Episodes

This week, Somer makes a case for a more recent classic, The Satanic Verses. She explains the meaning of the title as well as the book itself. There’s also cause for a mini party in this episode regarding movie adaptation.

This week, Somer labors to make a case for a book that she knows will elicit many eyerolls from some listeners, but hang in there anyway! She only ever asks that you give a book a one chapter try, so why not give Pride and

This week, Somer covers the heroic classic, Beowulf. We don’t know who wrote it, or when, but we certainly know who’s the best hero ever because he tells us. We also know that a certain movie adaptation makes Somer a little loud and grouchy.

This week Somer covers The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel written by infamous zinger, Oscar Wilde. She talks about the touchy stuff concerning the author as well as the silliness of the philosophies within the work.

This week, Somer invites your ire as she both describes her dislike for Mary Shelley’s classic, Frankenstein, and insists that you read it if you have not. Her sadistic side maybe?

This week, Somer talks about the first work of famed realist author, Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary is held in high regard, even today and is a beautiful depiction of a complicated woman in literature.

Somer makes a case for Ray Bradbury’s iconic classic, Fahrenheit 451.  We discuss life v. existence as well as how awesome wall-sized televisions could be.