Book Circle Online: Books

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Sinopsis

Book Circle Online is the worlds first podcast network with shows dedicated to the intimate discussion and dissection of various books. Each BCO podcast centers on one book title i.e. BCO Hunger Games Edition or BCO 50 Shades of Grey Edition. BCO Hosts, comprised of authors, writers, critics and media personalities, discuss all aspects of the book from the authors inspiration and background to chapter by chapter breakdowns to the books conclusion. Hosts offer insight and opinions as well as diverse and thought provoking views. BCO also features one on one author interviews and engages fellow fans via social media.

Episodios

  • The Princess Bride (William Goldman) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    26/07/2018 Duración: 48min

     Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose The Princess Bride, a 1973 novel by William Goldman that centers on the love of Westley and Buttercup that sparks a whole adventure in Florin. It was adapted in 1987 by Rob Reiner starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Andre the Giant and others. The book has a fascinating history that translates into the book as evidenced through some of its literary [...] The post The Princess Bride (William Goldman) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Katerina Cozias talks “Rising up from Mental Slavery” | Book Circle Online

    16/07/2018 Duración: 57min

    Marisa Serafini talks with Katerina Cozias about her book, "Rising up from Mental Slavery." Do you feel an urge to expand your financial success, create a stronger romantic relationship, carve out a better work/life balance, or gain increased freedom to do what you want, when you want? Perhaps deep down you do, but you are asking yourself: Am I capable? Can I really have all the things I dream of having? The answer to these questions is YES. [...] The post Katerina Cozias talks “Rising up from Mental Slavery” | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Heather Monahan talks “Confidence Creator” | Book Circle Online

    05/07/2018 Duración: 45min

    Lauren LoGrasso talks with Heather Monahan about her book, "Confidence Creator." The key to reaching your personal and professional goals and living the life of your dreams lies in the power of confidence. If you don't have it, don't worry. Heather Monahan will show you how anyone can master the essential techniques to building confidence and becoming your best self. In Confidence Creator, Heather offers a resource she wishes she had when she was younger. Using personal stories from her life and career, Heather illustrates the tough lessons she learned along the way that helped her develop the self-assurance necessary for getting what she wanted [...] The post Heather Monahan talks “Confidence Creator” | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Dr. Javon Johnson talks “The End of Chiraq” | Book Circle Online

    28/06/2018 Duración: 38min

    Lem Gonsalves talks with Dr. Javon Johnson about his book, "The End of Chiraq." The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape is a collection of poems, rap lyrics, short stories, essays, interviews, and artwork about Chicago, the city that came to be known as "Chiraq" ("Chicago" + "Iraq"), and the people who live in its vibrant and occasionally violent neighborhoods. Tuned to the work of Chicago's youth, especially the emerging artists and activists surrounding Young Chicago Authors, this literary mixtape unpacks the meanings of "Chiraq" as both a vexed term and a space of possibility. [...] The post Dr. Javon Johnson talks “The End of Chiraq” | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • What Dreams May Come (Richard Matheson) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    28/06/2018 Duración: 35min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose What Dreams May Come, [...] The post What Dreams May Come (Richard Matheson) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Rainbow Barris talks “Keeping Up With the Johnsons” | Book Circle Online

    30/05/2018 Duración: 42min

    Ashley Allen talks with Rainbow Barris about his book, "Keeping Up With the Johnsons: Bow’s Guide to Black-ish Parenting." Bow Johnson, a doctor and the beloved mother of five hilarious children on ABC's hit comedy "black-ish" is writing a parenting book. Bow will share some of the outrageous scenarios she has faced as a mom and how she dealt with the situations and the consequences. Bow will show us that imperfect parenting can often turn out perfect children. The book will be featured prominently on the show. [...] The post Rainbow Barris talks “Keeping Up With the Johnsons” | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Niffennegger) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    29/05/2018 Duración: 41min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose The Time Traveler's Wife, [...] The post The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Niffennegger) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Yesika Salgado discusses “Corazon” | Book Circle Online

    17/05/2018 Duración: 47min

    Lem Gonsalves talks with Yesika Salgado about her book, "Corazon." Corazón is a love story. It is about the constant hunger for love. It is about feeding that hunger with another person and finding that sometimes it isn't enough. Salgado creates a world in which the heart can live anywhere; her fat brown body, her parents home country, a lover, a toothbrush, a mango, or a song. It is a celebration of heartache, of how it can ruin us, but most importantly how we always survive it and return to ourselves whole. [...] The post Yesika Salgado discusses “Corazon” | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    26/04/2018 Duración: 36min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose The Perfect Storm, [...] The post The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • SKYJACK by KJ Howe | Book Circle Online

