Book Reviews Episodes

Oct. 16, 2023

EP 222: Book Review: Orhan Pamuk’s “Silent House”

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...

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July 3, 2023

EP 207: Book Review: “A Marker To Measure Drift” by Alexander Maksik

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...

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June 19, 2023

EP 205: Book Review: “A Whole Life” by Robert Seethaler

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 …

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Jan. 2, 2023

EP 182: Book Review: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

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...

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Dec. 19, 2022

EP 180: Book Review: "Red Sky at Noon" by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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...

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March 13, 2022

EP 141: Reviewing Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" - with R.N. Roveleh

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...

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Feb. 28, 2022

EP 139: Reviewing "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen - with R.N. Roveleh

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...

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Feb. 20, 2022

EP 137: Reviewing "The Lady From the Sea" by Henrik Ibsen - with R.N.…

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...

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Jan. 28, 2022

EP 128: Mikhail Lermontov's "The Demon" - Similarities with "The Book…

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...

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Jan. 22, 2022

EP 123: Tete.Depunk Reviews "The Book of Joel" by Fortunus Games

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...

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Dec. 27, 2021

EP 104: Reviewing Mikhail Sholokhov's "And Quiet Flows the Don" - wit…

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...

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Oct. 24, 2021

EP 91.5: "Lucky Wolf" by R.N. Roveleh (Helevorn_bor) - Flipthrough an…

WATCH ON YOUTUBE to see us flipping through the book: https://youtu.be/9JHAkP-MILE In this episode, @tete.depunk and @fortunusgames review and flip through R.N. Roveleh (@helevorn_bor)'s first-ever hard copy novel, "Lucky Wol...

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Oct. 17, 2021

EP 90.5: "The Book of Joel: Volume One" by Imelda Wei Ding Lo - Flipt…

WATCH ON YOUTUBE to see us flip through the book: https://youtu.be/QwgTbfsvJHE In this episode, @tete.depunk and @fortunusgames review and flip through @fortunusgames' hard copy of her graphic novel, "The Book of Joel: Volume...

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May 18, 2021

EP 70: Book Reviews (5) - "The Counterlife" by Philip Roth

In this episode, Tete and Fortunus talk about "The Counterlife" by Philip Roth, one of Fortunus' favorite novels that Tete also read a few years ago. We talk about how our views of this metafictional novel have changed since ...

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Jan. 12, 2021

EP 53: Book Reviews (3): E.M. Forster's "Maurice"

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