Episode · The Book Review · 2019-05-31
Books mentioned on Thrillers for Summer
Pamela Paul recommended Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips, discussed Cari Mora by Thomas Harris, All the Lost Things by Michelle Sacks, The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora, Pagan Light by Jamie James, Ottoman Odyssey by Alev Scott, Volcanoes, Palm Trees & Privilege by Liz Prato, The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, In Putin's Footsteps by Nina Khrushcheva and others, and Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown, and read The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin for a book club. Vanessa Friedman discussed Beyond All Reasonable Doubt by Malin Persson Giolito, A Nearly Normal Family by M. T. Edvardsson, Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik, and Temper by Layne Fargo. Sarah Lyall recommended Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe and When in French by Lauren Collins. Concepción De León discussed The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker, The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla and others, and The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang. Also mentioned: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark and A far cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Cari Mora
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Beyond All Reasonable Doubt
Discussed“the first is beyond all Reasonable Doubt by melin person geito and then a nearly normal family by Mt ederson”
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A Nearly Normal Family
Discussed“the first is beyond all Reasonable Doubt by melin person geito and then a nearly normal family by Mt ederson”
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Into the Jungle
Into the Jungle is a gripping and suspenseful survival thriller novel written by Erica Ferencik.
Discussed“into the jungle by Erica fenic if I'm pronouncing that correctly because the line on the cover says it will swallow you whole”
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All the Lost Things
Discussed“what about all the lost things with Michelle Sachs that looks a little bit more domestic”
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The Paper Wasp
Discussed“the other two books are also set in the US Paper was by Lauren aora tell us about that book”
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Temper
Discussed“and then the last one is Temper by lean Fargo this takes place in Chicago”
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The Fifth Season
N.K.
Book club“and this month we are going with droll Liz we are reading NK gon's fantasy novel the fifth season”
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Pagan Light
Jamie James's Pagan Light is a captivating cultural history exploring the vibrant community of artists, writers, and expatriates who gathered on the island of Capri.
Discussed“I think you don't have Pagan light there which was one of my favorites Pagan light by Jamie James”
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Ottoman Odyssey
Discussed“ottoman Odyssey travels through a Lost Empire by alive Scott she's an amazing young woman”
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Volcanoes, Palm Trees & Privilege
Discussed“and there's one other book I think you haven't mentioned volcanoes palm trees and privilege essays on Hawaii by Liz PR”
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The Salt Path
Discussed“so we're going from Hawaii to Capri to another place on the sea although very different the Southwest coast of England with the salt path by Rainer wi”
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In Putin's Footsteps
Discussed“Nina crushova a granddaughter of Nikita je and Jeffrey Taylor and their book is called in Putin's footsteps searching for the soul of an Empire across Russia's 11 time zones”
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark follows an unorthodox schoolteacher in Edinburgh who shapes the minds and lives of a select group of students during the interwar years.
Discussed“so I I have never read the prime of Miss Jean Brody”
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A far cry from Kensington
A Far Cry from Kensington is a 1988 novel by Muriel Spark that explores post-World War II London through the experiences of a spirited boarding house resident and publishing worker.
Discussed“but everybody I love loves that book and I can't wait to read it right now I'm sort of Dipping my toe in with a far cry from Kensington”
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Say Nothing
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe is a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland that investigates political violence, justice, and the heavy personal cost of what individuals kill and die for.
Recommended“well I'm going to start with someone I'm only slightly acquainted with who's Patrick Ren Keefe who if you've all read his amazing piece in the New Yorker a couple years ago about the IRA and a unsolved mystery from Northern Ireland at the time of the troubles and he's produced a book called say nothing”
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When in French
When in French by Lauren Collins is a memoir exploring cross-cultural romance, language barriers, and adaptation as an American journalist navigates life and love in Paris.
Recommended“and then since it's going to be a little bit non-fiction for me this summer because I feel I've been too sloppy with Escapist fiction in the last few months I'm going to reread my friend Lauren Collins's book when in French”
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The Dreamers
Discussed“one I'm really excited about it's the dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker and I think I've only gotten through maybe 20 pages of it but it's essentially about an epidemic in this small I guess college town um in which the women start to kind of fall asleep and never wake up”
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The Good Immigrant
Discussed“and then im also really excited about this book of essays called the good immigrant that came out I think a couple of months ago and it's just 26 different writers that are from different immigrant backgrounds from all over the world writing about their experience of of immigrating to America”
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
Discussed“and then the last one is the collected schizophrenia by esm Wun Wang and that one I'm just really interested in mental illness and I hear I haven't I haven't started this one at all but I hear that she writes about it very beautifully and very intelligently”
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Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips is a compelling novel that explores the mysterious disappearance of two young sisters in the remote and rugged landscape of Kamchatka, Russia, examining the profound ripples the event creates through a close-knit community.
Recommended“it's called disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips this was a book that just got a great Review called a superb debut by Ivy pakota in our summer issue”
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Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown is an unconventional, kaleidoscopic biography that shatters traditional biographical norms to portray the rebellious and often tragic royal.
Discussed“it's by Craig Brown 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret”
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Other mentions in this episode (23) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“all the lost things by Michelle Sachs”
“into the jungle by Era fenic”
“beyond all Reasonable Doubt by melin person giolito”
“a nearly normal family by Mt ederson”
“paper wasp by Lauren Aura”
“Thomas Harris author of Silence of the Lambs how does this hold up how does it compare”
“it's going to be very familiar to anyone who read Emma Donahue's room”
“last month we read Daniel Mendelson's an odyssey a memoir”
“the sort of Redman ohanlan Into the Heart of Borneo like here I am in the jungle love him too”
“the salt path by rer win”
“lotharingia which if I'm pronouncing that correctly a personal history of Europe's lost country by Simon Winder”
“see you in Piaza by Francis Maize”
“and then another Fran ofile title John Baxter's a year in Paris season by season in the city of light Christen Knight Paces this much country”
“in Putin's footsteps searching for the soul of an Empire across Russia's 11 time zones by Nina kushia”
“so they thought of this book called 500 Mile walkies about a man who walked the Southwest coast path”
“it reminds me of the beautiful novel by Kaz isuru the buried giant”
“let's go to something that seems like it's been written before many many times this book about France the most recent one or probably not the most recent one but you think of Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris”
“well I'm going to pass over then John Baxter's a year in Paris which people can read about in your Roundup”
“this book grabbed me because one of my earliest reading experiences as a kid was reading the Swiss Family Robinson”
“then later I I read kki by Thor hll which they actually mention in this book too”
“and we didn't talk too much about see you in the Piaza by Francis Mayes”
“was because it got a blurb from Emily St John mandal who wrote station 11 which is one of my favorite books of the last four years”