Books Boys
Want some book reviews or book recommendations? Or do you not know what books even are? We've got you covered!On the last day of every month, wthe books boys get together to teach the new generation about books! They talk about what they've been reading that month, make some recommendations, and speak to authors who call into the show about their work! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Darkplace Dreamers Episode 83: Horror Shorts 1
We're back with series 10 of Darkplace Dreamers. This time we discuss some youtube horror shorts.
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Playboys 19: Love's Labours Lost
The original series of Playboys is back! 10 new Shakespeare reviews! Join TheDean!, Playboy Alex, and Playgirl Carla as we launch a new series.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 82: The Sandman s2e12
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2. SERIES FINALE!
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 81: The Sandman s2e11
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Episode 70: What We Read In July
Welcome to Episode 70! We have a lot of books to cover this month, Alex hit a new record! We also have messages from couple of authors and hear from an old friend.
Books discussed include:
- Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding, 1742)
- Mavericks (Jenny Draper, 2025)
- La Malquerida / The Unloved Woman (Jacinto Benavente, 1913)
- Butter (Asako Yuzuki, 2017)
- Las Aventuras De La China Iron (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, 2017)
- Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin, 1967)
- Captain Bulldog Drummond (Gerard Fairlie, 1945)
- The...
Comedy Comrades ep7: Keeping Up Appearances
It's time for another patreon classic to come out for free! Dean & Saloni bring you their comedy favourites.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 80: The Sandman s2e10
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 79: The Sandman s2e9
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Playboys 18: Timon Of Athens
The original series of Playboys is back! 10 new Shakespeare reviews! Join TheDean!, Playboy Alex, and Playgirl Carla as we launch a new series.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 78: The Sandman s2e8
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 77: The Sandman s2e7
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Episode 69: What We Read In June
Welcome to Episode 69 (ooh-la-la). We're back from our big South American trip and we have read a very mixed bag of books this month, including more modern books than we normally cover (mostly so we could abandon them in various hostels).
Books discussed include:
- Lady L. (Romain Gary, 1958)
- Excalibur (Peter Gibbons, 2024)
- Coda (Stephen Seidenberg, 2025)
- The Girl In The Castle (James Patterson & Emily Raymond, 2022)
- 22 Seconds (James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, 2022)
- The Istanbul Puzzle (Laurence O'Bryan, 2012)
- Steppenwolf (Her...
Comedy Comrades ep6: The Inbetweeners
It's time for another patreon classic to come out for free! Dean & Saloni bring you their comedy favourites.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 76: The Sandman s2e6
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 75: The Sandman s2e5
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Playboys 17: Two Gentlemen Of Verona
The original series of Playboys is back! 10 new Shakespeare reviews! Join TheDean!, Playboy Alex, and Playgirl Carla as we launch a new series. Originally released in October 2025.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 74: The Sandman s2e4
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 73: The Sandman s2e3
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Episode 68: What We Read In May
It's time for our May book reviews! Alex reads a Gothic classic, and Dean reads some books about ancient Greece and Rome, tries some disappointing Huxley, and we check out a great new thriller.
Books discussed include:
- A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Emma Southon, 2020)
- Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley, 1928)
- The Fugitive Gold / Swarnmriga (Rabindranath Tagore, 1892)
- Clermont (Regina Maria Roche, 1798)
- Ithaca (Claire North, 2022)
- My Twin The Murderer (Lindsay Kent, 2026)
Ch...
Darkplace Dreamers Episode 72: The Sandman s2e2
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Comedy Comrades ep5: Man To Man With Dean Learner
It's time for another patreon classic to come out for free! Dean & Saloni bring you their comedy favourites.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 71: The Sandman s2e1
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers series 9! The Sandman series 2.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 70: Podge & Rodge
It's time for Darkplace Dreamers originally-intended final episode to come out for free! Dean & Darkpalce Robert, along with Playboy Alex and Dragon Charlie are back to review Podge & Rodge: A Scare At Bedtime.
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Playboys: Renaissance Renaissanced 5: The Spanish Tragedy
It's time to bring you last year's episode of Renaissance Renaissanced- plays by contemporaries of Shakespeare. Next month we start bringing you the latest series of Shakespeare reviews.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 69: Cassandra ep6
It's time for Darkplace series 8 to come out for free! Dean & Robert are back to review this a modern Netflix series.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 68: Cassandra ep5
It's time for Darkplace series 8 to come out for free! Dean & Robert are back to review this a modern Netflix series.
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Episode 67: What We Read In April
We're back to a more respectable length (that's what she said) for our april reviews! Dean is still stuck on the longest book in the English language - will he finish? ( that's also what she said), Alex reads one of the first books in the English language, Dean covers some classic Spanish plays, and a werewolf DJ, and Alex loves the toffee factory.
Books discussed include:
- Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson, 1748)
- The Dancing Wolfeman (Ricardo Coto, 2025)
- The Greatest Estate Developer, 2020)
- E...
Comedy Comrades ep4: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
It's time for another patreon classic to come out for free! Dean & Saloni bring you their comedy favourites. Joined by Darkplace Robert to revisit the Darkplace!!
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 67: Cassandra ep4
It's time for Darkplace series 8 to come out for free! Dean & Robert are back to review this a modern Netflix series.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 66: Cassandra ep3
It's time for Darkplace series 8 to come out for free! Dean & Robert are back to review this a modern Netflix series.
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Playboys Extra 36: Anowa
It's time to bring you the latest mini-series of Playboys Extra from 2025, 6 more plays from around the world to complete our world tour. We also have 8 new Playboys (original Shakespeare series) episodes started on patreon. SERIES FINALE!
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 65: Cassandra ep2
It's time for Darkplace series 8 to come out for free! Dean & Robert are back to review this a modern Netflix series.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 64: Cassandra ep1
It's time for Darkplace series 8 to come out for free! Dean & Robert are back to review this a modern Netflix series.
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Episode 66: What We Read In March
We go long as Dean attempts the longest book in the English language, a really cool early gothic novel, and a cool new YA book; Alex reads books about how to be a good Prince, and the first female English playwright, and we both read our gift from Playgirl Carla.
Books discussed include:
- The Gnostic Gospels (ed. Alan Jacobs, 2005)
- The Boy From Elsewhere (Kestral Gaian, 2026)
- The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli, 1532)
- The Prince & The Pauper (Mark Twain, 1881)
- The Monk (Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1796)
...
Comedy Comrades ep3: Black Books
It's time for another patreon classic to come out for free! Dean & Saloni bring you their comedy favourites.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 63: Nightmares & Dreamscapes ep8
It's time for DD series 7! Dean & Robert are back to review this hit and miss Stephen King series. FINAL EPISODE
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 62: Nightmares & Dreamscapes ep7
It's time for DD series 7! Dean & Robert are back to review this hit and miss Stephen King series.
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Playboys Extra 35: The Rogue's Trial
It's time to bring you the latest mini-series of Playboys Extra from 2025, 6 more plays from around the world to complete our world tour. We also have 8 new Playboys (original Shakespeare series) episodes started on patreon.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 61: Nightmares & Dreamscapes ep6
It's time for DD series 7! Dean & Robert are back to review this hit and miss Stephen King series.
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Darkplace Dreamers Episode 60: Nightmares & Dreamscapes ep5
It's time for DD series 7! Dean & Robert are back to review this hit and miss Stephen King series.
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