State of the Show/2022 Booklist/Ender's Game Trial

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State of the Show/2022 Booklist/Ender's Game Trial

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129 minutes

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Jan 26, 2022

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How is the Bookening moving forward after a 2021 that wasn't what we wanted? What are we reading in 2022? Was Ender's Game a good novel? The answers to all these questions and more in the mega-long super spectacular new episode!

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Jan 26, 2022

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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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Episode 9: Top 5 Childhood Books, Part 2: This is part 2, the nerdier part, of our series wherein our heroes recount their Top Five Childhood Books. by The Bookening
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Episode 2: Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Our heroes continue their discussion of P&P. by The Bookening
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Episode 4: East of Eden, Part 1: Our matchless heroes cast one last lingering look at Jane Austen, along with a withering glare at some Austen spin-offs, knock-offs, and sequelizations. by The Bookening
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Episode 17: Beowulf, Part 3 of 3: In this episode we discuss the monsters in Beowulf. by The Bookening
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Episode 16: Beowulf, Part 2 of 3: In today’s episode of The Bookening, we discuss how poems differ from novels, the character of Beowulf as a dudely dude, and the appropriate time to brag about how many sea monsters you’ve killed. by The Bookening
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Episode 5: East of Eden, Part 2: Our heroes dig into East of Eden and particularly the Hamilton family in this spoiler-filled episode. by The Bookening
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Episode 1: Pride and Prejudice, Part 1: The original episode of The Bookening. by The Bookening
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Episode 28: Anna Karenina: Per Wikiepdia, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is "commonly thought to explore the themes of hypocrisy, jealousy, faith, fidelity, family, marriage, society, progress, carnal desire and passion, and the agrarian connection to land in contrast to the lifestyle by The Bookening
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Episode 21: Dracula, Part 2 of 2: It's another flesh-creeping festival of the uncanny, as our heroes discuss everything there is to discuss about Bram Stoker's Dracula. by The Bookening
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Episode 23: Gilead, Part 2 of 2: WILL THE MYSTERIOUS PHANTOM PREVAIL??????????? by The Bookening
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Episode 13: Huck Finn, Part 2 of 3: Our heroes discuss Huck Finn. They say wise/smart/entertaining things about it. by The Bookening
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Episode 40: Boys of Blur, Part 1: Boys of Blur, Part 1. Our heroes dig in with some context and such. by The Bookening
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Episode 14: Huck Finn, Part 3 of 3: It's get-down-to-brass-tax time. What is the deal with the crummy last 19515905890 chapters of Huck Finn? by The Bookening
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Episode 45: Heart of Darkness, Part 1: Heart of Darkness context! by The Bookening
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Episode 20: Dracula, Part 1 of 2: It's October, Nathan's favorite month of the year! And as good as excuse as any to make his friends read one of the hallmarks of weird fiction, Bram Stoker's Dracula. by The Bookening
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Episode 30: Poetry, Part 2 of 2: Another episode of The Bookening. This one on poetry. by The Bookening
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Episode 41: Boys of Blur, Part 2: Still talking Boys of Blur! by The Bookening
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Episode 11: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Part 2: Yes, it's part two of our testosterone-soaked series on For Whom the Bell Tolls, this time with 100% more rants about sex! by The Bookening
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Episode 25 : A Christmas Carol, Part 2 of 2: Merry Christmas everybody! by The Bookening
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Episode 8: Top 5 Childhood Books, Part 1: What the title says it is. by The Bookening
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Episode 15: Beowulf, Part 1 of 3: Monsters, mothers, dragons, oh my! by The Bookening
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State of the Show/2022 Booklist/Ender's Game Trial

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