Episode 32: Guiltier Pleasure Books

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Books in this Episode (click to buy):

• Playboy (1-year auto-renewal)
• The World According to Twitter
• A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
• In Cold Blood
• Atlas Shrugged

Episode 31: Turn the Page and Cough

Books in this Episode (click to buy):

• The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
• My Anxious Mind: A Teen’s Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic
• Salary Tutor: Learn the Salary Negotiation Secrets No One Ever Taught You

Episode 30: The Three Laws of Two and a Half Men

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Books in this Episode (click to buy):

• I, Robot
• Zombie Spaceship Wasteland: A Book by Patton Oswalt
• The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder
• The Books of Great Alta: Comprising ‘Sister Light, Sister Dark’ and ‘White Jenna’

In this volume, we talk about terrible fonts, the correct pronunciation of Neanderthal, and Bob Dylan’s ghost writer. Amanda and Brandon talk about textbooks we actually enjoyed reading and just couldn’t sell back.

Episode 28: This Book Property of Severus Snape

Books in this Episode (click to buy):

1. Introduction to Physical Anthropology 2011-2012 Edition
2. Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)
3. Halo: The Fall of Reach
4. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions (P.S.)

We wanted to do something different for this episode; we wanted to share our favorite books of the year with you. Amanda and Brandon read a selection of the best book they read in 2010 to prep for another great year of reading.

Episode 27-5: Best Reads of 2010

Books in this Episode (click to buy):

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
• The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

In this holly jolly volume, we talk about how child labor created Christmas, hotels that try to kill you, and creepy elves that watch your children. To continue our Christmas-themed month, Amanda and Brandon talk about Christmas stories with and about Ghosts including A Christmas Carol and The Shining.

Episode 27: Ghosts of Christmas Books

Books in this Episode (click to buy):

1. A Christmas Carol
2. The Shining
3. Holidays on Ice (includes Santaland Diaries)
4. When I Was Joe

On this volume, we talk about the presumptions of gift-giving, how Al Roker is wrong, and the genius of Sir Richard Branson. To start the Holiday shopping season, Brandon and Amanda talk about the art of buying books as gifts with some tips to find the best deal. We also talk about YouTube indie-band Pomplamoose and how they are giving away their new Christmas album to those who donate books to the Richmond Book Drive. Support their cause here!

Episode 25: Harry Potter

In this volume, we talk about how Harry is older than us, Wizards in America, and Killing Spider Man. Amanda and Brandon finally get to talk about Harry Potter in the longest/most magical Do Nothing But Read EVER!

Episode 25: Harry Potter

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On this volume, we talk about french speech impediments, elfin humorists, and wizard hormones. Amanda and Brandon continue their series on humor books after the Booktober break and discuss David Sedaris.

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Episode 23: So Can You America

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On this episode, we talk about naked Supreme Court Justices, meta-books, and Kanye West. Amanda and Brandon discuss the Daily Show’s books, America (the book) and I Am America and So Can You.

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Episode 23: So Can You America

On this volume we talk about parenthetical italics, creepy hotels in Colorado, and everyone in New Zealand. Amanda and Brandon talk about Stephen King, focusing on the man himself and his writing style.

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Episode 21: Scary Short Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Episode 21: Scary Short Stories to Tell in the Dark

On this volume we talk about sexy romanians, pussy monsters, and lesbian vampires. Amanda and Brandon start Booktober, where they will be talking about different scary topics each week leading up to Halloween. This week, they are facing the classics, Dracula and Frankenstein.

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Episode 20: Frankenstein… Facebook friend?

Books in this Episode:

1. Frankenstein
2. Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)

On this volume we talk about Furry Lobsters, hobo museums, and Cute Bats. Amanda and Brandon talk about John Hodgman’s fake almanacs “The Areas of My Expertise” and “More Information Than You Require.”

