Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Enduring Appeal of Judy Blume and Gabriel García Márquez
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Discussed“are you there God it's me Margaret should I check it out”
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Freckle Juice
Discussed“I loved her books for younger readers like Freckle Juice and super fudge”
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Superfudge
Discussed“I loved her books for younger readers like Freckle Juice and super fudge”
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Forever
Discussed“I did pass around forever which was another one of Judy Bloom's books that had some fairly graphic sex scenes that were very educational”
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In the unlikely event
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume is a poignant adult fiction novel that reflects on a series of real-life plane crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey, during the 1950s.
Recommended“her last book which came out four or five years ago is called in the unlikely event”
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a gripping novella by Gabriel García Márquez that examines a meticulously planned murder in a small Colombian village where everyone knows it is going to happen.
Recommended“it's a short read Chronicle of a Death for told is a Nolla that you can probably knock out over lunch”
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is a landmark masterpiece of magical realism that chronicles the multi-generational saga of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo.
Discussed“and that the portrait of this town makondo the setting of 100 Years of Solitude is based largely off his experience”
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez is a sweeping, lyrical novel of persistent devotion and aging romance set against the backdrop of a Caribbean port city.
Discussed“he explores a lot of these themes in love and the time of chera”
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Of Love and Other Demons
Discussed“one of the lines from this his Nolla of love other demons has stuck with me”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“are you there God dess me Margaret are you there”