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Between The Covers

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.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Go Through the Looking-Glass to Wonderland with Alice … and Us

    Go Through the Looking-Glass to Wonderland with Alice … and Us
    Aug 19 2025

    Jay adds Lewis Carroll’s companion novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in English. He and Stacey talk about the delightful prose in the children’s book and some of the reasons it’s enchanting for adults, as well. Chaos Reader talks to Jay about his Substack, which is one of her newest reading pleasures.
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    39 mins
  • Step with Us to the Original Pirate Tale: Treasure Island

    Step with Us to the Original Pirate Tale: Treasure Island
    Aug 11 2025

    This coming-of-age tale still ranks on Jay’s list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in English, because even as a retiree, the tale of “buccaneers and buried gold” still moves him with its imagination and insight. Chaos Reader shares one of her recent writing projects.
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    46 mins
  • A Post-Modernist Tale Inspired by an OG Novel: The Sot-Weed Factor

    A Post-Modernist Tale Inspired by an OG Novel: The Sot-Weed Factor
    Aug 5 2025

    This week’s addition to the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language list is John Barth’s Sot-Weed Factor, which Jay loves and Stacey hasn’t read (you might not have either…but you may want to after listening). Chaos Reader shares a new anthology that she and Jay have stories in.
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    40 mins
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