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Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.
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Ep 645 - Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
Did you know that before Gillian Flynn brought us the book Gone Girl, the movie Gone Girl, and the concept of "Gone Girl-ing" someone, she wrote a murder mystery about a different kind of unhealthy family dynamic!
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Ep 644 - Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
This episode is about Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, the complete edition containing both The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return.
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Ep 643 - Holes, by Louis Sachar
Holes! We all need 'em, we all love 'em. This is a book where a boy is sentenced to dig a bunch of holes out in the desert because he was accused and convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
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Ep 642 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
Lo's award-winning novel seeks to shine a light on marginalized experiences from mid-century San Francisco. What's most impressive is how she's synthesized all of her research into a couple of fresh, compelling characters - allowing the story to honor the historical record without feeling overly bound by it.
Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
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Ep 641 - CliffsNotes, by Clifton Hillegass
This week's book is about the topic of war and also the topic of peace.
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Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episodes 3 & 4 (Books 5-9)
For our latest show-within-a-show, we'll revisit Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad.
Customer Reviews
Love this podcast
Randomly found this pod and found it funny but informative and engaging. Used to only listen to the podcasts about books I’ve read-highly recommend listening to all the bonus episodes-they are HILARIOUS, as are the rest of the library, you really don’t need any prior knowledge of any of the books. A must listen!
Good podcast 👍
Really good very funny love listening to these guys
Goodo
Some really insightful perspectives and information on a number of different books. The rapport between the two hosts doesn’t quite carry some of the more obscure book episodes, but otherwise it’s entertaining. Would be nice if they went back to covering well-known novels, as I tend to skip the books I’ve not heard of.