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Is there anything creepier than hearing a knock when you are convinced no one should be near you? Our brave Dr. Grace answers the door nevertheless, and we are introduced to another hero. It is also evident that sleep is necessary even in the midst of extraterrestrial meet and greets.

Rachel, Chris, and I discuss the relationship between music, math, and human emotion, ponder the meaning of art without vision, and reflect on our own aging. Episode 4 covers Ch. 10-12 of Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Opening Thoughts
00:06:04 Ch. 10 
00:30:33 Ch. 11
00:50:54 Ch. 12
01:25:56 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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I'm sure none of us were shocked to discover aliens, this is a space book after all! But twice?! Join Keagan, Gabi, and I in uncovering just what Ryland saw when he encountered ANOTHER spaceship...12 lightyears from home. We also play, quite possibly, the most epic game of catch in the universe.

Episode 3 covers Ch. 7 - 9 of Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. 

00:00 Intro
01:51 Opening Thoughts
05:48 Ch. 7
24:17 Ch. 8
37:31 Ch. 9
56:24 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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Welcome back, Michael, our beloved host from Season 1! Kim Campbell graces us with her bubbly and inquisitive nature as our second guest host of the season. This episode, Ryland's memory continues to return and shares the heart of his mission with us. Michael relates to Ryland through teaching, Kim questions the size of a cubic meter, and we all contemplate the true size of our galaxy, in our second episode covering Chapters 4-6 of Project Hail Mary. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:55 Thoughts So Far
00:11:25 Ch. 4
00:36:48 Ch. 5
01:04:23 Ch. 6
01:45:28 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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We're back for a second season! What are we reading? Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. You'll hear a familiar voice, Haley, joined by our first guest host of the season, Jack McCrary! We find ourselves disoriented, undergoing flashbacks, and...in space? Discussions and predictions abound in our first episode covering Chapters 1-3. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:04 Welcome back!
00:07:55 Ch. 1 
00:25:51 Ch. 2
00:45:35 Ch. 3
01:12:13 Concluding Thoughts
01:28:07 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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*SPOILER WARNING: Skip minutes 10:00-13:00 to avoid spoilers from the novel, Rhythm of War, the fourth installment of The Stormlight Archives."


After finishing all recordings for Season 1, Michael, Haley, and I discuss what we did, or did not, enjoy about The Eye of the World, the differences between listening to the audiobook versus reading the story, and discover how often the importance of stories is a reigning theme throughout our favorite books.


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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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Our hero may fight Darkfriends, Trollocs, even the Forsaken, but can he fight his destiny? In our finale, we find lost relics, meet a mystical being, and enter an uncertain and dangerous future.

Haley, Michael, and I discuss our differing preparation methods for recordings, as well as finally finish, The Eye of the World, covering Ch. 50 - 53. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:28 Lessons from the Year
00:06:32 Ch. 50 Meetings at the Eye
00:22:18 Ch. 51 Against the Shadow
00:53:48 Ch. 52 There Is Neither Beginning Nor End
01:24:35 Ch. 53 The Wheel Turns
01:38:38 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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Long anticipated answers are revealed about our favorite stone-faced warder hero, as well as a look into his heart. Michael, Haley, and I travel into the fringe of the Dark One's realm and experience no shortage of monsters. The penultimate episode of season one covers Chapters 47 - 49 of The Eye of the World. 

00:00:12 Intro
00:00:27 Ch. 47 More Tales of the Wheel
00:23:12 Ch. 48 The Blight
00:45:10 Ch. 49 The Dark One Stirs
01:03:41 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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We take a magical portal to a hero's homeland, identify the group's stalker, and enter the realm of our sworn enemy. 

We were shown how terrible and fearsome darkness can be, but were reminded how beauty, hope, and nature can be found in all landscapes using one of the world's most effective weapons - perspective. 

Haley gets her horror fix and predicts one of more potentially accurate theories to date while discussing Chapters 43 - 46 in The Eye of the World. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:33 Ch. 43 Decisions and Apparitions
00:20:14 Ch. 44 The Dark Along the Ways
00:37:02 Ch. 45 What Follows in Shadow
00:54:32 Ch. 46 Fal Dara
01:17:30 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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We encounter an entirely different sort of Power from the True Source - politics. Threatened with a growing number of enemies, our reunited friends plan for the challenges ahead. 

Leave it to Michael, the middle school teacher, to remind Haley and I that these, are in fact, still kids, as we theorize the nature of the Eye of the World while discussing Chapters 40 - 42. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:58 Ch. 40 The Web Tightens
00:32:30 Ch. 41 Old Friends and New Threats
00:54:56 Ch. 42 Remembrance of Dreams
01:13:55 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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Our situation gets better for some, but questionably worse for others...future chapters will tell (which MOST of our hosts have not read during this recording, ahem!). 

Michael, Haley, and I experience one of the many anticipated reunions and finally set eyes upon the legendary False Dragon in The Eye of the World, covering Ch. 37 - 39. 

00:00 Intro
00:38 Ch. 37 The Long Chase
11:12 Ch. 38 Rescue
23:57 Ch. 39 Weaving of the Web
41:51 Outro + Credits

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After Season 3 wraps, Read Between the Spines is launching our very first RBTS Author Edition, and we’re kicking it off featuring Brooklyn Quintana, the Florida‑based indie author behind the Fynneas Fog fantasy series. Brooklyn joins us for two episodes to discuss Nine of Swords, and the sequel, Blood in the Water.

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