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It breaks my heart that Goodreads is doing away with direct messaging. I found that to be a great way to keep in direct contact with other readers that I met on here and while I have not been able to do so as recently, I have had very meaningful conversations through directly messaging my friends here on Goodreads. Please let me know if you would like to interact on an alternate outlet with a direct messaging option.

In this video, I announce the winner of the 3rd Big Book Bowl Poll for Literary Gladiators, which will be the big book we discuss when we film our 19th season next year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePJEP...

If you follow or wish to follow the Literary Gladiators group page, we have a poll to help decide which big book we discuss when we tape our 19th season. It all comes down to "Matterhorn" by Karl Marlantes and "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens. Cast you vote in the poll from our group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

The Literary Gladiators Big Book Bowl Poll semifinals are taking place on the Literary Gladiators group page! I encourage you to cast your vote in each of the two matchups between now and this Sunday, November 9th at 8 PM ET.

Today is the last day to vote in the Big Book Bowl Poll III. If you have yet to do so, remember that you can vote in each of the 4 polls for the quarterfinals until 8 PM ET. You can find the polls on the Literary Gladiators group page on Goodreads, as well as our group pages on Facebook, our Instagram quarterfinals post, our YouTube quarterfinals post, and on our Patreon.

The Big Book Bowl Poll III is taking place on the Literary Gladiators group page! If you are a member of our group, I encourage you to check out our polls and vote in the 4 quarterfinal polls to help us determine which 4 books should take a step closer to being THE book we discuss on our channel in Season 19!

If you are in or are interested in joining the Literary Gladiators group page, be sure to vote in the Big Book Bowl Poll III that we are doing to determine which big book we read on our channel. There are 8 polls to determine which books will advance from the octafinals to the quarterfinals. You can find our group here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

We are currently taping our 18th season of Literary Gladiators and it will premiere on Tuesday, September 30th at 8 PM ET. Episodes for Season 18 will be released on Tuesdays at 8 PM ET and if everything goes according to plan, there will be 21 episodes, including one that is a two-parter.

We have two discussions going up tonight on Literary Gladiators! Our revisitation of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley will be up at 8 PM ET and our revisitation of "Araby" by James Joyce will be up at 9 PM ET.

The Literary Gladiators Season 17: Revisitations Intro is now up on our channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehmsq...

The 17th season of Literary Gladiators is slated to begin on Tuesday, June 24th. For premiere week, we will be releasing 1 discussion for 4 straight days at 8 PM ET. The week after, 2 episodes will be released on Tuesdays and 8 PM ET and 9 PM ET until the season finale on Tuesday, August 5th. There will be 15 episodes this season and we will be revisiting 15 works that we discussed in previous seasons.

Here is a playlist of everything we went over during the 16th season of Literary Gladiators: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

We are looking for readers that are interested in being on the Literary Gladiators panel during Season 18: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHhBV_fpjeZ/

All of the Literary Gladiators patron exclusive videos on our Patreon are now just $5 each, except those less than 5 minutes, which are now just $3 each! https://www.patreon.com/literary_glad...

I am utilizing the Literary Gladiators Instagram account some more and am specifically sharing my Silent Book Club and general book club adventures, which include the restaurants I visit beforehand: https://www.instagram.com/literary_gl...

Here is my book review for the 2025 Newbery Medal winning "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdbit...

14 out of the 15 slots for our 17th season of Literary Gladiators have been filled, though backup possibilities could become available. The last remaining slot is for a May 17th discussion where we revisit "The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr.

The 16th season premiere of Literary Gladiators is up on our channel. In this discussion, we discuss "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Also, please let me know if you would like to take part in Seasons 17 or 18, which we plan to film this year, Season 17 from March to May and Season 18 from June to September: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIvjQ...

Here is my Literary Gladiators video in which I talk about my 10 favorite books that I read in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECol...

I am behind with my most recent book reviews, but they should be written and released very soon.

I interviewed Emmy Award winning director, WGA screenwriter, and horror writer Kevin Bachar on Literary Gladiators' 1,500th video. Be sure to check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca0V_...

Literary Gladiators reached 2,000 subscribers this afternoon! We did it!

I am planning to bring this book with me to tomorrow's Silent Book Club that I am attending.

Literary Gladiators is 4 subscribers away from its 2,000-subscriber milestone! If you have not subscribed yet, I highly encourage you to do so, for we have over 1,400 videos on our channel that you can watch and enjoy!

We launched the Alphabet Roundtable Read on Literary Gladiators. Here is a link to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Happy 10th Anniversary to Literary Gladiators!

Literary Gladiators is 36 subscribers away from its 2,000-subscriber milestone!

Literary Gladiators is 41 subscribers away from its 2,000-subscriber milestone! Will we reach our milestone in time for our 10th anniversary on February 11th? We will just have to see...

The Alphabet Roundtable Read has started on Literary Gladiators, but please let me know if you would like to take part. There is still space for anyone that is interested! You are only asked to read and create a video for one work that starts with a randomly assigned letter!

Here is a video from Literary Gladiators where I name my 10 favorite books that I read in 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IPfe...