A book club podcast where we go chapter by chapter talking about themes, characters, and random facts.
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48: Song of Achilles: Totally Just Cousins
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Edward and Declan discuss the "happy" youth of Patroclus and the early years of the Iliad's best boys.Par Critical Literature
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47: Fae Wars: It Shouldn't Work But It Does
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The full breakdown of Fae Wars: Onslaught as a whole, including characters, writing, themes, and a reminder that Kincaid is a nerdPar Critical Literature
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46: Fae Wars: #Elvesrule
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The last of the chapter episodes before Edward and Declan go full-on with their analysis of everything they liked in this book. This book is just dense with fun lore and characters.Par Critical Literature
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45: Fae Wars: Its a -ski name
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As the story keeps going so do Edward and Declan as they talk about how this book succeeds where a book or two last season fell way too short.Par Critical Literature
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44: Fae Wars: Gargoyles... Not The Cartoon.
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This week Declan and Edward talk about the second section of Fae Wars by J F Holmes and Lucas Marcus. This weird amalgamation of genres shows the initial invasion of an alien race akin to elves of lore. We get to make new friends find old ones and kill some more dragons.Par Critical Literature
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43: Fae Wars: Whole A** Dragon
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This week Declan and Edward talk about the first installment of Fae Wars by J F Holmes and Lucas Marcus. This weird amalgamation of genres shows the initial invasion of an alien race akin to elves of lore.Par Critical Literature
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42: Go Nitro: General SHIELD Situation
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This week Edward and Declan discuss Go Nitro: Rise of the Blades by Jeremy Dooley they go through the book one more time in a wrap up. The two of them discuss the plot, their favorite character along with what they generally enjoyed.Par Critical Literature
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41: Go Nitro: Into The Super Soup
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This week Edward and Declan discuss Go Nitro: Rise of the Blades by Jeremy Dooley they go over the second half of the book. Where we see the Nitros hunt down the leader of the Blades and figure out the end of the stories.Par Critical Literature
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40: Go Nitro: Definitly Not Sketchy Thomas
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This week Edward and Declan discuss Go Nitro: Rise of the Blades by Jeremy Dooley they go over the first half of the book. Where we see the Nitros begin their hunt for the leader of the Blades and work on their abilities as a team.Par Critical Literature
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39:Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor: How to Keep Winning
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This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor. More specifically they talk about things they liked and how the book left them feeling.Par Critical Literature
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38: Zachary Ying and The Dragon Emperor:How to Expertly Set Up a Series
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This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao. They look through Chapters 19 through 25 and how they feel about the ending of the introduction to this series.Par Critical Literature
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37: Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor: How To Steel Chair Your Readers
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This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao. They look through Chapters 9 through 18 and reacquaint themselves with Zhao's steel chair.Par Critical Literature
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36: Zachary Ying And The Dragon Emperor: How To Be A Perfect Creature
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The introduction to Season 2 of Critical Literature, Same hosts, same rules, and new books. This week Edward and Declan talk about Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao. They look through Chapters 1 through 8 and their feelings as they enter this new world.Par Critical Literature
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The Adaptation of Iron Widow
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This week Declan and Edward talk about what they are looking forward to with the upcoming adaptation of Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow.Par Critical Literature
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Supplemental 04: Fan Fiction
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This week Declan and Edward discuss Fan Fiction including two that Edward was "forced" to read.Par Critical Literature
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Season One's adaptations
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Through Season One Declan and Edward discovered that a lot of the books had movie adaptations. This week they discuss how well these adaptations adapt their source material.Par Critical Literature
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Declan and Edward talk about the books they are reading right now for the next season.Par Critical Literature
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This week, Edward and Declan talk about adaptations and some of their favorites. This way they can talk about this season's adaptations next week.Par Critical Literature
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35: Ranking Season One Characters
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This episode Declan and Edward discuss what happens when you put too many good characters in one book.Par Critical Literature
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34: Season One Book Ranking
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Edward and Declan take this week to look over the past season and discuss their favorite and least favorite books from the season.Par Critical Literature
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33: Jurassic Park: DINO DNA!!
