The Bookrageous Podcast

Bookrageous Episode 63; Troubled Daughters, Twisted WivesIntro Music; Girls Like Us by The Julie RuinWhat We’re ReadingPaul[1:30] Dangerous Women, edited by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois [3:55] Parker: Slayground, Darwyn CookeRebecca[7:25] Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut[10:45] A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin [12:40] Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg[15:35] Equilateral, Ken Kalfus[16:00] Wave, Sonali Deraniyagala[17:30] A Kiss at Midnight, Eloisa James; Outlander, Diana GabaldonJosh[18:40] The Pocket Beer Guide, Tim Webb, Stephen Beaumont; World’s Best Ciders, Pete Brown, Bill Bradshaw (Brewed Awakening, The Complete Beer Course)[21:20] Immortal Iron Fist, Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja[23:10] EarthBound, Ken Baumann (Boss Fight Books)[26:50] The Word Exchange, Alena Graedon, April 8 2014Rebecca[30:55] One More Thing, B.J. Novak---Intermission; “Runaway Five Left the Building" from Earthbound---Book Club: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, edited by Sarah Weinman[35:25] Sarah Weinman on Twitter, @sarahw; In a Lonely Place, Dorothy B. Hughes[36:25] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn[38:35] The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson[39:20] “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Roald Dahl[41:50] The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard[42:00] Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine[56:45] The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald---Outro Music; Girls Like Us by The Julie Ruin---Find Us!Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323.Find Us Online: Josh,Paul, and RebeccaOrder Josh’s book! Maine Beer: Brewing in VacationlandBookrageous book club: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, edited by Sarah WeinmanGet Bookrageous schwag at CafePressNote: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 62; Our 2013 FavoritesIntro Music; Gimme Gimmes, "Favorite Things"What We’re ReadingPreeti[1:10] Life After Life, Kate AtkinsonJenn[4:30] The Age of Innocence, Edith WhartonRebecca[5:25] The Woman Upstairs, Claire MessudJosh[9:45] The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking, Olivia Laing---Intermission; The Starting Line, "Playing Favorites"---Our 2013 Favorites[16:50] Jenn: Again!, Emily Gravett[18:05] Preeti: Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell; The Year of Billy Miller, Kevin Henkes[20:35] Rebecca: The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer; Instructions for a Heatwave, Maggie O’Farrell[24:35] Josh: The Last Girlfriend on Earth, Simon Rich[27:50] Jenn: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot, Caroline Carlson (NYT review)[30:25] Preeti: The Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson; House of Hades, Rick Riordan; Proxy, Alexander London[34:55] Rebecca: I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, Jen Kirkman; Want Not, Jonathan Miles[38:40] Josh: Drinking With Men, Rosie Schaap[40:05] Jenn: When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams[43:00] Preeti: TransAtlantic, Colum McCann[45:25] Rebecca: All That Is, James Salter[50:05] Josh: Gulp, Mary Roach[53:00] Jenn: Equilateral, Ken Kalfus (pair with John Carter of Mars)[56:30] Preeti: Rose Under Fire (companion to Code Name Verity), Elizabeth Wein[57:50] Rebecca: The Dark Path, David Schickler; Going Clear, Lawrence Wright[1:02:10] Josh: Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Eli Brown[1:04:45] Jenn: The Haunted Bookshop, Christopher Morley (sequel to Parnassus on Wheels)[1:07:50] Preeti: Saga, Vol. 2, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples; Amazing X-Men #1, Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness[1:10:00] Rebecca: Lexicon, Max Barry[1:14:30] Josh: Tampa, Alissa Nutting---Outro Music; Gimme Gimmes, "Favorite Things"---Find Us!Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323.Find Us Online: Jenn, Josh, Preeti, and RebeccaOrder Josh’s book! Maine Beer: Brewing in VacationlandNext Bookrageous book club: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, edited by Sarah WeinmanGet Bookrageous schwag at CafePressNote: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 61; Food and Food BooksIntro Music; Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus WainwrightWhat We’re ReadingRebecca[1:25]Smarter Than You Think, Clive Thompson[4:20] Jaron Lanier (You Are Not a GadgetandWho Owns the Future)[5:05]Going Clear, Lawrence Wright[7:50]10 Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, Sarah MacLeanJosh[10:00]Sugar, Jenna Jameson (How to Make Love Like a Porn Star)[13:10]The Fruit Hunters, Adam Leith Gollner[15:07]Paddle Your Own Canoe, Nick Offerman (Buy, Borrow, Bypass)[16:40]The Martian, Andy Weir, February 11 2014Jenn[18:20]Dirty Love, Andre Dubus III[20:15]Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor and Park);fan fiction about the fictional fan fiction[22:10]The Impossible Knife of Memory, Laurie Halse Anderson, January 7 2014 (Speak,Wintergirls)[24:30]Battle Magic, Tamora Pierce[25:15]Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh, October 29 2013 (blog)[26:25]Paddle Your Own Canoe, Nick Offerman---Intermission; Eat It by Weird Al Yankovich---Food and Food Books[29:20]Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain[30:10]Tender at the Bone, Ruth Reichl[30:50]A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain[31:00]Anything That Moves, Dana Goodyear, November 14 2013[33:20] Companion cookbooks:Game of Thrones, Brian Jacques'Redwall series[35:00]Cooked books, Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker[35:50]A Midsummer Night's Fantasy of Fall Cuisineby Rebecca;Apocalypse Chiliby Jenn[38:55]The Last Banquet, Jonathan Grimwood[43:05]Mr. Peanut,I Married You for Happiness[44:30]Raymond Chandler[44:50]The Hunter, Richard Stark[45:20]All That Is, James Salter[48:40]Relish, Lucy Knisley[49:00]Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Eli Brown[49:20]Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl[49:30]Life is Meals, James Salter and Kay Salter---Outro Music; Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright---Find Us!Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, RebeccaOrder Josh’s book!Maine Beer: Brewing in VacationlandNext Bookrageous book club:Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, edited by Sarah WeinmanGet Bookrageous schwag at CafePressNote: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 60; 3rd Anniversary and Listener QuestionsIntro Music; Madness (by Muse, covered by Gin Wigmore)What We’re ReadingJenn[1:30] Bleeding Edge, Thomas Pynchon[2:55] Babayaga, Toby Barlow (Sharp Teeth)[3:50] Happyland, J. Robert Lennon, October 1 2013 (Castle)[4:55] 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin[6:20] Welcome to Night Vale, Commonplace BooksRebecca[8:35] Anything That Moves, Dana Goodyear, November 14 2013[11:50] Paris, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down, Rosecranz Baldwin (The Morning News)[13:45] Oyster; Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, Sarah MacLeanJosh[19:00] Cocktail Time, P.G. Wodehouse [23:30] Shakespeare’s Pub, Pete Brown[24:30] The Book of Men, edited by Colum McCann, November 5 2013 —Intermission; Arabella by the Arctic Monkeys—3rd Anniversary and Listener QuestionsShout-out to Books on the Nightstand![32:20] The Haunted Bookshop, Christopher MorleyTop 3 personally-defining books[36:00] Jenn: The Gone-Away World, Nick Harkaway; The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin; The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie[36:40] Rebecca: When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams; The Giver, Lois Lowry; The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell[37:00] The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay, Michael Chabon; The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell; Hamlet, William ShakespeareTake your favorite book out on a date[38:30] Jenn: bruschetta picnic, in a castle, with The Gone-Away World[39:21] Rebecca: A Prayer for Owen Meany, burgers or hot dogs and beer in the giant truck, smoking cigarettes at the baseball diamond[40:20] Josh: Kavalier Clay, out for a knish in Brooklyn, drinking Brooklyn lager[40:45] Rebecca: A Sport and A Pastime out for a beach picnic in the south of FranceWhich fictional city/planet would you most like to reside?[41:15] Jenn: vacation in Beszel Ul Qoma (The City The City, China Mieville)[41:43] Rebecca: the academic world of The Secret History (Donna Tartt)[42:25] Jenn: the universe of Saga (Brian K. Vaughan)[43:20] Rebecca Josh: Brakebills (The Magicians, Lev Grossman)[44:00] Josh: the Team Whale/Team Krill world (Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell)[44:15] the American West of Pam Houston or the slight future of Lexicon (Max Barry)What books do you love even though the author is an ass-hat? Have you ever hate-read a book?[45:05] Jenn: Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card[45:40] Rebecca: The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen; hate-read all of the Twilight books, Nicholas Sparks, 50 Shades of Grey[46:50] Josh: comics of Frank Miller; hate-read 50 Shades of Grey What books have you wanted to like but didn’t?