Reading Envy 069: Evil Librarian SFBRP Crossover Episode

Luke and Juliane drop by the Reading Envy pub with Icelandic air still in their lungs. Close to the end, you will discover why Jenny might not be saying much. We talk sports, science fiction, art, and even one from the Man Booker Prize shortlist.

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Luke and Juliane always post pictures with their books, so we did that for this episode!

 

Books discussed:



Digging Up Mother: A Love Story by Doug Stanhope
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time by Steve Flink
Just Kids by Patti Smith

Other mentions:

Luke and Juliane's video blogs of Iceland
SFBRP Episode 301: The Dying Earth
The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
Rhialto the Marvelous by Jack Vance
Doug Stanhope podcast
Man Booker Prize
Jeanette Winterson
The Martian by Andy Weir
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
My Sergei: A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordaeva
The Real All Americans by Sally Jenkins
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small and Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Sympathizer by Viet Thahn Nguyen
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

Related episodes:

Episode 017 - Homeric Radiation at Lake Inverness with guest Luke Burrage
Episode 032 - Her Smoke Rose Up Forever with Luke Burrage, crosspost with SFBRP podcast
Episode 037 - Breakdancing to Bach with Juliane Kunzendorf
Episode 044 - Of Survival and Memory with Luke Burrage
Episode 052 - The Man with the Eyebrows with Philip and Scott

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Library Books Mid-May 2016

The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry
The Front Seat Passenger by Pascal Garnier
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker
The Door by Magda Szabo
Some Day by Shemi Zarhin
The Forgotten Recipe by Amy Clipston
Upstairs at the Strand: Writers in Conversation by Jessica Strand
Hotels of North America by Rick Moody
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
Arcadia by Iain Pears

I am teaching a reading class in the month of May for our May Experience term. Two of these books are in genres I haven't yet read - sports and Amish romance. I haven't decided which way to go so I may go both ways and read the Bissinger and the Clipston.

The McKenzie is on the Baileys shortlist, the Okorafor is on the Arthur C. Clarke shortlist (but I have read other books by her, and The Book of Phoenix is the prequel to my favorite, Who Fears Death.) The Moody just jumped out at me while at the public library, as did the Pears (I had tried the audio and couldn't get into it but still was intrigued by the description... I suspect this author may just not be for me....)

I requested the McCarry, the Garnier, the Walker, and the Zarhin through interlibrary loan. I loved the first Paul Christopher novel, and came across the Zarhin on a publisher's website sale. The Walker is the May read for a feminist book club in Goodreads; I've read poetry by Walker before but not short stories.

I have been wanting to read the Szabo but haven't cracked it yet. Robyn, my amazing co-worker with impeccable book taste, thought I might want to read the Strand so she saved it for me. I've dipped into one interview and enjoyed it, so I will likely read it in chunks between other things.

Reading Envy 052: The Man with the Eyebrows

Jenny is joined at the Reading Envy pub by Scott and Philip, where we discuss a quantum spy, aging detectives, aliens in the ocean, British comedians, a classic love story, and for the first time - sports!

But who is the man with the perfect eyebrows, and how does he connect some of the books we will discuss?

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Books discussed:



Unforgettable by Eric James Stone
A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
So, Anyway... by John Cleese
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
Carol by Patricia Highsmith (Claire Morgan)

Other mentions:

That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone
Rejiggering The Thingamajig And Other Stories by Eric James Stone
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Mr. Holmes (film)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Monty Python's Flying Circus (tv show)
A Fish Called Wanda (film)
Fawlty Towers (tv show)
Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United by Alex Ferguson
Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting
Interview of John Cleese by Eric Idle
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
Penguin Lives Series
Gerrard: My Autobiography by Steven Gerrard
Friday Night Lights (tv show)
Friday Night Lights (movie)


Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Carol (film)
Strangers on a Train (film)
 
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