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The Arc by Tory Henwood Hoen

Andy and Dani talk scientific dating services. Authors justifying weird names, personality tests vs compatibility tests, cold butter is a crime, fatal flaws in relationships, why do people kiss so loud, Andy is very against murder mystery parties, and would join The Arc?

Andy and Dani talk terrible travel tales. Dani gives expert travel advice, what makes a travel day horrible, planes in free fall, turbulence will always be scary, Las Vegas bachelor parties, hangovers on the tarmac, and backstabbing audio.

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Andy and Dani get really, really sad. Bring Whiskey Andy back, this book is sad, realistic shit show, fiction acting like a memoir, assuming the worst is going to happen, most devastating scene, and did we mention this book is sad?

Warning: This book deals HEAVILY with alcoholism and relapse.

Andy and Dani talk about disappointments. Star Wars prequels, Andy traveled for a Star Wars card game, X-men movies, a young Magneto movie, Three Musketeers, Heroes, would you finish reading GoT if it was exactly like the last season.

The Burning God by R. F. Kuang

Andy and Dani finish The Poppy Wars trilogy. Andy is actually a big fat loser, mismanagement of characters, failed predictions, getting rid of characters in dumb ways, is Rin a shitty drunk white guy, and what the hell was the point?

Andy and Dani are supposed to talk about D&D. Everyones moving out of Boston, packing SUCKS, call him bougie Andy, Dani is the new and bestest DM, decent sized D&D group, hard Mountain Dew, playing your character’s wisdom and not your own, playing as Shrek.

The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang

Andy and Dani continue reading The Poppy War trilogy. They should never make predictions, main characters you don’t like, cursing in books, undeserved friendships, why is everyone so young and good at war, and of course Andy and Dani still make predictions. 

Andy and Dani talk about magic systems in fantasies. Dani has your identity stolen, what do wizards sound like, Magic Mike, could Gandalf just destroy all the Orcs, vague vs. defined magic systems, and what magic did you want to be real?

The Poppy Wars by R. F. Kuang

Andy and Dani read a trilogy! Does Andy like YA, retaliation against standardized testing, the most important people in the world are 15-20, Andy and Dani fight, is the first book in a trilogy the worst, and predictions.

Andy and Dani talk about books they’re looking forward to. You can never leave here, does Dani even know how to read, will Andy be let all the way down, who ends up having the existential crisis, who will finish their list of books first, and should Andy start writing comic books?

P.S. Sorry for the quiet sound quality we’re working on fixing it but didn’t want to leave you without your Lit Lit fix.