[51:45] Josh: still trying to find a romance that clicks (Jenn: Blood of the Wicked, Karina Cooper)[52:35] Jenn: has yet to find a cookbook that doesn’t ultimately befuddle her (Rebecca: Serve Yourself, Joe Yonan; Josh: Better Homes Gardens Cookbook)[55:55] Rebecca: hasn’t found a big epic fantasy series to get into yet (except for The Lord of the Rings); still working on reading more YA (aside from A.S. King)Goals?[58:15] steal ideas from Literary Disco—Outro Music; Madness (by Muse, covered by Gin Wigmore)—Find Us!Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, RebeccaOrder Josh’s book! Maine Beer: Brewing in VacationlandGet Bookrageous schwag at CafePressNote: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 59; Tampa by Alissa Nutting—Intro Music; Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard—What We’re ReadingJosh[1:20]Little Failureby Gary ShteyngartRebecca[2:45]MaddAddamby Margaret AtwoodStefan[6:40]Carry On, Jeevesby PG WodehouseRoxane[9:18]Karate Chop: Storiesby Dorthe NorsCasey[12:30]Bleeding Edgeby Thomas Pynchon—Intermission; Brazilian Boys by Bonde do Role—Book Club Discussion -TAMPAby Alissa Nutting[14:40] We get intoTampa! Spoilers and frank language abound.—Outro Music;Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard—Find Us!Bookrageous onTumblr,Podbean,Twitter,Facebook,Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323Find Us Online:Casey,Josh,Rebecca,Roxane,StefanGet Bookrageous schwag at CafePressNote: Our show book links direct you toWORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 58; Reading and Re-Reading —Intro Music; L.A. by The March Divide— What We’re Reading Kevin [1:56] We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider[3:56] Fables, Bill Willingham[5:55] Mo' Betta Blues: The World According to Questlove, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Ben Greenman[6:40] A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace[6:55] Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan DidionRebecca [7:12] You Are One of Them, Elliott Holt[10:24] The Returned, Jason Mott[12:55] The Leftovers, Tom Perrotta; The Illumination, Kevin Brockmeier[13:03] Battleborn, Claire Vaye Watkins[14:15] When Beauty Tamed the Beast, Eloisa JamesJosh[16:02] Solo, DC Comics[19:00] Songs of Willow Frost, Jamie Ford; Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford[21:20] American Ski Resort Architecture, Style, Experience, Margaret Supplee Smith— Intermission; Beer Swindlers by RADSTEWART — Reading and Re-Reading [24:08] Practical Classics, Kevin Smokler[27:28] Why do we re-read? Comfort, education, and elucidation[29:22] Great Expectations, Charles Dickens[32:00] Toni Morrison[33:44] Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger[37:12] You Are Not So Smart, David McRaney[40:45] The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell[41:27] There are no have-to's in re-reading[47:47] When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams[51:20] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn[54:17] Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut Jr[55:18] The Secret History, Donna Tartt[56:15] Skippy Dies, Paul Murray[56:28] The Hangover and Myst, because reasons[57:48] The Never List, Koethi Zan— Outro Music; L.A. by The March Divide — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Kevin, Rebecca Order Josh’s book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Bookrageous Book Club Pick: Tampa, Alissa Nutting Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 57; Our 2013 Favorites (So Far)Intro Music; In Love With My Lovers by BratmobileWhat We’re ReadingRebecca[1:40] The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (October 22 2013)[4:30] Kiss Me First, Lottie Moggach[6:00] Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky; Short Story Thursday[7:30] Merchants of Culture, John B. Thompson[8:40] Hothouse, Boris Kachka (August 6 2013)Josh[9:55] Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Jeffrey Brown (August 27 2013); Darth Vader and Son, Vader’s Little Princess[12:10] Kenobi, John Jackson Miller (August 27 2013)[15:11] Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Eli Brown[15:20] Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing, Don GeorgeJenn[16:35] The Telling Room, Michael Paterniti (July 30, 2013)[18:35] Saga Vol. 2, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples[20:25] Longbourn, Jo Baker (October 8 2013)[21:55] American Gods Tenth Anniversary