Podcasts about Everything I Never Told You

In Ep. 194, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and Sarah head back to the year 2017 in the book world with this second annual special retrospective episode!  They share big bookish highlights for that year, including book news, award winners, and what was going on in the world outside of reading. They also talk about how their own 2017 reading shook out, including their favorite 2017 releases.  Plus, a quick run-down of listener-submitted favorites!  This episode is overflowing with great backlist titles to add to your TBR!   This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights The big news that was going on outside the book world. The book stories and trends that dominated 2017. How similar 2017 and 2025 are. The 2017 books that have had staying power.⁠ Was this as dismal a year in books as Sarah remembers? Sarah's and Catherine's personal 2017 reading stats.⁠ Listener-submitted favorites from 2017.⁠ Bookish Time Capsule (2017) [2:12] The World Beyond Books No books mentioned in this segment. The Book Industry Wonder by R. J. Palacio (2012) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [9:59] Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (2015) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:04] A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[10:40] The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:44] Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [12:08] My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [12:18] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:03] If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:13] We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:23] Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:46] Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:48] The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:50] Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [14:57] Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [15:03] James by Percival Everett (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [15:04] Bookish Headlines and Trends Becoming by Michelle Obama (2018) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [20:41] A Promised Land by Barack Obama (2020) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [20:43] The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (2006) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:48] My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (2011) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [23:04] The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring (2023) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:31] Big Books and Award Winners of 2017 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (2012) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:01] Beartown by Fredrik Backman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:06] The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:21] Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:27] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:48] Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (2022) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:09] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [28:39] Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [29:23] Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [29:40] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [31:31] Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (2008) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [32:09] Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [32:51] Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:16] Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [33:41] Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [34:32] Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (2011) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [34:38] Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:09] The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2015) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [35:52] What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:56] Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:21] The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:45] Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [38:04] The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, 3) by N. K. Jemisin (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:30]  Our Top Books of 2017 The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:46] Beartown by Fredrik Backman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [41:20] Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [41:22] Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:02] If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:16] Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolitio (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:23] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:36] This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:38] Trophy Son by Douglas Brunt (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:48] White Fur by Jardine Libaire (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [43:05] Final Girls by Riley Sager (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [46:38] Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [46:44] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:46] Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [46:49] The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:10] Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (1995) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:15] Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:19] The Heirs by Susan Rieger (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:34] The Takedown by Corrie Wang (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:53] Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [48:01] Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [48:09] Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) | Amazon | Bookshop.org   [48:17] Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:28] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [48:33] Listeners' Top Books of 2017 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [49:33] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:51] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:03] The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[50:07] Beartown by Fredrik Backman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:13] Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:15] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:18] The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:24] This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:25] Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:27]

1. What to do when you've done everything you were supposed to do and ended up in a place you don't want to be.  2. Why the question “What do you want?” is terrifying – and how to start answering it authentically for yourself. 3. The power of imagining what does not yet exist in order to make space for new possibilities.  4. The gift of a “midlife crisis” 5. What a mother's job really is. About Celeste: Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, is available now. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages. TW: @pronounced_ing IG: @pronounced_ing To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celeste Ng—New York Times bestselling author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts—joins a live audience to talk about her illustrious career exploring complex family dynamics and themes of identity, race, and culture.

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014)

In this episode librarians Andy and Sam discuss the dreaded "book hangover" as well as some of their recent reads. In this episode we talked about: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes Horror Movie by Paul G. Tremblay We also mentioned: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Stand by Stephen King A Court of Thorns and Roses Book series by Sarah J. Maas Red Rising by Pierce Brown Eragon by Christopher Paolini My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes Badlands (1973 movie) Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. MacLean The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay

Depois de termos andado a jogar isto sempre da mesma forma, hoje invertemos as regras, graças a uma sugestão do nosso discord. O que têm a dizer os fãs de livros que odiámos e será que nos fazem mudar de ideias? Spoiler alert: não, mas deu um episódio muito divertido. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Quando os Rios se Cruzam, Rita da Nova (2:10) - Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (4:40) - Revolução, Hugo Gonçalves (7:13) - For the Love of Men, Liz Plank (8:20) - Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin (18:07) - Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld (20:20) - The Prisioner, B.A. Paris (21:43) - Submarine, Joe Dunthorne (24:21) - You've Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty, Akwaeke Emezi (25:45) - As Flores Perdidas de Alice Hart, Holly Ringland (28:14) - ACOTAR, Sarah J. Maas (29:47) - Once More With Feeling, Elissa Sussman (31:51) - Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover (34:45) - Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng (38:07) - Must I Go, Yiyun Li (39:46) - To Hate Adam Conor, Ella Maise (41:00) - Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan (42:03) - The Power, Naomi Alderman (43:39) - A Sibila, Agustina Bessa-Luís (45:27) - Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo (47:38) - Cursed Bread, Sophie Mackintosh (48:18) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.

Friend Zone Fallout? Are we stuck in a Friendship Recession? Or is it an extinction? Today, we're talking about Friendship Recession and this is The Furious Curious podcast. TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 0:00 The Numbers: 6:05 Five Reasons Why: 11:05 Reason 2: 18:12 Reason 3: 25:58 Reason 4: 30:34 Reason 5: 35:00 Key Actions: 45:00 Parting Thoughts: 47:21 FOLLOW US on LinkedIn SOURCES: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3nA6WhLEeL/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-a-growing-number-of-american-men-say-they-are-in-a-friendship-recession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_recession http://bowlingalone.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_shed MUSIC: "Love Quotes" (Jenevieve), "Everything I Never Told You" (Beautiful Emotional Piano Music), "Seinfeld Official Soundtrack Seinfeld Theme" (Jonathan Wolff WaterTower), "Back To The 80's" (Marvel83). ©2024 The Furious Curious.

Before Celeste Ng became a best-selling author, she had a side hustle selling miniatures on eBay — dollhouse-size recreations of food were her specialty. Even after the publication of “Little Fires Everywhere,” “Everything I Never Told You,” and, most recently, “Our Missing Hearts,” Celeste still makes tiny things — now, as a hobby. She's come to realize the parallels between making small things and writing: Both give her a chance to look closely at the world.Today, Celeste kicks off our special podcast series, which celebrates 20 years of the Modern Love column, by reading Betsey MacWhinney's essay “Bringing a Daughter Back From the Brink With Poems.” She discusses her own deep-rooted relationship to poetry — and the lessons, large and small, that poems can offer parents and children in uncertain times. 

Todos conhecemos bem o sentimento de amar um livro e não correr tão bem na segunda experiência com o autor. Neste episódio falamos dos autores que foram One Hit Wonders na nossa vida e também de autores por quem estamos a torcer que não se enquadrem nessa categoria. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Six Days in Rome, Francesca Giacco (1:29) - Funny You Should Ask & Once More with Feeling, Elisa Sussman (6:22) - Behind Closed Doors & The Prisoner, B.A. Paris (6:43) - The Hating Game & Second First Impressions, Sally Thorne (8:25) - The Vanishing Half & The Mothers, Britt Bennett (9:27) - Verity & Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover (11:54) - A Man Called Ove & Anxious People & Britt-Marie Was Here, Fredrik Backman (12:48) - Our Stop & The Love Square, Laura Jane Williams (14:50) - Little Fires Everywhere & Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng (16:09) - The Ex Hex, Erin Sterling (17:52) - The Spanish Love Deception, Elena Armas (18:03) - The Friend Zone, Abby Jimenez (18:53) - You Had Me at Hola, Alexis Daria (19:15) - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, Josie Silver (19:33) - Memorial & Family Meal, Bryan Washington (20:20) - Talking at Night, Claire Daverley (21:22) - My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell (21:57) - The Great Believers & I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai (24:16) - The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller (25:40) - Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield (27:31) - Hello Beautiful & Dear Edward, Ann Napolitano (29:20) - The Dinner List, Rebecca Serle (31:35) - Swimming in the Dark, Tomasz Jedrowski (33:20) - Funny Feelings & The Co-Op & Rootbound, Tarah Dewitt (35:09) - Cleopatra and Frankenstein & Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors (37:32) - Open Water & Small Worlds, Caleb Azumah Nelson (39:22) - Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley (40:13) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.

