73. Year in Review 2017 (Part 1)

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73. Year in Review 2017 (Part 1)

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Jan 17, 2018

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Our heroes are looking back on all the books they read in 2017 and awarding the coveted Bookening awards of excellence in such categories as:
Coolest male character
Coolest female charcter
Worst female villain
Worst male villain
Most evocative image.
... And more!

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Jan 17, 2018

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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73. Year in Review 2017 (Part 1)

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