Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Among the Trolls
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Funny Thing
Discussed“but this one is called the funny thing and it's just about this really odd creature and someone trying to persuaded to eat anything other than dolls”
Where to get it
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The mean mouse, and other mean stories
Discussed“but this one is called the mean Mouse and other mean stories and it's just got a vicious looking rodent on the cover”
Where to get it
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Race for Profit
Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and narrated by Janina Edwards is a prominent scholarly work examining the ways housing policies and urban development have perpetuated racial inequalities.
Discussed“one of them is called home records by Aaron glance and the other is called race for profit by kianga yamat Taylor”
Where to get it
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In the Dream House
Discussed“uh I reviewed a book by Carmen Maria Machado it's called in the dream housee and Machado is a young writer”
Where to get it
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Her Body and Other Parties
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado is a collection of genre-bending short stories that blend psychological realism, horror, and feminist critique to examine the physical and societal boundaries placed on women.
Discussed“her first book was a book of short stories called her body in other parties”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Millions of Cats
“and then there's this great one by Wanda Gog who wrote hundreds of millions of cats or whatever that that that famous book is”
Passing A Tree Is Nice
“I mean here's one by the author of a tree is nice which I think we probably all remember from our childhood and I don't know if this was her followup”
Passing You're not doing it right
“I loved the title of Michael Ian Black's first book which was called you're not doing it right”
Passing Bright lights, big city
“well J maer bright light's big city I mean that's that's the that's the first”
“it's how to get rich in rising Asia that was in second person for you”