Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Books mentioned on Gabourey Sidibe and Neil deGrasse Tyson

6 books · With Gabourey Sidibe, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dennis Overby, Alexandra Alter, Greg Coles, John Williams · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Color Purple

    Alice Walker · at 12:04

    The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning epistolary novel depicting the harrowing lives of African American women in the American South during the early twentieth century.

    Discussed
    “I really love the color purple I would read The Color Purple whenever I felt really depressed”
    Where to get it
  2. Gal

    Ruthie Mae Bolton · at 15:01

    Discussed
    “there's a a the book gal by Ruthie May Bolton uh that was one of the first books I traded with my mom”
    Where to get it
  3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

    Neil deGrasse Tyson; Sandra Martha Dolinsky; María del Carmen Román de la Peña · at 38:42 · mentioned 2 times

    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a concise, accessible guide designed to introduce complex cosmological concepts to busy readers.

    Recommended
    “the book again is astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil degrass Tyson already a number one bestseller on Amazon”
    Where to get it
  4. Modern Gods

    Nick Laird · at 42:17

    Discussed
    “I'll mention the book is a novel called modern Gods by Nick lar”
    Where to get it
  5. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

    Carson McCullers · at 43:03

    Discussed
    “what I have not been reading is I I got about 50 or 75 pages into the heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers which I had never read”
    Where to get it
  6. Ballad Of The Sad Cafe

    Carson McCullers · at 43:15

    Discussed
    “I read the ballot of the Sad Cafe by her many years ago which I really liked and and this is fine”
    Where to get it
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