Episode 189 "Enoch Soames and Book Talk"

About this episode

The episode discusses the short story 'Enoch Soames' by Max Beerbohm and includes a conversation about books and tech issues encountered during recording.

After more than 40 minutes of tech issues we were finally able to record this weeks episode. (If this episode is bad...blame the tech gods) And after a little bit of a rough start we find our rhythm and discuss the short story "Enoch Soames" by Max Beerbohm. From there we discuss getting into rouble, Peter's backpack full of books, and adding books to the TBR. Books added: The Dog of the South by Charles Portis As always thanks for listening and happy reading. Contact Us: Instagram @therewillbbooks Twitter @therewillbbooks Email willbebooks@gmail.com Goodreads: Therewillbebooks ko-fi.com/therewillbbooks patreon.com/therewillbbooks

People in this episode

Host: Peter Murphy

Topics covered

• short story
• book discussion
• tech issues
• TBR
• reading

Keywords

• Enoch Soames
• Max Beerbohm
• The Dog of the South
• book talk
• tech issues
• TBR

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Enoch Soames, The Dog of the South

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