Episode · The Book Review · 2019-07-12
George F. Will on The Book Review: books mentioned
George F. Will on Conservatism’s Homelessness
Pamela Paul recommended How Attention Works by Stefan Van der Stigchel and Exhalation by Ted Chiang, and discussed The Conservative Sensibility by George F. Will and A Good American Family by David Maraniss. Alexandra Alter recommended The Need by Helen Phillips, Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell, and Little Darlings by Melanie Golding. Greg Cowles recommended Maggie Brown and Others by Peter Orner. Tina Jordan recommended The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Conservative Sensibility
The Conservative Sensibility by George F.
Discussed“George will will be here to talk about his new book the conservative sensibility”
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A Good American Family
A Good American Family by David Maraniss is a compelling memoir that explores the author's family history during the red scare and the broader political climate of mid-century America.
Discussed“David marinus will join us to talk about his Memoir a good American Family”
Where to get it
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The Need
The Need by Helen Phillips is an inventive and gripping novel that explores the disorienting realities of modern motherhood through a surreal, metaphysical lens.
Recommended“so there's a book out this week that I absolutely loved but it's a little hard to describe because there's this big metaphysical twist that happens that you can't really talk about until you read it so you'll have to read it but it's called the need by Helen Phillips”
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Orange World and Other Stories
Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell is a collection of imaginative and resonant short fiction exploring human vulnerability, motherhood, and surreal circumstances.
Recommended“there was Karen Russell's Story collection orange world”
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Little Darlings
Little Darlings is a dark and suspenseful novel by Melanie Golding that puts a terrifying supernatural spin on the anxieties of early motherhood.
Recommended“and another novel that I mentioned which was recommended to me by an editor on our desk was Melanie golding's Little Darlings which is actually more of a straightforward horror novel”
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Maggie Brown and Others
Maggie Brown and Others is a collection of short stories by Peter Orner that explores memory, loss, and ordinary lives across various settings with deep emotional resonance.
Recommended“It's a Story collection called Maggie Brown and others by Peter orner whose writing I've liked for a long time and and he's reviewed for us”
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The Most Fun We Ever Had
The Most Fun We Ever Had is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Claire Lombardo that chronicles the complex dynamics of a sprawling American family.
Recommended“I'm reading the most fun we ever had by Claire Lombardo um which has just shown up on the bestseller list which is kind of unusual for a debut novel”
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How Attention Works
How Attention Works: Finding Your Way in a World Full of Distraction is a non-fiction book by Stefan van der Stigchel that explores human focus and cognitive processing.
Recommended“I read a short book that was completely different from what I thought it was going to be based on the title which is how attention Works finding your way in a world full of distraction by Stefan vandersteel”
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Exhalation
Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a critically acclaimed collection of philosophical science fiction short stories.
Recommended“and then I'm almost at the end of Ted Chang's collection exhalation and really Blown Away by it several stories Tina you've read it also”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“um so for those who are curious to read these books tell us some of the titles we've got the Helen Phillips the need”
“Karen Russell's collection orange world came out earlier this year”
“and the other book I read was how attention Works finding your way in a world full of distraction by Stefan vle”
“Tina I read the most fun we ever had by Claire Lombardo”
“I read Maggie Brown and others stories by Peter orner”