So Late in the Day and other reads • Episode #151
10/14/23 • 47 min
Irish author Claire Keegan is generally considered to be one of the finest writers working today. ‘Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving’ said Hilary Mantel, of her work, while for Colm Toiíbín ‘Claire Keegan makes her moments real – and then she makes them matter.’ Praise indeed, but what did our brand new podcast book club make of So Late in the Day, her most recently published short story? We’ll be reporting back.
And we’re also rounding up a few stand-outs from our recent reading piles, from J. L. Carr’s meditative classic A Month in the Country to V.E. Schwab’s latest fantasy novel The Fragile Threads of Power.
Book list
So Late in the Day and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt,
The Road to the City by Natalia Ginsberg in the Storybook ND series
Tom Lake, Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
A Month in the Country, by J. L. Carr
Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
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Irish author Claire Keegan is generally considered to be one of the finest writers working today. ‘Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving’ said Hilary Mantel, of her work, while for Colm Toiíbín ‘Claire Keegan makes her moments real – and then she makes them matter.’ Praise indeed, but what did our brand new podcast book club make of So Late in the Day, her most recently published short story? We’ll be reporting back.
And we’re also rounding up a few stand-outs from our recent reading piles, from J. L. Carr’s meditative classic A Month in the Country to V.E. Schwab’s latest fantasy novel The Fragile Threads of Power.
Book list
So Late in the Day and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt,
The Road to the City by Natalia Ginsberg in the Storybook ND series
Tom Lake, Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
A Month in the Country, by J. L. Carr
Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
Join us on Patreon
Here's the link for all the details, find out what extras you'll receive.
Connect with us
Find us on Instagram or Facebook @bookclubreviewpodcast
On X at @bookclubrvwpod
or email us at [email protected], we love to hear from you
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So Late in the Day and other reads • Episode #151
Irish author Claire Keegan is generally considered to be one of the finest writers working today. ‘Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving’ said Hilary Mantel, of her work, while for Colm Toibin ‘Claire Keegan makes her moments real – and then she makes them matter.’ Praise indeed but what did our brand new podcast book club make of So Late in the Day, her most recently published short story? We’ll be reporting back.
And we’re also rounding up a few stand-outs from our recent reading piles, from J. L. Carr’s meditative classic A Month in the Country to V.E. Schwab’s latest fantasy novel The Fragile Threads of Power.
Book list
So Late in the Day and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt,
The Road to the City by Natalia Ginsberg in the Storybook ND series
Tom Lake, Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
A Month in the Country, by J. L. Carr
Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
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Lonesome Dove, and other reads • Episode #152
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry has sold over 2 and a half million copies worldwide since publication in 1985, and won a Pulitzer Prize. With prose as ‘as smooth as worn saddle-leather', USA today writes 'If you read only one Western novel in your life, read this one . . . no other has ever approached the accomplishment of Lonesome Dove'. More interesting to us, Lonesome Dove is one of those 'if-you-know-you-know' books, passed from reader to reader, once read, never forgotten. And yet not everyone is a fan – listen in to see what Laura's book club made of it. As ever we're careful not to spoil the plot, so rest assured we won't give away any of the book's secrets.
We're also recommending some follow-ons and some favourites from our recent reading piles.
Book list
Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Austerlitz by W.G. Seabed
Sharp by Michelle Dean
How to Talk About Books you Haven’t Read by Pierre Bayard
Notes
If you read one article on Lonesome Dove, let it be this brilliant oral history that Texas Monthly put together, which is full of fascinating detail about the TV series and the book.
The audiobook of Lonesome Dove is published by Phoenix Books and read by Lee Horsley.
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