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What We’re Reading

Jenn

[1:30] Paul takes Jenn to task over advance reading/recommending

[2:15] The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne Valente (The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, October 2 2012)

[3:40] Zombie, J.R. Angelella, June 5 2012

[4:35] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, June 5 2012

[5:10] Let Me Clear My Throat, Elena Passarello, October 1 2012

[6:13] What is the Wilhelm Scream, you ask? We will tell you. In great (specifically Star Wars) detail.

[8:48] Elena at the Stella Screaming Contest

Josh

[9:15] Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?, Brian Cronin

[10:20] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects and Dark Places)

[13:25] Blacksad: A Silent Hell, Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Diaz Guarnido, July 1 2012 (Blacksad)

Paul

[18:05] Alpha, Greg Rucka (Gotham Central)

[22:00] Prophet, written by Brandon Graham

[25:15] The Manhattan Projects, written by Jonathan Hickman; see also iFanboy’s Pick of the Week #335

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Intermission; Rock N Roll is the Answer - Joey Ramone

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Desert Island Books

[27:55] Thanks to @tfheller for the idea!

[28:28] What exactly was the assignment? Because Josh has two lists, and Paul has a spreadsheet.

[30:00] Josh’s survival-nerd list: a forager’s cookbook; Shelters, Shacks & Shanties; SAS Survival Guide; Fit By Nature; a boat-building book and/or Fifty Shades of Grey

[34:00] Josh: 50 Funniest American Writers, Andy Borowitz

[35:40] Jenn: The Gone-Away World, Nick Harkaway

[37:25] Paul: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon

[38:30] Josh: also The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

[38:58] Jenn: Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry

[41:00] Paul: Thor Omnibus, Walt Simonson (runners-up: Bone, by Jeff Smith; All Star Superman, Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely)

[43:48] Josh: Watchmen, Alan Moore

[45:58] Jenn: A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman

[47:08] Paul: American Fantastic Tales, edited by Peter Straub (runners-up: The Best of Roald Dahl; The Stories of Ray Bradbury; The Best of Wodehouse)

[51:01] Josh: Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy, Steven Cahn

[52:56] Jenn: The Oxford Shakespeare

[54:28] Paul: Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare (runners-up: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Neil Simon; The West Wing Teleplay, Aaron Sorkin)

[58:18] Josh: Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace

[1:01:45] Jenn: Tuesday, David Wiesner

[1:03:05] Paul: a pack of yellow legal pads

[1:09:13] If you could only have one book off the list, what would it be? Josh: 50 Funniest American Writers; Paul: American Fantastic Tales; Jenn: The Oxford Shakespeare

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Outro; Message in a Bottle - The Vienna Boys Choir

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Bookrageous Book Club Pick: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Shehan Karunatilaka (out May 8 2012), 10% off from WORD for listeners! Just write BOOKRAGEOUS in the comments field.

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What We’re Reading

Rebecca

[1:15] Jazz, Toni Morrison

[3:01] Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, Florence Williams

[5:45] Wait, nutcases??

[6:27] House of Holes, Nicholson Baker

[7:00] Getting Things Done, David Allen

[10:32] Better Book Titles: Write Shit Down

Josh

[11:00] Sorry Please Thank You, Charles Yu, July 24 2012

[13:22] Magic Hours, Tom Bissell

[15:16] The Gun, CJ Chivers

Jenn

[17:25] The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller and Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin

[20:39] The Killing Moon, NK Jemisin (The Shadowed Sun, June 1 2012)

[21:20] The Likeness, Tana French

[22:04] Aurorarama, Jean-Christophe Valtat (Luminous Chaos, October 2 2012)

Rebecca

[23:00] The Storytelling Animal, Jonathan Gottschall

Jenn

[26:00] The Blind Giant, Nick Harkaway, May 15 2012

[27:09] Edie Investigates, Nick Harkaway

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Intermission; Youth Without Youth -- Metric

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Listener Questions

[28:15] Jon Page: Book prizes? Too many, not enough, which ones, biases?

[30:31] We particularly heart The Morning News’ Tournament of Books

[33:20] The Orange Prize & gender in prizes

[34:18] Edmund: Revisiting books/rereadability?

[35:10] Rebecca rereads: The Sparrow, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Sula

[35:52] Jenn is rereading: Jacqueline Carey

[36:49] Josh rereads: graphic novels & comics

[37:25] Paul Montgomery: Short & sweet books vs. epic flails?

[37:56] Episode 25: Great Big Not Very Short Huge Epic Big Big Books

[38:05] We the Animals, Justin Torres

[39:06] Small Books with a Big Punch on Brews & Books

[39:27] How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu

[39:40] Clandestine in Chile, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[40:50] Paul Montgomery: Favorite one-hit wonder authors? e.g., Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird; authors we wish would write another book?

[41:28] Toby Barlow (Sharp Teeth)

[41:53] Steve Toltz (A Fraction of the Whole)

[44:19] Philipp Meyer (American Rust)

[44:41] Joss Arden: What do we wish we had mentioned on a previous episode but didn’t?

[46:57] Joss Arden: What do you wish someone had told you when you started your blogs?

[47:15] Never look at the stats! (Or at least don’t get caught up in them)

[49:15] Anyone can find it.

[50:23] Schedule, schedule, schedule.

[51:36] Stacy: How did you come together to do the podcast?

[51:50] Episodes 1 (Just What the Hell is Bookrageous?) & 24 (One Year Anniversary!)

[53:37] Twitter! And there was this calendar...

[53:55] And there was Books on the Nightstand...

[55:05] Kevin: What were the first galleys/free stuff you received because of your blog?

[55:20] Months and Seasons, Christopher Meeks

[56:09] Red, White, and Brew, Brian Yaeger; also, free beer!

[59:00] Rebecca: First book that a rep gave you?

[59:30] REPS ARE AWESOME.

[1:01:06] Anonymous: What are your thoughts on self-published books?

[1:01:10] We have many thoughts on this! (Not sum-up-able in show notes)

[1:04:27] Anonymous: DRM, agency pricing, lawsuits, etc.?

[1:04:44] Tor/Forge goes DRM free!

[1:06:40] $0.99 and up -- Amazon and agency pricing

[1:11:00] Better than cheap? Free! Libraries and ebooks

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Outro; Summertime -- DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

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Find Us!

Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, Zazzle (for the Bookrageous 2011-2012 calendar), and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323

Find Us Online: Josh, Rebecca, Jenn

Bookrageous Book Club Pick: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Shehan Karunatilaka (out May 8 2012), 10% off from WORD for listeners! Just write BOOKRAGEOUS in the comments field.

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