Her latest novel, OUR MISSING HEARTS, follows in the footsteps of LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE and EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU as a big-time, captivating bestseller. Celeste visited AMB to chat with fellow NYT bestselling author Caroline Leavitt about what keeps her fascinated and motivated in the world of story creation. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

Celeste Ng—New York Times bestselling author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts—joins a live audience to talk about her illustrious career exploring complex family dynamics and themes of identity, race, and culture.

Mental health is an important and often misunderstood topic affecting millions worldwide. Raising awareness and promoting understanding of mental health issues is crucial to creating a more inclusive and supportive society. In recent years, literature has emerged as a powerful tool for exploring and shedding light on mental health experiences. Through relatable characters and thought-provoking narratives, texts and their emergence into film enable nonmedical individuals to gain insights into various mental health conditions and foster compassion. In this post, we will delve into the world of mental health in non-fiction books dating back to the Roaring Twenties to the present time, discussing their significance and impact on readers today. How knowledgeable are you about mental health portrayed in books and drama, then serialised into films? Only to find the book is better than the movie. Was the problem with the characters, or was the fine detail missing or misleading? Mental health in literature has captivated readers for centuries. Authors have skilfully used their writing to delve into the intricacies of the human mind, with its storyline and cognitive complexities, to captivate the reader's attention. From the haunting pages of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper” where the suffocating grip of her own post-partum depression psychosis is explored, the story is about a young woman, confined to her room and denied all creative outlets, who gradually suffers a mental breakdown.  It is then followed by the modern-day masterpiece “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng, which unearths themes of grief and isolation. Literature offers a profound glimpse into the realm of mental health. Through vibrant descriptions and vivid characterisations, these stories entertain and educate readers about the multifaceted nature of mental well-being. They give us a unique opportunity to peer into tormented minds, fostering empathy and understanding. By giving voice to these experiences, literature plays an indispensable role in dismantling stigmas surrounding mental illness. It paves the way for crucial conversations that can cultivate greater awareness and support for those grappling with such challenges in real life. Therefore, mental health in literature is both a reflective mirror showcasing our own struggles and a guiding light leading us towards compassion and healing. The uncompassionate portrayals of characters in books and films The uncompassionate portrayals of fictional characters have long been discussed within the literary world. While literature has undoubtedly played a crucial role in shedding light on mental health, there are instances where characters suffering from mental illnesses or emotional struggles are portrayed in an uncompassionate manner. These portrayals can perpetuate stereotypes and further stigmatise individuals dealing with such challenges. Authors need to approach these narratives with sensitivity and empathy, ensuring that readers gain a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding mental health.  By presenting well-rounded characters who are more than just their mental health issues, literature can contribute to breaking down barriers and fostering greater acceptance and support. Read more:

