Left On Read

"Vibing as the uncarved block."

Next read: Why I Write (George Orwell)

"Oh boy, did it technothrill me!"

Next read: The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)

"War is about the friends you make along the way."

Next read: Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)

"Are we just gonna fly by the seat of our pants again? I dunno, it's 2025 - anything can happen."

Next read: The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)

Books mentioned:

- Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)

- Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)

- I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)

- Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)

- White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

- It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Zoe Thorogood)

- Perfume (Patrick Süskind)

"Goin' down to the guy and gettin' the geese."

Happy holidays and happy new year 2025. We're happy to reach another year of podcasting with you guys, thank you for making us a part of your day :) Stay tuned for new and exciting reads when we return on 1/10.

"An impression of Edgar Allan Poe is just raven squawks."

Next read: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Hey man, maybe everything isn't gonna go to shit?"

Next read: William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe)

"If he dies, he dies, and that's pretty human."

Next read: The Prepper (Morgan Talty)

"Big therapy time."

Next read: The Bicentennial Man (Isaac Asimov)

"If the shadow attaches you to the idea of being a real human, what does it mean when your shadow dips?"

Next read: Tender is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)

BOOKS ARE POLITICAL; READING IS RADICAL

https://pen.org/report/beyond-the-shelves/

https://pen.org/book-bans/2023-banned-book-list/

https://lithub.com/the-republicans-project-2025-is-disastrous-for-books/