Episode · The Book Review · 2020-04-17
Samantha Irby on The Book Review: books mentioned
Samantha Irby Talks About ‘Wow, No Thank You’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby. Samantha Irby recommended Two girls down by Louisa Luna and The Janes by Louisa Luna, and discussed Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi and Permanent Record by Mary H. K. Choi. Jon Meacham recommended One minute to midnight by Michael Dobbs (historian) and others, and discussed The coming of the New Deal by Arthur M. Schlesinger and others. Greg Cowles discussed Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney. Pamela Paul recommended Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Wow, No Thank You.
Discussed“her new collection is called wow no thank you Samantha thanks for being here”
Where to get it
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Two girls down
Two Girls Down is a suspenseful thriller by Louisa Luna that kicks off a gripping series centered on high-stakes investigations and compelling characters.
Recommended“the first one is called two girls down and her second book in the series is called The Janes and I just reread both of those and they are so so good”
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The Janes
The Janes is a gripping thriller by Louisa Luna that follows complex investigative efforts within a tense and atmospheric narrative framework.
Recommended“the first one is called two girls down and her second book in the series is called The Janes and I just reread both of those and they are so so good”
Where to get it
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Emergency Contact
Discussed“and I just reread Mary HK Choy books emergency contact and permanent record and they're both ya”
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Permanent Record
Discussed“and I just reread Mary HK Choy books emergency contact and permanent record and they're both ya”
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The coming of the New Deal
Discussed“and then with the FDR example obviously as you described that in Arthur Slinger Jr's book the second part of his age of Roosevelt trilogy The Coming of the New Deal we're talking about the depression”
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One minute to midnight
One Minute to Midnight is a detailed historical account by Michael Dobbs that chronicles the terrifying realities of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Recommended“Michael dos who wrote marvelous book about it at the Washington Post called one minute to midnight I mean that's how close we were”
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Conversations With Friends
Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney is a celebrated contemporary debut novel that explores complex interpersonal relationships, modern romance, and youthful identity among a circle of characters in Ireland.
Discussed“I am reading Sally Rooney's debut novel conversations with friends it came out I think in 2017”
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Crossing to Safety
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner is a critically acclaimed novel that explores the enduring, decades-long friendship between two couples navigating the complexities of marriage, academic life, and personal ambition.
Recommended“in February during a a very brief 4-day ski vacation to Vermont I read a book that I didn't realize at the time begins in Vermont and that is Wallace stegner's Crossing to safety”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so this is your third book of essays the first one meaty then we are never meeting in real life now wow no thank you”
“so this is your third book of essays the first one meaty then we are never meeting in real life now wow no thank you”
“he is the author of many books before that the soul of America American lion Destiny and power biography of George HW Bush”
“the one about the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert Kennedy's 13 days and Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis”
“and then the third book is John luc's five days in London May 1940 is that each of these books is a kind of witness to history”
“she followed it up just this year or late last year with normal people that's now being made into a TV show”
“I had only read one book by stagner which was probably the book that everyone reads angle of repose and I read it back in my 20s”