Today my guest is Vibhuti Jain, author of Our Best Intentions, a gripping debut about an immigrant family that gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: VHS tapes and tender hearts Current Reads: lots of swings and lots of new releases Deep Dive: what we did on our “summer break” The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 2:02 - Currently Reading Patreon 4:19 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 4:21 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 5:05 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 6:01 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 6:03 - Anne of Green Gables by Mariah Marsden 6:03 - Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir 7:19 - Scary Books Are My Jam Mug on our Zazzle Store 7:52 - Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker  7:56 - The Husbands by Chandler Baker 8:30 - Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 9:10 - Current Reads 9:19 - Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi (Kaytee) 9:26 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi 12:18 - The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith) 13:54 - Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard 14:07 - Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard 14:08 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard 15:56 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer (Kaytee) 19:50 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 22:42 - September by Rosamunde Pilcher (Meredith) 23:32 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 24:14 - Half Price Books 27:23 - Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 27:47 - The Adventures of Amina Al Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Kaytee) 29:38 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 30:16 - Fairyloot 32:23 - Mister Magic by Kiersten White (Meredith) 35:21 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White 37:27 - Deep Dive: What We Did For Summer Vacation 41:28 - September by Rosamunde Pilcher 44:18 - Kindle Oasis 44:54 - CaseBot Kindle Oasis Case 45:05 - Fintie Origami Oasis Case 47:16 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:28 - I wish to encourage all of you to speak your truth about your bookish opinions. (Kaytee) 50:00 - I wish you'd consider amplifying your summer reading spot. (Meredith) 50:21 - Ownkoti blankets Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by Mary and Roxanna and are discussing: Would You Rather: it's a game. it's bookish. it's fun! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . .   2:16 - Would you rather read a really great, interesting page turning book that you've been waiting for, with your whole family in the same room at the same time? Or would you rather read a boring book that you're really not into, but you're alone in your room? 6:28 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 6:32 - Would you rather be allowed to only read mediocre ACOTAR fanfic within the fantasy genre or have to give up fantasy entirely? 6:36 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 8:20 - Would you rather have a super spicy romance with a cheesy cover sitting in your office where clients can see it, or have a super spicy audiobook go off while in a playgroup with Charlotte? 10:15 - The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert 11:01 - Would you rather you and I (Meredith and Roxanna) be able to continue to buddy read together for the rest of our lives until we're old and gray? Or would you rather us live down the street from each other, but we could never talk about books again. 12:22 - Would you rather have to listen to romance in your ears, all romance all the time in your ears. Or you have to play the most graphic scenes of your murdery books out loud through speakers in public while you walk around the neighborhood? 14:10 - Would you rather only listen to audiobooks at one speed for the rest of your life or never listen to audiobooks again?  16:08 - Would you rather your children, be entirely suggestible with regard to their reading or your reading partner Meredith, be entirely suggestible with regard to her reading? 18:11 - Would you rather never be allowed to keep a book on your shelves, Libraries are immediate read and pass on only or be allowed to keep whatever books you'd like on your shelves, but never be allowed to organize or categorize them in any way?  19:46 - Would you rather have to reread your least favorite book every month or never read your favorite book ever again? 20:29 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 20:40 - Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 20:41 - The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 20:43 - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 20:57 - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 21:23 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 21:48 - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 21:53 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 22:04 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 22:16 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager 22:59 - Would you rather never have to wait for the release of a book again or would you want to always have the opportunity to meet your favorite author in person and have a real conversation with them? 24:36 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 25:23 - State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny 27:19 - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 27:19 - Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Pre-order link) 27:43 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 28:25 - Would you rather never get to read in the hammock again or never get to read in front of a crackling fire again? 30:28 - Would you rather be a writer who wrote an amazing debut, but then had a sophomore slump or would you rather be a writer who wrote a breakout first book, had an amazing follow up and every book has been better than the last… but each book features a mythical creature with two peens? 32:53 - Would you want to be an author that puts out one incredible book that wins all the prizes, but it's also a commercial success, or would you rather be an author that writes a very beloved and well selling series, but has a much smaller, beloved, but smaller audience? 37:43 - Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews 38:25 - Would you rather read in an isolated cabin with no fireplace? And it's very drafty and there might be spiders or would you rather read in a very noisy coffee shop with bad music and loud conversation? 39:51 - Would you rather for the rest of your life only do buddy reads or never get to buddy read again? 41:28 - Would you rather have no food sensitivities or no reading sensitivities? 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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. Set in 1970s Ohio, this book follows a grieving family after the tragic death of favorite daughter and beloved sister, Lydia Lee. Celeste Ng provides a beautiful narrative on death, grief, and family dynamics. Share your thoughts with me on Instagram @brookeclubpod.

