Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on 'Gorbachev: His Life and Times'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky by N.
Discussed“It's the final book in her broken Earth trilogy”
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Graceling
Graceling is a fantasy young adult novel by Kristin Cashore that follows a young woman gifted with a lethal grace in a world where certain individuals possess extreme, supernatural talents.
Discussed“I'm reading a fairly complicated ya novel right now that has a lot of fantasy Elements by chrisen Kure and her first Trilogy the Graceling Trilogy”
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The Fifth Season
N.K.
Discussed“you won the Hugo Award for best novel with the first one the fifth season in 2016”
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The Obelisk Gate
The Obelisk Gate is a critically acclaimed fantasy novel by N.
Discussed“uh had one for shorter fiction and then for the obelis gate you just won for the second time”
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The Stone Sky
The Stone Sky by N.K.
Discussed“and Kate Json is our Science Fiction and Fantasy columnist and her newest book is called the stone Sky it came out in August”
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East of Eden
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is a sweeping, multi-generational epic novel set in the Salinas Valley that deeply explores profound themes of good and evil, free will, guilt, and human redemption through the parallel histories of the Trask and Hamilton families.
Discussed“she basically filed the suit because she said that Gail Steinbeck was interfering with her plans to sell the film rights for East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath”
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a classic American novel that chronicles the harrowing journey of the Joad family as they migrate from the dust-bowl of Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression, highlighting the systemic struggles and resilience of displaced agricultural workers.
Discussed“but stepen Spielberg has optioned The Grapes of Wrath and I it looks like that could if this ever gets resolved go forward”
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The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy is a classic techno-thriller novel centered on a rogue Soviet submarine captain and the geopolitical high-stakes game that ensues between superpowers.
Discussed“that's the novel that was adapted Into The Hunt for Red October”
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Skylark
Skylark is a poignant novel by Hungarian author Dezső Kosztolányi about an aging provincial couple whose dull, restricted lives are briefly transformed when their plain daughter leaves home for a week-long vacation.
Discussed“and Skylark is in the New York Review of Books Classic series”
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Our spoons came from Woolworths
Our spoons came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns is an eccentric, semi-autobiographical novel that follows a young, bohemian artist navigating poverty, motherhood, and tumultuous relationships in London during the interwar years.
Recommended“so I picked up the one of the two that I have which is from New York Review books and it's called our spoons came from Woolworths”
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Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead is a darkly eccentric novel by Barbara Comyns that depicts an eccentric English family experiencing a series of bizarre and tragic events in the late nineteenth century.
Recommended“the other book that I want to read of hers soon is called who was changed and who was dead”
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The Vet's Daughter
Discussed“although her probably her best known book which is also in the series is is just called the vet's daughter”
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Coming Through Slaughter
Discussed“I almost picked up to reread Michael andi's book coming through Slaughter because I had just recommended it to John”
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Euphoria A Novel
Euphoria by Lily King is a critically acclaimed novel inspired by the real-life anthropological expeditions of Margaret Mead in New Guinea during the 1930s, exploring complex dynamics of love, jealousy, and scientific ambition.
Recommended“you should read lily kings Foria and I I don't know what made her you know suggest that at this time it's a book that the book review named as one of the 10 best books a couple of years ago”
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Mating
Mating by Norman Rush is a sprawling, intellectually ambitious novel following a brilliant female American anthropologist in Botswana as she navigates an intellectual and romantic entanglement with a utopian community leader.
Discussed“earlier this year I read uh Norman Rush's mating and both of those books are books about anthropologists”
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Jane, Unlimited
Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore is a genre-bending young adult novel that follows a young woman navigating a mysterious and multifaceted estate.
Discussed“I am reading Jane unlimited which I mentioned last week by Kristen Kure and I don't want to talk about it too much because she'll be joining us on the podcast next week”
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