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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Reading Envy 088: Author Head Space

Sara and Jenny have been reading friends in Goodreads and Litsy for a while now. So which books will we end up talking about when we get together at the pub? We talk about books we've read and loved lately, how to tackle short stories, and more.

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The first Reading Envy Readalong is trucking along!

Books featured:



Fair Play by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Performance of Becoming Human by Daniel Borzutzky
Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov: A Life in Letters by Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by J.A.E. Curtis
Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country: and Other Stories by Chavisa Woods

Other mentions:

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Moomins
Ali Smith
Talking to Girls about Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield
Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Book of the Month
Daniel Borzutzky reading some of his poems
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Eclectic Readers Mad Libs
Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country book trailer
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Shostakovich
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Short stories by Cecil Dawkins
Short stories by Flannery O'Connor
Toy Story (film)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomoena by Anthony Marra

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Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy
Sara is @saresmoore on Litsy
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Reading Envy 058: Wishing for a Sequel

Jenny is joined at the Reading Envy pub by Scott to discuss some award lists and to cover some new trips to familiar (genre) ground.

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Books discussed:



The Last Witness by K.J. Parker
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Star Wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
Letters to Tiptree edited by Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein

Other mentions:

Hugo Awards
Nebula Awards
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Philip K. Dick Award
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Uprooted by Naomi Novik
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
Coode Street Podcast
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Arcadia by Iain Pears
Academic Exercises by K.J. Parker
Devices and Desires by K.J. Parker
Chimpanzee by Darin Bradley
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
End of Watch by Stephen King
Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
Gene Wolfe
Tim Powers
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr.
Crown of Stars by James Tiptree Jr.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Blackout/ All Clear by Connie Willis
A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast
Ruby by Cynthia Bond
The Past by Tessa Hadley

Related Episodes:
Episode 052 - The Man with the Eyebrows with Philip and Scott
Episode 054 - Retired Pirates with Jason Roland
Episode 055 - Too Late for an Autopsy with Julie Davis
Episode 056 - The Wall of Romance
 
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

New Books In, February 2016

Silent in the Grave (A Lady Julia Grey mystery) by Deanna Raybourn
The Perfect Match by Kristan Kiggins
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
And One Last Thing by Molly Harper
Between the Tides by Patti Callahan Henry
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Unforgettable by Eric James Stone
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
The Last Librarian by Brandt Legg (ebook)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (ebook)
A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison (ebook)
Loosed Upon the World: the Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction edited by John Joseph Adams (ebook)
HebrewPunk by Lavie Tidhar (ebook)
Letter to Tiptree by Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (ebook)
Some of the Best of Tor.com, 2015 by Nino Cipri (ebook)
You by Caroline Kepnes (audiobook, read by Santino Fontana)

This month, being February I guess, I decided it was time to tackle my romance novel block. I asked for recommendations from friends, from Twitter, and from podcast listeners. I went armed with said list to several used book stores and the library. That explains the Raybourn (mystery-romance), Higgins (contemporary romance), Jio (historical romance), Harper (contemporary romance), Henry (southern romance), and a few more that I downloaded from the library.

My former podcast cohost snagged the Stone for me from LTUE, and it's signed by the author. I like spies, as everyone knows, and this one has... a quantum spy? Sign me up. Actually we discuss it on Episode 052 of the Reading Envy podcast, if you haven't listened to that one yet.

I purchased a few books full price, brand new for my own collection this month. I ordered the Chambers from Book Depository in the UK because it doesn't come out in print in the states until July, but that cover is ugly, and I just couldn't wait to read it. Buying it from a UK distributor was not expensive but took longer to get than my Amazon Prime deal. Totally worth it, loved the book, will discuss it more in the future. I pre-ordered the Anders, and although I haven't read it, it is the March selection for the Sword and Laser book club, so I'm ready to go! The Kabat-Zinn is required reading for the mindfulness class I start at the end of March. I read it last year but wanted my own copy, so I'm happy to have it.

Most of the eBooks listed (Legg, Ellison, Adams, Tidhar, Pierce/Krasnostein, and Cipri) were Kindle deals that I snapped up, usually $1.99, $.99, and free.  The Camus I downloaded because I wanted to re-read it quickly before starting The Meursault Investigation.  I needed a new audiobook that would grab my attention, remembered Misti saying You was her best read of 2015, and picked that. NO regrets, great listen.


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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Reading Envy 047: Sex with Elvis - Book Speed Dating Bonus Episode

I had a backup speed-dating episode hanging around, from a project I did in September. I decided to just go ahead and post it as a bonus episode of the podcast. It's just me, myself, and I, so if you think I gave up on a book too soon, let me know!

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Books discussed:

 
Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess by Gael Greene
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America with Interruptions by Jenny Dessen
Jar City: A Reykjavi­k Thriller by Arnaldur Indridason
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