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST IN-PERSON EPISODE! What is a perfect memoir? According to us, it's this book right here: Stay True by Hua Hsu. This is a story about friendship, growing up, and seeing the world through an Asian-American lens. Hua sheds light on a very poignant time in his life—college. Discovering himself amid the flurry of pop culture ‘zines was hard enough, but losing a friend in a fatal carjacking caused him to have to grow up quicker than most.  This week, we read Stay True by Hua Hsu. Ella Kopeikin, lover of Cinderella stories and a good friend of mine, came to visit me in-person to discuss this beautiful book. In this episode we cover:  The power of friendship that extends beyond the bounds of time.  Why we should never be allowed to work at a tech company (yes, it did take us an hour to set up two mics…) The formula to the perfect memoir  Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you taking stock of your own friends and feeling that deep gratitude for each of them.  Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast: TV SHOW - My So Called Life, Never Have I Ever MOVIE - Everything Everywhere All at Once, Reality Bites, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure  BOOK - Persepolis (mainly book 2), Everything I Never Told You, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Drink Pairings: good ‘ole PBR ***  Once you're done listening, hop onto our Instagram and TikTok @rwreadspodcast to give us your thoughts on the discussion and the book. We look forward to hearing from you!

New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere, Everything I Never Told You) chats with Brooke about the underlying meaning of her latest novel Our Missing Hearts, why she doesn't take public reaction to her work personally, and what it's like to take a back seat when a project gets adapted by Hollywood A-listers. Plus, Celeste reveals how a harrowing racist encounter from her childhood has forever changed the way she approaches injustices in the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everything I Never Told You ist der Debütroman der amerikanischen Autorin Celeste Ng, die vor dessen Veröffentlichung im Jahr 2014 bereits Kurzgeschichten schrieb, für die sie diverse Auszeichnungen erhielt. Ng studierte Englisch und Kreatives Schreiben und ihr zweiter Roman Little Fires Everywhere dürfte hierzulande vielen auch deswegen bekannt sein, da er 2020 als Miniserie verfilmt wurde und auf einschlägigen Streaming Portalen zur Verfügung steht. 2016 wurde Was ich euch nicht erzählte, für das sie ebenfalls mehrere Auszeichnungen erhielt, ins deutsche übersetzt und im dtv Verlag veröffentlicht.Der Roman mutet zunächst wie ein Krimi an. Ein Mädchen ist verschwunden. Wir wissen, dass es sich um Lydia Lee handelt, die 16-jährige Tochter von Marilyn und James Lee, Schwester von Nathan und Hannah Lee. Und wir wissen ebenfalls, im Gegensatz zu den Protagonisten, dass Lydia tot ist. Eine Tatsache, die überhaupt das Erste ist, was der Leser erfährt. Als schließlich ihre Leiche gefunden wird – sie ist in einem See nahe des Hauses ertrunken – beginnt die Suche nach den Gründen oder Verantwortlichen, nach dem Warum, die Ng als Instrument nutzt, um ein Familienportrait zu entfalten und das Innenleben der Beteiligten frei zu