Reading Envy 054: Retired Pirates

Jenny is joined by Jason, a welcome repeat guest who comes on the podcast before and after the long gardening season. Jenny's two dogs are also in the background in the first half, gnawing on some bones. They meander downstairs by the end. Join us in the pub where we discuss pirates, dragons, sparse prose, and marriage.

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Book selections:



Black River by S.M. Hulse
You by Caroline Kepnes; Read by Santino Fontana
The Quiet Season by Jerry Apps
Wedlocked: A Memoir by Jay Ponteri
The Story of Land and Sea by Katy Simpson-Smith
Uprooted by Naomi Novik


Other books mentioned:
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
A Night Without Armor by Jewel
Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
We Have Raised All of You by Katy Simpson-Smith

Other mentions:
Deckle Edge Literary Festival
Open Book Series (Columbia, SC)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (tv show)
Frozen (film)
Scratch 'n' Spin (Columbia, SC)
Mary Oliver
A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps (PBS show)
Paul Yoon
Nebula Awards

Related podcast episodes:
Reading Envy Episode 014: Flannery O'Connor with Zombies
Reading Envy Episode 025: Mule and Plow
Reading Envy Episode 042 - It Begins with Rain
Reading Envy Episode 046 - Books for Your Kitty Party (The Best of 2015) 

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Reading Envy 009: Pirates and Noonday Demons

We are back! Starting with Episode 009, we will be posting a podcast every two weeks, on every other Tuesday.  Some will follow the book-based format while some might veer off onto other bookish topics.  We welcome your feedback as we continue to find our groove.

On Episode 009, Jenny brought three books to discuss: 

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon
Varieties of Disturbance: Stories by Lydia Davis
Crux by Ramez Naam

Scott brought two books to talk about:

On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Hamlet's BlackBerry by William Powers

We also mentioned:
Declare by Tim Powers
Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
The Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr

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