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We are now releasing the early episodes of Playboys for free on our Books boys feed, but if you want more, and want to keep up to date with the latest episodes of playboys and all our shows, head over to patreon.com/booksboys and throw us $3/£2/50 a monthHere we have episodes 1 and 2 with Dean & PJ which were originally released on patreon in April 2021Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Welcome to Episode 25, our 2 year anniversary show! Woohoo!!This one goes a little bit long, as TheDean! & PJ chat about all the books they read in October, celebrate 2 years of books boys with some cameos and call-ins, give us their Hallowe'en recommendations, and much more. We also chat with author Gary F Bengier, original CFO of ebay (garyfbengier.com) whose book we reviewed last month. And in particular we recommend Lindsay Sealey's book Made For More (lindsaysealey.com)Books discussed include:- Doña Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1876)- The Conspirators (Alexandre Dumas, 1843)- La Tía Tula (Miguel de Unamuno, 1921)- Requiem For A Spanish Peasant (Ramón J. Sender, 1953) - (thanks to elpatiaz.es for sending)- A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)- Unfettered Journey (Gary F. Bengier, 2020)- Made For More (Lindsay Sealey, 2022)- The Great And Secret Show (Clive Barker, 1989)- Henry IV (Luigi Pirandello, 1921)Remember you can get the show early, plus all our bonus shows including

 Welcome to Episode 25, our 2 year anniversary show! Woohoo!!This one goes a little bit long, as TheDean! & PJ chat about all the books they read in October, celebrate 2 years of books boys with some cameos and call-ins, give us their Hallowe'en recommendations, and much more. We also chat with author Gary F Bengier, original CFO of ebay (garyfbengier.com) whose book we reviewed last month. And in particular we recommend Lindsay Sealey's book Made For More (lindsaysealey.com)Books discussed include:- Doña Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1876)- The Conspirators (Alexandre Dumas, 1843)- La Tía Tula (Miguel de Unamuno, 1921)- Requiem For A Spanish Peasant (Ramón J. Sender, 1953) - (thanks to elpatiaz.es for sending)- A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)- Unfettered Journey (Gary F. Bengier, 2020)- Made For More (Lindsay Sealey, 2022)- The Great And Secret Show (Clive Barker, 1989)- Henry IV (Luigi Pirandello, 1921)Remember you can get the show early, plus all our bonus shows including

The 2nd year is at an end! Join Dean & PJ as we chat about all the books we read in September, and chat with author and founder of Speak up Sis magazine Angel Charmaine (speakupsis.com)Books discussed include:- Don Quijote part 2 (Cervantes, 1615)- Marianela (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1878)- Countess De Charny (Alexandre Dumas, 1853-5)- Speak Up Sis magazine- Unfettered Journey (Gary F. Bengier, 2020)- Scenes of Clerical Life (George Eliot, 1857)- If I Ran The Zoo (Dr. Seuss, 1950)Get all our projects at booksboys.com and our premium podcasts like Playboys and Darkplace Dreamers at patreon.com/booksboys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2nd year is at an end! Join Dean & PJ as we chat about all the books we read in September, and chat with author and founder of Speak up Sis magazine Angel Charmaine (speakupsis.com)Books discussed include:- Don Quijote part 2 (Cervantes, 1615)- Marianela (Benito Pérez Galdós, 1878)- Countess De Charny (Alexandre Dumas, 1853-5)- Speak Up Sis magazine- Unfettered Journey (Gary F. Bengier, 2020)- Scenes of Clerical Life (George Eliot, 1857)- If I Ran The Zoo (Dr. Seuss, 1950)Get all our projects at booksboys.com and our premium podcasts like Playboys and Darkplace Dreamers at patreon.com/booksboys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're almost at 2 years! Join the books boys for our round-up of the books we read in August, including some spanish classics, the end of the library of the dead, and a call-in form author Ellen Nichols (ellennichols.com)Books discussed include:- El Fin De Las Escribas / The Keepers of the Library (Glenn Cooper, 2012)- Don Quixote De La Mancha, pt1 (Miguel de Cervantes, 1605)- Una Novela y 8 Cuentos (Clarín, 1852-1901)- Body Double (Tess Gerritsen, 2004)- Alexandra C (Alexandra C, 2021)- Remember Whose Little Girl You Are (Ellen Nichols, 2022)- My Way: The Way Of The White Clouds (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, 1975)- Tess Of The d'Ubervilles (Thomas Hardy, 1891)Get the show early plus all our other shows, including Playboys and Darkplace Dreamers at patreon.com/booksboysbooksboys.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

 We're almost at 2 years! Join the books boys for our round-up of the books we read in August, including some spanish classics, the end of the library of the dead, and a call-in form author Ellen Nichols (ellennichols.com)Books discussed include:- El Fin De Las Escribas / The Keepers of the Library (Glenn Cooper, 2012)- Don Quixote De La Mancha, pt1 (Miguel de Cervantes, 1605)- Una Novela y 8 Cuentos (Clarín, 1852-1901)- Body Double (Tess Gerritsen, 2004)- Alexandra C (Alexandra C, 2021)- Remember Whose Little Girl You Are (Ellen Nichols, 2022)- My Way: The Way Of The White Clouds (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, 1975)- Tess Of The d'Ubervilles (Thomas Hardy, 1891)Get the show early plus all our other shows, including Playboys and Darkplace Dreamers at patreon.com/booksboysbooksboys.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Check out patreon.com/booksboys for all our showsPlayboys, Playboys extra, Poetry Pals, Darkplace Dreamers, Caper Captains, Forensic Friends, Film Fellows, Music Men, Games Guys, Interviews From The Vault and more! Aaaaand you get early access to our flagship show Books Boys and other goodness! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unexpectedly emerging from the dreamscape, TheDean! & Darkplace Robert are back for a new season of Darkplace Dreamers!This time, Robert takes the lead as we are review the Netflix series The SandmanEpisode 1 is available for free, the rest will be out on patreon at patreon.com/booksboys. Please be our friend. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Welcome to Books Boys Episode 22! Dean has been reading some detective novels, we get a call in from the author of Countdown To A Killing (tomvaughanmacaulay.com), PJ finally finished Discovery of Heaven and moved onto a new book, and we get a surprise call from Playboy Alex from our patreon show Playboys, to review 2 books he's read. Books discussed include:- The Books Of Souls / El Libro De Las Almas (Glenn Cooper, 2010)- The Soloist (Anne Wedgwood, 2022)- Countdown To A Killing (Thomas Vaughan Macalay, 2022)- La Regenta (Leopoldo Alas "Clarín", 1884-5)- La Boutique Del Misterio (Dino Buzzati, 1968)- The Wild Geese (Mori Ogai, 1911)- The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)- 1984 (George Orwell, 1949)Check out patreon.com/booksboys for all our other shows, including Playboys. booksboys.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Welcome to Books Boys Episode 22! Dean has been reading some detective novels, we get a call in from the author of Countdown To A Killing (tomvaughanmacaulay.com), PJ finally finished Discovery of Heaven and moved onto a new book, and we get a surprise call from Playboy Alex from our patreon show Playboys, to review 2 books he's read. Books discussed include:- The Books Of Souls / El Libro De Las Almas (Glenn Cooper, 2010)- The Soloist (Anne Wedgwood, 2022)- Countdown To A Killing (Thomas Vaughan Macalay, 2022)- La Regenta (Leopoldo Alas "Clarín", 1884-5)- La Boutique Del Misterio (Dino Buzzati, 1968)- The Wild Geese (Mori Ogai, 1911)- The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)- 1984 (George Orwell, 1949)Check out patreon.com/booksboys for all our other shows, including Playboys. booksboys.