Sensational Spider-Man 39

A Note on the Next Four Episodes

This is Book Chat with You. This is just a quick announcement. The next four episodes are archives from before. One from the stone age and a few a bit more recent, but I just never uploaded on here for several reasons. I should have done this a week ago when I had no time for this, but perhaps this will give me a bit of a buffer. follow me: matthewlh702@proton.me  https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T  https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed https://x.com/BookChatWithYou

Sensational Spider-Man 39

In today's episode we look at Sensational Spider-Man 38 which is part of Back in Black that leads to Brand New Day. Sensational Spider-Man 38 is the second of a two part issue featuring Eddie Brock also known as Venom. This is a dark dark issue. There's some exposition explaining how Eddie Brock came to be without the symbiote that turns him into the anti-hero Venom. He is sick and dying of cancer alone in a hospital. The symbiote still talks to Eddie which is most likely Eddie losing grasp on reality. (There of course is a later retcon of this which turns Eddie into Anti-Venom but that's for another time.) Eddie does a dastardly deed to an innocent person and struggles within himself on whether or not he can do the same to Aunt May. Meanwhile Peter Parker, Mary Jane, Mary Jane's aunt and Madam Web are trying to communicate with Aunt May through a seance.  watch or listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTG3Czu_f2k&t=1050s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTG3Czu_f2k&t=1050s]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AUth1MCFo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AUth1MCFo]  Read: https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Black-J-Michael-Straczynski/dp/0785129049 [https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Black-J-Michael-Straczynski/dp/0785129049]  follow me: matthewlh702@proton.me [matthewlh702@proton.me]  https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T [https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T]  https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed [https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed] https://x.com/BookChatWithYou [https://x.com/BookChatWithYou]

Sensational Spider-Man 38

In today's episode we look at Sensational Spider-Man 38 which is part of Back in Black that leads to Brand New Day. Sensational Spider-Man 38 is the first of a two part issue featuring Eddie Brock also known as Venom. This is a dark dark issue. There's some exposition explaining how Eddie Brock came to be without the symbiote that turns him into the anti-hero Venom. He is sick and dying of cancer alone in a hospital. The symbiote still talks to Eddie which is most likely Eddie losing grasp on reality. (There of course is a later retcon of this which turns Eddie into Anti-Venom but that's for another time.) Once Eddie hears of Aunt May being in the same hospital he considers murdering her in her sleep. Meanwhile Peter Parker rushes to Madam Web for help. watch or listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTG3Czu_f2k&t=1050s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTG3Czu_f2k&t=1050s]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AUth1MCFo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AUth1MCFo]  Read: https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Black-J-Michael-Straczynski/dp/0785129049 [https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Black-J-Michael-Straczynski/dp/0785129049]  follow me: matthewlh702@proton.me [matthewlh702@proton.me]  https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T [https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T]  https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed [https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed] https://x.com/BookChatWithYou [https://x.com/BookChatWithYou]

Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls - Only Her Power Could Protect Me

Hello. On this episode we discuss Carol Shields short story "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls." This story doesn't have a conventional story arc. It weaves in and out through the main character's memories and thoughts mostly connecting to dolls. It starts with the main characters thoughts of a letter she received from her friend visiting Japan and going on a tour through doll factories and pivots to a time the main character and her friends gave up using dolls altogether in an attempt to tackle a traumatizing event. This was a difficult story to go over due to the narration style and just having returned to the USA something with a simpler linear prose may have been more welcome though, regardless, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this story. follow me: matthewlh702@proton.me [matthewlh702@proton.me] https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T [https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T]  https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed [https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed]  https://x.com/BookChatWithYou  [https://x.com/BookChatWithYou] Learn more about the author and the book at: https://www.carol-shields.com/ [https://www.carol-shields.com/]  https://bookshop.org/a/117636/9780060762049 [https://bookshop.org/a/117636/9780060762049]

May Recap #2

Hello Everyone, This is Matthew Hernandez. I decided to try another monthly recap. In this episode I went over the various stories I read this month and ask you what you read, what you think about what you read, and if you read some of these stories. The stories I read and recapped are: "The Moths" by Helena Maria Viramontes, “The Second Coming” by Joe Gores, “Love So Fleeting, Love So Fine” by Carol Shields, “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” by Irwin Shaw, “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, Amazing Spider-Man #539 by J. Michael Straczynski. I feel like I should type more here about which story stuck out to me most here, but I think I did enough of that in the episode. Enjoy! Well I posted links to these episodes in the original episodes.  follow me: matthewlh702@proton.me [matthewlh702@proton.me]  https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T [https://discord.gg/36WxYB7T]  https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed [https://locals.com/bookstoread/feed] https://x.com/BookChatWithYou [https://x.com/BookChatWithYou]