Edition, Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys)—Intermission; Get On Your Feet by Gloria Estefan The Miami Sound Machine—Our 2013 Favorites (So Far)[25:35] Funny books: Gulp, Mary Roach and The Last Girlfriend on Earth, Simon Rich[29:00] Saga Vol. 2, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples[20:55] The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (Zoo City)[32:55] NOS4A2, Joe Hill[35:00] Lexicon, Max Barry[38:50] Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell[42:00] Memoirs: Drinking with Men, Rosie Schaap and I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, Jen Kirkman[42:50] She Matters, Susanna Sonnenberg[44:00] When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams[44:30] The Engagements, J. Courtney Sullivan; Instructions for a Heat Wave, Maggie O’Farrell[46:25] The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer[47:35] All Our Pretty Songs, Sarah McCarry (July 30 2013), The Rejectionist[49:05] The Song of the Quarkbeast, Jasper Fforde (September 3 2013)[50:00] The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot, Caroline Carlson (September 1 2013) [51:15] Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Eli Brown[52:50] All That Is, James Salter[54:45] Historical fiction: The Lion Seeker, Kenneth Bonert (October 15 2013); Equilateral, Ken Kalfus—Outro Music; In Love With My Lovers by Bratmobile—Find Us!Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, RebeccaOrder Josh’s book! Maine Beer: Brewing in VacationlandBookrageous Book Club Pick: Tampa, Alissa Nutting Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePressNote: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

[full show notes with time stamps and links tk]--Intro: Southern Ground by Judah and the Lion --- What We're Reading Rebecca NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, Reality Boy by AS King, Rush by Maya Banks, 50 Shades of Grey by EL James, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Mistress Contract by She and HeJosh Blue Nights by Joan Didion, Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, The Things They Cannot Say by Kevin Sites, What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes, Straight Flush by Ben Mezrich, Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill, I Married You For Happiness by Lily Tuck Jenn Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James, The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde, The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, The Last Banquet by Jonathan Grimwood  -- Intermission: Once More to the Afterlife by Explosions in the Sky  -- BEA 2013 The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Passage by Justin Cronin, How Roland Rolls by Jim Carrey, The Returned by Jason Mott, Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein, Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler, The Dark Path by David Schickler, Battling Boy by Paul Pope, Rivington Was Ours: Lady Gaga, the Lower East Side, and the Prime of Our Lives by Brendan Jay Sullivan, Guys Can Be Cat Ladies Too by Michael Showalter, Mr Funny Pants by Michael Showalter, This Is Between Us by Kevin Sampsell, A Common Pornography by Kevin Sampsell, Little Cat by Tamara Faith Berger, Southern Cross the Dog by Bill Cheng, The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus, Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus, The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert, Comic Genius: Portraits of Funny People by Matt Hoyle  --- Outro: Southern Ground by Judah and the Lion  --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Book Club; She Intro Music; She's a Rebel by Green Day What We're Reading Jenn [1:26] Both Flesh and Not, David Foster Wallace [3:45] In Other Worlds, Margaret Atwood [4:55] Stiff, Mary Roach [5:45] The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams Rebecca [7:00] Red Moon, Benjamin Percy [9:12] Inferno, Dan Brown [10:45] Refuge, Terry Tempest Williams (When Women Were Birds) Josh [13:00] The Audacity of Hops, Tom Acitelli [16:35] Fear Agent, Rick Remender [18:20] The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick - Intermission; Book Club by Arkells - Book Club; She [20:45] Shout-out to Project Gutenberg [22:00] various editions: She (Penguin Classics edition); She (Modern Library, Margaret Atwood introduction) [46:00] Beowulf on the Beach, Jack Murnighan [47:15] She (1935) [52:50] Next book club pick: Tampa, Alissa Nutting (July 1 2013) - Outro Music; She's a Rebel by Green Day - Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Order Josh's