Noob's Book Club

Time to finally finish The Poppy War Trilogy. The Burning God Episode 1 covers a great deal of topics in the context of the book. After giving a summary from Super Summary, I frame my discussion around six quotes that I’ve made at various points in my life. Those quotes involve the nature of fascism, […]

We leave the series for now with Dune Episode 4. From what I’ve read, this is where the first movie ends. Therefore, I will be back this weekend with a Movie Vs. episode. Like I say in the episode, it’s been a while since we’ve done one of those. Never actually got one done for […]

Finally able to sit down and record Dune Episode 3. We are finally through the strategizing part of the chess match and into the attack. What we all knew was bound to happen finally happens. Although, I must say, it happens in a way that surprised me a little bit. What do we always say […]

The chess match continues in Dune Episode 2. We get the opening gambit in the form of a betrayal. I will leave it at that for now. Not usually one to care about spoilers, but I will preserve this 50 year old book and 5 year old movie for you. Listen to the episode to […]

Got back into a cycle of non updates that went on for far too long. However, I still have time to save Dune for this month and next before moving on to some new books in the new year. Dune Episode 1 covers chapters 1-7. This is the opener for the chess match between the […]

After far too long, we finish up this series with The Dragon Republic Eipsode 6. This book dealt with some heavy things. I had the next book in the series on the schedule for this month, but I need a bit of a pallette cleanser before moving on. So, I’m reading Legends and Lattes instead. […]

Only 2 weeks late to make it for the end of Frightober comes Frankenstein Episode 4. The books wraps up the tragic story of a man and his creation. The actions of the man doom them both to a live and death of loneliness, despair, and ultimately no hope. The book handles this end with […]

The penultimate (I never used that word in the podcast!) Frankenstein Episode 3 only a few days before Halloween. This one took longer than expected, but I wrote 3 and 4 close together, so I will be able to get the last episode out on Halloween and beat my Frightober deadline. This part of the […]

I’m a bit sick, so I didn’t know if I would get to Frankenstein Episode 2. But, I persevered and here it is! This secton of the book blew me away with a huge surprise that I never expected. As a consequence, is Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein the most faithful adaptation? I don’t know but […]

Without releasing the final episode of The Dragon Republic, I moved on to Frankenstein Episode 1. What can I say? Frightober waits for nobody! Not even me. These episodes look like they might be a bit shorter than recent ones. Instead of giving a recap, I assume that you’ve at least seen one of the […]