Between The Covers

By: Jay Ruud and Stacey Margaret Jones
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  • Author Jay Ruud has read every ”100 Best Book” list there is, so it’s only natural that he would create his own. Listen to each episode as he and his wife, author Stacey Margaret Jones discuss a book from his carefully cultivated ”100 Lovable Books” list. Stacey interviews Jay on what makes the book ”lovable” and where it ranks on the master list. They’ll also discuss current books in the CHAOS READER segment.
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Episodes
  • The Truth of Fiction in All the King's Men

    The Truth of Fiction in All the King's Men
    Feb 18 2025

    Jay and Stacey explore Robert Penn Warren's ALL THE KING'S MEN in this week's entry in Jay's list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language. This 80-year-old American political novel is as relevant now as it was in 1946 when Warren crafted the story of the charismatic and flawed governor Willie Stark and the moral journey of those around him.
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    32 mins
  • Sisterhood trumps Patriarchy in The Color Purple

    Sisterhood trumps Patriarchy in The Color Purple
    Feb 11 2025

    Alice Walker's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel The Color Purple is one of those Big Deal books, but what makes this story of the degradation and the triumph of two sisters in the American South lovable to read? Jay talks about why it landed on his list and Chaos Reader chimes in with this week's pick.
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    35 mins
  • So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

    So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
    Feb 4 2025

    Billy Pilgrim is unstuck in time. He survives the firebombing of Dresden and goes to the planet Tralfamador. But don't worry: Death is only in your imagination.

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    33 mins

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