Episode 5
04/12/23 • 46 min
Sarah, Sharon and Eric discuss strategies on how to read outside your comfort zone. Eric treats us to a beautiful reading from Sarai Walker's Cherry Robbers, and Sharon discusses the magic of folklore.
Eric
- The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker
- The Taliban Cricket Club: a Novel by Timeri N. Murari
- The Kebab Kitchen Mysteries by Tina Kashian
- The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller
Sarah
- Frontlist--Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
- Backlist--Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
- TBR--Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim
Sharon
- The Other Irish Tradition Edited by Rob Doyle
- Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain by Amy Jeffs
- Orlam by PJ Harvey
Also Referenced:
BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast
Raised on Radio Interview with PJ Harvey on her book Orlam- YouTube
Sarah, Sharon and Eric discuss strategies on how to read outside your comfort zone. Eric treats us to a beautiful reading from Sarai Walker's Cherry Robbers, and Sharon discusses the magic of folklore.
Eric
- The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker
- The Taliban Cricket Club: a Novel by Timeri N. Murari
- The Kebab Kitchen Mysteries by Tina Kashian
- The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller
Sarah
- Frontlist--Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
- Backlist--Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
- TBR--Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim
Sharon
- The Other Irish Tradition Edited by Rob Doyle
- Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain by Amy Jeffs
- Orlam by PJ Harvey
Also Referenced:
BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast
Raised on Radio Interview with PJ Harvey on her book Orlam- YouTube
Previous Episode
Episode 4
A discussion of reading journeys followed by a productive shelf motivated month of reads with some cracked open TBR's (To Be Reads). Hooray for the cold months!
Sharon:
A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Cold Enough to Snow by Jessica Au
TBR: The Colony by Audrey Magee
Sarah:
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Secret History by Donna Tartt
TBR: Babel R.F. Kuang
Eric:
Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman
Soul Food (A Books and Biscuits Mystery) by Abby Collette
TBR: The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes by Hugh Hodges
Next Episode
Episode 6
Eric, Sarah and Sharon discuss the eternal reader's dilemma "to finish or not to finish" a book once begun. Sarah discusses a recent Joyce Carol Oates selection as a comfort read and questions Sharon's gift of a book about a woman on the eve of her wedding having second thoughts as she is approaching her big day. Sharon reviews books from her month of reading Booker International Prize nominations, and Eric has some "deep" revelations from the world of cozies.
Sharon:
- The Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang
- While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer, translated by Katie Derbyshire
- Stillborn by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
- Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
- TBR: Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim; The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier, translated by Daniel Levin Becker
Sarah:
- Frontlist: 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates
- Backlist: Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King
- TBR: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
Eric:
- Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
- Slow Horses - Mick Herron
- Dead Lions - Mick Herron
- The Deep Dish Mysteries by Mindy Quigley
- TBR: Middlemarch by George Eliot
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