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We had a lot of fun (and stress) making this one, it's Episode 21!Join TheDean! & PJ as we give our wrap-up of the books we read in June, and the author Charles Salzberg (charlessalzberg.com) calls in to chat about his books. Books discussed include:- Canary In The Coalmine (Charles Salzberg, 2022)- Armadale (Wilkie Collins, 1864-6)- History Of The Thirteen (Honoré de Balzac, 1833-4)- Salammbô (Gustave Flaubert, 1862)- La Guerra Del Fin Del Mundo (Mario Vargas Llosa, 1981)- Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch, 1992)- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu, 400bc)- Improve Your Vision in 3 Minutes (Rui Hiramatsu, 2021)- Feiedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883-92)DOWNLOAD or stream:Remember you can get links to allow our content on booksboys.com, and get the show early, plus all our other shows like PlayBoys, Interviews From The Vault, Darkplace Dreamers, Poetry Pals and more, at patreon.com/booksboys See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We had a lot of fun (and stress) making this one, it's Episode 21!Join TheDean! & PJ as we give our wrap-up of the books we read in June, and the author Charles Salzberg (charlessalzberg.com) calls in to chat about his books. Books discussed include:- Canary In The Coalmine (Charles Salzberg, 2022)- Armadale (Wilkie Collins, 1864-6)- History Of The Thirteen (Honoré de Balzac, 1833-4)- Salammbô (Gustave Flaubert, 1862)- La Guerra Del Fin Del Mundo (Mario Vargas Llosa, 1981)- Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch, 1992)- Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu, 400bc)- Improve Your Vision in 3 Minutes (Rui Hiramatsu, 2021)- Feiedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883-92)Remember you can get links to allow our content on booksboys.com, and get the show early, plus all our other shows like PlayBoys, Interviews From The Vault, Darkplace Dreamers, Poetry Pals and more, at patreon.com/booksboys See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Welcome to Books Boys Episode 20!!We tried so hard to keep the runtime under 2hrs this month. TheDean! ventures into some more modern books, before taking refuge in dickens's deputy, and PJ sneaks in some 9th art to the reading list! We also have a surprise call-in from author Sharon Sutila to talk about her book The Stealing (thestealing.com)Books discussed include:- The Country Doctor (Honoré de Balzac, 1833)- The House of the Cat and Racket (Balzac, 1830)- Little Novels (Wilkie Collins, 1887) - The Perfume (Patrick Suskind, 1985)- Lunar Park (Bret Easton Ellis, 2005)- The Stealing (S.A. Sutila, 2021)- The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch, 1992)- Comet In Moominland (Tove Jansson, 1946)- The Hundred Year Old Man (Jonas Jonasson, 2009)- Nimm's Leicht! (Loriot, 1981)Don't forget if you want the show early, a books boys exclusive t-shirt, the privilege to recommend us books to review on the show, and all our amazing other shows, including Playboys, Darkplace Dreamers, Film Fellows, Interviews From

 Welcome to Books Boys Episode 20!!We tried so hard to keep the runtime under 2hrs this month. TheDean! ventures into some more modern books, before taking refuge in dickens's deputy, and PJ sneaks in some 9th art to the reading list! We also have a surprise call-in from author Sharon Sutila to talk about her book The Stealing (thestealing.com)Books discussed include:- The Country Doctor (Honoré de Balzac, 1833)- The House of the Cat and Racket (Balzac, 1830)- Little Novels (Wilkie Collins, 1887) - The Perfume (Patrick Suskind, 1985)- Lunar Park (Bret Easton Ellis, 2005)- The Stealing (S.A. Sutila, 2021)- The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch, 1992)- Comet In Moominland (Tove Jansson, 1946)- The Hundred Year Old Man (Jonas Jonasson, 2009)- Nimm's Leicht! (Loriot, 1981):Don't forget if you want the show early, a books boys exclusive t-shirt, the privilege to recommend us books to review on the show, and all our amazing other shows, including Playboys, Darkplace Dreamers, Film Fellows, Interviews Fro

Books (and plays) discussed include:- Far Away (Carol Churchill, 2000)- Lost Illusions (Honoré de Balzac (1837-43)- The Marriage Contract (Balzac, 1835) - The Marquess's Daughter (Alexandre Dumas, 1870)- The Kindness Workbook (Robin Raven, 2021)- Sidelined: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health (Susan Salenger, 2022)- Samurais of Fukushima: The Battle Of The Dead (Hugo Cukurs, 2018)- Peer Gynt; Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen, 1867; 1882)- A Monster Calls( Patrick Ness, 2011)- Hans (comics, 1980-2000)- The Reader (Bernhard Schlink, 1995)Remember you can get Books Boys early, plus all our other great shows exclusively at patreon.com/booksboys, the only place to hear ALL our shows, including Playboys, Film Fellows, Caper Captains, Forensic Friends, Poetry Pals, Interviews From The Vault, Darkplace Dreamers & more), you can also get special books boys merch.