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This is the week!!! Declan and Edward go over the last episode of the last book of season one. Jurassic Park has been a fantastic read and discussion. This season has been a WILD RUN but doesn't worry. We have some supplements to deal with these books coming next weekPar Critical Literature
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32: Jurrassic Park: Ice Cream and Ignoring Culpability
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This week Edward and Declan learn about the big issues with what went wrong at Jurrassic Park and it was a love for sweet sweet ice cream!!Par Critical Literature
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31: Jurassic Park: Mysterious Island Off The Coast of Costa Rica
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This week Declan and Edward start looking at Declan's pick for what we would read from his past. Unfortunately, Edward isn't allowed to talk about the movie. He does try though.Par Critical Literature
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30: Ready Player One :Nihilistic Willy Wonka
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The wrap up episode where Edward and Declan discuss their overall opinions on Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.Par Critical Literature
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Supplemental 03: Too Spooky Readings
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Celebrating Halloween Declan and Edward are reading from Scary Stories to tell in the Dark.Par Critical Literature
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29: Ready Player One: Bad Plans and Boring Mech Fights
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Edward and Declan discuss the second half of Ready Player One and the action or lack there of for the final challenges.Par Critical Literature
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28: Ready Player One: Wasted Potential
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Edward and Declan discuss the first half of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, the second to last book of the season and Edward's choice of prior reads.Par Critical Literature
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27: Malleus Malificarum: Sonnuva Witch
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Ever wonder what the best way to hunt witches was in the 15th century? While that does sound interesting Edward and Declan quickly found out the truth about this treatise from the 1400s.Par Critical Literature
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26: Once Were Warriors: Very Cinematic
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This week Edward and Declan summarize their emotions after the book Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff. Once Were Warriors is New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel, published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. This is a rough episode that doesn…
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25: Once Were Warriors: There Is No Victory
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This week Edward and Declan tackle the book of Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff. Once Were Warriors is New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling first novel, published in 1990. It tells the story of an urban Māori family, the Hekes, and portrays the reality of domestic violence in New Zealand. This is a rough episode that doesn'tgive a second to br…
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24: The Hate U Give: Truly Strong Female Protagonist
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Edward and Declan break down the book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as a whole by themes, characters, plot, and significane.Par Critical Literature
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23: The Hate U Give: BREAD CRUMBS!!!
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This week Declan and Edward go over Angie Thomas's book The Hate U Give. Exploring the world of Starr Carter after she witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend and the event becomes a national headline.Par Critical Literature
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22: The Hate U Give: Trying to Maintain a Level of Control.
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This week Declan and Edward go over Angie Thomas's book The Hate U Give. Exploring the world of Starr Carter after she witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend and the event becomes a national headline.Par Critical Literature
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21: The Hate U Give: Garden Heights or Williamson Starr
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This week Declan and Edward go over Angie Thomas's book The Hate U Give. Exploring the world of Starr Carter after she witnesses the shooting of a childhood friend and the event becomes a national headline.Par Critical Literature
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Supplemental 02: Percy Jackson Adaptation
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With the Percy Jackson series being adapted Edward and Declan look at what they think that the adaptation can change and what shouldn't be changed.Par Critical Literature
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Supplemental 01: My Immortal
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Edward has yet to read the My Immortal fan-fic. Declan thought it was too long for him not to have read this. As such our two protagonists join Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way in her journies at Hoggywarts.Par Critical Literature
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20: Horrorstör: Not Another Halloween Department Store
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This week Edward and Declan talk about Brookas, Lipips, and everyone's favorite Panopticon of Orsk, as they finish off the beautiful book that is Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix.Par Critical Literature
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19: Horrorstör: What the Liripip
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Edward and Declan talk about the book by Grady Hendrix. These two model Orsk employees take this first part of Amy's adventure as her, Basil, Ruth Ann, Matt, and Trinity look for their store's disturbance or film a ghost show.Par Critical Literature
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18: Horrorstör: Brookas and Balsaks
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Edward and Declan talk about the book by Grady Hendrix. These two model Orsk employees take this first part of Amy's adventure as her, Basil, Ruth Ann, Matt, and Trinity look for their store's disturbance or film a ghost show.
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17: Midnight Sun: Its a Werewolf Thing
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Declan and the nonvampire Edward talk about how they felt about the book Midnight Sun and sort of the whole Twilight universe in general.Par Critical Literature
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16: Midnight Sun: Christian Minecraft Server
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This week Edward and Declan Wrap up the last few chapters of Midnight Sun and just have a grand old time with stuff actually happening in the book.Par Critical Literature
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15: Midnight Sun: So They're Vampires
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Back with Midnight Sun is a book that is just super fun. Declan and Edward talk about how much they super enjoyed this book and how much the main character loves himself.Par Critical Literature
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14: Midnight Sun: Too Many Edwards
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This week Edward and Declan begin to take a stab at the third written work of the first book of the Twilight Saga... that doesn't make much sense but in fairness neither did a lot of this book.Par Critical Literature
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13: Black Friday: A Gandalf Revolution
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This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the second half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.…
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12: Black Friday: It's A TRAIN!!!
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This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the second half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.…
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11: Black Friday: Very Disorienting
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This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the first half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.…
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10: Iron Widow: It's like porcelain
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Edward and Declan finish off Iron Widow with a bang. Breaking down characters and some of the running themes in this fantastic book.Par Critical Literature
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09: Iron Widow: Y'all are really dramatic.
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Declan and Edward talk about the last part of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, the Way of the Dragon. Join them for the pain and joy that this chapter puts them through.Par Critical Literature
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08: Iron Widow: Just Be Frank With It.
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Declan and Edward go through Part 3- Way of the Snake of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao and we get some feels in this part.Par Critical Literature
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07: Iron Widow: Big Brother meets Three's Company
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Declan and Edward go through Part 2- Way of the Bird of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao and we get some feels in this part.Par Critical Literature
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