Unfortunately Required Reading

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You listened. We tortured Victoria. Listen to Victoria read a few passages from 50 Shades of Grey while Amanda cackles in delight.  This is not a full episode, but a brief segment we like to refer to as one of our Short Stories. 

In which we discuss Grendel by John Gardner, relive the depressing goth days of our high school youth and decide we like mead without added pepper, thank you very much.

Today's episode is about the epic poem Beowulf, how much we love Mead, how terrible the 2007 movie version of this epic poem is, and Beowulf's mom, Sheila. 

In which we discuss Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys, and the dangers of drinking only the rum layer of a Dark and Stormy. 

In which we discuss Jane Eyre, sip port, and discuss the horror of a wife in the attic. 

In which we struggle to survive George Orwell's 1984 with a single shot of Victory Gin, quietly consume a cheese plate off mic, and tell you about The Spanish Civil War and British Colonialism. 

Episode 4 discusses Tennessee William's play The Glass Menagerie , while we sip Ramos Gin Fizzes and contemplate Southern parenting. 

In which we drink absinthe, help you write your paper on The Sun Also Rises by telling you about Paris and Spain as characters, and discuss Hemingway and the original tell-all novel.

In which we analyze not only Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, but also help every AP English student required to write a paper on the book.

Welcome to the first episode of Unfortunately Required Reading. We learn Lapine and drink the cocktail Watership Down as we discuss the Richard Adams book of the same name.