Preeti
Paul
Rebecca
Jenn
Bookrageous Episode 85; Reader Confessions
Music: I Like Birds, The Eels
What We’re Reading
Preeti
Learning to Swear in America, Katie Kennedy (July 5 2016)
Captain Marvel #15
Jenn
Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
Mixed Signals, Alyssa Cole
Radio Silence, Alyssa Cole
The Chill, Ross MacDonald
Rebecca
The Queen, Tiffany Reisz
The People in the Trees, Hanya Yanagihara
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Reader Confessions
Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
Sula, Toni Morrison
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, JK Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
Pride/Prejudice, Ann Herendeen
The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber
The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
Moby-Dick: Big Read, or Moby-Dick read by authors including China Mieville
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust
Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nancy Drew, Carolyne Keene
The Baby-Sitters Club, Ann M. Martin
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
Malice, Danielle Steel
The Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Abel’s Island, William Steig
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
The People of Paper, Salvador Plascencia
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Bookrageous Episode 84; Historicals
What We’re Reading
Jenn
[0:45] Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
[1:51] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016)
[3:05] Pandemic board game
[3:55] Getting Things Done, David Allen
Josh
[4:30] Judge This, Chip Kidd
[6:30] American Housewife, Helen Ellis
[7:55] Eating the Cheshire Cat, Helen Ellis
[8:15] The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead
[8:25] On the Books, Greg Farrell
[10:20] Plotted: A Literary Atlas, Andrew Degraff
Preeti
[13:00] Knulp, Herman Hesse
[14:40] Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier, Ales Kott, Marco Rudy
[16:20] Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott
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Historicals
[23:50] The Wake, Paul Kingsnorth
[27:00] A Magnificent Farce, Alfred Edward Newton
[27:45] The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Margaret George
[28:45] Sharon Kay Penman
[29:40] Saint Mazie, Jami Attenberg
[30:25] The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone
[32:00] WWII: Number the Stars, Lois Lowry; The Book Thief, Markus Zusak; Code Name Verity, Elizabeth E. Wein
[32:45] Magic Tree House series
[33:35] The Bad Popes, ER Chamberlin
[35:20] Cleopatra, Stacy Schiff
[36:00] The Witches, Stacy Schiff
[37:15] Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen
[37:25] Kenneth C. Davis books
[39:55] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016)
[42:10] Mary Stewart’s Arthurian Saga
[42:48] Hild, Nicola Griffith
[43:42] Debt, David Graeber
[44:10] The Utopia of Rules, David Graeber
[44:50] Colum McCann: Dancer, Transatlantic, Let the Great World Spin
[45:45] Studs Terkel
[46:02] Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
[46:29] The Ibis Trilogy, Amitav Ghosh
[47:20] K Blows Top, Peter Carlson
[48:16] Terra Nostra, Carlos Fuentes
[49:40] Courtney Milan, Beverly Jenkins, Sarah MacLean
[50:50] Georgette Heyer
[52:55] Walk on Earth a Stranger, Rae Carson
[55:02] Ellen Oh: Warrior, Prophecy
[55:45] Under a Painted Sky, Stacey Lee
[57:50] Patrick O’Brian, Aubrey Maturin novels
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Bookrageous Episode 82; Diversity in Books
Intro Music; "Bad Karma" by Ida Maria
What We’re Reading
Jenn
[1:05] Victoire, Maryse Conde
[2:30] Bright Lines, Tanwi Nandini Islam
[3:40] Kalpa Imperial, Angelica Gorodischer
Josh
[5:00] Drinking in America, Susan Cheever (October 13 2015)
[6:10] The Witches: Salem, 1962, Stacy Schiff (October 27 2015)
[9:15] Out on the Wire, Jessica Abel
Preeti
[11:00] The Year We Fell Apart, Emily Martin (January 26 2016)
[13:15] Loki: Agent of Asgard
[15:35] Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Intermission; "Intermission" by Lee Fields and the Expressions
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Diversity in Books
[23:50] We Need Diverse Books
[24:10] We Need Diverse Romance, twitter.com/wocinromance and twitter.com/diverseromance
[25:05] On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard
[25:50] Lambda Literary Awards (LGBTQ)
Stonewall Book Awards (LGBTQ)
Schneider Family Book Awards for disability in lit
[27:10] Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman
[27:50] Coretta Scott King Award (African American lit)
Michael L. Printz Award
Alex Awards (for adult books with YA appeal)
[29:45] Words Without Borders
PEN America
Neustadt Prize for International Literature
Lambda Literary
[34:40] Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is, John Scalzi
[37:05] Liar, Justine Larbalestier
[38:05] The Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan
[39:30] ‘Bring It On’: The Complete Oral History
[41:15] Nalini Singh
[42:48] Chimera, David Wellington
[43:20] My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, Jennifer Teege
[44:45] Gemsigns, Stephanie Saulter
[46:10] The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu
[46:30] The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, John Chu
[47:20] Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli
[48:30] Radio Silence and Signal Boost, Alyssa Cole
[50:30] The Kitchen Daughter, Jael McHenry
[51:35] Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel
[51:50] Secret Wars: Romance
[53:15] The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
[53:30] Batgirl, and its fixes for transphobic language
[53:55] Gotham Academy
[54:00] Fresh Romance
[54:10] Jem and the Holograms, Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell
54:25 Lumberjanes (now canon!)
