Episode · The Book Review · 2024-10-04
Jean Hanff Korelitz on The Book Review: books mentioned
Jean Hanff Korelitz on "The Sequel"
Gilbert Cruz recommended The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, and discussed The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz and others. Jean Hanff Korelitz recommended D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, discussed How to Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, and Underfoot in show business by Helene Hanff, and criticized Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Plot
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz is a literary thriller that follows a struggling, failed writer who commits a morally questionable act by stealing a deceased student's brilliant manuscript, only to find himself hunted by someone who knows the truth.
Discussed“her 2021 novel The Plot was a literary Thriller about the world of literature the world of writing fellowships and failed careers and one's promising authors Fading Into Oblivion”
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The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz presents a suspenseful narrative in her novel The Sequel, which serves as a follow-up to her previous book, The Plot.
Recommended“her new novel called the sequel is a sequel to the plot of direct Sequel and as such we'll be discussing some key twists from Jean's first book and if you haven't read that one you should do so”
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D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire is a richly illustrated classic collection of traditional mythology that introduces readers to the gods, heroes, and timeless tales of ancient Greece.
Recommended“and one of the stories that I tell in that is the experience of becoming an atheist at age eight or nine in the final pages of do's book of Greek myths which I now feel is the single most important book I've ever read”
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How to Save Your Own Life
Discussed“I read how to save your own life which is Erica jong's sequel to fear of flying”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“because let's face it I keep thinking about to Kill a Mocking Bird and how desperately we all wished that sequel had not been written”
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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“because let's face it I keep thinking about to Kill a Mocking Bird and how desperately we all wished that sequel had not been written”
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84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff is a charming epistolary memoir chronicling decades of transatlantic correspondence between a New York writer and a London bookseller.
Discussed“the first thing that I ever published was a review of 84 Ching Crossroad in 17 magazine”
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Underfoot in show business
Discussed“she began with a collection of Hela 's BBC broadcast called letters from New York and she's about to republish underfoot and show business which is hela's Memoir”
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Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King is a suspenseful thriller novel that functions as a direct sequel to the author's classic horror story, The Shining.
Recommended“and by the way another great sequel is Dr sleep with a sequel to The Shining”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“in general I don't read series I can think of one or two exceptions to that but I'm I never read a is for Alibi or B is for or C is for any of that”
“I vividly remember the day somebody ruined murder on the oran Express for me on the school bus on my way to high school”
“Jean when did you know that the sequel is going to be the title of this book which is a sequel to your book The Plot”
“I read how to save your own life which is Erica jong's sequel to fear of flying”
“The Plot before Jacob writes crib”
“and as you know you know we carry around our sales record like Marley's ghost in Christmas Carol”
“she began with a collection of Hela 's BBC broadcast called letters from New York and she's about to republish underfoot and show business which is hela's Memoir”
“and by the way another great sequel is Dr sleep with a sequel to The Shining”
“congratulations on the publication of the sequel”