Cracked Spines
Crack open a good book with two wise-cracking besties. Sarah and Cyrus are two queer English majors who use their degrees to commit crimes against literature.
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Podcasting since 2017 • 141 episodes
Cracked Spines
Latest Episodes
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Did you know it's really hard to write jokes about books with central themes of racism? Cyrus and Sarah find this out while covering Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, an epic historical fiction novel about the the 20th century Korean experience of Japan...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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44:47
Sunrise on the Reaping/The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Are we in the cultural zeitgeist yet? This week, Cyrus and Sarah cover Sunrise on the Reaping AND The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, the two latest Hunger Games novels, both of which are prequels to the ori...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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58:22
READING DEATH PACT THUNDERDOME ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN
RESULTS ARE IN, FOLKS. In the past month, Sarah and Cyrus made a bet to see who could read the most books out of their combined TBR piles. Sarah is a super fast reader with one day a week to functionally dedicate to churning through books; Cyru...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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55:46
Animorphs Part 6: The Bright, Clear Line
Back at it again in the Animorphs mines. This time, we're reading books 28 through 32, a group that contains vitally important plot, thoughtful and moving character moments, and also whatever is happening in book 28. Cyrus professes their undyi...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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58:34
TBR Pile Death Pact
Okay, maybe it's not a death pact. More of a "financially ruinous" pact for Cyrus specifically. But with the stakes on the table, they're more than willing to dive in. And with how annoying Cyrus is in this episode, Sarah is happy to crush them...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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1:05:48