The Broken Shelf

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This is the end. Four years is a long time to do anything and while there have been ups and downs Danny is positive when he always said he needed The Broken Shelf in his life. The journey ends as it started with Danny Archive and Alexander the Tsar discussing life and books. They go through their history as friends, as podcasters, and what they believe they could have done better but also what The Broken Shelf gave them as individuals and as podcasters. They also discuss their dreams and what they expect of the future without The Broken Shelf. It's an emotional goodbye filled with tears and laughter. Join the friends as they say goodbye one last time, and maybe, the shelves aren't so broken after all.

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Family is a powerful thing. Yet Spangar and Danny have always had a relationship that stretches beyond family because they are also two best friends. This has allowed them to evolve and grow together as people. They have seen the best of each other and the worst and that is delivered in this podcast: how they rarely agree and yet always agree, their combative tastes, their inside jokes, their crazy family, and, of course, how they came to love literature. This is a reflective podcast on how two boys that hated literature grew into two men that need literature in their lives. It is a reflection of growing and expanding ideas as a small hope involved in a podcast helped them to elevate their abilities outside of the podcast and has helped expand their minds. There are also plenty of hilarious stories, the trials of the podcast, and what they loved about recording together. Follow as Danny and Spangar tell the story about coming to love literature, how their ideas helped The Broken Shelf grown, and then why Spangar almost came to hate reading again because of the podcast. It's a flowing story of change and how two literary cousins pushed each other to be better, but also had an overwhelmingly fun time talking about books. Aren't the simple things sometimes the best. Come say your goodbyes, as Spangar and Danny say goodbye to their time on The Broken Shelf.

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~Credits~

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Fresh Start"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Friendships and partnerships take effort. The relationship between Danny and Allen is a fantastic journey of effort and change, and reflects the fact that if you do not tell the truth and be honest with someone in your life their value may fail. Together Danny and Allen reflect on their friendship as a whole and how The Legion Soul Food Network transformed into The Broken Shelf and what the entire podcasting process meant to them and their friendship. They explore how and why they wanted to podcast, their hopes for the podcast, the failures, the trials, and overall, how they evolved as people and friends. It's an honest conversation about growth as human beings, and what they mean to each other and what they hope to accomplish as friends and individuals. This journey has meant so much to them and they reflect on what the podcast did for them and will most likely continue to do as a base for future successes. Two friends, many truths, and a fun episode full of emotions and laughs. This is what The Broken Shelf was always meant to represent. Come in to hear two close friends say goodbye to their creation.

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~Credits~

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "The Coming Storm"

Artist - Ethan Meixsell

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

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This week it's Danny's turn which means there is going to be a lot of ranting and raving. Joined again by his literary cousin, Danny and Spangar debate Danny's top ten books of all time. They do establish that there are a few rules - such as one novel per franchise, which was different from Spangar - but that leads to a lot of conversations as to why that particular novel is ranked higher than the other books in said series. They also cover how Danny felt emotionally at the time of reading the book and how The Broken Shelf has changed his reflection of some of the novels that are on the list. There are also a few surprises that come to the surface after some phenomenal questions by Spangar and then the end with the finally top three and three really good debates that illustrate how each of the cousins thinks and why Danny believes so heavily in his top ten. This is a can't miss episode that is a brilliant addition to the final month of The Broken Shelf. It's kind of a eulogy in a way so make sure to listen in and judge Danny for his highly emotional takes.

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~Credits~

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Tight Perm"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

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He usually isn't one for top ten lists but Danny coaxed Spangar into making a list. As The Broken Shelf draws to a close, Spangar and Danny use the former's list of favorite books to talk about their journey and what reading has meant to the over the last six years. It is an interesting list that reflects his time as a host and critic on the podcast but also the power of nostalgia and his time reading outside of the podcast for his own entertainment. They break down why each book is where it is and why Spangar ranks them so highly. Overall, however, it is a fantastic discussion about the power of literature.

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~Credits~

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "The Receiver"

Artist - Letter Box

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If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

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Although there is a melancholy haze left behind with the end of recording book reviews and general episodes, that sadness does not have to control the podcast. With change brings new opportunity but also a tradition of celebration. Two hundred episodes is a lot to sort through but everyone knows Danny loves to make top tens and share his opinions so as the end draws near he thought it was the perfect time to reflect and rank his favorite episodes. Alexander the Tsar brings in his own flare as he talks about some of his favorite episodes and some that he wishes he could do over but together they look over two hundred episodes and share stories. There are some rules, as Danny explains, but overall this episode is a celebration of the best of The Broken Shelf from the two dudes that started it.

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~Credits~

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Black Vulture"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.

