Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on 'Sing for Your Life'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Today will be different
Today Will Be Different is a darkly comedic novel following a frantic woman trying to transform her life and manage her chaotic family over the course of a single day in Seattle.
Discussed“today will be different I'm so happy to have Maria here to talk about it”
Where to get it
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This One Is Mine
Discussed“so my first novel is called this one is mine and it took place in La”
Where to get it
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The car thief
The Car Thief by Theodore Weesner is a classic 1972 coming-of-age novel centered on a troubled adolescent whose obsession with stealing automobiles leads to a collision with the juvenile justice system.
Recommended“he thought he was worthy of mention was really this one book called the car thief a novel that was first published in 1972 And um it's a Coming of Age story”
Where to get it
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300 arguments
300 arguments by Sarah Manguso is an innovative essay collection consisting of concise, aphoristic observations on art, ambition, time, and solitude.
Recommended“and this book is called 300 arguments it comes out in February”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Girl on the Train
“this weekend the girl on the train is opening and of course everyone's familiar with that book it sold more than 6 million copies in the us alone became an overnight sensation”
Passing Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
“we have an extraordinary looking film from Angley based on Ben fountain's novel Billy Lyn's long halime walk”
Passing Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“loved Maria simple's last novel where' you go bernardette”
Passing The true detective
“in researching this I I came up with this incredible letter that Weisner wrote to the book review in 198 7 when we reviewed another novel of his called The True Detective”
Passing Ongoingness
“it's by the poet and essayist um Sarah manuso whose last book ongoingness was a book about her diary that she's kept”