Book Reviews Episodes

Today, host Fortunus Games reviews John D. Wilsey’s “American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea.” Find out why she gave this book 5/5 stars and why she found it a useful resource for unders...

Host Fortunus Games reviews one of her favorite books, Philip Roth's "The Counterlife." She had previously reviewed it with co-host Tete DePunk in 2021 (Episode 70 of this podcast) , but she wants to give a more streamlined s...

In this episode, host Fortunus Games reviews one of her favorite books, Orhan Pamuk's "My Name is Red." Set in 16th century Ottoman Empire, this book is a murder mystery at its core. The first chapter is from the perspective …

Fortunus Games, the host of this podcast, reviews one of her favorite books, Philip Roth’s “American Pastoral.” This book explores how an all-American athlete, veteran, and business owner's life falls apart when his daughter ...

Host Fortunus Games reviews a book by one of her favorite authors, Orhan Pamuk - “Silent House.” Written in 1983, “Silent House” is Pamuk’s second novel. It tells the story of three siblings - Faruk, a historian, Nilgun, a so...

Hi, everyone. Today, it’s just me, Fortunus Games, the host of this podcast. Today, I’ll be reviewing a book that I read last year, “A Marker To Measure Drift” by Alexander Maksik. I found it on discount through Chapters Indi...

Hi, everyone. Today, it’s just me, Fortunus Games, the host of this podcast. Today, I’ll be reviewing a book that Tete DePunk and I read last year, “A Whole Life” by Robert Seethaler. I found it on the House of …

Watch on YouTube (with PowerPoint slides) . Read the transcript of this video here . In this episode of "The Nuts and Bolts of Writing," R.N. Roveleh (a.k.a. Helevorn) and I, Fortunus Games, review and analyze Joseph Conrad's...

Watch on YouTube (with PowerPoint). Helevorn (Instagram: @helevorn_bor) and I review Simon Sebag Montefiore's historical novel, "Red Sky at Noon." We explore the following and more: What prompted me to read this book? What a...

Watch on YouTube . Today, me and Helevorn (IG: @helevorn_bor) talk about one of her favorite plays, "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen. We cover the following questions: 1. Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, published in 1890, is consi...

Watch on YouTube . This week, me and R.N. Roveleh (Instagram: @helevorn_bor) discuss one of her favorite books/plays, "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen. We discuss the following and more: 1. This play, when published in 1881, was see...

Watch on YouTube ! Today, me and R.N. Roveleh (Instagram: @helevorn_bor) talk about Henrik Ibsen's play, "The Lady from the Sea," which subconsciously influenced her character, Merwyn, whom she's written about in the short st...

Watch on YouTube ! Watch the full opera clip here - Mikhail Lermontov's "The Demon" Act III: https://youtu.be/3uTgVsaVIUc Today, me and @tete.depunk talk about Mikhail Lermontov's poem, "The Demon," and how it reminds us of m...

Watch on YouTube. In this episode, @tete.depunk and I talk about my series, "The Book of Joel," which @tete.depunk just adores. We look at a couple of chapters/parts that she really loves. You can read "The Book of Joel" here...

In this episode, Fortunus Games and Tete review "And Quiet Flows the Don"! We explore the virtues and shortcomings of this literary masterpiece, including why it is a great political and social epic, but also why it sometimes...