Reading Envy 154: Is If If with Paula

Jenny and Paula discuss what might be lost in translation, and navigate different accents and time zones to chat books. Paula brings one book that was perfect for the date we recorded - ANZAC Day! And Jenny brings one she read after a listener submitted it as one of their favorite reads of 2018.

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Books discussed:

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells
Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet
Tu by Patricia Grace
Bright by Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakul
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza


Other mentions:

Becky Chambers
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Two Lines Press
Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
The Sad Part Was by Prabda Yoon
Tilted Axis Press
Cairo Trilogy
Salman Rushdie
Karnak Cafe by Naguib Mahfouz
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell by Nathan Ballingrud
Wounds (film(
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

Related Episodes:

Episode 041 - Grotesque Beauty with Nathan Ballingrud
Episode 119 - Bread and Butter Writing with Paula
Episode 139 - Stocking Stuffer (Best Reads of 2018)


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