Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Girls and Sex’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Girls & sex
Discussed“her new book is called girls and sex navigating the Complicated new landscape”
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Boys & Sex
Discussed“Peggy orstein will join us to talk about her new book girls and sex navigating the Complicated new landscape”
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The throwback special
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder is a poignant novel that follows a group of middle-aged men who gather annually to reenact a notoriously violent play from an old NFL game.
Discussed“John Williams joins us now to talk about a review he wrote this week of the throwback Special by Chris bachel”
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Cinderella ate my daughter
Discussed“and I you know I really do believe in that kind of change because people would say that when I put um Cinderella at my daughter out a lot of interviewers would say”
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Waiting for Daisy
Discussed“but I think of these as sort of the the daisy Trilogy you had waiting for Daisy which was about you know I hadn't thought about that”
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Parnassus on Wheels
Discussed“Parnassus was named um after Christopher Morley's novel Parnassus on Wheels which is about a woman who travels around selling books out of her horse drawn Caravan”
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The Blind Side
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a celebrated non-fiction book that examines the evolution of football strategy and the recruitment of offensive tackle Michael Oher, highlighting how changes in the game transformed the value of specific athletic positions.
Discussed“but it also became uh Michael Lewis's bestselling book The Blind Side which is it's s a remarkable book starts with a really long chapter analyzing Taylor's effect on football”
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is a celebrated work of historical fiction that imagines the circumstances surrounding Johannes Vermeer's iconic 17th-century painting.
Discussed“then at number 14 more historical fiction uh This Time by Tracy chalier who is probably most famous still for her novel Girl With a Pearl Earring”
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At the Edge of the Orchard
Discussed“it's called at the edge of the orchard new at number 14”
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The last runaway
Discussed“she also had a novel of the Underground Railroad called the last runaway”
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Dark Promises
Discussed“then at number nine um Christine fehan continues her Carpathian novel which is a kind of Supernatural um urban fantasy series um this one's called Dark promises”
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Deep blue
Discussed“at number seven and another series novel by Randy Wayne White who continues his doc Ford series the 23rd book in this series is called Deep Blue”
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Property of a Noblewoman
Discussed“then at number two um Danielle Steel is back on the list with a novel called property of a noble woman”
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Private Paris
Discussed“James Patterson uh has written a book with Mark Sullivan called private Paris that is part of Patterson's private series”
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Rightful heritage
Discussed“um the new book in non-fiction is Douglas Brinkley's rightful Heritage”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Girls & sex
“Peggy orstein is the author of girls and sex navigating the Complicated new landscape”
Passing The throwback special
“John Williams reviews the throwback Special by Chris bachelder”