Episode 13

12/13/23 • 57 min

Our End of the Year Reading Extravaganza! We talk about our 2023 reading goals (ones we met, and some that weren't meant to be), and what we're looking forward to in terms of reading (and shelf design and organization!) in 2024. We talk about everything from Herman Melville, Flannery O'Connor, and Duff McKagen, to Zou Jingzhi, Gary Indiana, what we mean when we say we've "read a book," the difficulty of nonstandard punctuation, reading what we already own, noticing Sharon's penchant for light and dark in books, and more!

We also discuss The Pepsi Cola Addict by June Gibbons Septology by Jon Fosse

TBR Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village by Marit Kapla Cozy TBR: A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh

We also discuss The Pepsi Cola Addict by June Gibbons Septology by Jon Fosse

TBR Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village by Marit Kapla Cozy TBR: A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh

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Episode 12

Jolabokaflod and navigating the tricky waters of giving books as gifts, Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse, Britney Spears, 20th Century Romanian poetry, Eric sings Paula Cole, and new and different cozy adventures!

Books discussed: Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi Wheel with a Single Spoke and Other Poems by Nichita Stanecsu trans. by Sean Cotter Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal trans. by Jessica Moore Tremor by Teju Cole The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Cozy: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

TBR: Upside-Down World by Benjamin Moser Gen X Pittsburgh by Davis Rullo It Did Happen Here ed. by Moe Bowstern et al. The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez

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Episode 14

This time around on the podcast we venture from 1800s Lowell Mass., to 2093 Hawaii, discuss books that feature reading the diaries of the Regency Era, books about people who want to save the old things, books that are nature writing, and more! Join us as we discuss the age-old question of why do we read what we read, along with navigating BookTube and the awards therein, and a particularly cheesy (in a good way!) cozy mystery.

Books discussed include:

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Troy Chimneys by Margaret Kennedy

A Box of Matches by Nicholson Baker

Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich

World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Trust by Hernan Diaz

Erasure by Percival Everett

Ulysses by James Joyce

Cozy: Cheddar off Dead by Korina Moss