Episode · The Book Review · 2016-03-04
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘All the Single Ladies’
Pamela Paul discussed All the single ladies by Rebecca Traister, Every song ever by Ben Ratliff, and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Greg Cowles discussed A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab, Wedding Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke, A Girl's Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber, and Playing to the edge by Michael V. Hayden.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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All the single ladies
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation is a groundbreaking work of journalism and sociology by Rebecca Traister that examines the historical and cultural shift of women choosing to remain single and independent.
Discussed“Rebecca Tracer is here to talk about her new book All the Single Ladies, unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation”
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Every song ever
Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty by Ben Ratliff is an innovative exploration of how digital streaming technology has transformed human listening habits, offering twenty distinct frameworks for appreciating music in an era of infinite access.
Discussed“Ben Ratliff joins us now to talk about his new book every song ever 20 ways to listen in an age of musical plenty”
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is a classic 1850 semi-autobiographical novel that follows the emotional and professional maturation of its titular hero from an impoverished childhood to adulthood.
Discussed“um he is an and most recently the narrator of a new audible version of Charles Dickinson's David Copperfield”
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A Gathering of Shadows
Discussed“this book a gathering of shadows new at number 15 is a sequel to an earlier book called a darker shade of magic which did not hit the list”
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Wedding Cake Murder
Discussed“Joanne fluke continues her uh series of kind of baking murder mysteries with a book called Wedding Cake murder”
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A Girl's Guide to Moving On
Discussed“uh it's a book called A Girl's Guide to moving on that's about a woman and her mother-in-law who are both going through divorces at the same time”
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Playing to the edge
Discussed“at number three it is playing to the Edge by the former CIA director Michael Hayden who was in charge of the CIA during the whole uh post 911 war on terror”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“tracer's new book is all the single ladies unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation”
“Ben's new book is called every song ever 20 ways to listen in an age of musical plenty”
“that was Richard Armitage he is the narrator of a new version of David Copperfield from Audible”
“a gathering of shadows new at number 15 is a sequel to an earlier book called a darker shade of magic which did not hit the list”