Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Love and Lies’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Love and Lies
Discussed“probably at least two other sides to this story um the book again is love and lies an essay on truthfulness deceit and the growth and care of erotic Love by Clancy Martin”
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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“I mean the excitement is I've never seen sort of excitement like this of a novel this you know as you know tequilla Mockingbird was haror Le's only book and it's still a classic that everyone reads it's sold more than 40 million copies”
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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.
Discussed“and now the title is go set a watch um but basically this was her first attempt to tell the story of adus Finch”
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The test
Discussed“and that's something that the book The Test really tackles ahe on”
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Pioneer girl
Discussed“it's a book called Pioneer Girl by Laura Engles Wilder who of course wrote The Little House on the Prairie books”
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Other mentions in this episode (18) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
“and you are also I should say the author of the novel The love affairs of Nathaniel P which came out two years ago yeah about two years ago”
Passing How to Sell
“he also published a novel in 2009 called how to sell and he he writes for various um Publications”
Passing To Kill a Mockingbird
“you know it's connected to te Killa Mockingbird there's overlapping characters and themes”
Passing To Kill a Mockingbird
“and that was essentially how we got to Kill Mockingbird”
Passing The teacher wars
“she is the author of the teacher Wars a history of America's most embattled profession”
Passing The teacher wars
“and presumably and I imagine your research on the teacher Wars factors and on your understanding of this that's why so many teachers dislike testing”
Passing The test
“and this week she reviews Ana ket's book The Test why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing”
Passing Calculus
“she has a book called zombies and calculus”
Passing Zombies and Calculus
“she has a book called zombies and calculus”
Passing The Mime Order
“at number 11 Samantha Shannon has a fantasy book it's the second in a fantasy series that she's started uh the name of the book is the mime order”
Passing Private Vegas
“and at number three our old friend James Patterson uh is back with his frequent co-author Maxine Petro in their private series uh this book is called private Vegas new at number three”
Passing Ghettoside
“Jill leoi the Los Angeles Times Reporter um has her book ghetto side”
Passing American sniper
“and so this book is kind of riding the wave that American Sniper started”
Passing God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
“we go from the reaper to killing Patton to God's gun grits and gravy”
Passing God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
“we go from the reaper to killing Patton to God's gun grits and gravy”
Passing Killing Patton
“we go from the reaper to killing Patton to God's gun grits and gravy”
Passing The Reaper
“at number six Nicholas Irving with Gary Bros has a book called The Reaper Nicholas Irving was a sniper in Afghanistan and so this book is kind of riding the wave that American Sniper started there's a little streak here we go from the reaper to killing Patton to God's gun grits and gravy”
Passing Little House on the Prairie
“by Laura Engles Wilder who of course wrote The Little House on the Prairie books those books were based on her life”