book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Come to our party! May 29, 7 p.m., at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe Bookrageous Book Club Pick: Tampa, Alissa Nutting (July 1 2013) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 54; Our Digital Reading Lives Intro Music; Tumble and Fall by Elijah Ocean What We’re Reading Rebecca [1:30] Fingersmith, Sarah Waters [3:15] The Last Girlfriend on Earth, Simon Rich [5:05] The Siren, Tiffany Reisz Josh [7:35] Bookrageous Episode 46: Comfort Food Books [8:10] Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon, Matt Fraction, David Aja, Javier Pulido [9:30] Fury Max: My War Gone By, Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov [10:40] The Citizen’s Constitution: An Annotated Guide, Seth Lipsky [11:20] Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America’s Most Celebrated Publishing House, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Boris Kachka [12:50] Saga, Vol. 1, Brian K Vaughan, Fiona Staples Jenn [14:20] The Dark is Rising: The Complete Sequence, Susan Cooper [16:40] How to Be a Good Wife, Emma Chapman (Turn of Mind) [18:15] The Ice-Shirt, William T. Vollmann --- Intermission; Rumble and Sway by Jamie N Commons --- Managing Our Digital Reading Lives [21:00] Goodreads and Amazon [23:25] LibraryThing [35:05] Alternatives to Amazon: Powells.com; Better World Books [46:30] Why Have Kids?, Jessica Valenti [47:45] Traps, Mackenzie Bezos --- Outro Music; Tumble and Fall by Elijah Ocean --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Preorder Josh’s book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Come to our party! May 29, 7 p.m., at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe Bookrageous Book Club Pick: She, by H. Rider Haggard (available at used bookstores and from Project Gutenberg) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 53; National Poetry Month Apologies for occasional fades in sound! Intro Music; Poetry of the Deed by Frank Turner What We’re Reading Jenn [1:25] I Await the Devil’s Coming, Mary MacLane [4:40] In Cold Blood, Truman Capote; Wall Street Journal and Salon pieces [6:20] The Lifespan of a Fact, John D’Agata and Jim Fingal [7:30] films: Capote; In Cold Blood Rebecca [9:25] All That Is, James Salter [12:25] Drinking With Men, Rosie Schaap [14:25] The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (recommended by Jeff) [15:25] Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld, June 25 2013 Josh [16:11] Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland, Josh Christie, May 7 2013 (congratulations, Josh!) [17:35] The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories, Simon Rich [21:30] The Odyssey, Robert Fitzgerald [22:30] Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man, Thomas Foster Lacy [25:05] Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy [25:15] To Sell Is Human, Daniel Pink [25:40] Number9Dream, David Mitchell [26:15] The Gift, Lewis Hyde [27:39] Baby Meets World, Nicholas Day [29:50] Life After Life, Kate Atkinson [31:10] Bluets, Maggie Nelson [32:00] Destroyer and Preserver, Matthew Rohrer [32:15] The Comfort of Things, Daniel Miller [33:45] Footsteps, Richard Holmes — Intermission; Boys Want to Be Her by Peaches — Poetry [36:15] Red Doc, Anne Carson [36:35] Poetry Foundation app [38:45] Bluets, Maggie Nelson [39:30] Wave Books [32:40] From Rachel Rooney: good places to start with Poetry? the Poetry Foundation app; The Writer’s Almanac, Garrison Keillor [48:50] Forklift, Ohio [50:10] poetry on the Tumblr: Kat Howard, Leigh Stein, Saeed Jones; Bryan McGacklin [51:50] Power Politics, Margaret Atwood [52:55] The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood [53:25] Collected Poems, Chinua Achebe [54:25] Maybe the Saddest Thing, Marcus Wicker [56:10] Spectacle, Susan Steinberg [56:30] Copper Canyon Press [57:10] When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams [1:01:55] It Becomes You, Dobby Gibson [1:02:15] Elegy Owed, Bob Hicok [1:03:25] Women’s Poetry, Daisy Fried [1:03:55] Appetite, Aaron Smith [1:05:30] Blowout, Denise Duhamel [1:06:05] Come, Thief, Jane Hirshfield [1:07:00] Pank Magazine app 1:14:20 Share your favorite poems/poets with us! Tag us on Twitter (#bookrageous); throw ‘em in the ask box on Tumblr. — Outro Music; Poetry of the Deed by Frank Turner — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca, Lacy Bookrageous Book Club Pick: She, by H. Rider Haggard (available at used bookstores and from Project Gutenberg) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 52; Adaptations Intro Music; Lost Ends by Twinstar What We’re Reading