Previously: We laughed & cried at Someone Great.
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Sweeney: I had a ton of fun talking about The Golden Compass and it continues to be a true joy to have long, thoughtful conversations about our favorite stories. The Discord chat for this one got a little rushed because we had a mid-month recording, but I think it all worked out ok in the end.
This book suffers from a lot of the problems that often plague middle books in a series, but still manages to have some really lovely and important moments for the series overall and it was great to get to reexamine some of my thoughts on the series.
We were joined once again by Connor O’Brien who also shares his wonderful bookish thoughts on his YouTube channel. Filling in for Sara as Actual Childhood Reader is our good friend Amanda McLoughlin who is the co-host of Spirits a boozy podcast about mythology & folklore and the founder of Multitude Productions.
Find out how we found this second installment in Pullman’s trilogy:
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As always, thank you to Stefan Chin for our delightful theme music.
For those of you watching and reading along, here is our planned upcoming media in the order they’ll be released: Game of Thrones Season 8, Good Omens (show), and Men In Black: International.
