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One Line to Rule Them All: Vote Now in the Elite 8!
And then there were eight. After three rounds of voting, you’ve eliminated 56 great opening literary lines and the eight that have survived and advanced…
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One Line to Rule Them All: Vote Now in the Sweet 16!
Round two is over and we’re on to the Sweet 16—and whereas round one had plenty of close matchups, round two was full of blowouts. Very little drama…
Mar 25
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David Kern
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The Hobbit: Chapters 1-6
Welcome to a new series here on Close Reads! We’re talking Tolkien, we’re talking Hobbits, we’re talking rings and dwarves and wizards, and (this week…
Mar 25
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David Kern
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One Line to Rule Them All: Vote Now in Round 2!
The votes have been tallied, the results are in, and we’re on to round 2 of our 2024 bookish bracket! As always, there were some shockers alongside a…
Mar 22
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David Kern
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Monthly Mystery: Post After Post-Mortem
Welcome to the third installment of our new monthly series on mystery novels! This time we’re discussing E. C. R Lorac’s novel, Post After Post-Mortem…
Mar 21
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David Kern
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One Line to Rule Them All: The 2024 Close Reads Literary Bracket Is Here!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that not every great book has a great opening line, but that every great opening line is great in its own way…
Mar 19
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David Kern
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The Road: Q&A
We’ve come to the end of the line discussing another book and that means it’s time to answer your questions! A lot of questions came in for this one…
Mar 18
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David Kern
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The End of "The Road"
This week we begin with a brief “Posts for the Hosts” segment before diving into conversation about the final passages in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road…
Mar 11
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David Kern
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Kristin Lavransdatter Book 2: Part 2, Chapters 1-4
Hello subscribers to CRHQ! Thanks so much for supporting the show. This week we’re back at with Kristin Lavransdatter, and we’re talking about the…
Mar 8
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David Kern
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The Road: Pages 93-198
The gang’s all back to discuss Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. This week we contemplate the gruesome nature of some of the scenes and images in this…
Mar 4
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February 2024
Monthly Mystery: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie
Welcome to the second installment of our new monthly series on mystery novels! This time we’re discussing Agatha Christie’ debut, The Mysterious Affair…
Feb 29
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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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Close Reads Live Poetry Hour on Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts" (Updated with recording)
Hey friends! It’s time for another live Close Reads poetry hour, one of our subscriber benefits. We’ll be discussing W. H. Auden’s poem, “Musee des…
Feb 27
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David Kern
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