Book Blurbs

In this episode, Kenneth enters the cynical mind of rebellious teenager Holden Caulfield, who finds himself expelled from yet another school. Can Holden pull himself together and find happiness somewhere in his life, or is the world so phony that it's all just a hopeless, meaningless endeavor?

Did you have to read The Catcher in the Rye in school? Do you think it would make a good movie if Salinger's estate ever permits an adaptation? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth finds himself in another dystopian world, a world in which teenage criminals run rampant at night, terrorizing the weak and innocent. When the state ultimately intervenes, the question becomes is goodness itself the goal, or is the free choice of goodness more important?

Do you prefer Anthony Burgess' book or Stanley Kubrick's film? Which is your ideal version of A Clockwork Orange? What are your thoughts on the final 21st chapter? Is the story better with or without it? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth follows the intertwined fates of two families and watches as their lives play out according to the familiar biblical story lines of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel.

What is your favorite story by John Steinbeck and why? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth and his special guest take on the zombie apocalypse. Will they make it out alive?

Have you read The Walking Dead or watched the show on AMC? Which do you prefer and why? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth examines the first of the prophetic books of the Bible, Isaiah.

Have you read the Book of Isaiah or any of the prophetic books? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth witnesses a once unbreakable friendship between two girls crumble. Can they come together and salvage their relationship?

What is your favorite book about friendship? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth watches a young black girl's obsession with beauty and conformity consume her as her life gradually disintegrates in the face of violent adversity.

Have you read Toni Morrison before? Which one of her books is your favorite? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth meets a character suffering from a terrible drug addiction in a cruel dystopian world.

(Please note that the explicit language the author used in the story was replaced with appropriate substitutions when quoting from it.)

What is your favorite dystopian short story? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth tests his new Blue Yeti microphone and gives a little tour of his bookshelf.

What did you think of the quality of the Blue Yeti microphone? Do you have any tips on how to achieve the best audio with it or in Audacity? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth learns about Scott and Kimberly Hahn's conversion to Catholicism and why they say it takes the form of a detective story, a horror story, and a romance story all in one.

Stay in touch with Book Blurbs by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at anchor.fm/bookblurbs.