Grandeur, Nostalgia and Family Drama in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited
Even posh Brits have family problems, and Evelyn Waugh's exploration of the aristocratic Flyte family through the perspective of upwardly-mobile Charles Ryder touches on the allure of a bygone era, re...
11 Mars 202539min
Going Gothic in the Haunting Novel The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters' novel The Little Stranger is a surprise addition to the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language list, but after this discussion of how this gothic novel illuminates 20th century ...
4 Mars 202541min
Colson Whitehead's Beautifully Written Tragedy: The Nickel Boys
Jay and Stacey discuss Colson Whitehead's masterpiece, The Nickel Boys, and how the exploration of a great American tragedy can still produce a lovable novel. And chaos reader weighs in, too.
25 Feb 202531min
The Truth of Fiction in All the King's Men
Jay and Stacey explore Robert Penn Warren's ALL THE KING'S MEN in this week's entry in Jay's list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language. This 80-year-old American political novel is a...
18 Feb 202531min
Sisterhood trumps Patriarchy in The Color Purple
Alice Walker's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel The Color Purple is one of those Big Deal books, but what makes this story of the degradation and the triumph of two sisters in the American South lovable t...
11 Feb 202534min
So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
Billy Pilgrim is unstuck in time. He survives the firebombing of Dresden and goes to the planet Tralfamador. But don't worry: Death is only in your imagination. #SlaughterhouseFive #KurtVonnegut #Book...
4 Feb 202532min
🎁 Last-Minute Holiday Gift Ideas: Our Favorite Books to Give and Get! 📚✨
It’s the most read-able time of the year! In this festive episode of Between the Covers with Jay and Stacey, we’re diving into the books that have made our holidays brighter—whether they were wrapped ...
24 Dec 202418min
From Rags to Riches: The Charm of David Copperfield
Pack your bags because we’re heading to Victorian England with David Copperfield—no, not the magician, the original hero of Charles Dickens’s masterpiece! This isn’t just another coming-of-age story; ...
17 Dec 202435min
