Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The History of the London Zoo
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Goosebumps
Discussed“he'll join us to talk about his long-running Goosebump series and what horror means to young readers”
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Tales from the crypt
Discussed“my first scary things I ever read were those wonderful EC Comics when I was a kid Tales from the Crypt and the Vault of horror and the Witch's cauldron”
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The vault of horror
Discussed“my first scary things I ever read were those wonderful EC Comics when I was a kid Tales from the Crypt and the Vault of horror and the Witch's cauldron”
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The Witch's Cauldron
Discussed“my first scary things I ever read were those wonderful EC Comics when I was a kid Tales from the Crypt and the Vault of horror and the Witch's cauldron”
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The Girl Who Cried Monster
Discussed“but in a very early book called The Girl Who Cried Monster it took place in a library and the girl becomes convinced that the librarian is a monster”
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Outlander
Discussed“Diana Gabaldon I think her last name is pronounced um she's the author of The Outlander series ... has a collection of stories set in that Outlander Universe called seven stones to stand or fall”
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
Discussed“Diana Gabaldon I think her last name is pronounced um she's the author of The Outlander series ... has a collection of stories set in that Outlander Universe called seven stones to stand or fall”
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Use of force
Discussed“at number three Brad Thor's use of force which Chris Christie was not reading on the beach although Brad Thor tweeted out a photo of Chris Christie holding that”
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The Swamp
Discussed“the two new books this week at number four Eric bowling who is a host on Fox News has a book called The Swamp which is very prot Trump”
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Rediscovering Americanism
Discussed“and at number one um the radio host Mark Levan has a book called rediscovering americanism looking you know as these books tend to back to the founders”
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Londoners
Londoners is an immersive oral history by Craig Taylor that captures the diverse and vibrant voices of contemporary individuals living in the British capital.
Recommended“and on the plane back I read this great book called londoners It's an oral history by Craig Taylor who's a Canadian”
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Scars of independence
Discussed“and then when I got back I continued reading a book I had started a couple months ago a work of serious history by holder hook who's a historian at the University of Pittsburgh called scars of Independence America's violent birth”
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Black tickets
Black Tickets is a celebrated debut short story collection by Jayne Anne Phillips that showcases gritty, evocative tales of marginalized characters navigating difficult lives across America.
Recommended“uh the debut book by Jane Anne Phillips it's a Story collection called Black tickets ... but um she's wonderful”
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Priestdaddy
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood is a sharply witty and unconventional memoir recounting the author's eccentric upbringing in the Midwest as the daughter of a married Catholic priest.
Recommended“I just started this week um the poet Patricia Lockwood's Memoir from Recently published called priest Daddy and it's about her time being raised uh in the midwest by her father who was a the rare uh married priest”
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The Woman in White
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins is a pioneering Victorian mystery novel celebrated for its intricate plotting, multiple narrators, and atmospheric suspense centering on an eerie encounter with a mysterious woman on a London road.
Discussed“yes I am still um in full in the woman in white by wilky Collins I have about 150 pages to go so no spoilers”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Goosebumps
“I'm on the board of the international Thriller writers it's the only board I've ever been on in my life and we all meet about 500 Thriller writers all meet every summer here in New York and I those are the people I read all these Thriller writers”
Passing Fear Street - Sunburn
“RL Stein is the author of The Goosebump series and Fear Street”
Passing Goosebumps
“RL Stein is the author of The Goosebump series and Fear Street”
Passing The duchess
“at number five Danielle Steel back on the list with a new novel called The Duchess”
Passing Murder Games
“and still at number one is uh John Grisham ... non-fiction ... no ... top newcomer to the fiction list is James Patterson a book called Murder games that he wrote with his sometime collaborator Howard raen”
Passing Camino Island
“and still at number one is uh John Grisham ... yes uh John Grisham still at number one with Cino Island”