You Need to Start a Book Club (And Why We Did) | Episode 1

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Welcome to Shelf Destruct. Up first: campfire steaks, beach beers, and way too much talk about Kurt Vonnegut. We get into why Moby Dick almost killed our book club and why we’re dragging you into Tolstoy next. It's just three guys trying to read their way out of the algorithm.Listen on Apple Podcasts Watch on YouTubeFollow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpodGet 'The Death of Ivan Illych" by Leo Tolstoy: https://tinyurl.com/4bmt53weAbout Shelf Destruct: Each week, we read a classic, maybe drink something questionable, and pretend we know what we’re talking about. Shelf Destruct, literature podcast, book club podcast, classic novels, Kurt Vonnegut, Hemingway, Dostoevsky, reading podcast, literary humor, philosophy podcast

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