Jodi Picoult

09/12/23 • 59 min

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This episode features one of Elin and Tim’s favorite writers and friends, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Mad Honey, Wish You Were Here, and My Sister’s Keeper , Jodi Picoult! Jodi discusses writing from both perspectives of a controversial issue, her twist endings and intense research process, and co-writing with Samantha Van Leer and Jennifer Finney Boylan. Elin and Jodi dig into their decisions around narrative voice in their stories and their relationships and online interactions with readers, and the three discuss current book banning in America. It’s another chat where you feel like you’re having coffee with your three best friends!
A special thank you to our Episode Sponsors:
The Nantucket Hotel
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Jodi Picoult Reading List:
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
What else are we reading in this episode:
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugendies
How to Give the Wrong Impression by Katherine Heiny
Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Speech Team by Tim Murphy
The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly
Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Holly by Stephen King

Other authors mentioned:
Mary Morris, Jennifer Finney Boylan, and Samantha Van Leer.
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Sunny Hostin

September is still summer in our books, and there is still plenty of time to put a couple more "beach reads" in your beach bags. Our latest guest is Sunny Hostin, the 3x Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC’s “The View” and the New York Times best-selling author of Summer on the Bluffs and Summer on Sag Harbor. Sunny discusses her memoir, I Am These Truths, and how writing it helped form her identity, as well as talking about her novels and how place acts as a character. Recommendations, events, and tips for visiting both Oak Bluffs and Sag Harbor are sprinkled throughout the episode, as well as Sunny's view on being famous before publishing books and whether or not she reads her online reviews.
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Marine Home Center
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Sunny Hostin Reading List:
I Am These Truths : A Memoir by Sunny Hostin
Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin
Summer on Sag Harbor by Sunny Hostin
What else are we reading in this episode:
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
And Break the Pretty Kings by Lena Jeong
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
Paper Gods: A Novel of Money, Race, and Politics by Goldie Taylor
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Gilbert Cruz

In this episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond, we welcome Gilbert Cruz, Editor of the New York Times Book Review. Cruz discusses his childhood, schooling, and career that led to one of the most elite jobs in the book business. He gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look into the process of choosing books to review in the New York Times, who reviews them, and how the "Top Ten Books of the Year" are chosen. Tim and Gilbert bond over their love and obsession with Stephen King, while Elin and Gilbert dish on some of their favorite TV shows. This episode is filled with the joy of reading and recommending literature!
A special thank you to our Episode Sponsors:
Cartolina
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What else are we reading in this episode:
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
It by Stephen King
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alice & Oliver by Charles Bock
The Shining by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Still Life by Louise Penny
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Other authors mentioned:
Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens.
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