Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Fiction About Lives in Ukraine
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Death and the Penguin
Discussed“but then I realized when you mentioned it I had read his book death in the penguin”
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Riverman
Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath is a compelling nonfiction work that follows the life and tragic disappearance of a dedicated canoeist who patrolled the Hudson River.
Recommended“the book again is Riverman an American Odyssey by Ben McGrath Ben thanks so much for being here to talk about it”
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a gripping non-fiction account that chronicles the journey of Christopher McCandless, a young man who abandons his conventional life to seek raw, unmediated experiences in the Alaskan wilderness.
Discussed“there's obvious Echoes In This Book of John krackow into the wild”
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Sex is a funny word
Discussed“A County prosecutor's office in Wyoming considered Criminal charges against Library employees for stocking books like this book is gay and sex is a funny word”
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This Book Is Gay
This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson is an informational and inclusive guide designed to help teenagers navigate LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, and adolescence.
Discussed“A County prosecutor's office in Wyoming considered Criminal charges against Library employees for stocking books like this book is gay and sex is a funny word”
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Gender Queer
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is a graphic memoir depicting the author's journey of self-discovery, gender identity, and coming out.
Discussed“so the most targeted was a book called gender queer by Maya kabi”
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Lawn boy
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison is a contemporary novel that follows a young Mexican-American man working as a landscaper while coming to terms with his sexual identity and navigating socioeconomic challenges.
Discussed“the number two book was a book called lawn booy by Jonathan everon which is a novel that follows a young Mexican-American man who works as a landscaper and is coming to terms with his sexual identity”
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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.
Discussed“feature a mother who wanted beloved removed from her son's High School curriculum some years ago”
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Heartstopper
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman is a critically acclaimed young adult graphic novel series that follows the tender romance and evolving friendships of two British schoolboys, Charlie and Nick.
Discussed“um and then the other book that I'm reading right now is the Heart Stopper series Again it's a ya graphic novel series and it's completely different in temperament”
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Young Mungo
Discussed“so I have been reading two books side by side and it's funny because they are completely different one is Young the new book by Douglas Stewart and the other is the heart stop series”
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Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a deeply moving and gritty debut novel following a young boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow amidst poverty and his mother's struggles with alcoholism.
Discussed“it's by Douglas Stewart who you may know as the author of shuggy Bane which was beautiful and devastating”
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The Neapolitan Novels
The Neapolitan Novels are a series of interconnected, globally acclaimed books by Elena Ferrante that chronicle the lifelong friendship and complex rivalry of two women growing up in a poor yet vibrant neighborhood in Naples.
Discussed“I have very belatedly embarrassingly belatedly just gotten into the Alena fante Neapolitan novels and I was telling John that I was binge listening to the audio books”
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My Brilliant Friend
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is the captivating first volume of the internationally acclaimed Neapolitan quartet, chronicling the complex lifelong friendship of two girls growing up in a poor yet vibrant neighborhood in Naples.
Discussed“and it's funny because I I tried to read my brilliant friend which is the first novel when it came out was like I more than 10 years ago at this point and for some reason I I just couldn't get into it”
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Catholics
Catholics by Brian Moore is a compelling and thought-provoking novel that explores deep theological and institutional conflicts within the Catholic Church following sweeping modern reforms.
Recommended“it's called Catholics it's a a very slender almost Nolla by Brian Moore who was an Irish writer who eventually settled in Canada”
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The Emperor of Ice-Cream
Discussed“I'd read two of his books previously the lonely passion of Judith Hearn which is I think currently available from the New York Review of Books Classics line and the Emperor of ice cream”
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the lonely passion of judith hearne
Discussed“I'd read two of his books previously the lonely passion of Judith Hearn which is I think currently available from the New York Review of Books Classics line and the Emperor of ice cream”
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