Jenn [1:15] Lawless, Jeff Salane [2:50] Red Doc, Anne Carson [4:00] How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid [6:20] The Human Division, John Scalzi (read-along on Tor.com) Josh [8:50] How to Love Wine, Eric Asimov [13:00] Salt Sugar Fat, Michael Moss [13:55] The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart [14:30] One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, Sarah MacLean; digression on romance novels [23:35] Bet Me, Jennifer Crusie Rebecca [25:30] Tampa, Alissa Nutting [32:30] The movie Jenn was trying to remember the name of is Notes on a Scandal [36:20] Out, Natsuo Kirino (via Book Riot: Baddass Female Revenge Thrillers) [38:00] Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed — Intermission; I Still Think of You from Time to Time by Louville — Adaptations [43:20] The Princess Bride, William Goldman [44:15] High Fidelity, Nick Hornby [44:45] Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding [46:30] In Her Shoes, Jennifer Wiener [47:00] Nothing Lasts Forever, Roderick Thorp (Die Hard) [48:10] The Hours, Michael Cunningham [48:50] Children of Men, P.D. James [50:00] The Club Dumas, Arturo Perez-Reverte (The Ninth Gate) [51:15] A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (Simon Birch) [52:20] To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee [53:00] Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell [54:35] Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro [56:30] Jenn begs you to put your opinions about the Cloud Atlas movie in our Tumblr ask box! [56:55] The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell [57:20] The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne [58:00] Austen adaptations [58:35] Watchmen, Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons [59:30] Sin City, Frank Miller [1:01:20] The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [1:03:00] Harry Potter, JK Rowling [1:04:20] Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko [1:05:05] Modern adaptations: Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You, Easy A, Great Expectations, O [1:07:50] A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin [1:10:35] Catch-22, Joseph Heller [1:10:45] Ursula Le Guin [1:11:15] The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hobbit [1:15:10] The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan [1:15:40] Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway [1:15:55] The Magicians, Lev Grossman [1:17:00] Video game adaptations: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.; Metro 2033; The Witcher; The New Yorker interview with Tom Bissell; Literature’s Greatest Video Games — Outro; Lost Ends by Twinstar — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Bookrageous Book Club Pick: She, by H. Rider Haggard (available at used bookstores and from Project Gutenberg) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 51; Books and Memory Intro Music; Do Right by Jimmie's Chicken Shack What We’re Reading Rebecca [1:35] The Engagements, J. Courtney Sullivan, June 11 2013 [6:25] The House at Belle Fontaine and Other Stories, Lily Tuck, May 1 2013 [7:15] One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, Sarah MacLean (A Rogue by Any Other Name) [10:25] Burning the Days, James Salter Jenn [11:05] Grave Mercy, Robin LaFevers (Dark Triumph, April 2 2013) [13:35] The Gods of Gotham, Lyndsay Faye (on Tumblr) [15:04] The Towers of Midnight, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (for Book Riot series What the WoT) Josh [16:10] Who Censored Roger Rabbit, Gary Wolf [18:10] “The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden,” Phil Bronstein [19:10] Wool, Hugh Howey [20:25] Tampa, Alissa Nutting, July 1 2013 — Intermission; Listen Up by Gossip — Books and Memory [26:45] The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood [27:35] The Life of Pi, Yann Martel [28:21] The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver [29:05] The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss [30:00] Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina [30:33] Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss [31:30] Home for a Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown [32:33] The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis [36:15] James Howe [36:50] Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov [43:00] Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, Bill Clegg [44:50] Everything You Know is Wrong, Russ Kick [46:00] The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler [47:15] Stiff, Mary Roach [49:00] The Gargoyle, Andrew Davidson [49:30] Jonathan Strange Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke [50:43] Candyfreak, Steve Almond [52:40] The Godfather, Mario Puzo [55:20] Scenes from an Impending Marriage, Adrian Tomine [56:40] Tell us what happens to books when they leave the bookstore! Call our voicemail: 347-855-7323 [58:30] Enna Burning, Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl) [59:30] The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien [1:00:10] Founding Brothers, Joseph J. Ellis [1:00:50] The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald [1:01:50] The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien [1:03:55] Eliot’s Banana, Heather Swain — Outro; Do Right by Jimmie's Chicken Shack — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Bookrageous Book Club Pick: She, by H. Rider Haggard (available at used bookstores and from Project Gutenberg) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 50; E-Books Revisited Intro Music; 21st Century Digital Boy by Bad Religion What We’re Reading Josh [1:20] Gulp, Mary Roach, April 2 2013 [2:55] An Armenian Sketchbook, Vassily Grossman [4:00] Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, Anna Anthropy Rebecca [7:05] Ivyland, Miles Klee [8:05] I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, Jen Kirkman, April 16 2013 [9:05] When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams (courtesy of Gabrielle) Jenn [11:55] Refuge, Terry Tempest Williams [13:35] American Childhood, Annie Dillard [15:10] What Are You Doing Here?, Laina Dawes, Bazillion Points (rec’d by Toby Carroll); Dawes interviewed on NPR [18:20] Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell [20:35] His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman — Intermission; Hotline by Jasper Byrne — E-Books Revisited Prior conversation: Episode 17: e-reading, April 2011 [27:10] Update: Kobo app does not work on Nook tablet, sorry Rebecca! [27:35] Note on shopping Kobo via indies: Make sure you’re creating your account through either a dedicated link from the bookstore or through their website! [34:30] The Largely Irrational Reasons I’m Not Ready to Go All-Digital, Amanda Nelson (Book Riot) [41:35] Dave Eggers on ebooks [46:05] Perdido Street Station, China Mieville [48:50] Waltzing the Cat, Pam Houston [51:15] TURRIBLE digital formatting (OR Books) [55:50] Down with DRM! [59:55] The Selected Works of TS Spivet, Reif Larsen (app) [1:00:30] How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman (app) [1:01:10] The Elements, Theodore Gray (app) [1:02:30] Inkling; Tasting Beer, Randy Mosher (app) [1:03:55] Literary reviews publishing ebooks: Electric Literature; The Millions; Book Riot [1:09:20] Further proof that e-books do, in fact, cost money to produce, MobyLives (Melville House) — Outro; 21st Century Digital Boy by Bad Religion — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Bookrageous Book Club Pick: She, by H. Rider Haggard (available at used bookstores and from Project Gutenberg) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.

Bookrageous Episode 49; How a Book is Made, Pt 2 Intro Music; I Could Write a Book by Harry Connick Jr What We’re Reading Jenn [1:25] The Vanishers, Heidi Julavits [3:25] Daring Greatly, Brené Brown; TED talk on vulnerability [4:15] Nana Vol. 1, Ai Yazawa [5:30] One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, Sarah MacLean Michelle [6:45] The Kreutzer Sonata, Leo Tolstoy [7:10] The Dog Stars, Peter Heller [8:25] Magnificence, Lydia Millett [8:45] The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka Sarah [12:15] Hell or High Water, Joy Castro [13:40] Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple Rebecca [16:15] Gulp, Mary Roach, April 1 2013 [18:10] Dear Life, Alice Munro [19:35] Elders, Ryan Mcilvain, March 5 2013 — Intermission; The Editor by Mobley — How a Book is Made, Pt 2 (Agents and Editors) Michelle Brower, Folio Lit Sarah Knight, Simon and Schuster [28:45] The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors, Michele Young-Stone [40:45] Nightshifted, Cassie Alexander [41:05] The House Girl, Tara Conklin, February 1 2013 [43:30] David Maraniss, Chris Matthews [44:40] The House Girl, Tara Conklin (on the Indie Next list!) [45:40] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn [46:21] Sharp Objects, Dark Places — Outro; I Could Write a Book by Harry Connick Jr — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Jenn, Rebecca, Michelle, Sarah Bookrageous Book Club Pick: She, by H. Rider Haggard (available at used bookstores and from Project Gutenberg) Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.