120: Back to School

In This Episode:

There’s an autumnal chill in the air and children are streaming into the middle school across from Drew’s apartment and the guys are sipping on a cidery cocktail to talk about assigned reading. Christopher’s mom is filling a new school library, which prompted the question: what would you put in there? Plus, discussion of the canon, the anti-canon, and Auntie Cannon.

The Ep. 120 Bookshelf

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Axiomatic by Maria Tumarkin // March Book by Jesse Ball
Christopher: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
IT by Stephen King
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Easy A (2010)
The Illustrated Qu’ran
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Mead
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher: The Swallows by Lisa Lutz // The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, as read by Stephen Fry
Drew: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir // The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

The Damn Bar