All My Friends Are English Majors

All My Friends Are English Majors

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All My Friends Are English Majors episodes

  • "the blonde identity"
    public service announcement: once again, if you are looking for tuck and moe to be haters, you will be sorely disappointed. this week, to end the reading for (fake dating) bodyguard month, we read the blonde identity by ally carter. if you loved the Ally's teen fiction, we are here to tell you that you will love this book. it felt like coming home to a dramatic jumping off a cliff with (or without) a parachute. ally carter i love you never change. we discuss how crazy it is to have an identical twin in the cia, the importance of your amnesiac to be smart, and if it's necessary for your "adult" romance to have explicit sex in it. tune in next week for the bodyguard month conclusion!

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    1 hr 13 min
  • "take a hint dani brown"
    it's bodyguard month week 2! tuck and moe read "Take a Hint Dani Brown" by Talia Hibbert. Spoiler alert- if you're looking for us to be critical this episode is not for you!! we loved this book- discussions include a leading man who is an hopeless romantic, the things posh british people can get away with saying, and how it's a good thing that moe's dog did, in fact, eat her homework.

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    1 hr 10 min
  • "the bodyguard"
    it's bodyguard month! tuck and her friend moe are reading all things bodyguard romance! this week starts with Katherine Center's the bodyguard. we talk about if there's such thing as too perfect a man, whether or not it's possible that anyone is being told they are plain as much as the main character in this book, and the importance of reading romance! this is the first romance book month we've had a guest who loves reading romance, so if that's your cup of tea we will see you next week for take a hint Dani Brown!

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    1 hr 21 min
  • dune conclusion
    it's our first movie-sode! sam and emily take on dune part 1, a film both of us really like. includes conversations about if timmy is a good actor, if they can stick the landing on the second film, and jimmy neutron. next month is bodyguard month! stay tuned!

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    1 hr 11 min
  • "dune" part 3
    we've done it! we've read all of dune! we talk about paul riding a worm, whether or not Alia is going to look like Renesmee in Dune II, and if Frank Herbert hates women. Tune in next week, where we'll watch Part I of Dune and compare it to the book!

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    1 hr 3 min
  • "dune" part 2
    it is week 2 of dune month and we are reading part 2 of frank herbert's dune! tuck and sam dig in on the bene gesserit, the impossibility of living on arrakis, and how lucky we are to live on a planet with big trees and big lakes! tune in next week for week three of dune month.

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    1 hr 14 min
  • "dune" part 1
    it's time folks. sam is back. we are running on desert power this month and reading the science fiction classic Dune by Frank Herbert. we discuss everything that happens in part 1 (a lot), emily mispronounces every name in the book wrong by a single letter (except paul), and we discuss if paul atreides would give people as many stds as timothee chalamet. tune in next week for dune part 2!

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    1 hr 22 min
  • jane eyre conclusion

    it's comp con week!! this week we talk about all the books with jane in the title and discuss their various merits and flaws! we also give recommendations for anyone who wants to do more reading like jane eyre.


    Tune in next month for Dune Month with Sam!

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    1 hr 5 min
  • "wide sargasso sea"
    in this weeks' episode, emily and betsy take on Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea". we talk about whether or not moving to england from the carribean could make anyone go mad, the idea of the hysterical woman, and if the repression of the victorian era made more people go crazy than was perhaps necessary. next week is comp/con, tune in for one last week on Jane Eyre!

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    1 hr 5 min
  • "my plain jane"
    this week, betsy and emily read "my plain jane", a ghostly retelling of jane eyre. We discuss the rochester age gap (again), if women are allowed to go crazy if they're locked up for 15 years, and the importance of using hysteria sparingly in your book about women for women. Tune in next week for wide sargasso sea!

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    1 hr 10 min

About All My Friends Are English Majors

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What's the difference between a good book and a book that makes us feel good? All My Friends are English Majors is a literature podcast that attempts to answer this question. Hosted by Emily Tucker…