    19/04/2018 Duración: 29min

    Zoe Hewitt talks with KJ Howe about her book, "SKYJACK." International kidnap expert Thea Paris is escorting two former child soldiers on a plane from an orphanage in Kanzi, Africa, to adoptive parents in London when the Boeing Business Jet is hijacked and forced to land on a deserted airstrip in the Libyan desert. On the ground, Thea comes face-to-face with a former nemesis, a Sicilian don who wants something, or someone, on that plane. Her old foe imprisons her in the hangar and takes to the air with the boys and the passengers still aboard, mysteriously demanding that Thea use the resources of [...] The post SKYJACK by KJ Howe | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Rudy Francisco discusses “Helium” | Book Circle Online

    30/03/2018 Duración: 27min

     Lem Gonsalves talks with Rudy Fracisco about his book, "Helium." Rudy K. Francisco is a spoken word poet and poetry author from San Diego, California, United States. He has written books, recorded EPs, won awards and gained acclaim performing around the US. Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection [...] The post Rudy Francisco discusses “Helium” | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four (Gerry Conlon) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    23/03/2018 Duración: 39min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose Gerry Conlon's Proved Innocent, an autobiography about one of four innocent people convicted of a terrorist bombing in Guildford, England, that tells of the miscarriage of justice that resulted in imprisonment for him and members of his family, including his father. It describes the struggle to clear his name. A movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was released in 1993 putting to screen Conlon's [...] The post Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four (Gerry Conlon) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • In Praise Of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo | Book Circle Online

    21/03/2018 Duración: 44min

    Zoe Hewitt talks with Karen Karbo about her book, "In Praise Of Difficult Women." From Frida Kahlo and Elizabeth Taylor to Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, and Lena Dunham, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths in the world. Smart, sassy, and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Amelia Earhart, Helen Gurley [...] The post In Praise Of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Hiding Out by Tina Alexis Allen | Book Circle Online

    19/03/2018 Duración: 43min

    James Lott Jr. talks with Tina Alexis Allen about her book, "Hiding Out."   Actress and playwright Tina Alexis Allen’s audacious memoir unravels her privileged suburban Catholic upbringing that was shaped by her formidable father—a man whose strict religious devotion and dedication to his large family hid his true nature and a life defined by deep secrets and dangerous lies. The youngest of thirteen children in a devout Catholic family, Tina Alexis Allen grew up in 1980s suburban Maryland in a house ruled by her stern father, Sir John, an imposing, British-born authoritarian who had been knighted by the Pope. Sir John supported his [...] The post Hiding Out by Tina Alexis Allen | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • A Dark Path To Light by Alex Broches | Book Circle Online

    26/02/2018 Duración: 41min

    Katerina Cozias talks with Alex Broches about his book, "A Dark Path to Light." "Alex has been through hell and back. His story is an inspiration to me on not only survival but how to thrive from the middle of darkness" James Altucher- Best Selling Author & Venture Capitalist  A gripping true-life tale of one young man’s journey from poverty, isolation and desperation to health, happiness and financial success. Nine-year-old Alex Broches’ life is suddenly turned upside down when his father is arrested for a shockingly violent crime, sending his family on a downward spiral of shame, fear and even bouts of homelessness. An [...] The post A Dark Path To Light by Alex Broches | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    22/02/2018 Duración: 44min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they honor Thomas Harris' Silence of the Lambs, which celebrates its 30th year. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. This book has been adapted into the 1991 critical and box office success movie of the same [...] The post The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood by Kathleen Sharp | Book Circle Online

    31/01/2018 Duración: 34min

    Zoe Hewitt talks with Kathleen Sharp about her book, Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire. Ever wonder why so many B actors wind up as A-grade politicians? Or how the casting couch worked? Acclaimed author Kathleen Sharp traces the influence of show business through the lives of its first power couple. Edie and Lew Wasserman built the world's largest talent agency, MCA, created the multibillion-dollar Universal Studios, and helped shape Washington, DC. Starting from MCA's birth in gangland Chicago, Lew represented stars such as Jimmy Stewart and Marilyn Monroe; pioneered TV with Leave It to Beaver and Miami [...] The post Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood by Kathleen Sharp | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • A Farewell To Arms (Ernest Hemingway) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    25/01/2018 Duración: 45min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they discuss A Farewell to Arms. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant ("tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele. A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley [...] The post A Farewell To Arms (Ernest Hemingway) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) – Adapted: Books to Movies

    18/12/2017 Duración: 35min

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies.   Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. In this festive month, they gleefully chat about one of Dicken's most influential works A Christmas Carol. Many have seen an adaptation of it, but [...] The post A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

  • Stardust by Neil Gaiman – Adapted: Books to Movies

    01/12/2017

    Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month, they analyze Neil Gaiman's Stardust, which has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees. It is concerned with the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall, which borders the magical land of Faerie. [...] The post Stardust by Neil Gaiman – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

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