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Between The Covers

Between The Covers

By: Jay Ruud and Stacey Margaret Jones
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Summary

 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
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  • In a World of Nurse Ratcheds, Be The Chief …?

    In a World of Nurse Ratcheds, Be The Chief …?
    May 12 2026

    This week Jay’s entry on the list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language is Ken Kesey’s seminal novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which grapples with the power of systems against the individual human mind and various responses to the forces of the powers that be. Chaos Reader doesn’t achieve her goal, and checks in on Trollope.
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    49 mins
  • A Good Book of Short Stories is Hard to Find

    A Good Book of Short Stories is Hard to Find
    May 5 2026

    But not this week! Jay names The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language, and—spoiler alert!—he LOVES talking about them. Stacey won’t let him spoil them all for you, though, dear listener. Chaos Reader makes a promise.
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    49 mins
  • The Jewel of Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet

    The Jewel of Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet
    Apr 28 2026

    It’s fitting for Jay to follow up last week’s pick of A Passage to India with Paul Scott’s novel The Jewel in the Crown, as this first novel of Scott’s Raj Quartet has definite references to Forster’s earlier work as Scott chronicles the friction among people of differing races and classes in mid-century India. Chaos Reader updates her progress reading Ian McEwan’s latest novel.
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    49 mins
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