Warning: Spoiler's Abound....In this episode we explore the theme of betrayal in the thrillers, The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena vs. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.  The Couple Next Door is the story of a young couple whose lives are thrown into the worst kind of Hell when their baby is kidnapped while they are at a next door neighbor’s dinner party.

Book Club Juxtapositions

Ep 16 The Couple Next Door

Clips and Highlights from Episode 16 The Couple Next DoorFYI... Trailer and Episode are Spoiler-Filled. In this episode we juxtapose the theme of betrayal in the psychological thrillers, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides vsThe Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. Available June 1, 2020Music from Zapsplat.com

Trailer: EP 16 The Couple Next Door

FYI... Trailer and Episode are Spoiler-Filled. In this episode we will juxtapose the theme of betrayal in the psychological thrillers, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides vs The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena.  The Silent Patient is the story of Alicia Berenson, an artist with a troubled past, who is arrested and sentenced to confinement in an asylum for the murder of her husband, and the psychotherapist who is bound and determined to set her free from her self-imposed silent exile from life. 

EP 15 The Silent Patient

Clips and Highlights from Episode 15 The Silent PatientFYI... Trailer and Episode are Spoiler-Filled. In this episode we juxtapose the theme of betrayal in the psychological thrillers, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides vs The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. Available May 18, 2020Music provided by Zapsplat.com

TRAILER: EP 15 The Silent Patient

In this episode we examine the theme of the Power of Nature through through the literary lens of Masaru Emoto's The Hidden Messages in Water vs Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.The Hidden Messages in Water provides a scientific framework for how words, feelings and intentions can influence water crystals and, therefore, it stands to reason, because humans are made up of 90% water, human's physical and mental health.

EP14 The Hidden Messages in Water

Clips and Highlights from Episode 14 The Hidden Messages in Water.In this episode we examine the theme of the power of nature through the literary lens of Masaru Emoto's The Hidden Messages in Water vs Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Available May 4, 2020Music provided by Zapsplat.com

Trailer: EP 14 The Hidden Messages in Water

In this episode we examine the theme of power of nature through the literary sense of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein vs. Masaru Emoto's The Hidden Messages in Water.Considered by many to be the first Science Fiction novel, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, whose scientific ambitions drive him to invent a new species, but a lack of love and acceptance fuels his creation to commit murder.The power of nature is paradoxically a force of creation and destruction. Such a power deserves awe and reverence.  One ignores the magnitude of its duality at his or her own peril. 

EP13: Frankenstein

Clips and Highlights from Episode 13 Frankenstein. In this episode we examine the theme of the power of nature through the literary lens of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein vs Masaru Emoto's The Hidden Messages in Water.Available April 20, 2020Music provided by Zapsplat.com

Trailer: EP 13 Frankenstein

In this episode we discuss the following works of Dorothy Parker: Horsie, The Waltz and Mrs. Post Enlarges on Etiquette. All of us have an internal voice that at times we dare not share with the external world for fear of judgement, or oppression. The genius of these two strong female writers is how brilliantly they rip the bandaid off and show the ugly truth about truth. 

EP12: Dorothy Parker: Horsie, The Waltz and Mrs. Post Enlarges on Etiquette.

Clips and Highlights from Episode 12- Dorothy Parker In this episode we discuss the following works of Dorothy Parker: Horsie, The Waltz and Mrs. Post Enlarges on Etiquette. Juxtaposed with Episode 11- A Room of One's Own- Virginia WoolfAvailable April 6. 2020

Trailer: EP 12 Dorothy Parker: Horsie, The Waltz and Mrs. Post Enlarges on Etiquette.

 In this episode we examine, Virginia Woolf’s: A Room of One’s Own, an extended essay, which argues that women need a physical and metaphorical place in order to write and how oppression of these voices causes a contrast between feminine internal voices to their patriarchal external realities. 

EP 11 Virginia Woolf- A Room of One's Own

Clips and Highlights from Episode 11- A Room of One's Own Juxtaposed with Episode 12- Dorothy Parker: Horsie, The Waltz and Mrs. Post Enlarges on Etiquette. Available March 23. 2020

Trailer: Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own

In this episode we juxtapose the quest for power in The Prince by Niccolo Machivelli vs. Sun Tzu's The Art of War.  The Prince is a 16th Century treatise or perhaps more accurately political philosophy by Niccolo Machiavelli which has become synonymous with its cynical, win at all costs, view on power and those who hold it.  

EP10 The Prince- Machiavelli

Clips and Highlights from Episode 10 The Prince- Machiavelli juxtaposed with Episode 9 The Art of WarAvailable March 9, 2020“Music from https://www.zapsplat.com“

Trailer: The Prince- Machiavelli

The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient Chinese treatise on military strategies and tactics. In this episode we juxtapose the quest for power in The Art of War by Sun Tzu and The Prince by Nicole Machiavelli as told through different literary characters.   

EP9 The Art of War

Hello, and welcome to the Book Club Juxtapositions podcast! A book club where each month we discuss two pieces of literature and juxtapose them based on theme, plot, author style, societal norms and basically just how the book grabs ya!

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