Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Beth Macy’s ‘Truevine’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Truevine
Discussed“author Beth Macy will be here to talk about her new book truvine”
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Bridget Jones's baby
Discussed“you may have heard heard about the new movie Bridget Jones's baby but you may not know that the novel of the same name by Helen Fielding is also out now”
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Charlie the Choo-Choo
Discussed“I believe it's his first picture book called Charlie the Chuchu”
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Christine
Christine by Stephen King is a classic horror novel centered on a malevolent, vintage Plymouth Fury automobile that gradually possesses its teenage owner.
Discussed“it sounds a little bit like his hor novel Christine”
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No fair! No fair!
Discussed“no fair no fair and other Jolly poems of childhood author Calvin trillin and illustrator Ros Chast are here to talk with our children's book editor Maria Russo about their new picture book”
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding is a landmark contemporary comedic novel that popularized the Bridget Jones series and captured the experiences of a single British woman navigating romance and professional life in the 1990s.
Discussed“first of all the the first Bridget Jones Diary came out in 1995”
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Back
Back is a powerful, melancholic novel by Henry Green that follows a traumatized World War II veteran returning to civilian life in England while grappling with grief and lost love.
Recommended“I read over the weekend actually a really beautiful and heartbreaking fairly short book um called back by Henry green”
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a meticulously researched, sweeping biography that chronicles the tumultuous life and immense political legacy of America's first treasury secretary, ultimately inspiring the blockbuster musical.
Discussed“lead reading Ron turn now's chapter on Yorktown”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“who is also the author of factory man that book has being turned into a movie”
“so Charlie D Chuchu by Barrel Evans AKA Stephen King illustrated by Ned damaran”
“and the book again is called no fair no fair with exclamation points and other Jolly poems of childhood the poems are by Calvin trillin and the pictures are by RZ Chast”
“this book is called order to kill Vince Flynn colon order to kill”
“William F Buckley Jr who died in 2008 um has a collection called a torch kept lit new at number 16”
“and Arnold Palmer also who just died in September um has a book new at number 11 called a life well played”
“Mary Oliver the poet um has an essay collection called Upstream that's new at number 10”
“James Patterson is on the non-fiction list surprisingly with a book called Filthy Rich written with John Connelly and Tim Malloy um that's new at number three”
“a few years back when George W bush um published uh decision points his Memoir of his time in office”