new mysterious character, I wonder if he will be of help to Mary Ellen Yellen, and we find out a bit more about the dodgy dealings going on at Jamaica Inn, dun dunn dunnnnn!

Part 2 and it's getting sinister! Jos is not a good man! Who knew... and we meet some new characters! Hold tight (hehe) as this creepy and violent tail unfurls. And, what do horses drink?!

Series 11 and it's getting into spooky season! We are so pumped for some atmospheric and creepy tales, and the sinister backdrop of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn seems the perfect place to kick-start pumpkin season! Hope you enjoy!

Final part! Thank you for joining us on probably one of the most challenging reads we've tried to tackle. We hope we did an OK job. I've said it before and I'll say it again, that two extremely enlightening books to read in succession about racism are "The Narrative of William W. Brown. A Fugitive Slave" by William W. Brown and "Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race" by Reni Eddo-Lo...

The penultimate episode! We look at the second part of the trial today, we thought we might finish to kill a mockingbird this time, but there's too much bullshit to fit into one episode! TW, this is a r@pe trial and although we know Mayella is lying, this is an example of how all rape victims were (and are) treated at trial, and it's not f8cking ok! It is also not ok to be r@cist or to frame peopl...

It's all kicking off guys! We find out what was under Scout's bed, there are angry mobs of white men going around being aggressive, because their scared of angry mobs of black people causing trouble, even though they're the only one causing trouble... I never said this book had much logic, and the trial begins!

Atticus is a real great father huh? Jesus, someone take these kids away from him! The voices of racist white people being given the spotlight over people of colour in a text that is supposed to anti racist, is beyond frustrating! At least we have children having full blown punch ups with southern drawls... TW as always for rape, sexual assault and discussion on racism

No, you have a patchy southern accent, and no, that's not a frog at about 50 minutes in, that's Katy burping. This episode takes a long hard look at the weird adults in this book, why is everyone picking fights with kids and punting them? The good old days eh? No, don't abuse kids, I mean, do we have to say don't abuse kids? Jesus, what a book!

Wow, we covered a fair bit in this episode! We have dogs with rabies, lost trousers, house fires and a we talk about why is this book considered to be such an important base for conversations about race... and why we think that's bollocks. Apologies for Katy's coughs, she's a diseased child.

Are you ready to go back to 1930s Southern America? We're jumping into 'To Kill A Mockingbird', get ready for weirdly adult children, misogyny, compromised hygiene and of course to say this book reflects a problematic view on race would be the understatement of the century. Aaannnddd we've officially hit series 10! It was far too hot to celebrate this week, but next week we'll try and crack out th...

Last part of Alice in Wonderland! We've decided not to look at Alice Through The Looking Glass this time round, because, well, it's just descending into full delirium and will be impossible to follow, and we get weird enough while recording and are worried about getting irretrievably lost in the pits of chaos. You'll get a hint in this haha! From haunted steps to crying turtles, sh1t got weird guy...