Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on All in the Family
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels is a rich, expansive novel by Luis Alberto Urrea that chronicles a sprawling Mexican-American family gathering in San Diego to celebrate and mourn the final birthday of its aging patriarch, Angel de la Cruz.
Recommended“Luis Alberto Ura will join us to talk about his new novel The House of broken Angels”
Where to get it
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The source
The Source is a comprehensive non-fiction book by Martin Doyle that explores the complex history, current ecological challenges, and vital importance of rivers across the American landscape.
Recommended“he is the director of the water policy program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and a professor of river science and policy at Duke University as well as the author of a new book The Source”
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A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo is a satirical children's picture book written by Jill Twiss and featuring illustrations by EG Keller, centering on the fictional bunny pet of Mike Pence to promote LGBTQ+ acceptance.
Discussed“so I thought this week we could talk about the Runaway Bunny bestseller that has taken the publishing World by storm of course I'm talking about John Oliver's parody book A Day in the Life of marlin bundo”
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.
Discussed“now and forever I am I am reading James Joyce's ulses you know just strap yourselves in and brace for like a year and a half”
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Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot is a sweeping Victorian novel that explores complex themes of identity, morality, and cultural heritage through the lives of its diverse characters.
Discussed“I uh just finished rereading um George Elliot's Daniel D and I think so much of what you're saying really applies”
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely regarded as a masterwork of Victorian literature, brilliantly capturing the complex social fabric, political undercurrents, and psychological depths of provincial English life.
Discussed“do you prefer this to Middle March”
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The Italian party
The Italian Party by Christina Lynch is a historical fiction novel set in 1950s Italy that follows American expatriates navigating secrets and political intrigue.
Recommended“so this book that I'm reading this week which is called the Italian Party by Christina Lynch is just now out and I fully confess I picked it up because of the cover”
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The Moonstone
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a pioneering nineteenth-century epistolary detective novel centering on the dramatic theft of a priceless diamond and the complex web of secrets surrounding its disappearance.
Discussed“so the book that I'm reading for pleasure is uh continues to be wilky Collins of the Moonstone and I'm about halfway through that”
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Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff is a bestselling political non-fiction book that examines the inner workings of Donald Trump's White House and the chaos surrounding his administration.
Discussed“it's sort of in in the subject and the title fire and fury by Michael wolf and this was a book that I thought that I could just read around”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I suppose after fire and fury by also interesting that there was this controversy”
“I suppose after fire and fury by also interesting that there was this controversy”