Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: When I Grow Up
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to raise an adult
How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims is a parenting book written by the former dean of undergraduates at Stanford University that examines the pitfalls of overparenting and offers guidance on how to foster independence in young people.
Discussed“um Heather did you find um after reading this book about specifically about how to raise an adult and obviously you're doing this in your own life did it change or challenge any of your Notions of of what that means reading Julie lcot hes how to raise an adult”
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The diver's clothes lie empty
Discussed“because uh you have these very distinctive titles to your book let the Northern Lights erase your name now you can go and hear the divers clothes lie empty did you how did you come up with that title and what does it what does it signify”
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Viviane
Discussed“I'm also a big fan of Lori Moore short stories there youo Diaz story in the second person and more recently I read a novel by a French writer Julia deck who wrote a novel called Vivian which actually”
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Happily Ali After
Discussed“it's by the actress and comedian and wife of George Stephanopoulos Ali Wentworth it's her second book it's called happily Ali after an essay collection about trying to improve herself as her 50th birthday was approaching”
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Other mentions in this episode (13) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The diver's clothes lie empty
“Venda levita joins us now her new novel is the divers clothes lie empty reviewed this week in the book review by Fernanda everad”
Passing And Now You Can Go
“um um this is your fourth novel yes and you've referred to your previous three novels the lovers let the Northern Lights erase your name and and now you can go as a Trilogy on the subject of violence and rage”
“um um this is your fourth novel yes and you've referred to your previous three novels the lovers let the Northern Lights erase your name and and now you can go as a Trilogy on the subject of violence and rage”
Passing Dead ice
“then at number seven Laurel K Hamilton continues her Anita Blake vampire Hunter series with a book called Dead ice this one um is about Anita Blake helping the FBI investigate zombie porn”
Passing The fixer
“down at number 14 Joseph finder has a new Standalone Thriller called the fixer”
Passing All the Single Ladies
“and then at number six dorothia Benton Frank has another book set in the South Carolina low country where she sets most of her fiction this one's called All the Single Ladies”
Passing Ali in Wonderland
“that's new at number 13 her first book was Ali in Wonderland”
Passing Finders Keepers
“although last week it was displaced by Stephen King's Finders Keepers this week they uh switch places Finders Keepers is now down at number two”
Passing The Girl on the Train
“the top book on the fiction side is the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins that has been number one for a long time”
Passing The Wright Brothers
“David McCulla the rght brothers was at number one last week it remains at number one this week uh in its sixth week on the list”
Passing Hitler's Last Days
“Bill O'Reilly of course the Fox News host has a book on the middle-grade list new at number four it's called Hitler's last days”
“on the picture books list Jimmy Fallon another TV host has a picture book called your baby's first word will be daada and mommies will just have to deal with that”
Passing Finding Audrey
“and then on the young adult list um Sophie canella who's best known as the author of shopaholic and other books for adults has a young adult novel called finding Audrey”