Unexpectedly, the Jennys are not a fan of the Lord of the Rings appendices. I feel like I remembered them being more interesting (and less racist) than it turns out they are?? Anyway, we’re chatting about the appendices, and despite all the boredom there are several truly shocking revelations. Bonus Episode 9 Get at me on Twitter, email the podcast, and friend me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Goodreads. If you like what we do, support us on Patreon. Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good…
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The holidays are in full swing chez Jennys, and we are back with many exciting holiday newses. Chief amongst our pieces of news is that we are bringing back the Holiday Gift Guide, wherein we suggest books for you to buy your loved ones. Fill out the form here! (Your deadline for submissions is December 7th.) Meanwhile, we are also finishing The Two Towers, admitting to bookish skeletons in our closets, and reading Suzanne Brockmann’s Ready to Roll, AKA, Boat Squad John.
You can listen to the podcast using the embedded player below, or download the file directly to take with you on the go!
Here are the time signatures if you want to skip around.
1:34 – What we’re reading
4:00 – What we’re listening to
6:48 – Lord of the Rings Readalong – The Two Towers, Book 4, Chapters 6-10
15:19 – Bookish skeletons in our closet
29:48 – The Forcening, Part Two: Ready to Roll, Suzanne Brockmann
43:42 – What we’re reading next time!
44:30 – Preview of holiday programming
And here are the things we discussed on this podcast!
Jane Doe, Victoria Helen Stone
Number One Chinese Restaurant, Lillian Li
Pandora Christmas station
the Roches – We Three Kings
Peter, Paul, and Mary – A Holiday Celebration
Table Manners (a podcast)
The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Hamlet, William Shakespeare
Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Rafe, the Buff Male Nanny, Rebekah Weatherspoon
The Count of Monte Cristo
YOU CAN WATCH THE WISHBONE VERSION ON YOUTUBE
A Genius for Deception, Nicholas Rankin
Sourcery, Terry Pratchett
Greensleeves, Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones
Ready to Roll, Suzanne Brockmann
Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
Holiday gift guide submission form, once more
The Princess Switch (Netflix movie)
All the holiday movies, a list compiled by Vulture
Get at me on Twitter, email the podcast, and friend me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Goodreads. If you like what we do, support us on Patreon. Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good rating! We appreciate it very very much).
Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Theme song by: Jessie Barbour
Transcripts by: Sharon of Library Hungry
Transcript is available below the jump!
1 CommentI just barely squeaked in under the wire with this one. I finished The Two Towers at 11:30 on the night of the 31st. IT WAS EXCITING. When, you know, when the gates closed? And Sam? And Frodo? You know what I’m talking about? Well, anyway. Teresa is done hosting The Two Towers and Maree is taking over. So here we go. The last half of The Two Towers covers fewer characters than the first half. For some, this makes Book 4 slower than the rest of the book; others love the intense focus on Frodo, Gollum, and Sam. Where…
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