This week we read the most recent piece of fiction yet! With the plot hinging on 9/11, we read Jonathan Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. We cover this non-traditional narrative and get to the bottom of a key in a vase.
We thank you for following us! In an effort to keep you reading, next week we will cover The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, a sci-fi novel about Jesuits, space travel and music.
Host: Nic Hoffmann
Co-Hosts: Mike Burns, Mike Carroll
With Required Reading, we’re launching something new! As we hinted at the end of last term, we’re exploring a broader American Studies approach, tentatively called Zeit Guys. After covering a book last week (and with Read more…
This week on Required Reading, we talk Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and hidden in here is an easter egg that will unlock Hoffmann’s Gold. WE ARE BACK, BABY!!!! Host: Nic Panel: Mike and Mike. Read more…
Hello! We are starting to dust off the cobwebs of summer break. As we do, we return to one of Mike Carroll’s short stories. Please enjoy! We will be back with the new format soon, Read more…