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Episode 17: An Immortal’s Guide to Sleeping with Mortals

Books in this Episode:

1. The Areas of My Expertise
2. More Information Than You Require
3. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye (v. 1)
4. Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) – Library Edition
5. Freedom: A Novel (Oprah’s Book Club)

On this volume we talk about Jew Fros, The Muppet Movie, and why publishers love Oprah. This week’s episode is all about books about the road, that all-american idea that a journey will solve all of someone’s problems.

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Episode 17: An Immortal’s Guide to Sleeping with Mortals

Books in this Episode:

1. An Abundance of Katherines
2. Up in the Air (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books)
3. Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
4. Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)

On this volume we talk about Sorority Slumber Parties, Evil mutant Toads, and a lot of Zombies. After spending and episode absolutely gushing over a book, Amanda and Brandon prove they are still fair and discuss books they hate!

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Episode 17: An Immortal’s Guide to Sleeping with Mortals

Books in this Episode:

1. “The Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping with Chicks” by Jen Sincero
2. Tuck Everlasting
3. Paul Is Undead
   
4. Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)
5. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
6. Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life

On this special episode, Amanda and Brandon talk about Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Kim Pine, and Wallace Wells. In one giant nerdy gush fest, your hosts talk about the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels and their new feature film adaption.

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Episode 16: Scott Pilgrim VS The Podcast

Books in this Episode:

Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life

On this volume we talk about sexy and angry stewardesses, demon hunters, and Love in Indonesia. Join Amanda and Brandon as they talk about two non-fiction books that sound so fantastic, it is hard to believe they are true, yet they are!

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Episode 15: Truer than True Tales

Books in this Episode:

1. Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
3. City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)
4. Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life
5. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

In this volume, Amanda and Brandon tackle cookbooks that are good readin’ and eatin’, making meatloaf for your pathetic reserve boyfriend, and cathedral construction.

Recipes in this episode:

• Black Beans in Mango Sauce
• Savory Corn Cakes
• Gordon Ramsay’s Macaroni and Cheese

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Episode 12: The Joy of Cooking Woodchuck

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1. Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006
2. Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy
3. I’m Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking
4. Alton Brown’s Gear For Your Kitchen
5. The New Moosewood Cookbook (Mollie Katzen’s Classic Cooking)
6. Saucepans & the Single Girl
7. Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life
8. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
9. American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

In this episode, Amanda and Brandon talk about Autobiographies and Memoirs, Apples and Lady Gaga, and wife swapping. What is the difference between a autobiography and a memoir? Will Amanda ever like biographies? These questions answered and more.

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Episode 11

Books in This Episode:

1. Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz
2. My Story: Illustrated Edition By Marilyn Monroe
3. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
4. Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
5. Losing My Virginity: How I’ve Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
6. Burton on Burton, 2nd Revised Edition
7. Private Parts by Howard Stern
8. Miss America by Howard Stern
9. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
10. The Best International Recipe
11. The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, No. 3)

In this episode, Amanda and Brandon tackle the classics. Like them or hate them, the classics are basically must-reads, but what exactly is a classic? Can Brandon say a certain word on a podcast? Is Little Women and Sex and the City the same thing? We also add a new chapter, book news! The Audible Great Summer Giveaway is available at audible.com/summer.

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Episode 10: The C-Word, Classics!

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1. Little Women (Unabridged Classics)
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics)
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife
4. The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2009) (Vintage International)
5. Pretty Monsters: Stories

On this episode of Do Nothing But Read, Amanda and Brandon discuss Do Nothing But Read Day. DNBR Day is the holiday founded by Amanda where everyone throws all other things aside to finish that book they have had hanging around for months.

New rules!!

• You have to read. This can be whatever format you want: paperback, hardcover, eBook, newspaper, comic book, etc.
• You have to enjoy yourself.

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Episode 9: Special Edition, THE DAY

Books in This Episode:

1. The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, No. 3) By Dan Brown
2. Lips Touch: Three Times By Laini Taylor
3. The Dust of 100 Dogs By A.S. King
4. King of the Screwups By K.L Going
5. In the Path of Falling Objects By Andrew Smith