Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Barbarian Days’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Barbarian days
Discussed“he is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of a new book Barbarian days”
Where to get it
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores racial injustice and moral growth in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“it's in the top selling spot to Kill a Mocking Bird is also gotten a huge boost”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Critiqued“they said we at brilliant books want to be sure that our customers are aware that ghost at a Watchmen is not a sequel or a prequel to tequilla Mockingbird neither is it a new book”
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The Weather Experiment
Discussed“so I thought that was that was a good story of progress that I wanted to tell how did we get into the idea of predicting”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Code of conduct
“and then up at number three Brad Thor a thriller writer with a name I love to say um has his 15th Scott harvath Thriller code of conduct”
Passing The Billion Dollar Spy
“uh there are three new titles on the non-fiction side of things down at number 133 the pets are winning author and journalist David Hoffman has a a non-fiction spy Thriller called the billion dooll spy”
Passing A time for truth
“then at number seven the Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has kind of a a memoir that's also like a campaign broadside called a time for truth”
Passing A Full Life
“and then finally at number four the 39th president of the United States Jimmy Carter who's now 90 years old and makes frequent appearances on the non-fiction list he could have all 15 spots too um he's got a new Memoir looking back on his life both as a politician and his private life it's called a full life”