Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Happy Trails
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Nature Fix
Discussed“it really did change the way I engage with nature in Washington um you know as I said I was kind of spoiled and I thought well what's the point you know if I want to go hiking I should really just wait until I can go take a vacation in you know Colorado but but what I learned from”
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Savage theories
Discussed“Savage theories the third book um also a novel is described um there's a cover blurb from the novelist uh Hari kreu author of gods without men and he says it is a stunning vibrant maximalist Whirlwind of a novel”
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You Can't Spell America Without Me
Discussed“penguin press announced this week that Kurt Anderson and Alec Baldwin are teaming up to write a satire titled you can't spell America without me the really tremendous Inside Story of my fantastic first year as president Donald J Trump”
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Exit West
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is a contemporary magical realist novel that explores migration, refugees, and global upheaval through the lens of a couple fleeing a war-torn country.
Discussed“speaking of Exile I am reading um exit West which is a much anticipated new novel by Mosen Hamid and I've never read him before”
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Sabbath's Theater
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth is a provocative and darkly humorous novel centered on a aging, disgraced puppeteer grappling with grief, mortality, and his own destructive impulses.
Discussed“and then I have probably about 20 pages left in um Sabbath theater by Philip Roth which I should just emphasize again”
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The world is what it is
The World Is What It Is by Patrick French is an acclaimed, exhaustively researched 2008 biography of the Nobel laureate writer V.S.
Discussed“and I finally read this book that I've been meaning to read it's Patrick French's 2008 biography of vs neaul The World is what it is”
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston's The Lost City of the Monkey God is a gripping non-fiction adventure and archaeological narrative detailing a dangerous jungle expedition into the Honduran rainforest in search of a legendary ancient settlement.
Recommended“and read the Lost city of the monkey God by Douglas Preston which is on our bestseller list now and um it's just a super fun really gripping well-told narrative adventure story”
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The destiny of the republic
The Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard is a gripping historical non-fiction work detailing the shocking assassination of President James Garfield and the medical malpractice that contributed to his untimely death.
Recommended“the title is Destiny of the Republic but the subtitle is a tale of Madness medicine and the murder of a president by Candace Mard who is such a talented um historian”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“maybe I need to write another book just devoted to the Wilderness so I can get back out there”
“Florence Williams is the author of the nature fix why nature makes us happier healthier and more”
“the third book um also a novel is described um there's a cover blurb from the novelist uh Hari kreu author of gods without men and he says it is a stunning vibrant maximalist Whirlwind of a novel”
“fever dream by samanta schweblin Savage theories by po olarak and Things We Lost in the fire stories by Mariana Enriquez”
“someone here at the Times particularly recommended moth smoke which maybe was his first”
“this isn't going to turn into my power broker”
“American pastoral of course is right up there and it's a very different kind of Roth book”
“I expected when I started rereading this that it would feel of a piece with like an Bey”
“so I finished Bill Bryson's a walk in the woods but I actually took a break from it to go to the Jungle”
“I'm going to go ahead and spoil the power broker now”