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Books (and plays) discussed include:- Far Away (Carol Churchill, 2000)- Lost Illusions (Honoré de Balzac (1837-43)- The Marriage Contract (Balzac, 1835) - The Marquess's Daughter (Alexandre Dumas, 1870)- The Kindness Workbook (Robin Raven, 2021)- Sidelined: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health (Susan Salenger, 2022)- Samurais of Fukushima: The Battle Of The Dead (Hugo Cukurs, 2018)- Peer Gynt; Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen, 1867; 1882)- A Monster Calls( Patrick Ness, 2011)- Hans (comics, 1980-2000)- The Reader (Bernhard Schlink, 1995)Remember you can get Books Boys early, plus all our other great shows exclusively at patreon.com/booksboys, the only place to hear ALL our shows, including Playboys, Film Fellows, Caper Captains, Forensic Friends, Poetry Pals, Interviews From The Vault, Darkplace Dreamers & more), you can also get special books boys merch.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode 18! We are books men! TheDean! & PJ tell us about their March reads, and chat with the author Kemka Ezinwo about her book Captured Within (agneskaye.com)Books Discussed include:- Joseph Balsamo / Memoirs Of a Physician pt2 (Alexandre Dumas, 1846)- Bouvard et Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert, 1881)- The Illustrious Gaudissart (Honoré de Balzac, 1833)- Poetry Anthology (Miguel Hernandez, 1933-42)- Captured Within (Kemka Ezinwo, 2018)- Gallery Of Mothers (J.S. Latshaaw, 2020)- Top Girls (Caryl Churchill, 1982)- Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005)- El Asesinato de Socrates, (Marcos Chicot, 2016)- The Cat In The Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, McElligot's Pool, If I Ran The Circus (Dr Seuss, 1947-57)Check out all our extra shows including Caper Captains, Poetry Pals, Darkplace Dreamers, Interviews From The Vault, PlayBoys and more at patreon.com/booksboys See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode 18! We are books men! TheDean! & PJ tell us about their March reads, and chat with the author Kemka Ezinwo about her book Captured Within (agneskaye.com)Books Discussed include:- Joseph Balsamo / Memoirs Of a Physician pt2 (Alexandre Dumas, 1846)- Bouvard et Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert, 1881)- The Illustrious Gaudissart (Honoré de Balzac, 1833)- Poetry Anthology (Miguel Hernandez, 1933-42)- Captured Within (Kemka Ezinwo, 2018)- Gallery Of Mothers (J.S. Latshaaw, 2020)- Top Girls (Caryl Churchill, 1982)- Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005)- El Asesinato de Socrates, (Marcos Chicot, 2016)- The Cat In The Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, McElligot's Pool, If I Ran The Circus (Dr Seuss, 1947-57)Check out all our extra shows including Caper Captains, Poetry Pals, Darkplace Dreamers, Interviews From The Vault, PlayBoys and more at patreon.com/booksboys See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Welcome to a fun positivity-filled episode where we loved all the books we read this month!! TheDean! & PJ chat about all their February reads and their recent excursions to bookshops together, give some recommendations, and interview our surprise guest, the author JS Latshaw (jlatshaw.com).We close with "It's So Hard", used with permission, by the amazing Rachael Sage. Books discussed include:- Winterset Hollow (Jonathan Edward Durham, 2021)- The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas, 1850)- Joseph Balsamo (aka Memoirs Of A Physician vol 1) (Alexandre Dumas, 1946-8)- Como Agua Para Chocolate (Laura Esquivel, 1992)- Lives Of Eminent Philosophers (Diogenes Laertius, c.200 BC)- Waiting For Godot (Samuel Beckett, 1953)- The Member Of The Wedding (Carson McCullers, 1946)- Un Viejo que leía novelas de amor (1988); Historia de una gaviota y del gato que enseñó a volar (1996), historia de un perro llamado Leal (2016) (all Luis Sepúlveda)- The Threat Below (J.S. Latshaw, 2015)You can get our show early, plus al