Episode 61: 5 Year Anniversary: What We Read In October

FIVE YEARS BABY! Plus Hallowe'en! Welcome to the 5 year anniversary episode of Books Boys! After the most insane month ever, join TheDean!, Playboy Alex, and little Alfred, plus Playgirl Carla & even Darkplace Robert (and maybe other cameos?), as we review our October reads! Be spooked! Be celebratory! Be books!Books discussed include: - Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens, 1839 )- Dombey & Son (Charles Dickens, 1848 )- Ioláni, Or, Tahiti As It Was (Wilkie Collins, pub. 1999 )- The Black Robe (Wilkie Collins, 1881)- Hungry Eyes (Anthony McFly translated by Nichola Clitheroe, 2025)- The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892)- Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov, 1955)- Ghostly Stories (Celia Fremlin, pub. 2019)- All My Cats (Bohumil Hrabal, 1983)Check out patreon.com/booksboys for early access to our catalogue of shows, including the latest series of Playboys Extra and Darkplace Dreamers, plus Comedy Comrades and more. Or give us a one-off donation for our anniversary!Booksboys.com for links to our socials, places to listen, merchandise, music and more. Listen to TheDean!'s latest album A Dozen Barely Salvageable on spotify and buy his book The Life Of A Fellow Called Chester on amazon.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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FIVE YEARS BABY! Plus Hallowe'en! Welcome to the 5 year anniversary episode of Books Boys! After the most insane month ever, join TheDean!, Playboy Alex, and little Alfred, plus Playgirl Carla & even Darkplace Robert (and maybe other cameos?), as we review our October reads! Be spooked! Be celebratory! Be books!Books discussed include: - Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens, 1839 )- Dombey & Son (Charles Dickens, 1848 )- Ioláni, Or, Tahiti As It Was (Wilkie Collins, pub. 1999 )- The Black Robe (Wilkie Collins, 1881)- Hungry Eyes (Anthony McFly translated by Nichola Clitheroe, 2025)- The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892)- Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov, 1955)- Ghostly Stories (Celia Fremlin, pub. 2019)- All My Cats (Bohumil Hrabal, 1983)Check out patreon.com/booksboys for early access to our catalogue of shows, including the latest series of Playboys Extra and Darkplace Dreamers, plus Comedy Comrades and more. Or give us a one-off donation for our anniversary!Booksboys.com for links to our socials, places to listen, merchandise, music and more. Listen to TheDean!'s latest album A Dozen Barely Salvageable on spotify and buy his book The Life Of A Fellow Called Chester on amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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