Book Blurbs

Happy New Year! In the first episode of 2020, Kenneth tags along with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to try to solve a mystery that involves a hat, a Christmas goose, and a priceless gem.

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

Merry Christmas! In this episode, Kenneth learns how important it is to treasure the simple pleasures in life, no matter how fleeting they may be.

What is your favorite Christmas story? What about your favorite story by Truman Capote? 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. See you for more episodes of Book Blurbs in 2020; have a Happy New Year! 

In this episode, a senior devil's letters to a junior devil unintentionally offer Kenneth some sound spiritual advice. 

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

For the finale of the string of Kurt Vonnegut episodes, Kenneth gets unstuck in time with what may be the author's most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death. What should readers make of Billy Pilgrim's encounter with the toilet plunger aliens, the Tralfamadorians? What does Vonnegut have to say about the nature of war? Do you agree with the book's "so it goes" philosophy?

Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this double-header episode, Kenneth is joined by a couple of guests to discuss the uncertainties that come with starting a new job and if there's really such a thing as true equality.

Which of these two short stories did you enjoy more? Did you have to read "Harrison Bergeron in high school? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this double-header episode, Kenneth and returning guest Alex examine the consequences of overpopulation and its converse, strict population control, as presented in two of Kurt Vonnegut's short stories.

Which setting would you prefer to live in? "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" or "2 B R 0 2 B?" Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this double-header episode, Kenneth and a special guest ponder the humanity of artificial intelligence and talk strategy in an especially cruel, inhumane game of chess.

Have you read Kurt Vonnegut before? What's your favorite story he's written? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or follow the show on social media at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

Happy Halloween! In this episode, Kenneth and returning guest Mason take a deep dive into Edgar Allan Poe's violent, horrifying short story "The Black Cat." Cat lovers, you have been warned.

What's your favorite Edgar Allan Poe short story or poem? Let me know and share your thoughts on "The Black Cat" by emailing [email protected] or posting on the show's social media sites at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

In this episode, Kenneth and a special guest try to come to terms with what appears to be an ordinary commute home from work that may end up being something much more sinister.

What do you think? Is Mr. Beresford paranoid? Send your thoughts to [email protected] or follow the show on social media at https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbs19 or https://twitter.com/bookblurbs19. You can also leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/bookblurbs.

*Correction: The Narnia quote mentioned in this episode actually comes from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, not Prince Caspian.