BBE Gets Spooky with The Ghosts of Williamsburg Quick Links from the Episode: The Bruton Parish Church story was perhaps the most compelling mystery in Ghosts. Today, the Church website reveals nothing about the cemetery incident, only mentioning that you must be a member of the church to be buried there. This only increases BBE’s […]
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Show Notes – Episode 1.12
Where All My Girls At?: BBE Chats James Barclay’s Dawnthief Quick Links from this Episode: Not a ton of things to follow up on for this episode, but one of them is James Barclay’s page on Fantastic Fiction. Fantastic Fiction is a family run database of fiction and fantasy book. They rather dubiously claim Barclay […]
Show Notes – Episode 1.10
Paige is a Ray of Sunshine: Talking Murder and Massacre in In the Lake of the Woods Quick Links from the Episode: Here’s the Britannica page on Tim O’Brien. You really know you’ve made it as an author when you get your own encyclopedia page! Amazing NPR interview with O’Brien on the twentieth anniversary of […]
Show Notes – Episode 1.8
Basically, Things Fall Apart: Critiquing Jay Lake’s Green Quick Links from the Episode: Here are links to Lake’s entry on Wikipedia, as well as the Tor memorial Jennifer mentioned in this week’s episode. Here’s an article from The Oregonian that details Lake’s struggles with cancer and his uniquely positive response. This is also where we […]
March Sneak Peek
We are into month three of Big Book Energy! Many thanks to our listeners for supporting us so generously so far. Scroll below to see our March Sneak Peek and preview what books we will be covering this month: Green, by Jay Lake is our first Book We Hate pick of the month. Green is […]
Show Notes – Episode 1.7
Long Live the King of Vodka: The Life of Pyotr Smirnov We are in high spirits this week for our next Thrift Store Find: The King of Vodka, by Linda Himelstein. Everyone knows the brand Smirnoff vodka, and if you haven’t found yourself waking up the next morning regretting your choice of flavored vodka the […]
Show Notes – Episode 1.6
Another Trip Down Enlightenment Lane: BBE on Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist We are back to Books We Hate this week, the subject? Paulo Coelho’s classic hit, The Alchemist. What soulless ghoul hates this book that has inspired so many people, sold millions of copies, and been translated into dozens of languages?? Well, if you’ve been […]