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Spirited Reads

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Welcome to Spirited Reads, a podcast about the books we read, the books we want to read, and the way our lives are shaped by reading. We are your hosts, Madeline and Robert, and we thank you for listening!
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Episode 1.10 - "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.” -Ezra Pound

In this episode, we chat about the Pulitzer Prize winners, both past and present! Featured Titles: frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrew Elliott Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen Underworld by Don DeLillo The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich and more! Episode Bookshelf (go here for entire list of books for this episode) Listen and Rea...

Aug 23, 2022•56 min

Episode 1.9 - The Books That Made Us/The Books That Broke Us

In this episode, we chat about the books that made us and the books that broke us. Featured Titles: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene The Getaway by Jim Thompson Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Chase the Scream by Johann Hari and more! Episode Bookshelf (go here for entire list of books for this episode) Listen and Read...

Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 41 min

Episode 1.8a - “There is only one plot — things are not what they seem.” -Jim Thompson

In this episode, we talk about tropes with special guest, Walter! Warning: This episode contains rants, adult language, and ramblings. Books: Greetings and Drinkings A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) Novik, Naomi * The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1) Blake, Olivie The Family Krupitsky, Naomi Book of Night (Book of Night, #1) Black, Holly She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) Parker-Chan, Shelley When Women Were Dragons Barnhill, Kelly Horus Rising (Horus Heresy #1) Abnett, Dan False ...

Jul 19, 2022•50 min

Spirited Shorts 1.7 - Mexican Gothic

In this episode, we chat about Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic, our June Book of the Month. Episode Bookshelf (go here for entire list of books for this episode) Listen and Read Support us on Patreon...

Jul 12, 2022•29 min

Episode 1.7 - ‘Classic’ - A book which people praise and don’t read.

In this episode, we discuss classics - the ones we love and love to hate. Episode Bookshelf (go here for entire list of books for this episode) Listen and Read Support us on Patreon Books Mentioned This Episode: Greetings & Drinkings Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Martian by Andy Weir Raptor by Dave McKean Memory’s Legion by James S.A. Corey Making History by Stephen Fry Rabbits by Terry Miles The Company by Robert Littell All the President’s Men by Carl...

Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min

Episode 1.6 “Excelsior!”

In this episode, we discuss our picks for Pride Month and Comic Books! Books Mentioned This Episode (it's a lot) Listen and Read Support us on Patreon...

Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 14 min

Spirited Shorts 1.5 - May Book of the Month, Certain Dark Things

Spirited Shorts 1.5 - May Book of the Month In this episode, we discuss our May BotM, Certain Dark Things. Listen Now: https://anchor.fm/spirited-reads-podcast Listen & Read: https://tinyurl.com/yc4tvhwc Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spiritedreads Follow our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SpiritedReads #books #bookpodcast #bookclub #bookworm #bookrecommendations

Jun 08, 2022•30 min

Episode 1.5 - “One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by”

Episode 1.5 - “One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” In this episode, we discuss vacation reads and how we choose them. Listen & Read Support us on Patreon Follow our Linktree Books Mentioned: Greetings and Drinkings The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Children of God by Mary Doria Russell Doc by Mary Doria Russell Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American We...

Jun 01, 2022•47 min

Spirited Shorts 1.4 Madeline Goes to Hogwarts and Opens the Chamber of Secrets

Welcome to Spirited Shorts – a supplemental episode for all of you that can’t get enough of us. In this episode, Madeline visits Hogwarts and talks about the second book in the series. All of our links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/SpiritedReads Listen and Read: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7mPzMHt9rvBlGgEihBbGWy?go=1&sp_cid=ac489de2117d6fa21988935ff25e00e0&utm_source=embed_player_m&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spiritedreads?f...

May 24, 2022•26 min

Episode 1.4 - “Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”

Greetings and Drinkings The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab The Fisherman by John Langan The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard Raptor: A Sokol Graphic Novel by Dave McKean Django/Zorro: The Official Sequel to Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner, Esteve Polls Main Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Love Story Trilogy by Christopher Moore Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Chronicles of Narnia ...

May 17, 2022•55 min

Spirited Shorts 1.3 - April BotM (Jeans)

Book of the Month Wrap-Up: A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spiritedreads?fan_landing=true

May 10, 2022•20 min

Episode 1.3 - “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”

In this episode, we discuss reading while you’re in survival mode and maintaining your reading habit. Books featured this episode: Greetings and Drinkings -Ring Shout | Clark, P. Djèlí -Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business | Walker, David F. -Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre | Maggs, Sam -Captain America Vol. 1: Winter in America | Coates, Ta-Nehisi -Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me | Brubaker, Ed -The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings | Tolkien, J.R.R. -Certain Dark Things |...

May 03, 2022•1 hr 2 min

E1.2 “Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”

In this episode, we discuss our picks for National Poetry Month and how to start reading poetry. Books Mentioned: Selected Poems and Tales of Edgar Allen Poe | Poe, Edgar Allan The Red Wheelbarrow and Other Poems | Williams, William Carlos The Seagull | Chekhov, Anton The Complete Poems | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Dover Beach and Other Poems | Arnold, Matthew House of Leaves | Danielewski, Mark Z. E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 | Cummings, E.E. Howl and Other Poems | Ginsberg, Allen And ...

Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 6 min

E1.1 What Rhymes With 'We're Not Prepared?'

In this episode, we discuss our top 5 reads of 2021. Follow our Linktree to view our most recent Episodes, Reading Lists, Drink Recipes, and more! (https://linktr.ee/SpiritedReads)

Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 8 min

Spirited Reads Trailer

Welcome to Spirited Reads, a podcast about the books we read, the books we want to read, and the way our lives our shaped by reading. We are your hosts Madeline and Robert, and we thank you for listening! Streaming April 5th 2022 on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, and Stitcher.

Feb 09, 2022•30 sec
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