Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Marilyn Stasio on True Crime
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Who is Rich?
Who Is Rich? by Matthew Klam is a darkly comic contemporary novel about a middle-aged cartoonist grappling with marriage, art, and desire.
Recommended“I'm reading a a comic novel that came out earlier this year I think in the summer by Matthew clam is called who is Rich and this book has had the distinction for me of being a book that I find like incredibly depressing but that has like laugh out loud elements on like like every page”
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The Dark Net
The Dark Net is a horror novel by Benjamin Percy that blends elements of supernatural terror with modern technological anxieties.
Recommended“the book is called the dark net”
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The Orchid Thief
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean is a true-life narrative exploring the eccentric world of orchid poachers and plant obsession in the Florida Everglades.
Recommended“for me I'm finishing up a book that I started talking about last week which is the Orchid Thief by Susan orene”
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Niels Lyhne
Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen is a late nineteenth-century Danish psychological novel that follows the idealistic, searching life of its eponymous protagonist as he navigates love, loss, and the loss of religious faith.
Recommended“the one I read is a novel by a Danish writer named Yen Peter Jacobson and the novel is called named after its protagonist Neil's Lynn n i LS and then L YH n so any Danish listeners can call in and correct me it's from the late 19th century”
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Other mentions in this episode (13) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Her Right Foot
“yeah there's um a lot of stuff kind of ended up getting stacked within about a year time frame and uh even though some of these things were done years ago but yeah the first one is uh her right foot”
Own book Ungrateful Mammals
“the other book is also a picture book but more an adult picture book a kind of art book and that is called ungrateful mammals which is coming out in October”
Own book The monk of Mokha
“nothing but the books but yeah there's a a book in January called the monk of mocha but that's non-fiction and then uh and then a a book for middle grade uh comes later on”
Own book Her Right Foot
“well in the case of her right foot that actually was intended to come out later but was moved up for reasons of timeliness because this is a book that I think has an important and timely message”
Own book Her Right Foot
“you talk about in the book how the symbol of the torch and the crown and the robes and you know all of this has sort of been discussed but you call your book her right foot for a reason what is it that people don't notice about the Statue of Liberty's right foot”
Own book Ungrateful Mammals
“well in ungrateful mammals I have to say you you do I think you allude to the fact that you you push that definition that word mammal because the one I'm looking at right now is actually of a spider and the label is not much of a joiner”
Own book Her Right Foot
“the two books again are ungrateful mammals and a children's book her WR foot both by Dave Edgars and her right foot with illustrations by Sha Harris as you mentioned earlier you have a non-fiction more narrative book coming out next year”
Own book Ungrateful Mammals
“the two books again are ungrateful mammals and a children's book her WR foot both by Dave Edgars and her right foot with illustrations by Sha Harris as you mentioned earlier you have a non-fiction more narrative book coming out next year”
Passing Sam the Cat
“Matthew clam was the author of an earlier story colle that was like 15 years ago or something called Sam the Cat and really great funny stories very Lively also I mean very similar to this book in a way”
Passing The Power
“I'm continuing my um just kind of pure Escapist reading you'll remember a few weeks ago on the podcast I talked about a um science fiction book that I really enjoyed a lot called the power by Naomi Alderman”
Passing Red moon
“he's done werewolf novels red red moon and uh he kind of came to the horror stuff after a couple more literary stuff”
Passing Father and son
“there's a classic Memoir by a guy named Edmund Goss called Father and Son which is one of my favorite books and it it echoes that a little bit”
Passing Father and son
“there's a classic Memoir by a guy named Edmund Goss called Father and Son which is one of my favorite books and it it echoes that a little bit”