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August Braddock and Kendra Lappin
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Each week, hosts Kendra and August will discuss a variety of literary topics--from genres, to stigmas, to what we're currently reading--and will keep your TBR stack growing and your bookish heart full.

  1. 14/03/2022

    54: To Paradise  Book Two: “Lipo-Wao-Nahele”

    In this episode, the hosts discuss the second part of Hanya Yanagihara's highly anticipated 2022 release, To Paradise. This episode is full of spoilers for the first part and second part of the book (Book One, "Washington Square" and Book Two, "Lipo-Wao-Nahele,"). They share some updates on their plan moving forward handling this book. (*Huge apologies for any disruptive background noise! We did our best to navigate recording around some major construction happening and didn't want to skip *another* week. We did our best to edit it out.)

    47 min

  2. 21/02/2022

    53: Book to TV Adaptations

    In this episode, August and Kendra share a number of their favorite television adaptations of books, as well as some that they would like to watch and/or read. TV shows listed in this episode: Sharp objects Good Omens Game of Thrones Sherlock Station Eleven Alias Grace I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Handmaid’s Tale Honorable mentions: American Gods Hannibal North and South Haunting of Hill House Queen’s Gambit Mindhunter Shadow & Bone Little House on the Prairie To watch/read: Brideshead Revisited The Leftovers Normal People Little Fires Everywhere Lovecraft Country Watchmen The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Firekeeper’s Daughter Final Girls Support Group Ninth House People mentioned: jessdekkerreads on Instagram

    1h 7m

  3. 14/02/2022

    52: To Paradise Part 1: “Washington Square”

    In this episode, the hosts discuss the first part of Hanya Yanagihara's highly anticipated 2022 release, To Paradise. This episode is full of spoilers for just the first part ("Washington Square"). Stay tuned for further discussion in the coming weeks!

    1h 5m

  4. 24/01/2022

    51: Book to Film Adaptations

    In this episode, the hosts discuss film adaptations of books--the good, the bad, and everything in-between. Films discussed in the episode: Pride & Prejudice (2005) Macbeth (2015) Sense & Sensibility (1995) Mystic River (2003) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Anna Karenina (2012) Romeo + Juliet (1996) Gone Girl (2014) Practical Magic (1998) Howl’s Moving Castle (2005) Ella Enchanted (2004) The Girl on the Train (2016) The Devil All the Time (2020) New Moon (2009) North & South (2004) A Single Man (2009) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) The Great Gatsby (1974 & 2013) Carol (2015) Emma (2020) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) No Country for Old Men (2007) Maurice (1987) Howard's End (1992) Little Women (2019)

    1h 35m

  5. 10/01/2022

    50: End of 2021 Bracket

    In this episode, the hosts share the winners of their reading bracket. They do this by choosing a favorite book from each month of 2021 and pit each month against each other. The books knock each other out one by one, until there is a clear winner. August and Kendra have both fiction and nonfiction brackets. And, believe it or not, some of their picks are different from the top 5 of 2021 due to the nature of the bracket knockouts. This episode is completely spoiler-free.

    54 min

  6. 03/01/2022

    49: Favorite Books of 2021

    Happy New Year, all! In this episode, the hosts share the books they loved the most this year. In total, they discuss 10 books in total and the episode is completely spoiler-free. Books mentioned in the episode: Comfort Me with Apples by Cathrynne M. Valente (2021) In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (2019) A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris (2021) Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (1995) The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (2021) Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (2021) Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones (1985) Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval 2018) In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (2019) The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (2021) Stoner by John Williams (1965) The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1977) Know My Name by Chanel Miller (2019) Little Weirds by Jenny Slate (2020) Maurice by E.M. Forster (1971) Passing by Nella Larson (1929) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2015) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)

    58 min

  7. 27/12/2021

    48: How did we do on our 2021 TBR stacks?

    In this episode, the hosts review the TBRs they created for 2021 and reflect on how well they did sticking to their goals. This episode is completely spoiler-free. Tune in to see which books they read, which ones they're looking forward to getting to in 2022, and which books have been dropped from their TBRs completely.

    31 min

  8. 20/12/2021

    47: 2021 Biggest Disappointments

    In this spoiler-free episode, the hosts talk about the 5 books that disappointed (or enraged) them the most this year. Remember, everyone likes different things! These are just the books that they didn't like this year :) Books mentioned in the episode: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (2021) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) The Roanoke Girls Amy Engel (2018) Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (2017) The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn (2018) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Morena Garcia (2020) The Collective by Alison Gaylin (2021) Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet (1983) Bossypants by Tina Fey (2011) The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992) The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. (2021)

    1h 4m
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Each week, hosts Kendra and August will discuss a variety of literary topics--from genres, to stigmas, to what we're currently reading--and will keep your TBR stack growing and your bookish heart full.

Information

  • Creator
    August Braddock and Kendra Lappin
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Book Dumb 2020
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