First official episode of 2021; in this episode I talk about books that I read so far this year, including reviews for Gladiator-At-Law (Frederick Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth) and Louis Riel (Chester Brown). No plans for upcoming books just yet!

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New year, new books!

A quick episode to take a short look at the year that was (2020) and what I'm looking ahead to the year that is (2021).

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In this episode I review The Heroin Diaries and Paper Towns. I also talk about starting to re-read Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban and Ready Player One (in advance of November 24 when Ready Player Two is released).

I highly recommend following along with the podcast 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back for both Ready Player One and Ready Player Two.

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In The Ever-Growing Pile, I talk about the problem I have with my "to-read" shelf and how it keeps growing. I also review Red Rising by Pierce Brown and The Magicians by Lev Grossman.

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Welcome back to The Slow Reader! Quite an update this time around. New this episode are some time markers if you want to jump around and listen to specific parts. No intro music this time - didn't have anything I felt fit the episode.

00:42 - What have I read since March 31? 03:55 - What am I currently reading? 05:03 - Jurassic Park Review 07:08 - What's Next? 08:07 - Wrap-Up

Books mentioned in the podcast:

• George Lucas Life Magazine Bio
• Spock, Messiah!
• One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love
• Magic Time
• For Your Eyes Only (James Bond short stories)
• Shoe Dog
• Jurassic Park
• Gump & Co
• The Heroin Diaries
• Red Rising
• The Name of the Wind
• Ready Player One / Ready Player Two
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Tunnels
• Devil in the White City
• Paper Towns
• Louis Riel (Graphic Novel)

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Catching up on several books that I've read in the last two months, in addition to covering off what I'm reading now and what I'll be reading in the future. Stay safe, stay healthy!

Music: Rebels With a Cause by Renae

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My review of The MVP Machine, a book that covers the latest evolution of player development in Major League Baseball; the book is written by Travis Sawchik and Ben Lindburgh.

Podcasts mentioned in the episode:

• Pr0ductive Outs

• At The Letters - Sportsnet

• Birds All Day - The Athletic

• Birds All Day - Free Version

Music used in this episode:

• "Baseball" by Guglielmo Brunelli - Jamendo

• "Troll Baseball" by Fanny Roger - Jamendo

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Michael Ondaatje's 2018 novel Warlight is the subject of this episode of The Slow Reader. It's a difficult novel to read, but is well worth the effort.

Music in this episode is Labile Polvere by Mattia Vlad Morleo, from https://www.jamendo.com.

The full review text will be online at https://www.noformatblog.ca in a few days.

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Enter the thrilling medical world of Heads! This 1985 book by David Osborn is...not great. Have a listen for my thoughts on the book (and be warned, there are spoilers in this episode!)

The full review in text form will be posted later this week on www.noformatblog.ca.

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The wrap-up episode for The Saturday Night Ghost Club! A bit of a tweak in the format, without any specific summaries of the book. I answer some questions that I asked last episode, and set up the next book!

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