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Cracked Spines

Cracked Spines

Written by: Matthew Silkin
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I've already read the classics. Now, it's time to read the dreck. Join me as I make my way through the worst rated books on Goodreads, one leaf at a time.Matthew Silkin Art
Episodes
  • Episode 11: You Don't Love Me Yet
    Sep 14 2020

    In this episode, I read You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem. No, I don't. That's it. I can't be bothered to write any more about it.

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    Anchor - https://anchor.fm/cracked-spines

    Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/cracked-spines-1

    Google Podcasts - https://tinyurl.com/y8t5dukn

    Overcast - https://overcast.fm/itunes1521229755/cracked-spines

    PocketCasts - https://pca.st/n9uusne1

    Radiopublic - https://radiopublic.com/cracked-spines-6nZ50y

    Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3rMry3V2mfQr7nm3vlkzGN

    Also apparently Amazon is going to start hosting podcasts, so I might be there soon too! Keep an eye out.

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    18 mins
  • Episode 10: The Stars and Stripes Between Us
    Sep 7 2020

    In this episode, I broke the format and read a newer release, not yet on the Worst List, but certainly on its way there: The Stars and Stripes Between Us, by Audrey Rivero. You know, sometimes I wonder if other countries have this problem of oversimplification of politics, but then I remember that there aren't really a lot of other countries that stake their entire governmental system on two diametrically opposed political unions. Isn't American exceptionalism fun? U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

    ...we're doomed.

    Listen on these sites:

    Anchor - https://anchor.fm/cracked-spines

    Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/cracked-spines-1

    Google Podcasts - https://tinyurl.com/y8t5dukn

    Overcast - https://overcast.fm/itunes1521229755/cracked-spines

    PocketCasts - https://pca.st/n9uusne1

    Radiopublic - https://radiopublic.com/cracked-spines-6nZ50y

    Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3rMry3V2mfQr7nm3vlkzGN

    Also apparently Amazon is going to start hosting podcasts, so I might be there soon too! Keep an eye out.

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    19 mins
  • Episode 9: The Widows of Eastwick
    Aug 31 2020

    In this episode, I read The Widows of Eastwick, the final novel by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike. Reading this with no context was like if the first Marvel related property you ever experienced was Endgame, if Endgame wasn't a billion dollar capstone to a major blockbuster franchise but a book about three women decades after the story in which they originally debuted. In other news, today I learned that I'm not great at making comparisons.

    Listen on these sites:

    Anchor - https://anchor.fm/cracked-spines

    Breaker - https://www.breaker.audio/cracked-spines-1

    Google Podcasts - https://tinyurl.com/y8t5dukn

    Overcast - https://overcast.fm/itunes1521229755/cracked-spines

    PocketCasts - https://pca.st/n9uusne1

    Radiopublic - https://radiopublic.com/cracked-spines-6nZ50y

    Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3rMry3V2mfQr7nm3vlkzGN

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    20 mins
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