54:50 George, Alex Gino
[55:30] Gracefully Grayson, Ami Polonsky
[58:00] Write Bloody Publishing
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Outro; "Bad Karma" by Ida Maria
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Bookrageous Episode 81; Gamerageous
[show note links tk]
Intro Music; Gerudo Valley - Koji Kondo
What We’re Reading
- Write Bloody Publishing
- Go Set A Watchman
- State of Play
- Undermajordomo Minor
- It
- Star Wars Dark Disciple
- Heir to the Empire (comic)
- Invisible Republic
- 7 SARAH DESSEN BOOKS
- Along for the Ride
- Uncanny X Men
- Beginning of Everything
- Me Earl and the Dying Girl
- The Outsiders
- True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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Intermission; Talk Dirty (To Me) - 8 Bit Universe
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- Hearthstone
- World of Warcraft
- The Sims
- Shovel Knight
- Mario Kart (new)
- Nidhogg
- Uncharted
- Tomb Raider
- Papers Please
- Westport Independent
- Watch_Dogs
- The State of Play
- Rust
- Rust not pick gender
- Fallout 4
- Fast and the Furious 6
- Never Alone
- Mario Maker
- Kieron Gillen new games journalism
- Level One
- Penny Arcade
- Scott Pilgrim
- Seconds
- Danny O Dwyer (GameSpot)
- Austin Walker (Giant Bomb)
- Phil Kollar
- Leigh Alexander
- Laura Hudson
- Shadow of Mordor / Otherness
- Clipping Through
- Offworld
- Extra Lives
- Super Mario
- Jacked
- Console Wars
- Rise of the Video Game Zinesters
- Boss Fight Books
- Yoshi's Island
- Streets of Rage
- Ocarina of Time
- Game of Thrones
- Gone Home
- Tacoma
- Eternal Darkness
- Stanley Parable
- The Last of Us
- Ready Player One
- Armada
- Ender's Game
- The Other Normal
- The Infinity Ring
- 39 Clues
- Minecraft
- Ocarina of Time Manga
- Hyrule Historia
- King's Quest
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Outro; Gerudo Valley - Koji Kondo
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Bookrageous Episode 80; Citizen
Intro Music; I'd Tell You But - Anti-Flag
What We’re Reading
Jenn
[1:00] Pym, Mat Johnson
[2:05] The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe (a real book!)
[2:25] Shadow Tag, Louise Erdrich
[3:15] Infinity Gauntlet #1, Dustin Weaver
Preeti
[5:58] A History of Glitter and Blood, Hannah Moskowitz
[8:13] The Scorpion Rules, Erin Bow
[11:15] Nightwing, Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel
Rahawa
[12:48] Every Kiss a War, Leesa Cross-Smith
[13:30] Rahawa’s Short Story of the Day on Twitter
[14:00] The Only Ones, Carola Dibbell
[15:30] Material, Ales Kot, Will Tempest
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Intermission; Dead End Alley - Bill Elm and Woody Jackson
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Citizen by Claudia Rankine
[23:10] 6 ways white supremacy takes its toll on Black people’s mental health, Salon, Terrell Jermaine Starr
[38:05] Is Serena Williams the Most Dominant American Athlete Today?, Bleacher Report, Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
[40:00] ‘Hunger Games’ and Hollywood’s racial casting issue, CNN, Stephanie Goldberg
[41:30] Cameron Crowe Apologies for the Emma Stone Casting Fallout in Aloha, Vulture, Sean Fitz-Gerald
[41:40] Hollywood Diversity: Marvel Casting Tilda Swinton to Play Asian Man?, Breitbart, Kipp Jones
[47:30] Graywolf Press on Twitter
[49:00] PEN America
[50:00] 2015 PEN World Voices Festival: Africa in Two Acts, PEN America YouTube
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Outro; I'd Tell You But - Anti-Flag
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Bookrageous Episode 79; Strong Female Characters
Intro Music; Ha Ha Ha by the Julie Ruin
What We’re Reading
Preeti
[1:30] One Man Guy, Michael Barakiva
[3:10] Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, Sara Farizan
[3:55] All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven
[5:45] Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Jenn
[7:20] On Such a Full Sea, Chang-Rae Lee
[8:15] The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo, Cathy Hirano (Translator)
[10:15] The Vampire Tapestry, Suzie McKee Charnas; WORDs for Nerds
[11:45] The Cold Dish, Craig Johnson
[12:50] Hexed Vol. 1, Michael Alan Nelson, Dan Mora (July 7 2015)
Josh
[14:50] Last of the Sandwalkers, Jay Hosler (April 7 2015)
[17:30] I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, Martin Short
[19:00] The Smartest Book in the World, Greg Proops
[20:30] The Riot Grrrl Collection, edited by Lisa Darms; The Punk Singer: A Film about Kathleen Hanna
Rebecca
[22:37] On Immunity, Eula Biss
[25:55] Quarantine, Rahul Mehta
[27:00] Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed, edited by Meghan Daum (March 31 2015)
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Intermission; They Meet from Ms Pac-Man (yes, the arcade game)
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Strong Female Characters
[30:15] I Hate Strong Female Characters, Sophia McDougall, New Statesman
[33:45] Jupiter Ascending
[35:55] Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
[36:40] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
[37:50] The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud
[39:35] Hausfrau, Jill Alexander Essbaum
[41:20] Not Here to Make Friends, Roxane Gay, BuzzFeed Books
[44:05] Tampa, Alyssa Nutting
[46:25] Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
[49:45] Rabbit novels, John Updike
[51:00] Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay
