Episode · The Book Review · 2017-06-23
Books mentioned on The Boy Who Loved Too Much
Pamela Paul discussed The boy who loved too much by Jennifer Latson. Daniel Menaker discussed Awkward by TY Tashiro and If I understood you, would I have this look on my face? by Alan Alda. Alexandra Alter discussed The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. Parul Sehgal discussed The Art of fact : a historical anthology of literary journalism and The armies of the night by Norman Mailer. John Williams discussed Independent people by Halldór Laxness and Under the Glacier by Halldór Laxness. Greg Cowles recommended Do not become alarmed by Maile Meloy. Also mentioned: The egg and I by Betty MacDonald and The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The boy who loved too much
The boy who loved too much by Jennifer Latson is a true story exploring pathological friendliness and a young boy's extraordinary social nature.
Discussed“Jennifer Latson joins us now her new book her first book is called called The Boy Who Loved too much a true story of pathological friendliness”
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Awkward
Discussed“awkward the science of why we're socially awkward and why that's awesome that's a message I'm eager to hear by Tai tashiro PhD author of the science of Happily Ever After”
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If I understood you, would I have this look on my face?
Discussed“Alan Alda has a new book called if I understood you would I have this look on my face my adventures in the art and science of relating and communicating”
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is Arundhati Roy's highly anticipated second novel, which arrived two decades after her celebrated debut, The God of Small Things.
Discussed“we were discussing AR andad Roy's new novel the ministry of utmost happiness which of course came out 20 years after her debut novel The God of small things”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“one that caught my eye because of course this is something I was obsessed with for the better part of a year recently related to To Kill a Mocking Bird in Harper Lisa State”
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a widely known self-help and organizing guide that encourages individuals to evaluate their material possessions by keeping only those items that spark genuine joy.
Discussed“one of the ones that cross my desk recently that's just out is a graphic novel adaptation of Marie condo's bestseller the life-changing magic of tidying up”
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The Art of fact : a historical anthology of literary journalism
Discussed“so I I picked up this book that he discarded a few months ago it's called The Art of fact a historical anthology of literary journalism”
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The armies of the night
Discussed“so there's an excerpt in this from armies of Knight which is his participant Observer of the March on Washington”
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Independent people
Independent People is a sweeping, realistic novel by the Icelandic Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness that chronicles the arduous life of a stubborn crofter named Bjartur striving for economic independence.
Discussed“and he packed four books by hdor laxnes who was the Icelandic Nobel Prize winner and his big sort of most famous book is called independent people and it's about probably 450 pages”
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Under the Glacier
Under the Glacier is a humorous novel by Halldór Laxness that follows an emissary sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a peculiar small town.
Discussed“so I started a thinner book of his called under the glacier which is a a very funny novel about the bishop of Iceland sending this Emissary to a small town”
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Do not become alarmed
Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy is a suspenseful novel that follows a family vacation to Central America that turns disastrous when the children go missing.
Recommended“oh it's officially summer now and I am still firmly in Escapist mode I'm reading Miley malloy's new novel do not become alarmed which is a kind of high-spirited rolicking adventure story”
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The egg and I
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald is a humorous and widely celebrated 1945 memoir detailing the author's challenging yet comical experiences running a remote chicken ranch in the rugged mountains of Washington State with her newlywed husband.
Discussed“so I finished the EG and ey by Betty McDonald and I enjoyed it a lot”
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The Bright Hour
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs is a profoundly moving and courageous autobiographical account written while the author was facing a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Recommended“and she ended her review with a very positive bit on this book called the bright hour by Nina rigs A Memoir of living and dying which looks to be doing quite well with readers”
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Other mentions in this episode (19) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“For a while he was doing one scene from The Lion King that he really liked and he would just say the lines over and over and over again”
“author of the science of Happily Ever After”
“Daniel mener reviewed for us two books this week... and the author of many books including a memoir that I love called my mistake and a good talk the story and skill of conversation”
“Daniel mener reviewed for us two books this week... and the author of many books including a memoir that I love called my mistake and a good talk the story and skill of conversation”
“the ministry of utmost happiness which of course came out 20 years after her debut novel The God of small things”
“it's a graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwoods the handmaid's tale which is doing tremendously well in novel form right now”
“so you can get a Marvel Comic version of Pride and preus”
“there's a kafka's metamorphous graphic novel”
“The Alchemist by Paulo Quello”
“of course March was really successful the representative John Lewis's graphic novel based on the civil rights movement”
“the Jungle Book in a manga adaptation and The Count of Monte Christo which were very popular in my house”
“they just came out with two new ones the the Jungle Book in a manga adaptation and The Count of Monte Christo”
“stuff I haven't you know my ignorance is always ging and there's a really there's a a lot of like lovely stuff in here from Boswell but the big surprise to me has been Norman maer which i' I've read him like little pieces you know here in their executioner song”
“given the title I I was sort of hoping you'd describe it as like the Icelandic version of Under the Volcano the Malcolm Lowry like drinking oneself to death”
“I heard Malloy say that she had said out to write a book like the 1929 novel a high wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes which I have never read”
“another book she wrote called the plague which I like draws me in just on subject matter alone”
“another book she wrote called the plague which I like draws me in just on subject matter alone”
“and then I I found on our Discord shelves a biography of her surely something that Greg cast on called looking for Betty McDonald the egg the plague Mrs piggle wiggle”
“looking for Betty McDonald the egg the plague Mrs piggle wiggle”