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| Oct 25 | #181 | #151 |
| Oct 24 | — | #180 |
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| Oct 22 | #179 | #149 |
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Crossing to Safety: Part 1, Chapters 6-10
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Q&A Episode
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The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn: To the End
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 24-31
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 9-16
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About the show
Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader co-hosted by David Kern, Heidi White, Sean Johnson, and occasionally Tim McIntosh. We read good books and talk about them.
This is a show for amateurs in the best sense. This is not an experts show: we’re book lovers, book enthusiasts. Our goal is have empathetic and intelligent conversations about good books.
Close Reads is produced by Goldberry Studios, the podcast wing of Goldberry Books, a family-run indie bookshop in Concord, NC.
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