Kendall Bookworms

A podcast where two brothers discuss books that they love and the occasional book that missed the mark. We will deep dive into our thoughts about the books along with the themes and book group discussion points that we find pertinent. All the books will be spoiled; you have been warned.

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Episodes

Wednesday Jun 05, 2024

Welcome to our humble little podcast. Season one is rapidly coming to an end. This month is Alex's last pick! He gave Joe an easy one. The brothers buddy-read the lovely and epic children's novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. 
 
It is a book that Alex absolutely adores. One of those books that once he started reading, he couldn't put it down until he finished it in one sitting. Joe, he's a bit more cynical and wants more blood and glory in his readings, had a bit harder time getting through it. But even the black hearted older brother found some interesting topics that he couldn't stop yammering on. 
 
Next month is Joe's last pick. He picked the space opera epic from Iain M Banks to wrap the season up. We will all be reading the third Culture book, Use of Weapons. If you have never read the other books in the series, that is okay. This series is designed to be able to be read out of order. So give it a look. 
 
Please help us grow this podcast. The more listeners we get the more we can do. While Alex and Joe love talking books it is nice to know we aren't the only two out there blathering into the universe. 
 
If you would like to get ahold of us you can at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
And now we have a Facebook Page. Check it out at;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553038528087
 
We have also started publishing all our audio files onto YouTube. If you would rather listen from there, the link is at;
www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/

Monday May 20, 2024

Today we have another fan recommendation! Sadly, it was a bit of a miss for Joe and Alex this time. Listen to how the brothers discuss how they are such book snobs that they couldn't get into something as interesting as a celebrity memoir. They do have a good time discussing it none the less. And they hope that they get more recommendations in the future. So don't feel shy giving us more books to read!
 
Our next regularly scheduled book is going to be out June 5th. It is the children's book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. So make sure that you have subscribed and get the updates on whatever podcast app that you use, so that you don't miss it.
 
We hope that you enjoy this episode. 
 
You can contact us at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
We are also finally getting onto YouTube. You can find our channel at;
https://www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/
 

The Liar Book Discussion

Sunday May 05, 2024

Sunday May 05, 2024

Welcome to our latest episode. For this month, Alex and Joe read a strange novel by one of Joe's favorite people of all time. We read The Liar by Stephen Fry. This is kind of a spy novel but not. It is also a coming of age novel, but again not. One thing that it is, is funny. Or at least Joe thinks that. Give us a listen to find out why Alex thinks otherwise. And see who you agree with by reading along with us.
 
Next month will be another of Alex's picks. The critically acclaimed children's novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. That will be out June 5th. And don't forget to tune in on the 20th of every month for our bonus episodes. The one this month will be another fan recommendation. Excitement!
 
Please help us grow this podcast. The more listeners we get the more we can do. While Alex and Joe love talking books it is nice to know we aren't the only two out there blathering into the universe. 
 
If you would like to get ahold of us you can at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
And now we have a Facebook Page. Check it out at;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553038528087
 
We have also started publishing all our audio files onto YouTube. If you would rather listen from there, the link is at;
www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/

Saturday Apr 20, 2024

Hello all!
 
Today's bonus episode was a fan suggestion. This super fan had the request that we read a lost classic called The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread by Don Robertson. This story is one of the novels that got the great Stephen King interested in writing. Give it a listen to see what two lesser known brothers think of it.
 
Our next regularly scheduled book is going to be The Liar by another great Stephen. Stephen Fry that is. It will be out May 5th, so make sure you remember to give it a download so that we know that you guys are listening.
 
We hope that you enjoy this episode. 
 
You can contact us at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
We are also finally getting onto YouTube. You can find our channel at;
https://www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/
 

Friday Apr 05, 2024

This month Alex and Joe discuss another controversial book. Today we are talking about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. We don't delve too deeply into the controversy about the author, as neither of us looked too hard into it. It didn't really have much to do with the assigned reading. What we do discuss though, is how much we both enjoyed rereading this fun little story about an Indian leaving the reservation. We hope you get something out of this discussion also.
 
Next month we will be reading The Liar by Stephen Fry. This is a Joe pick. It is a bit more of a complicated reading than this months read. But Joe believes a good change of pace. We will see what Alex has to say about that.
 
And don't forget to be on the lookout for our "bonus" episode. We put those out on the 20th of every month. These are book discussions that are generated by other people. Some books we end up loving. Some we don't. Most of them we haven't read before, so it is always an exciting adventure for Joe and Alex to dive into none-the-less.
 
Please help us grow this podcast. The more listeners we get the more we can do. While Alex and Joe love talking books it is nice to know we aren't the only two out there blathering into the universe. 
 
