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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Library Books Mid-September 2015

The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
It Will End with Us by Sam Savage
The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri #1) by Colin Cotterill
The Complete Visual Guide to Good Dog Training: The Balanced Way to A Well Behaved Pet by Babette Haggerty
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The Chimes by ANna Smaill
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir by Roz Chast

This month has been a busy month of books from the library (libraries, really). Three of the books on this pile are on the Man Booker Prize Longlist (Obioma, Smaill, Tyler) and I was trying to read at least the first 50 pages of as many of those books as I could.

I went to our leisure reading collection to pull the Chast because I was preparing to speak with a librarian who specializes in comics and graphic novels, and I was thinking I would have one fresh in my mind to talk about, and knew the Chast had been a finalist for the National Book Award (USA) last year. I ended up not using it as one of my primary choices, but I can say I have read it! When I was over in that collection, the Helm, Quick, and Toews followed me home. Whoops.

The Savage seemed out of place in the New Books section, a slim black paperback in a sea of academic hardbacks. Reading the description I found it is set in South Carolina, so decided it was worth a try, maybe a quick read.

I had wanted to read another Chodron after reading her book When Things Fall Apart. This one was not as easy of a read, but still great. I requested the Cotterill from interlibrary loan immediately following the recording of Reading Envy Podcast 037, where Juliane mentioned that series in passing. That was enough to peak my curiosity, not to mention that it is set in a country I had yet to read a book from for my Around the World challenge.

The dog training one was a whimsy pick from the new books section at the public library - I have two dogs who badly need training but we haven't taken the time to do a class yet.  I thought maybe it would help!

Reading Envy 006: Bailey's Women's Prize 2014

For a slightly different podcast episode, Jenny and Scott got together to focus on this year's Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist. Jenny read the lot and Scott adds a bunch to his to-read list.

• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Jenny's review)
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Jenny's review)
• Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Jenny's review)
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Jenny's review)
• The Undertaking by Audrey Magee (Jenny's review)
• A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride (Jenny's review)

Links from our discussion (all lists. gosh we love lists.):

• Bailey's Womens Prize for Fiction
• Pulitzer Prize:
• Jhumpa Lahiri wins in 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies
• Donna Tartt wins in 2014 for The Goldfinch
• Man Booker Prize
• Goldsmiths Award
• Folio Prize
• The Morning News Tournament of Books

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