legen.James Lee, der Vater der Familie und selbst Sohn chinesischer Einwanderer, strebt sein Leben lang nach gesellschaftlicher Anerkennung und hegt vor allem den Wunsch, durch Anpassung dazuzugehören und nicht ständig, aufgrund seiner Herkunft, ausgegrenzt zu werden. Während seiner Tätigkeit als Professor an der Harvard University lernt er Marilyn kennen, die zunächst seine Studentin ist und sich gerade aufgrund dessen, dass James nicht wie alle anderen ist, von ihm angezogen fühlt. Marilyn selbst möchte Ärztin werden und nichts stößt sie mehr ab, als die Vorstellung, wie ihre Mutter zu enden und ihre Tage als Hausfrau zu verbringen – eine Rolle, die sie verachtet.Doch als sie James kennenlernt, ist das Folgende geradezu eine selbsterfüllende Prophezeiung. Die beiden verlieben sich ineinander und Marilyn wird schwanger, woraufhin die beiden heiraten und Marilyn ihr Studium unterbricht, immer in der Hoffnung, es in ein paar Jahr wieder aufnehmen und zu Ende bringen zu können. Doch es kommt nicht so weit. Erst bringt sie Lydia zur Welt, die das Lieblingskind wird und später Nathan. Als Marilyn bewusst wird, dass sie nicht weiter von der Erfüllung ihres Traums Ärztin zu werden entfernt sein könnte und durch den Tod ihrer Mutter, der ihr schmerzlich bewusst macht, wie sehr sie ihr schließlich doch ähnelt, trifft sie eine folgenschwere Entscheidung und verlässt ihren Mann und ihre Kinder, um ihr Studium doch noch zu beenden. Als sie jedoch nach neun Monaten merkt, dass sie erneut schwanger ist, ist damit auch der letzte Versuch gescheitert und sie kehrt zu ihrer Familie zurück.Die in der Vergangenheit erlebten Enttäuschungen und Rückschläge der Eltern werden schließlich maßgeblich für deren Erziehung, getragen von dem Wunsch, dass es ihre Kinder besser haben mögen als sie selbst und nach dem Klischee, in dem Eltern durch ihre Kinder ihre eigenen unerfüllten Träume ausleben. Stets jedoch fest daran glaubend, dass es das Beste für ihre Kinder sei und sie es einmal besser haben würden. Geradezu quälend erscheinen dabei die Interaktionen zwischen Lydia und ihrer Mutter Marilyn. Lydia, die geprägt ist von der Angst um den Verlust ihrer Mutter – aufgrund ihrer neun monatigen Abwesenheit – hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, den Anforderungen ihrer Mutter um jeden Preis gerecht zu werden, um sie nie wieder zu verlieren. Dabei handelt sie entgegen ihrer eigenen Interessen, gibt vor, sich über jedes weitere wissenschaftliche Buch, das ihr geschenkt wird, zu freuen und ist auch zunehmend von Gleichaltrigen isoliert, zu denen sie ohnehin nur schwer Zugang findet.Während sich Marilyn für ihre Tochter nichts sehnlicher wünscht, als dass sie eines Tages Ärztin wird, wünscht sich ihr Vater – selbst stets Außenseiter gewesen – für sie, dass sie viele Freunde findet und, im Gegensatz zu ihm, integriert wird. Sätze wie: „»Versprich mir«, sagte er, »dass du mit allen auskommst. Freunde kann man nie genug haben.