Reading Envy 129: Coming Back to Books

Nadine has been a listener of the podcast and in a Goodreads group with Jenny for some time. After retiring from a career of academic librarianship, Nadine is settled into a new state and ready to chat books!

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Books Discussed:



Smoke City by Keith Roston
The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Instant Mom by Nia Vardalos

Other Mentions: 


Newest Literary Fiction Group in Goodreads
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Pegasus Books
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
The Reservoir Tapes (BBC Radio 4)
The Beggar's Opera by John Gay
Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
August by Romina Paula
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (film)
Milkman by Anna Burns
Summerland by Hanu Rajaniemi
The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin


Related Episodes:

Episode 047 - Sex with Elvis: Bonus Book Speed Dating Episode
Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff


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