Thu, 28 July 2016
Can't decide if you love or hate a book? This is the podcast series for you. Annie once again joins frequent podcast contributors Hunter McLendon and Rebekah Arwood for a discussion of Wendy Walker's All Is Not Forgotten (a new thriller on shelves now; Reese Witherspoon's already bought the film rights). Comparable titles: + Defending Jacob by William Landay + Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng + Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber + We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates + Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight |
Thu, 21 July 2016
Love books, music, and the South? Then we've got the episode for you. Annie and Chris met with the guys of Audible Discernment, a music podcast out of nearby Albany, Ga., and they chat all things literary and musical (including a nostalgia for country music and why Pride and Prejudice would be better set in the South). Books mentioned: + Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison + A Boy from Georgia by Hamilton Jordan + The Dark Tower series by Stephen King + Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen + The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers + Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace + The Whale by Mark Beauregard + The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins |
Thu, 14 July 2016
Annie and Chris deep dive into reading more than one book at any given time... And some book therapy ensues. They mention: + The Trespasser by Tana French + The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth + Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin + Grit by Angela Duckworth + The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell + The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon Plus this article about millennials, this one about what Obama does at night, and... are you an abstainer or a moderator? |
Thu, 7 July 2016
Looking for your next summer read? Look no further. Annie and Chris chat about the books Annie read in June, including: + The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis (rel. August 23) + Love Warrior by Glennon Melton Doyle (rel. September 6) + It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool, Too) by Nora McIrney Purmort + Light to Paris by Eleanor Brown + All Stories Are Love Stories by Elizabeth Percer + How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky + Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni + Leave Me by Gayle Forman (rel. September 6)
Also mentioned: + Aaron Purmort's obituary + Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter account + WTXL card-making segment + Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide |