Reading Envy 222: Minty Fresh with Courtney

Courtney drops by to discuss reading goals updates, to school Jenny on using Reddit for reading, and we may go on a few mutiny and gardening tangents. There is a content warning at the top of this episode so please listen closely!

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Books discussed: 

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Sparrow Envy by J. Drew Lanham
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell; narrated by Grace Gummer
The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett

Other mentions:

Reddit r/fantasy
Reddit - Suggest me a Book
Reddit - What's that book called?
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Fool by Christopher Moore
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore
Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
On Being Podcast - J. Drew Lanham
-ologies podcast
The Home Place by J. Drew Lanham
We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile
Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Serpent in Paradise by Dea Birkett
The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams
Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore
The Galaxy and The Ground Within by Becky Chambers
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone

Related episodes:

Episode 064 - Reading Down the Rabbit Hole with guest Tracy Landrith
Episode 104 - Uppity Lives and Jelly Melons with Jason Roland 
Episode 179 - Think of the Bees with Courtney Burson
Episode 210 - Reading Goals 2021

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Reading Envy 186: This is Gravity with Jeff Koeppen

Jeff joins Jenny to chat books we have read and enjoyed recently, but also what it's like to work from home, what kind of reading we feel like doing right now, and more.

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Books discussed:



Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin  
Real Life by Brandon Taylor  
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christine Ritter


Other mentions:

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
Carrie Brownstein
StarTalk Radio Show
Cosmos (tv show)
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley
Kameron Hurley blog post about timeline for The Light Brigade
The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
God's War by Kameron Hurley
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin - speech for the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014.
Unformed Landscape by Peter Stamm
An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll by Isaac Newton Baker
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey


Related episodes:

Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff
Episode 093 - Spewing Science with Jeff Koeppen
Episode 099 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Secret History
Episode 116 - Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again with Jeff Koeppen
Episode 148 - Multiple Lives with Jeff
Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie
Episode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger 
Episode 185 - The Loyal Swineherd (Odyssey readalong)


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Reading Envy 094: House Arrest with Libby Young

This episode's guest is a librarian whose office is near mine, so we recorded at my desk in the library before the craziness of the semester hit. Please forgive our occasional thumps - my wooden desk picks up every bump.

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Books featured:



A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Autumn by Ali Smith
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs


Other mentions:

The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi
Pauline Boty 
Man Booker Prize Long List 2017
How to Be Both by Ali Smith 
NY Times article where J.D. Vance is the "representative voice" of conservative America
Scott McClanahan - Crapalachia; Hill William  
Mad Men (IMDB)
Hamilton (the musical) 
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Train to Pakistan by Khuswant Singh
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
My Temples, Too by Qurratulain Hyder
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley


Related Episodes:

Episode 008 - Gone Rogue with guests Steve Richardson, Libby Young, and Mike Winiski
Episode 046 - Books for Your Kitty Party (The Best of 2015) with Libby Young and many other guests
Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) 


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Reading Envy 092: Reading Friends Sarah and Preston

Sarah makes another visit to the Reading Envy Pub, and this time she brought the reading friend she mentioned on Episode 072. We chat reading friendships, books we've read recently, and the difference between mystery and true crime. Cats are the bonus!

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Books featured:



Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese O'Neal
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Marlena by Julie Buntin
While the City Slept by Eli Sanders
The End of Eddy by Edouard Louis
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Other mentions:

Liza Marklund - Annika Bengzton series
S.J. Bolton
List of female detectives on The Guardian, 2010
Karin Slaughter - Grant County series
Karin Slaughter - Will Trent series
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
For the Win by Cory Doctorow
The Center for Fiction -  First Novel Prize
Tournament of Books Summer Reading Challenge
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Rumpus book club
"The Bravest Woman in Seattle" by Eli Sanders
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Colm Toibin review of The End of Eddy (NYRB)
The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Camino Island by John Grisham

Related Episodes:

Episode 072 - Books Are My Bag with Sarah K
Episode 089 - Hodge Podge with Jenny alone 
Episode 091 - Watching Our Stories with Tracy Landrith  


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