Episode · The Book Review · 2017-09-29
Books mentioned on Recent Romances
Gilbert Cruz discussed Deadly Rumors by Cheris Hodges. Pamela Paul recommended Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, and discussed Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng and A Perfect Spy by John le Carré. Alexandra Alter discussed Killing England by Bill O'Reilly and Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly and others. Jennifer Szalai discussed A Russian Novel by Emmanuel Carrère. John Williams discussed Undue Influence by Anita Brookner, Odyssey : a Father, a Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn, and Leave It to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Deadly Rumors
Discussed“I mean one of them here this sherff hodges's deadly rumors which you reviewed from the sound of it it feels like a thriller”
Where to get it
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Everything I never told you
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng is a debut novel that investigates family dynamics, race, and expectations in suburbia through the gripping mystery of a family dealing with a tragic loss.
Discussed“it's interesting because your first book everything I never told you your debut began with a dead girl”
Where to get it
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Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere is a contemporary novel that explores the intertwined fates of families in an idyllic Ohio suburb, touching on themes of race, class, and motherhood.
Recommended“the novel again is called little fires Everywhere by Celeste Ang”
Where to get it
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Killing England
Discussed“in this book it's killing England it's about the American Revolution”
Where to get it
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Killing the Rising Sun
Discussed“it's not great considering that last year killing the Rising Sun sold more than 250,000 copies in its first week”
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Odyssey : a Father, a Son and an Epic
Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn is a deeply moving memoir that recounts the extraordinary journey of a classicist professor and his eighty-one-year-old father, who chose to audit his undergraduate seminar on Homer's Odyssey.
Discussed“and then I'm just also reading Daniel Mendelson's new Memoir and odyssey which is about the time that he he taught a course about Homer's The Odyssey that his father his 81-year-old father attended”
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A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré is a complex psychological thriller that delves into the intricate personal and professional life of British intelligence operative Pym.
Discussed“um I'm sort of trying to read Laray novel a perfect spy and I mentioned last week that I was having a little bit of trouble getting into it”
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Other mentions in this episode (15) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Celeste Tang will join us to talk about her new novel little fires”
“he is the author most recently of a memoir Avid Reader”
“eloisa James's wild inlaw”
“there's Joanna shup a daring Arrangement which is part of the 400 series”
“Catherine Anderson's the Christmas room which is in hard cover”
“Julia Quinn the Duke and I and Tessa Dar is The Duchess deal”
“Julia Quinn the Duke and I and Tessa Dar is The Duchess deal”
“Bob gotle is the author most recently of a memoir Avid Reader and a biographer and a writer of many books”
“her new novel is called little fires everywhere”
“your first book everything I never told you”
“and that's why it's called killing the Rising Sun”
“and then he goes on to talk about his book that adversary which was about the man who killed his entire family”
“was Sophie the one in lives other than my own which was written a couple years after this”
“so in America you have the the comedies that are scathing about race like the sellout or going all the way back to Huck fin”
“so in America you have the the comedies that are scathing about race like the sellout or going all the way back to Huck fin”