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As librarians, books are kind of our thing. Listen in as we talk about what we're reading, make book recommendations, and all sorts of book-related fun.
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Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017
42 min
This week, we'll visit stories that touch on the experience of war, whether on the front lines or at home. As always, we'll end with what we're reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
Ann's picks:
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
- Cold Mountain (film)
- The Odyssey by Homer
- National Book Award - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
- Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
- Jacqueline Winspear books - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
Halle's picks:
- Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)
- Redeployment by Phil Klay
- Serial: Season 2 (podcast)
- The Hurt Locker (film) - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - North and South trilogy by John Jakes
- North and South by John Jakes
- Love and War by John Jakes
- Heaven and Hell by John Jakes
- North and South (TV)
- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
What We're Reading This Week:
Apr 7, 2017
Apr 7, 2017
38 min
While we 100% believe that everyone should read whatever they want, experience has shown us that lots of guys gravitate toward certain kinds of reads. Listen for our ideas for books for men, and we’ll close with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
The New York Times Best Sellers
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Ann’s picks:
- The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
– Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
– James Lee Burke books - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
– National Book Award
– James McBride books - Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
– Pirates of the Caribbean series (film)
– Carl Hiaasen articles at the Miami Herald
– Jimmy Buffet albums and books
– The Big Lebowski (film)
– Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
– Episode 32 – Fall 2016 Book Preview
Halle’s picks:
- Doc by Mary Doria Russell
– Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
– Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
– The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
– Tombstone (film) - The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
– John Grisham books - The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
– Inspector Alan Grant series by Josephine Tey
– Josephine Tey books
– Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
– Richard III by William Shakespeare - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
– Bossypants by Tina Fey
– Yes Please by Amy Poehler
– The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer