The pals celebrate the yuletide with a discussion of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol as well as the many movie adaptions we enjoy.

The pals share the books they got the most out of in a year that took the most out of all of us.

The pals discuss the deciding factors when choosing to put a book back on the shelf or walk it to check out.

The pals take the advice of listener Andrew and embark on a (two-part) deep dive into one of comics' most celebrated works: Watchmen by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Gibbons.

The pals share their favorite books that nobody has read: Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray; My Unsentimental Education, by Deborah Monroe; Misadventure, by Millard Kauffman; The Justice Society of America, by Len Strazewski; The Fly, by Mike Parobeck.

The pals return to talking about romance and cozy mystery genre fiction, shallow-diving into two reads: Candy Coated Murder, by Kathleen Suzette and Spaniards Baby of Revenge by Clare Connolly.

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The pals share books they've been reading. Books touched on: A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles; Batman Year One, by Frank Miller; The Witcher Omnibus, from Dark Horse Comics; The Old Country Music, by Kevin Barry; Living and Dying on the Factory Floor, by David Ranney; Streets in Their Own Ink, by Stewart Dybek; Green Lantern Earth One Volume 2, by Gabriel Hardman; Spaniard's Baby of Revenge, by Clare Connelly.

It's election night in America and potentially the verge of a cold civil war, so nobody wants to hear us talk about fanfiction or toilets. Instead something from the Patreon vault: an EIME game about books by US presidents.

The pals discuss a Scholastic Book Fair staple that spooked a generation of readers.

The pals discuss the classic Universal monsters (and other silver age horror films) and the books that inspired them.