« machen gleichermaßen traurig wie wütend, denn sie symbolisieren, wie einsam sein eigenes Leben gewesen ist und auch, dass es ihm weniger um die Befriedigung ihrer denn seiner Bedürfnisse geht. Ihr Bruder Nathan ist ihr einziger Verbündeter, der sie auffängt und versteht, unter welch hohem Erwartungsdruck sie leidet. Doch auch die Beziehung zu ihm gerät allmählich ins Wanken, denn während Lydia sämtliche Aufmerksamkeit ihrer Eltern zuteil wird, wird ihm kaum Beachtung geschenkt. Von seinem Vater James wird Nath abgelehnt, denn er erkennt sich zu sehr in seinem Sohn wieder, was Naths Eifersucht auf seine Schwester nur noch befeuert und seinen Wunsch, endlich von zu Hause ausziehen zu können und in Harvard zu studieren, wo er sich seinem Ziel – der Raumfahrt – nähern kann, noch vergrößert. Hannah, die jüngste Tochter, scheint für die anderen Familienmitglieder fast gar nicht zu existieren. Allein ihr Zimmer, auf dem Dachboden, wirkt wie eine Metapher für ihre randständige Position innerhalb der Familie. Dass kaum jemand das Wort an sie richtet, sie sich meist versteckt und aus sicherer Entfernung beobachtet, was um sie herum vor sich geht, bestärken dies nur noch.Allmählich entfaltet Celeste Ng die einzelnen Charaktere vor dem geistigen Leserauge und geht dabei der Frage nach dem Warum von Lydias Tod auf den Grund. Die Geschichte, die daraus entsteht, ist jedoch viel schmerzhafter, als die tragische Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, die davon beherrscht wird, dass die Eine für die Andere etwas möchte, was sie selbst nicht haben konnte. Während Marilyns unbedingter Traum Ärztin zu werden und sich von anderen abzuheben platzt, lebt sie selbst weiter in Ressentiments und Vorurteilen, denen sie entkommen wollte. So begegnet sie im Krankenhaus einer Ärztin, die sie für eine Krankenschwester hält und bedient damit selbst das Klischee, dass Arzt gleich männlich ist. Aber auch das Thema Rassismus ist entscheidend für die Entwicklung ihrer Charaktere und Grund für die Einsamkeit, die wir in ihnen immer wieder erkennen können. Vor allem an James und seinem unbedingten Wunsch sich zu integrieren, anzupassen und dazuzugehören wird dies deutlich. Ein Wunsch und vielleicht auch gleichzeitig Trauma, das er an seine Kinder weitergibt und eine Tatsache, die, so vermute ich, auch der Autorin selbst nicht fremd sein dürfte, ist sie doch selbst das Kind chinesischer Einwanderer. Und so ist die Geschichte auch immer wieder bestimmt von Rückblenden, die die Anfänge der Eltern in den USA beleuchten.Was ich euch nicht erzählte, beschreibt nicht nur auf feinfühlige und komplexe Art und Weise wie schwer das Nicht-Gesagte wiegt, sondern auch, wie jeder um seinen Platz in der Gesellschaft, der Familie oder Beziehungen kämpft und dabei vor allem oft mit sich selbst. Es geht nicht nur darum, sich selbst zu finden, sondern auch darum, anderen Raum zu lassen und sie nicht mit Erwartungen zu erdrücken. Es geht um Betrug und Ablehnung als Reaktion darauf, dass man sich genau das Gegenteil wünscht, ebenso wie um Alltagsrassismus und Integration. Das Portrait einer Familie, in der jeder mit sich selbst um etwas ringt, eingebettet in den Tod eines Familienmitglieds und den Wunsch, die Gründe dafür zu erfahren. Eine Innenansicht verschiedener Personen und deren Beweggründen, die Celeste Ng eindrucksvoll gelungen ist und mitunter auch wütend macht. Einzig das Ende erscheint mir angesichts der vorgefallenen Geschehnisse etwas zu euphemistisch, wenn es auch kein gutes Ende im klassischen Sinne ist. Aber ich nehme es als Symbol, dass Dinge sich zum Guten wenden können und Veränderung möglich ist. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lobundverriss.substack.com

