Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Recent Romances
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”
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Everything I never told you
Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng is a character-driven debut novel that explores family dynamics, racial identity, and expectations within a mixed-race family in 1970s Ohio following the mysterious death of a daughter.
Discussed“well the first book uh everything I never told you the 70s seem like a time that really sort of highlighted all of the things that I realized that this family was wrestling with”
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”
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Killing England
Discussed“I mean I was actually surprised the book Killing England sold 65,000 copies in its first week”
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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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An 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
Passing Little Fires Everywhere
“Celeste Tang will join us to talk about her new novel little fires”
Passing Avid Reader
“he is the author most recently of a memoir Avid Reader”
“eloisa James's wild inlaw”
Passing A daring arrangement
“there's Joanna shup a daring Arrangement which is part of the 400 series”
Passing The Christmas room
“Catherine Anderson's the Christmas room which is in hard cover”
Passing The Duke and I
“Julia Quinn the Duke and I and Tessa Dar is The Duchess deal”
Passing The Duchess Deal
“Julia Quinn the Duke and I and Tessa Dar is The Duchess deal”
Passing The Duke and I
“Julia Quinn the Duke and I and Tessa Dar is The Duchess deal”
Passing Avid Reader
“Bob gotle is the author most recently of a memoir Avid Reader and a biographer and a writer of many books”
Passing Little Fires Everywhere
“her new novel is called little fires everywhere”
Passing Everything I never told you
“your first book everything I never told you”
Passing Killing the Rising Sun
“and that's why it's called killing the Rising Sun”
Passing The Adversary
“and then he goes on to talk about his book that adversary which was about the man who killed his entire family”
Passing Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“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”
Passing The Sellout
“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”