If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

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How does one become a genre defining author? Are they brilliant and gifted from a young age? Do they discover their gift in some strange and fanciful way? Or are the bread for greatness? If there is anything Danny has learned from his own writing and from this biography it is that legends use their life experience and will to put pen to paper. Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated authors in all of English and world history, so Danny, as a Janeit himself, made it a goal to understand why. By use of this phenomenal biography and through a dynamic conversation with one of his best friends, Danny and the Tsar deepen their understanding of who Jane was as and individual, and how the circumstances of her life and family molded her into a prolific author. They also discuss what specific events made it into the book and the problems of her romantic life. There's also a deep conversation about how important letters are to history and how little there may actually be known about Jane and her life. However, through it all, these two friends learn about one of the best authors in history.

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~Credits~

Original Sound Cloud image taken from Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Jane-Austen-Jon-Spence/dp/1847250467

Original Cover Art owned by Jon Hunter Spence, Hambledon Continuum, and Carnigie Pubishing.

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Not Me"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.

If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

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It's a sad day because the sun has to set on the discussion of Danny Archive's favorite light novel franchise. He explores in this episode why this particular franchise is not only important to the past him but why it is important to who he is as an individual now and how he knows it will continue to effect and mold him into the person he wants to be. That isn't to say that he doesn't recognize fault in one of his favorite entries. Danny seeks to explore why the younger him loved volume eleven and why the current him sees fault. It's a perfect evolution of he he is as a reader and who he hopes to be as an author. Beyond that he provides some positive and negatives, but at the end he ranks all of the novels presented on The Broken Shelf for a nice final segment and exit to the series. Like most of the final podcasts this is an emotional one for Danny so come in and reviews one of his favorite franchises with him and hopefully he can get you to read it for yourself.

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~Credits~

Original Sound Cloud image taken from Seven Seas Entertainment at: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/mushoku-tensei-jobless-reincarnation-light-novel-vol-11/

Original Cover Art owned by Rifujin no Magonote, Shirotaka, KC Fabellon, Seven Seas Entertainment, and Kadokawa INC.

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Soldier On"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.

If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

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Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!

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What a range of emotions this franchise has brought the brothers: from blissful to optimistic to pessimistic and ending in rage. This episode tested the brothers and in an unusual twist they were actually on the same side. For three episodes they had the anime to pull back on and compare the product with but when by its lonesome the source material rapidly failed. Danny and Travis have so many problems from the structure, translation, art, and definitely in the narrative. They try their best to give the positives - they even have a balance positive and negative list - but they are brothers so of course the weight of the negatives fully destroy any sense of grandeur in the fourth instalment of this light novel series. Make sure to listen in about a lot of the dangerous topics and Danny goes on a classic rant in the end.

However, also make sure to listen in past the final rating because this episode will be Travis Archives' last on The Broken Shelf and Danny gives him time at the end to reflect on what the podcast has meant to him. It's a great moment between brothers as they get a little emotional and talk about why literature is so important.

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~Credits~

Original Sound Cloud image taken from Yen-Press at: https://yenpress.com/9780316385213/no-game-no-life-vol-4-light-novel/

Original Cover Art owned by Kamiya Yuu, Media Factory, Kadokawa Corp, and Yen Press.

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Sun Spots"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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This podcast is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) transformative in nature, the audio is a journalistic commentary on popular media (2) uses no more of the original work than necessary for the podcast's purpose, the claimed duration is an edited clip for rhetoric, and (3) does not compete with the original work and could have no negative affect on its market.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.

If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

~Do Us A Favor~

Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!

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Taking a page from his first solo episode over four years ago, Danny found inspiration in the form of a song from one of his favorite bands. Said song made him interested in a certain historical topic but Danny wasn't really in the stingy history mood. However, like always, and for some reason he was in the romantic mood, and for once he accepted the help of the Amazon algorithm when it suggested a romantic book in the form of historical fiction. History and romance? Sign Danny up. That said Danny goes about his usual spiel and hammers the novel for some structural and character problems. Historical fiction is a strange literature genre and Danny makes sure to cover why it is as such, and why the author's integration of limited characters hurt the over arching historical event. He also makes sure to cover the event itself in a limited way and the backstory of why he chose the novel in the first place. Come listen in as Danny grades a fusion of history and romance.

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~Credits~

Original Sound Cloud image taken from Martin's website at: https://www.jamescmartin.com/the-boy-who-wanted-wings/

Original Cover Art owned by James Conroyd Martin, and Hussar Quill Press.

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

New "The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Music - "Wish You'd Come True"

Artist - The 126ers

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Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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Hey! At the time of publishing episode eighty of The Broken Shelf, the podcast became available on TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, and iTunes. That said, if you downloaded the podcast via anything else other than Sound Cloud, maybe check out our Sound Cloud, give us a follow, and listen to a few more of our other tracks. Sound Cloud was there from the beginning for us and no matter what the others provide it was and is our host. Thanks!

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