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Booking Back

By: Penn & Friends
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  • Do you long for those schoolyard days where you had all the time in the world to finish a good book? This podcast revisits the books that gave us happiness as children and maybe even later as adults!
    © 2024 Booking Back
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  • Monster: "They're strangers but they still find reasons to hurt each other."

    Monster: "They're strangers but they still find reasons to hurt each other."
    Apr 30 2024

    Penn and Joy talk "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers. A story unique in that it is a first time read for both ladies, it is a highly acclaimed and highly banned book in America. When Black teenager Steve is falsely accused of participating in a murder of a shopkeeper in his neighborhood, the reader follows his journey through the criminal justice system in New York City. Heartbreaking and poignant, get ready to tear up and rage against injustice.

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    56 mins
  • The Joy Luck Club: "Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever."

    The Joy Luck Club: "Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever."
    Mar 26 2024

    Penn and Joy discuss the classic "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. The complicated relationship between mother and daughter transcends any culture. From tales of the mothers in China, to their adaptation to America, and to the struggle of their Chinese-American daughters, it is a riveting read.
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    50 mins
  • Flowers for Algernon: "There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin."

    Flowers for Algernon: "There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin."
    Feb 27 2024

    Cry with Joy and Penn as they discuss Daniel Keyes classic work "Flowers for Algernon." Can you imagine science making you smarter, changing your life, and to lose it all? That is the heartbreak of this short story turned novel.

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    56 mins
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I'm Having Fun!

I've been enjoying this podcast. As someone who has never read the books being discussed, the podcast does a great job of summarizing them. My favorite aspect is the personal insight/banter between hosts (for example the part that touched on High School smoking attitudes in 2007). In conclusion, will continue listening.

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