Welcome to Dog-eared and Cracked, a conversation about books.

Your hosts, Jay and Phil, take an eclectic approach to picking books for each other to read, with interesting results.

The Utility of Boredom by Andrew Forbes. This time, Phil picks a love letter written for the sport of baseball. Jay reads it and deftly avoids any hackneyed baseball expressions in his review. Listen in as metaphors are mixed and names are dropped. Will enough free throws result in a touch down in the third period of this podcast? 

Fool by Christopher Moore. Phil is not fooled by Jay's pick this week and the merits of a career as court jester are debated.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Pandemic reading in pandemic times. Phil recommends. And Jay, surprisingly, likes it.