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Reading Minds

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Where ordinary people read extraordinary books

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Episodes

  1. "I Don't Think You Can Blame Superhero Movies" (Assignment #3)

    Welcome to Readings Minds where ordinary people read extraordinary books! Today Mason is joining me to discuss the books we’ve assigned each other. I finally finished The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Mason read The Old Man and the Sea. LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at...

  2. July 2019: Gone With the Wind

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today Shannon, Suzie, and Annie are discussing Shannon’s pick: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell! As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on...

  3. June 2019: The Old Man and the Sea

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and Annie are discussing Suzie’s pick: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway! As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on...

  4. "I Just Invented Feudalism... Again" (Assignment #2)

    Welcome to Reading Minds where ordinary people read extraordinary books! Today Mason is joining me to talk about our new reading tactic: assigning each other books. This time he read A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell and I read The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien. Stay tuned for some…

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  5. May 2019: The Sirens of Titan

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and I (Annie) are discussing Shannon’s pick: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut! As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on...

  6. Season's Readings: Spring 2019

    Welcome to Reading Minds, where ordinary people talk about extraordinary books! Today I’ll be updating you on my reading life (and life in general) from this spring. LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on Instagram @Reading_Minds_ My Goodreads…

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  7. "Sci-Fi is Just Fantasy in Space" (Assignment #1)

    Welcome to Reading Minds where ordinary people read extraordinary books! Today Mason is joining me to talk about our new reading strategy: assigning each other books. This time he read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and I read The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. Music: “Ukulele…

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  8. March/April 2019: Notes From Underground

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and I are discussing my pick: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky! As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on Instagram...

  9. February 2019: The Great Divorce

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and I are discussing Suzie’s pick: The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis! As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on Instagram...

  10. Season's Readings: Winter 2018/19

    Welcome to Reading Minds, where ordinary people talk about extraordinary books! Today I’ll be updating you on my reading life (and life in general) from this winter. LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on Instagram @Reading_Minds_ My Goodreads…

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  11. January 2019: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and I are talking Shakespeare with our mutual pick of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow us on...

  12. December 2018: The Deal of a Lifetime

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and I are together in the same room for the first time in over 6 months! Because of Christmas, we decided to read a book set around the holidays and Shannon settled on The Deal of a Lifetime…

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  13. November 2018: The Prose Edda

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon and Suzie are joining me as usual, and I picked for us to read The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson. As always, SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at [email protected] and follow…

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  14. Season's Readings: Fall 2018

    Welcome to Reading Minds, where ordinary people talk about extraordinary books! This is our second episode of Season’s Readings where I talk to you about everything I’ve read the past three months and give you an update on my reading life. Today you'll hear me ramble in particular about Educated,...

  15. October 2018: Frankenstein

    Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon and Suzie are joining me as usual, and Suzie picked for us to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. As always, we will be talking about the whole book so there will be lots of SPOILERS! LET’S BE FRIENDS!...

  16. In-Depth Introductions: H. P. Lovecraft

    Welcome to Reading Minds! This is our second episode of In-Depth Introductions where I talk about the big ideas of a book with one guest. Today, Mason will be joining me again and we’ll be discussing three short stories by H. P. Lovecraft: “The Call of Cthulhu,” “Dunwich Horror,” and “The Thing…

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  17. September 2018: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Welcome to the Reading Minds Book Club where I talk about books with my besties! This month, Shannon picked for us to read a book by one of her favorite authors, Agatha Christie. Today we’ll be discussing The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Since there is no way we can talk about a murder mystery…

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  18. In-Depth Introductions: Things Fall Apart

    Welcome to Reading Minds! This is our first episode of In-Depth Introductions where I talk about the big ideas of a book with one guest. Today I’ll be talking with my husband, Mason about Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. We’ll be tackling controversial topics of all kinds (think colonialism…

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  19. August 2018: The Wind in the Willows

    Welcome to the Reading Minds Book Club, where I talk about books with my besties. This month, I chose The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame for Shannon, Suzie, and I to read together. We loved reading this children’s classic and think that you will too! As usual, beware of (or embrace) the...

  20. Season's Readings: Summer 2018

    Welcome to Reading Minds, where ordinary people talk about extraordinary books! This is the first of a new kind of episode called Season’s Readings, where I talk with my husband, Mason, about everything I’ve read the past three months and give an update on my reading life. Enjoy! LET’S BE…

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  21. July 2018: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Welcome to the Reading Minds Book Club where I talk about books with my besties. Shannon and Suzie are here with me again and this time Suzie picked The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. And, as always, there will be SPOILERS- Like meaning of life SPOILERS. Things to listen for:...

  22. June 2018: To Kill a Mockingbird

    Welcome to our second episode of the Reading Minds Book Club where I talk about books with my besties! I’m talking again with my best friends, Shannon and Suzie. For this episode, Shannon picked the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee for us to discuss and she will be leading our…

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  23. Introduction

    Hi friends, Welcome to Reading Minds! Listen to this short intro to find out who I am and what this show is about! Enjoy, Annie Bruza Music: "Ukulele Whistle" and "Happy Ukulele" by Scott Holmes http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

  24. May 2018: Persuasion

    Welcome to our first episode of the Reading Minds Book Club where I talk about books with my besties! Today I’m talking with long-time friends and readers, Shannon Franson and Suzie Herman, about Jane Austen’s novel, Persuasion! We will be talking about the book in its entirety so don’t listen if...

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