[53:00] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
[53:30] A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Eimear McBride (in paperback June 9 2015)
[55:05] Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories, Katherine Heiny
[57:00] Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel, Meg Cabot (June 2 2015)
[58:30] From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess, Meg Cabot (May 19 2015)
[1:03:00] We Need Diverse Books
[1:04:10] Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
[1:04:55] G. Willow Wilson and comics
[1:05:45] The Broad Inclusive Canvas of Comics, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
[1:08:25] A Diverse, Gender-Swapped LOTR Recast, Book Riot
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Outdo; Ha Ha Ha by the Julie Ruin
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Bookrageous Episode 78; Our Favorite Books of 2014
Intro Music; Swagger by Flogging Molly
What We’re Reading
Jenn
[1:15] Captain Marvel 1: Higher Further Faster More, Kelly Sue DeConnick, David Lopez (Bitch Planet)
[2:00] The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin
[3:20] If You Could Be Mine, Sara Farizan
[3:45] Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
Rebecca
[5:00] Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, Sara Farizan
[6:20] Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, Nina MacLaughlin (carpentrix), March 16 2015
[8:55] What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, Laura Van Den Berg
[9:20] Blindness, Jose Saramago
Josh
[10:45] Let Me Tell You, Shirley Jackson, July 21 2015
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Intermission; Intermission by Typhoon
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Our Favorite Books of 2014
[14:45] Josh: Caffeinated, Murray Carpenter
[16:25] Rebecca: Land of Love and Drowning, Tiphanie Yanique; Mermaids in Paradise, Lydia Millet
[20:10] Ghost Lights, Lydia Millet (mystery book: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart)
[21:15] Jenn: Red or Dead, David Peace
[23:00] Josh: The Magician’s Land, Lev Grossman
[26:00] Rebecca: A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, Kevin Brockmeier
[28:10] Jenn: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Eimear McBride
[29:30] Josh: Sisters, Raina Telgemeier
[31:05] Rebecca: The Republic of Imagination, Azar Nafisi
[33:15] Jenn: Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine
[35:00] Josh: The Lobster Kings, Alexi Zentner
[36:55] Rebecca: Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng
[39:40] Jenn: Poisoned Apples, Christine Heppermann
[41:20] Josh: Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay
[44:30] Rebecca: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay; Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future, A.S. King
[46:55] Jenn: Ms. Marvel: No Normal, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona
[46:45] Josh: The Historical Atlas of Maine
[49:35] Rebecca: Stone Mattress, Margaret Atwood
[51:15] Rebecca: Sleep Donation, Karen Russell
[52:25] Josh: Spoiled Brats, Simon Rich; The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead
[53:05] Jenn’s “literary genre” favorites: Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer; Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes; Tigerman, Nick Harkaway; Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
[54:25] Josh: Euphoria, Lily King
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Outdo; Swagger by Flogging Molly
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Bookrageous Episode 77; What We See When We Read
Intro Music; Picture Book by The Kinks
What We’re Reading
Jenn
[1:15] Pluto Vol. 1, Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy)
[2:20] What Are People For?: Essays, Wendell Berry
[3:30] The Monkey Wrench Gang, Edward Abbey
Rebecca
[4:15] Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
[6:20] The King, Tiffany Reisz
[9:30] Just the Tips, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky
Preeti
[10:55] Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, Sarah MacLean
[13:40] The Queen of the Tearling, Erika Johansen
[14:00] The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson
[15:25] Loki: Agent of Asgard, Al Ewing
[16:50] Saga: Deluxe Edition, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
[17:50] Priya’s Shakti
Jenn
[18:20] ODY-C, Matt Fraction, Christian Ward
Josh
[20:05] Down East Magazine
[21:00] All New X-Factor, Peter David, Carmine Di Giandomenico
[22:50] Brew Brittania, Jessica Boak, Ray Bailey
[24:00] Hammer Head, Nina MacLaughlin (March 16 2015)
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Intermission; Light Reading by Late Night Alumni
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Book Club: What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
[27:00] What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund
[31:55] Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward
[38:30] Saga, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
[41:00] Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
[48:20] Red or Dead, David Peace
[49:50] Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books by Rachel Grate, Mic.com
Talking with Peter Mendelsund (apologies for occasional sound issues)
[53:40] Cover, Peter Mendelsund
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Outro Music; Picture Book by The Kinks
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