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Every book Jen Senior recommended on podcasts
Jen Senior shared her enthusiasm for contemporary fiction during her appearance on The Book Review, focusing largely on the imaginative and atmospheric works of Samantha Hunt. Senior enthusiastically recommended Hunt's novel Mr. Splitfoot, vouching for it as a wonderful, dark ghost story that carries the haunting quality of a fairy tale. Expanding on her appreciation for Hunt's bibliography, Senior also highlighted The Invention of Everything Else, describing it as a really great second novel. In addition to these recommendations, Senior discussed her reading habits, noting that she had recently picked up again and resumed reading The Dark Dark: Stories, a collection by the same author that she had previously started and temporarily set aside. Through these discussions, Senior painted a picture of an engaged reader drawn to speculative elements, folklore-like atmospheres, and richly inventive storytelling found within modern short fiction and novels.
Books recommended by Jen Senior
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Mr. Splitfoot
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Recommended“and I I can vouch for Mr splitfoot too which is a kind of ghost story you know really a wonderful also dark and very much like a a kind of fairy tale”
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The invention of everything else
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt is an imaginative historical novel that weaves together the later years of inventor Nikola Tesla's life in New York City with the contemporary story of a young chambermaid.
Recommended“yes okay she has a her her book I think it's called The Invention of every everything else which was her sort of second ago novel is really great”
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The Dark Dark: Stories
Discussed“so right now I just picked up actually or I picked up again a book that I had started a while back and then put it aside for a bit called the dark dark which is a collection of stories by Samantha hunt”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| An American Abroad | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 3 |