If you would like to get ahold of us you can at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
And now we have a Facebook Page. Check it out at;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553038528087
 
We have also started publishing all our audio files onto YouTube. If you would rather listen from there, the link is at;
www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/

Wednesday Mar 20, 2024

For National Women's Month, we have a special book for everyone. Becky joins Joe to discuss the book Valliant Women by Lena Andrews. It is about the women that helped win World War Two; the brave women that broke tradition to assist our Soldiers and Marines and Navy in whatever capacity that they could. Becky gets her heckles up and Joe makes sure to needle her when appropriate. This one will teach everyone a lot of nearly forgotten and lost history. We highly recommend that people check this book out. Becky skipped a lot of the book, so more information can be delved into reading this one.
 
Our next regularly scheduled book, The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, will be out on April 5th. So make sure you subscribe so you don't miss it.
 
We hope that you enjoy this episode. 
 
You can contact us at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
We are also finally getting onto YouTube. You can find our channel at;
https://www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/
 

Lamb Book Discussion

Tuesday Mar 05, 2024

Tuesday Mar 05, 2024

This month Joe and Alex discuss the book, Lamb, the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. This was Joe's pick. As he says, one of his top 5 books of all time. This is a controversial book about the "lost years" of Jesus and how he developed his teachings. A perfect book to read leading up to Easter this year, so you can really piss off your overly religious relatives as the heathen that you are.
 
Also, Alex says like, like a million times. I had to give up editing them all out, otherwise I would still be working on that. If any of you are listening through Spotify, throw out a comment letting us know how many Alex still said in this podcast. Guilt him a little into trying to talk like an actual adult again please.
 
Next month we will be discussing another controversial book. Alex is having us read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
 
Our bonus episode this month, we will be joined again with everyone's favorite guest host, Becky. She will be doing a special talk on strong women in World War 2 as an homage Women's Month and all those women in our history that have sacrificed to get us to where we are today.
 
Please help us grow this podcast. The more listeners we get the more we can do. While Alex and Joe love talking books it is nice to know we aren't the only two out there blathering into the universe. 
 
If you would like to get ahold of us you can at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
And now we have a Facebook Page. Check it out at;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553038528087
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/

Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

In this bonus episode, Becky was kind enough to join Joe again and discuss some fairytale retellings. Becky picked out two of her favorite childhood retellings, The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe. Becky has lots of questions about why we retell so many fairytales, and why so many are based on women. We would love to hear back from all of our listeners on their theories.
 
At the end of this podcast, Joe's mic apparently decided to stop working correctly, and he was completely oblivious to it while it was happening. We apologize. We are trying to figure out what is going on. So please bear with it. We promise we have been better about catching it in other episodes.
 
You can listen to the Myths and Legends Podcast episode that Joe mentioned about the Russian version of Cinderella at;
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1DjsERZm4AxTfcETeQe9p4?si=X282XZotQymdMskBR8N3gw
 
Our next regularly scheduled episode will be Lamb by Christopher Moore. So stay tuned for that bag of fun.
 
We hope that you enjoy this episode. 
 
You can contact us at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/
 
We are also finally getting onto YouTube. You can find our channel at;
https://www.youtube.com/@Kendallbookworms
 

Monday Feb 05, 2024

This month Alex and Joe discuss the book, Gone Baby Gone by Denis Lehane. This is a crime thriller that takes place in '90s Boston. Both of us reflect on those simpler times and the tropes that these kinds of books loved to throw around back then. One thing that we had to keep reminding ourselves of, no cell phones. Oh how times have changed.
 
Our next book we will be discussing will be Lamb by Christopher Moore. It is a controversial book and one of Joe's all time favorites. So we hope you read along with us for this one. As we know you all are doing anyways... Right?
 
And don't forget to come back on the 20th for our next bonus episode. Joe promises that it is not a repeat of last months. No sexy talk at all. Other than whatever Becky jokingly says anyways.
 
Please help us grow this podcast. The more listeners we get the more we can do. While Alex and Joe love talking books it is nice to know we aren't the only two out there blathering into the universe. 
 
If you would like to get ahold of us you can at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
And now we have a Facebook Page. Check it out at;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553038528087
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/

Saturday Jan 20, 2024

In this episode we have two very special guests today. Both our wives, Becky and Megan are here to discuss a book that Alex is calling the greatest classic since Gilgamesh and Joe thinks it as the dumbest thing ever written...
 
We are talking about the book, Stuffed by Sylvia Morrow. 87 pages of pure hell. About a sentient pillow. And the love making that ensued. This is a smut book of the most embarrassing kind. And yes there are tentacles. Alex does believe that this podcast may be even better than the book. And he loved the book...
 
Warning, this episode is meant for adults only. If you are under 18 please politely fuck off and listen to one of our other episodes. 
 
Our next episode is thankfully a normal book. We will be reading and discussing Gone Baby Gone by Denis Lehane. So please don't give up on us now and check that episode out when it gets posted.
 
You can contact us at;
kendallbookworms@gmail.com
 
Our Instagram is;
https://www.instagram.com/kendallbookworms/
 
Alex has some self-published books. You can find those at;
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Kendall/author/B0BR8LBFJ8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
 
This podcast is hosted by podbean. Please check us out there and like and comment either there or where ever you listen to you podcasts.
https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/
 

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