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This week Nate did research into WW2 and because of that, you have to also hear about it. Suck it Ben.Nate read: Stalin: Waiting for Hitler by Stephen KotkinThen Nate watched a bunch of videos: Battlefield (an oldie but...

 Theoden realizes all the legends are true... 

It's finally here. Nate reluctantly is forced to read a book he knew he wouldn't like going in. Uno Reverse! Nate is going to make his pain at reading this book into Ben's pain at listening to him discuss it. Prepare for Xanax Ben and Overstimu...

Wait really? Still? We're still talking about this?

The battle for Helm's Deep. Two armies enter. One army leaves.Frequent references to:https://acoup.blog/2020/05/...

Content Warning: Explicit Sexual Content. The one in which Feyre and Rhys make it to second base. 

The Beowulf comparison begins...

This one went off the rails immediately. Nate is obsessed with Rhys's length and Ben keeps thinking about different ways to use ash wood to kill the fey. It takes us about 30 minutes to get to the point where they actually talk about the story....

 And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there I'll tell you how I overthrew the Balrog and became Gandalf the White... 

This week we tackle a current topic... well from like 2 months ago when we put it up on the patreon to be voted on. I don't think anyone is talking about the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake anymore so we're a little late to the party. That's ...

 Takes a long time to say anything in old Entish. 

This week Nate talks about one of his favorite TV shows from the late Bush/early Obama years! Burn Notice! The book in question is the first Burn Notice book and it is essentially an episode of the show but with some added confusion where Nate ...

Pippin finds himself in the custody of Nate's alma mater: The Fighting Uruk'hai. He speculates that he may be somewhat underprepared for the adventuring life. 

The title says it all. What more can we say? We wrap up this terrible book about forgiving your abusers because, hey, they're people too. Will Vivi finally apologize? No. We already spoiled that. She never once apologizes and, in fact, believes...

Eomer was having a pretty normal day until a mythical king shows up and involves him in a mythical quest to save the world. 

Today the boys discuss one of the worst things we've ever had the displeasure of reading. We didin't go in thinking we'd like it. We figured it would be something that just wasn't for us and we could understand (maybe) why others liked it even ...

We bid a fond farewell to The Horn of Gondor. And also Boromir."JRR Tolkien is the best perspective shift writer I've ever read." https://youtu.be/2sh9VvmzpMw

This week the boys spin a wheel of books contributed by our Patreon and land on The Futurlogical Congress. How will we solve our overpopulation problem? Just never stop building. And drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

This week the boys discuss information from A Song of Ice & Fire, repackaged into a wiki book and sold to you as merchandise... hold up. Have we done this before? I feel like we've done this before.

Thrawn faces off with The Benevolent Yiv. The boys struggle to stay on topic.Star Wars Theme Kazoo Cover by Morpeef - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGV1XVH92c

It's Words About Books. It's Thrawn. You know what we're about.

Did Nate finish this episode and then forget to upload it? Maybe. But once you forget this came out late, we'll say it didn't. We'll gaslight you that we never ever missed a due date and that maybe you're the one who remembered things wrong. An...

"Why not get rid of it? Why not be free of your doubt and fear? You can lay the blame on me, if you will. You can say that I was too strong and took it by force. For I am too strong for you, halfling."

This book discussion comes to you thanks to our Patrons! This week Detective Nate and Detective Ben return. Well, not really. We kinda give away most of what's going on up front. We had a good time reading and discussing this one.