Buy/Borrow/Steal our November Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erasure, by Percival Everett.

This week, Tava, Brett, and Alex speak with Alex's brother, Nick! They quickly get the book stuff out of the way, and move onto more interesting topics, like parenthood, phones, death, gambling, growing up, and going to the movies.

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To Watch: Cardi B, Tiny Desk Concert

To Listen: Mule, by Orville Peck

To Do: Drink with your family on Sunday

To Watch: Old Music on YouTube

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our November Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erasure, by Percival Everett.

The hosts of Tuesday Night Book Club would like to extend their sincerest gratitude for those who continue to push through these freaking book club books. In episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex do their best to put October's pick, How to be Both (by Ali Smith) through some sort of process. Turns out, it kind of works! By the end of the episode, the book is a little clearer and Alex’s Goodreads score is up by thirty percent. Also, some more birthday updates.

What Else We’re Reading

Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads? (The New Yorker)

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To Watch: Breaking Bad

To Read: You Don’t Need a Smartphone, by August Lamm

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith!

In this episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex each pick a book from the New York Times 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century and report back. Brett went with Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, Alex picked The Push by Ashley Audrain, and Tava chose God of the Woods, by Liz Moore. Spoiler - each host was thrilled! So thrilled that it sparked a discussion of what the heck they've been doing wrong with their reading decisions this year. Also, listen for some birthday updates from Tava and some future birthday thoughts from Alex.

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To Read: The Push, by Ashley Audrain

To Cook: Apple Crisp

To Use: Thriftbooks.com

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith!

Inspired by current events in Tennessee and New York, Tava, Brett, and Alex dive into the world of true crime. Rather than analyzing one book or figure, they take a slightly different approach and focus mostly on Brett’s experience in the courtroom before recommending some additional criminal justice reading.

What We’re Reading

Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Alex)

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To Buy: Dog Harness, Dog Friendly Co.

To Listen: Goose

To Visit: Jungle Jims International Market

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith!

This week, Tava, Brett, and Alex try to figure out why anyone would read a classic book, what a class book even is, and why they do or don’t partake in the practice of sending a month plodding through two-hundred-year-old language. Also in this episode: a long discussion on the greatest artist of our time, LP, and some French onion soup rankings.

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To Drink: Harney & Sons Tea

To Watch: 5 to 7 (AMC+); Private Life (Netflix); The Starling (Netflix)

To Do/Read: Colors of Fall, New England Road Trip Guide

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith!

This week, TNBC welcomes Rachel McGown Halverson, a lifelong friend of the pod with some serious reading cred. In addition to teaching Tava, Brett, and Alex about how our education system can better serve kids with dyslexia, Rachel talks about her experience at Fordham University and her life in New York City. Also in this episode: teeth, unleashed dogs, pasta shaped like a purse, time blindness, phonics, and Garbology.

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To Listen: Stephanie Tarlov (comedian)

To Watch: The Righteous Gemstones

To Read: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

To Listen: Room 12 by LP

To Do: Experience Golden Hour

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith.

This week, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss their September Book Club Book, Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor. They don’t love the book… but slowly the group begins to find the artistic merit, even if the narrative is hard to follow and more than a little off-putting. Also discussed is Beer Olympics III and the latest studio upgrades.

This Week's Reads:

The Felicity Complex, by August Clark (Alex)

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, by Elena Ferrante (Tava)

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To Try: A Paper Planner (Brett’s version)

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our September Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor⁠.

This week, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss seemingly everyone’s favorite book tracking platform, Goodreads. Alex walks Brett and Tava through how she uses Goodreads, how it compares to other apps/services, and how some of the features are or are not helpful to cultivating a reading practice. All of which leads to a conversation about why we track our books at all and why it is anyone's business. Also discussed is Brett’s paint mishap, the crew's cute New England weekend, and carpets.

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To Explore: David Sedaris

To Read: The Scientist’s Children (The New Yorker)

To Try: Brick

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