Reading Envy 165: Delightful Reads with Claire Handscombe

Claire Handscombe joins Jenny to discuss recent reads, bookish podcasts, and Claire talks about what brought her to DC, her writing project, and the bookseller's life. Be sure to check out Claire's podcast, blog, and books, all linked at the end of the shownotes.

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Books discussed:



Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Flights by Olga Takarczuk; Translated by Jennifer Croft
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Summerlings by Lisa Howarth
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson


Other mentions:

Reading Glasses podcast
Book Riot "main" podcast
East City Bookshop
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Homesick by Jennifer Croft
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Takarczuk
Piglettes by Clementine Beauvais
Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Mina by Kim Sagwa, translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton


Related Episodes:

Episode 155 - Books About Music Recommendations Episode with Thomas


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Reading Envy 155: Music Reading Recommendations with Thomas

Thomas and Jenny huddle up in the music nerd corner of the pub, trading recommendations for books that include music in all the best ways. We start out with a few non-fiction titles then move into novels. You'll also hear about an epic list of books including music, and a few books that didn't do as well as would have liked.

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Books discussed:

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross
The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Chimes by Anna Smaill
Chamber Music by Doris Grumbach
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
Us Conductors by Sean Matthews
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
The Baritone wore Chiffon by Mark Schweizer
The Student Conductor by Robert Ford
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
Orfeo by Richard Powers
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Pastoral by Andre Alexis
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
White Tears by Hari Kunzru

Books Jenny meant to mention:
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe


Other mentions:
Bibliography of musical fiction
A Late Quartet (film)
On Chesil Beach (film)
On Chesil Beach (soundtrack) 
The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
Compass by Mathias Enard
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby


Related Episodes:

Episode 012 - Some Bookers and Some Madness (Orfeo)
Episode 025 - Mule and Plow with guest Jason Roland (Us Conductors)
Episode 044 - Of Survival and Memory with Luke Burrage (The Chimes)
Episode 072 - Books Are My Bag with Sarah K (Do Not Say We Have Nothing)
Episode 085 - An Acquired Taste with Thomas Otto
Episode 086 - The Queen of Bailing with Shawn Mooney (The Gustav Sonata)
Episode 110 - The Accidental Love Episode with Casey Stepaniuk (White Tears)
Episode 144 - For the Fans with Thomas of Hogglestock


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Thomas on Twitter
Thomas at his blog, hogglestock