Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Audiobooks are the Best
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter by Unknown is a globally popular fantasy series centering around a young wizard and his magical adventures.
Discussed“so it's been a while and I actually had to struggle to Remember When first started and it was when the Harry Potter books were coming out and being narrated by Jim Dale”
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The Fraud
The Fraud by Zadie Smith is a rich historical novel set in Victorian London during the era of Charles Dickens, centering around the famous Tichborne claimant case and themes of complicity and imposture.
Recommended“for those of you who don't listen to this show every week I urge you speaking about Zade Smith and her new novel The fraud to listen to last week's episode”
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Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web by E.
Discussed“the ones that really work I'm thinking for example of I believe it's Merill Street Reading Charlotte's Web she's not acting she is just in that book”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores racial injustice and moral growth in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Recommended“Tina what about you Lauren mentioned this earlier but one of the first audiobooks I loved and the one that I give to people who are not certain that they will like audio books is spasic reading To Kill a Mocking Bird”
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A Promised Land
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is the first volume of the former United States president's presidential memoirs, offering a detailed and reflective account of his early political life, his historic 2008 campaign, and the intense policy battles of his first term in office.
Discussed“perhaps I should have listened to the Obama audiobiography a little bit faster he reads it right he reads it”
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb is a candid, illuminating memoir by a psychotherapist that explores both her patients' struggles and her own experiences inside the therapy room.
Recommended“the first one is definitely maybe you should talk to someone by Lori gotle I think actually it does speak to what we were just talking about in terms of episode podcast structure”
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a sweeping nineteenth-century masterpiece examining love, infidelity, and societal norms in imperial Russia.
Recommended“and another one that I really loved was Anna kenina brought of before Maggie Gyllenhaal really hits that sweet spot obviously she knows act for the screen but she reads Tolstoy like like she wrote it”
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Blood Orange Night
Blood Orange Night by Melissa Bond is a powerful memoir documenting the author's harrowing experience with benzodiazepine dependence and her journey toward healing.
Recommended“this is a more recent book it is called blood orange night it is a memoir by this woman named Melissa Bond she reads it which is something I I really love when an author reads their own Memoir”
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The Pigeon Tunnel
John le Carré's memoir The Pigeon Tunnel offers a fascinating look into the renowned spy novelist's extraordinary life, blending personal anecdotes with reflections on espionage and storytelling.
Recommended“I totally agree with what you say about a narrator reading their own Memoir I've mentioned it on this podcast before but John ler reading the pigeon tunnel which is his Memoir”
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Beloved
Beloved by Toni Morrison is a powerful, haunting novel about a formerly enslaved woman haunted by the trauma of her past and the literal ghost of the daughter she lost.
Recommended“oh one more Tony Morrison reads beloved oh right that's a great one I don't her like graval voice it is amazing yeah that's another great one yeah great is a good word for that one”
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