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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth Jul 01, 2024

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth.

Highlights:

🎙 Motherthing looks at motherhood from many angles.
🎙 Can we talk about those mama’s boys???
🎙 There’s nothing like a well-written darkly comedic book that touches on many sensitive themes.

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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, Our December 2022 Book Club Pick Jun 24, 2024

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, our December 2022 Book Club Pick, from Season 2 Episode 71.

Highlights:

🎙 Grief is dripping off these pages.

🎙 Was Leah even there? We have so many questions.

🎙 Who and what does The Center symbolize???

🎙 The body horror was done so well.

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[REBROADCAST] We Discuss Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches Jun 17, 2024

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches, from season 2 episode 77.

Highlights:

🎙 What does an obsessive relationship look like?

🎙 Sometimes you want the role of an aunt, not a mother.

🎙 We debate whether or not Boulder is punk literature.

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We discuss The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore Jun 10, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore.

Highlights:

🎙 We agree the writing was beautifully written at times, but was that enough?
🎙 In terms of forgotten historical figures, we’re not sure this one had enough meat to his story.
🎙 Will we read from this author in the future?

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We discuss A Little Luck by Claudio Piñero Jun 03, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss A Little Luck by Claudia Piñero, translated from the Spanish by Francis Riddle. We are big fans of Piñero and truly enjoy reading her work. In 2022, we chose her book Elena Knows as our August book club pick and we had a great discussion on that book (episode 55).

Highlights:

🎙 Piñero knows how to write suspense.
🎙There was one character that wasn’t mentioned much, but still held so much space in the story.
🎙 It’s a rather short book, but the story feels so big and it stays with you in so many ways.

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S.T. Gibson stops by to chat about her new novel Evocation May 27, 2024

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In this episode, we chat with S.T. Gibson, the author of the forthcoming novel Evocation, with special guest Jess Owens.

Highlights:

🎙 Saint and Jess have a fangirl moment and it was EVERYTHING!

🎙We share our favorite characters from Saint’s book Evocation.

🎙 Saint talks about her love for tarot.

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The Adultification of YA May 20, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss an article on The Bookseller titled The Adultification of YA.

Highlights:

🎙 Is the intended audience for the YA readership being pushed out????

🎙Many YA readers DO NOT want to read books with spice.

🎙 It seems like authors are writing YA books for adults instead of for the actual YA audience.

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Why Does Every Famous Woman Have a Book Club Now? May 13, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss an article on The Cut titled Why Does Every Famous Woman Have a Book Club Now?

Highlights:

🎙 The idea of having a ‘Book Concierge’ is strange and intriguing.

🎙 Naomi was surprised the article didn’t mention Amerie and Natalie Portman.

🎙 Surprisingly, these celebrity-chosen books do not have a sustaining effect on sales.

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We Discuss The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison. May 06, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss our MAR/APR community read: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison.

Highlights:

🎙 The level of discomfort is high in this book.

🎙The relationship between the siblings is so strained and strange.

🎙 The grief is heavy in this book. It drips off almost every page.

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The Great American Novels Apr 29, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss, The Atlantic’s March 14, 2024, The Great American Novels article.

Highlights:

🎙 Can one book encompass the totality of America?
🎙What does the term “great American novel” even mean?
🎙 It’s always fun to see a list of books that are completely new to you.

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