HeyJaredBreaking Down Bad Books
A podcast analysing trashy bestsellers from a literary perspective.Breaking down trash such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga, E.L James' erotic romance Fifty Shades of Grey, Blanka Lapinska's Polish nightmare fuel 365 Days, and Veronica Roth's dystopian YA novel Divergent…
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Patreon Preview - Insurgent - Chapters 1 -3 (opens the original)
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Hi everyone, just dropping in an example of the bonus content that is available on Patreon. This is Episode 1 of the Insurgent coverage that was released to patrons about a month ago. You can sign up to be a patron at www.patreon.com/breakingdownbadbooks for exclusive bonus episodes where I will be breaking down Veronica Roth's Insurgent with new episodes every Friday. You can also access my previous recaps of E.J. James' Fifty Shades sequel, Fifty Shades Darker and Blanka Lipińska's Polish best
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