
Reading Room Ruffians
A podcast for the Jackson County Public Library in Ripley, WV. Keep up to date with the library events, librarian thoughts, and a splash of guests for taste.
Episodes
101 episodes
Episode 100 - Time for a Beer Run with John Willems (Beer Run)
Hello everyone! We have an exciting episode today, it's an author interview with John Willems. We are discussing his book Beer Run and a few others. Make sure to check out his books! https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23031001.John_Willems h...
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Episode 99 - Who Knew that Jack Daniel Was So Progressive (Love and Whiskey)
Hey everyone this episode is Mallory's NonFiction pick Love and Whiskey by Fawn Weaver.
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Episode 99
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Episode 98 - Mary Mary Quite Contrary and Her Space Spiders
Hey Everyone! It's the first book chat of the year and we have some great ones in here. From dirt books, to many Mary's, to space spiders and octopuses, there are plenty of run recommendations in this one.
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Episode 98
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57:15

Episode 97 - Hillbilly Zombies! An Interview with JD Byrne (Moore Hollow)
Hello Everyone, today we are joined by JD Byrne to discuss writing and his book Moore Hollow! Make sure to check out this an his other books at https://jdbyrne.net/
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Episode 97
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Episode 96 - No Thoughts are Infiltrating our Minds (Conspiracies pt. 2)
Hello everyone, get those tinfoil hats ready for Ariel and Mallory's conspiracies. Fall Guys and the Dead Internet Theory! #podcast #librarybooks #library #deadinternettheory #fallguys #booktube #bookstagram #booktok&nbs...
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Episode 96
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Episode 95 - The Squeaky Cleanest Minds Around (Conspiracies pt. 1)
Hello all, we are talking conspiracies today on the Reading Room Ruffians, so buckle up because we are talking about some nonsense today! Let us know your favorite conspiracy theories in the comments. https://www.theguardian.com/sc...
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Episode 95
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Episode 94 - Also, Don't Give Up the Whole Universe Because Some... Lady is White (The City We Became Part 2)
Spoilers abound in this one, friends. If you want to enjoy this book, now is your chance to pause, check it out, and then give this a listen to see what this title is all about. We dive deeper into The City We Became, and cover a whole city's w...
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Episode 94
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Episode 93 - A Tale of...Apparently Many Cities (The City We Became)
Hello all, it's a new year and we are starting it strong with part 1 of a deep dive for The City We Became by N. K. Jemison.
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Episode 93
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Episode 92 - Top 5 and Worst 5 Books of the Year (Year-End Ruffians Review)
Hey Everyone, this is our yearly Top 5 Best and Worst books of the year. There are some disagreements in this one, but we don't think you'll be surprised on the winners. #yearend2024 #booktube #booktok #bookstagram #podcast #library #book...
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Episode 91
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Episode 91 - It's Not Like Friggin' Campbell's
No context, friend-os. No passport? No problem. We got you covered for today's 🎶Podcast Roadtrip🎶babes! The Ruffians share Christmas traditions from around the world, and even way back when in today's Christmas episode. Buckle in for some bleep...
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Episode 91
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Episode 90 - Hot Frosty, Cold Deep Dive
Watch as Mallory takes one of her hard(ly) earned 5 star reads and talks herself down to a 2 (actually 3.5, because of the double epilogues). We were all kinda bummed about this one, because it definitely sounded like it would be funny. It was ...
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Episode 89 - Schlorp Schlorp an Interview with Timothy Huguenin (Unknowing, I Sink)
Hey everyone we've got an exciting interview today with Timothy Huguenin where we talk about his Novella Unknowing I sink. The interview is excellent, and of course we go off the rails, but overall we had a great time talking with Timothy. Make...
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Episode 88 - Shark Week on the Pod
Hey everyone, we've got an episode all about sharks today as our curiosity this week. Also, we had some audio issues, so the first half of the episode sounds kinda rough.
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Episode 88
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Episode 87 - Books on the Beach...Well for Most of Us
Hello everyone, this week's episode is just a general book chat where we are chilling at the beach. Except for Mallory, she is shunned...jk, she just had to work.
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Episode 86 - Lord of the Flops Strikes Again! (Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut)
Hello everyone, today we are discussing Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, and it's no surprise that no one liked Zac's pick again. Also since he's a noob, he accidentally overwrote his own video with the output of the rendered video. We'll get...
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Episode 86
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Episode 85 - Turns out Video is Harder Than it Looks
Hello everyone, this is a special jokes only episode of the Reading Room Ruffians, we are branching out into video so hopefully this turns out well.
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Episode 84 - Where Zac's Audio Got Deleted
Today's episode is a deep dive into some West Virginia "true" ghost stories and a chat about our experiences and ghost stories. Also Zac's audio got deleted and he had to rerecord on vacation, so there is a decent amount of background noise. Oh...
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Episode 83 - Jasper Meets The Ruffians, And Survives!
We chat with author of The Patient (episode 14) Jasper DeWitt about some insight from The Patient, and we give him some fan feedback on a book he's working on - Sleep of Death! We've redacted spoilers with static. You're welcome. We had such a ...
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Episode 83
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54:35

Episode 82 - Well You Can't Say We Didn't Warn You
Hello everyone, this episodes a doozy. We are discussing Ariel's deep dive pick Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin and it gets a bit intense. So sit back and strap in for a wild ride of an episode.
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Episode 81 - *Terrible French Accent* "Nous Sommes Bob"
Sorry y'all, no pre show quote today, just straight into the hype music! We have ourselves a happy little book chat, Zac does some terrible French (again), and Ariel hates another book Zac suggested to her! And I quote, "Well, it's not as bad a...
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Episode 81
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Episode 80 - Foodies, This One Is For Us!
We discuss Somebody Feed Phil, The Book, by Phil Rosenthal. Join in as we jump around the world in just over one hour, covering all 22 episodes of Season 1 of Somebody Feed Phil, the show! We suggest having food handy, because this one made us ...
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Episode 80
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Episode 79 - Hip-no-sis, Hip-nah-sis, Hype-no-sis. Hypothesis?
Join us as Zac has Mallory levels of Words Are Hard-itis in this Curiosity episode on Hypnosis.
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Episode 79
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57:50

Episode 78 - You Miss A Lot Jumping Into the Stairwell Early
Surprise episodes means you get your very own cold open from Mallory. You're welcome? We finish up our DCC episode dulogy with books 4-6. Enjoy from the safety of the safe zone, dear listeners. We'll be out there causing chaos with Carl. Don't ...
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Episode 77 - Come On Barbie, Let's Go Crawling
Strap in, Ruffians, we're going for a surprise 2 episode overview of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. That's right, we didn't tell you about these before we recorded them! Who even are we?!
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Episode 77
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Episode 76 - The Chip Wars, Where These Ones Are Crunchy Too
In this episode Zac falls deep into the nerd zone and discusses his book The Chip Wars by Chris Miller. He discusses how we developed chips and what they are used for. Please note this is about computer chips not the delicious salt...
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Episode 76
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