The Bookarazzi: A Weekly Book Club Podcast

Episode 13 of the Bookarazzi Podcast - Ready Player One is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify. In this episode, Johanna and Sarah discuss Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. This is a dystopian, sci-fi novel about the hunt for "Halliday's easter egg," a multi-billion dollar prize left behind by the eccentric billionaire inventor of the OASIS, a virtual reality system that everyone fifty years in the future has come to rely on. Young Wade Watts has been searching for the egg for five years when he cracks the first clue and kicks off a high speed hunt in which the spirit of open collaboration on the OASIS is at risk. Where to buy this book: Find a local bookstore - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524763282 Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448/ref=asc_df_0307887448/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312094611819&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=134112921832169774&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004405&hvtargid=pla-395617940619&psc=1 Or check out thriftbooks.com for a used copy or find/request one at your local library! Get in touch with us! Email: [email protected] Instagram: @bookarazzipodcast Twitter: @bookarazzi

Episode 12 of the Bookarazzi Podcast - The Only Woman in the Room is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify. In this episode, Johanna and Sarah discuss The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. This book is a historical fiction novel based on the story of the screen star and scientist Hedy Lamarr. After growing up in Austria, Lamarr escaped an abusive marriage with Nazi arms dealer Fritz Mandl and fled to the United States where she became a film star and developed radar technology that is still used today. Where to buy this book: Find a local bookstore - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781492666868 Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Only-Woman-Room-Novel-ebook/dp/B07FDHF7PH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=only+woman+in+the+room&qid=1575071295&s=books&sr=1-1 Check out thriftbooks.com for a used copy or find/request one at your local library! Get in touch with us! Email: [email protected] Instagram: @bookarazzipodcast Twitter: @bookarazzi

Episode 11 of the Bookarazzi Podcast - Life of the Party is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify. CONTENT WARNING: Mention of sexual assault, domestic violence, and drug misuse (10:15-11:33) In this episode, Johanna and Sarah discuss Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood. This is a poetry collection in which, to quote the book description, Gatwood "weaves together her own coming of age with an investigation into our culture's romanticization of violence against women. In precise, searing language—at times blistering and riotous, at times soulful and exuberant—she explores the boundary between what is real and what is imagined in a life saturated with fear." Where to buy this book: Find a local bookstore - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984801906 Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Party-Poems-Olivia-Gatwood/dp/1984801902 Or check out thriftbooks.com for a used copy or find/request one at your local library! Get in touch with us! Email: [email protected] Instagram: @bookarazzipodcast Twitter: @bookarazzi

Episode 10 of the Bookarazzi Podcast - Unsheltered is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify. CONTENT WARNING: Brief mention of suicide (9:40-10:00) In this episode, Johanna and Sarah discuss Unsheltered by Rebecca Traister. This novel follows the story of two occupants of New Jersey house: Willa Knox-Tavoularis (in 2016) and Thatcher Greenwood (in 1870). Both characters face insecurities in the house and in society as they try to adjust to major changes in their lives. Where to buy this book: Find a local bookstore - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062684561 Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Unsheltered-Novel-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0062684736/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1572916738&sr=8-1 Or check out thriftbooks.com for a used copy or your local library! Get in touch with us! Email: [email protected] Instagram: @bookarazzipodcast Twitter: @bookarazzi

Episode 9 of the Bookarazzi Podcast - All the Single Ladies is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify. In this episode, Johanna and Sarah discuss All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister. This nonfiction book uncovers the history of single women and they have helped shape society. It also looks at the societal pressure women feel to get married and what benefits they may gain from going against the norm. Where to buy this book: Find a local bookstore - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476716565 Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/All-Single-Ladies-Unmarried-Independent/dp/1476716579/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=all+the+single+ladies&qid=1572420426&sr=8-1 Or check out thriftbooks.com for a used copy or your local library! Get in touch with us! Email: [email protected] Instagram: @bookarazzipodcast Twitter: @bookarazzi