The pals discuss issues 3 and 4 of DIE by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans.

The personal pals dig into the beginnings of books and stories. What hooks us, what sends us looking for something else to read?

The pals discuss the conditions they prefer when reading as well as writing.

It is an all-comics installment of WAWR! Books discussed: The Indiana Jones Omnibus, by Dark Horse Books; Papergirls Volume 2, by Brian K. Vaughan; Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, by Hayao Miyazaki; Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo; Mr. Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads; The Wild Storm, by Warren Ellis; Green Lantern; Wonder Twins, by Mark Russel; Peter Cannon Thunderbolt, by Kieran Gillan.

The personal pals discuss authors who have bibliographies so broad, deep, or difficult that they feel intimidating to even approach.

Happy 4th of July. We couldn't manage a lavish tank parade in our honor, so instead we're cracking open the Patreon vault and giving everyone a chance to play some EIME with us. Can you tell which presidents wrote these books with titles translated from English to Igbo to Maori then back again to English?

Using Brick's recently read The Other Americans and an example, the gang discusses novels that jump around in time or between perspectives.

The gang takes a deep dive into Stewart O'Nan's excellent 2007 novel(la?) Last Night at the Lobster.

Instead of grousing about literary fiction they hate, the personal pals discuss what they look for in literary fiction and what keeps them coming back to the books they love.

The gang earns a hundo by giving the ol' college try to a book they were probably pre-disposed not to like.