Big Book Club's "Oh Boy, Tolstoy!"

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We're starting a new adventure, a monthly Big Book Club Podcast...

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Bonus Moby-Dick episode: Interview with Richard King, author of "Ahab's Rolling Sea"

As a special post-Moby-Dick bonus, Jennie and Megan previewed the new book, "Ahab's Rolling Sea:...

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The End!

And so we come to the conclusion of our voyage... was the destination worth the ride? Opinions...

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Ahab Turns Up the Insanity

The gang's all back in town again! In this week's discussion of chapters 102-121, we contemplate...

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Whale Bones Are Not Made of Ivory

This week, half of Arlington is on vacation, so Jennie and Pete set sail on their own. The two...

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Stuck in the Doldrums with Melville

In chapters 71-86, no amount of action could keep us from feeling sedated by the seemingly...

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Whaling: Not for the faint of heart

This week we tackled the most action packed reading yet, chapters 60-70, in which we encountered...

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Herman "Not Suble" Melville

In discussing chapters 42-59, we mentioned  "The Card Turner," a YA novel by Louis Sachar....

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To read all of Melville's Cetology, or to skip that chapter...

Who got the gold star for reading all about whale-fish, including the footnotes? Who is actually...

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Our Cast Is Introduced, and We are Underwhelmed...

180 pages in, and we've barely left port... This week we discussed knowing that we're reading a...

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Who exactly is this Ishmael guy?

This week we realize that running off to sea and adopting a nome-de-mer is usually a sign that...

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Prologue: So What Do We Know About Moby-Dick?

We're ready to set sail with plenty of whale puns... Don't have your book yet? The Library...

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And So We Come to the End... with MANY FEELINGS

For our final week of Middlemarch we were joined by guest host Heather, who loves soup with...

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"Eliot's Greek Chorus"

This week we were joined by return-guest host Gale, who we happened to find out loves horror...

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"It's the Ides of March, Lydgate!"

This week we were joined by guest host Elisia, who loves fountain pens and board games. This...

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Game of Books 3: The Library Book

A Big Book Club mini episode about Arlington Reads Signature Author Susan Orlean's "The Library...

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Week 7 of "Ides of Middlemarch"

This week we were joined by guest host Vicky, who loves dogs (she has 3) and books. We...

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Week 6 of "Ides of Middlemarch"

This week we were joined by guest host Brit, who loves Halloween and gourmet grilled cheese...

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Week 5 of "Ides of Middlemarch"

This week we were joined by Gale, our first guest host. We had a great discussion covering...

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Big Book Club: Game of Books 2 (Marie Kondo mini episode)

While recording our January 15 "Ides of Middlemarch" episode, Megan's palate cleansers included...

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