Reading Envy 103: Duchess Potatoes with Carol Ann Ellison

Carol participated in the readalong discussion of The Secret History, and came back for a full episode. Jenny's mic was on the wrong setting, so if she sounds a bit like an echo-chamber, the issue is known and fixed in the next episode. Hopefully it's not too distracting!

The name of the episode is the answer to the thing Jenny couldn't remember.

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Books featured:



The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
Another Place You've Never Been by Rebecca Kauffman
Into the Dark by J.A. Sutherland
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakruni

Other mentions:

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
Novel Gobbler post on The Winds of War
The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
Novel Gobbler post on The Muralist
Cleaving by Julie Powell
The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Seingarten
Olestra
Elizabeth Clett
The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
Horatio Hornblower
Our Souls at Night (film)
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving
Last Night at Twisted River by John Irving
The Mistress of Spices (film)
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakruni
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Thornhill by Pam Smy
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Despestre

Related episodes:

Episode 078 - Small Towns in the Second Person with EA Mann
Episode 082 - Reading Envy Envy with Scott Danielson
Episode 097 - Blank Spaces with Lauren Weinhold
Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret History

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Library Books Mid-July 2016

This post is going live a little later than mid-July. I spent just over a week in Oregon and mailed my books back to myself, and since they went media mail they just got home. I put my library books in there since I had finished them, along with the books I bought at (where else) Powells. The newly purchased books will be included in my monthly new books in post at the end of July.

Disinformation by Frances Leviston
Physical by Andrew McMillan
Walking on Trampolines by Frances Whiting
The Patron Saint of Ugly by Marie Manilla
Apex by Ramez Naam
Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue
The Tusk that did the Damage by Tania James
My Own Cape Cod by Gladys Taber
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Jane Halifax
Kaiseki by Yoshihiro Murata

I heard about the Murata from an eGalley of Super Sushi Ramen Express, so of course I had to read more about this fascinating cuisine.

I wish I could remember where I heard about the Halifax. I requested it immediately from interlibrary loan and devoured it before my trip home. I discuss it further on Episode 063 of the Reading Envy Podcast: Desolation Road.

The Leviston, McMillan, and James are all on my stack because they were finalists for the Dylan Thomas Prize, and I had already read the other two nominees. I figured, why not?

The Whiting and Manilla were total impulse checkouts when I was looking for light reads for my trip, the Taber was recommended by a Litsy friend, and the Enrigue was the July pick for one of my Goodreads groups.

The Hand and Naam are books in series I have started and liked, and want to keep reading. The Naam will finish a trilogy, and I hope to dig into it this weekend if not sooner.

Books Added July 2015

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
The Big Sea: An Autobiography by Langston Hughes
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

The Dornenburg and Ruhlman were birthday gifts. I have already made pancakes out of the Ruhlman!

I knew I would be seeing the VanderMeers when they were in South Carolina for Shared Worlds, and was very fortunate to interview Ann VanderMeer for the next episode of the podcast. I really enjoyed talking to her and hope you will enjoy that episode, posting next Tuesday.

Reiss is for my in-person book club, and the Hughes was near the Reiss on the shelf in the "African American" section of the used book store.  Mental note: check out all these divisional groupings of history and literature because they are taking books away from the "literature" and "history" sections where I might expect to find them.