It took Celeste Ng a long time to believe she could write for a living. Now she's the New York Times bestselling author of the novels “Everything I Never Told You” and “Little Fires Everywhere”-- which was developed into a hit TV show by Reese Witherspoon's production company, Hello Sunshine. Adam and Celeste have been friends since college–they met through her first writing job. They discuss Celeste's versatile writing process, her insights on thinking and communicating more clearly, and how she feeds her curiosity–both as a reader and a writer. Celeste's latest book, “Our Missing Hearts,” is out now. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG5

It took Celeste Ng a long time to believe she could write for a living. Now she's the New York Times bestselling author of the novels “Everything I Never Told You” and “Little Fires Everywhere”-- which was developed into a hit TV show by Reese Witherspoon's production company, Hello Sunshine. Adam and Celeste have been friends since college–they met through her first writing job. They discuss Celeste's versatile writing process, her insights on thinking and communicating more clearly, and how she feeds her curiosity–both as a reader and a writer. Celeste's latest book, “Our Missing Hearts,” is out now. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG5

1. What to do when you've done everything you were supposed to do and ended up in a place you don't want to be.  2. Why the question “What do you want?” is terrifying – and how to start answering it authentically for yourself. 3. The power of imagining what does not yet exist in order to make space for new possibilities.  4. The gift of a “midlife crisis” 5. What a mother's job really is. About Celeste: Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, is available now. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages. TW: @pronounced_ing IG: @pronounced_ing To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You (2014), was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2014, Amazon's #1 Best Book of 2014, and named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere (2017) was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next bestseller, and Amazon's Best Fiction Book of 2017. It was named a best book of the year by over 25 publications, the winner of the Ohioana Award and the Goodreads Readers Choice Award 2017 in Fiction, and has spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Little Fires Everywhere has been adapted as a limited series on Hulu, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. She is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. Recommended Books: Jason Mott, Hell of a Book Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You (2014), was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2014, Amazon's #1 Best Book of 2014, and named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere (2017) was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next bestseller, and Amazon's Best Fiction Book of 2017. It was named a best book of the year by over 25 publications, the winner of the Ohioana Award and the Goodreads Readers Choice Award 2017 in Fiction, and has spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Little Fires Everywhere has been adapted as a limited series on Hulu, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. She is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. Recommended Books: Jason Mott, Hell of a Book Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You (2014), was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2014, Amazon's #1 Best Book of 2014, and named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere (2017) was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next bestseller, and Amazon's Best Fiction Book of 2017. It was named a best book of the year by over 25 publications, the winner of the Ohioana Award and the Goodreads Readers Choice Award 2017 in Fiction, and has spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Little Fires Everywhere has been adapted as a limited series on Hulu, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. She is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. Recommended Books: Jason Mott, Hell of a Book Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-american-studies

Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You (2014), was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2014, Amazon's #1 Best Book of 2014, and named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere (2017) was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next bestseller, and Amazon's Best Fiction Book of 2017. It was named a best book of the year by over 25 publications, the winner of the Ohioana Award and the Goodreads Readers Choice Award 2017 in Fiction, and has spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Little Fires Everywhere has been adapted as a limited series on Hulu, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. She is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. Recommended Books: Jason Mott, Hell of a Book Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Novelist Celeste Ng, author of Our Missing Hearts and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett discuss her latest novel (NYT review, 10/2/22). They talk about world building, developing characters, reading for writers, and much more. Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Celeste grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Shaker Heights, Ohio. She graduated from Harvard University and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan (now the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan).  Her fiction and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, and many other publications, and she is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. Download audio.  (Recorded on 9/23/2022) Music and sound design by Travis Barrett We are now on Patreon! If you've gleaned useful tidbits over the years--24 years we've been broadcasting the show--consider becoming a supporter. Visit Patreon.com/writersonwriting Barbara DeMarco-Barrett: www.penonfire.com Marrie Stone: www.marriestone.com Travis Barrett: https://travisbarrett.mykajabi.com

For the next few months, we're sharing some of our favorite conversations from the podcast's archives. This week's segments first appeared in 2017 and 2015, respectively.Before “Little Fires Everywhere” was a hit series streaming on Hulu, it was a best-selling novel by Celeste Ng, who is also the author of the novels “Everything I Never Told You” and, most recently, the dystopian “Our Missing Hearts.” Ng came on the podcast in 2017 to talk about “Little Fires Everywhere,” which addressed themes of race, class and privilege in a fictionalized version of Shaker Heights, Ohio, where she grew up. “There's a real difference between the surface of things and what the true state of things is,” Ng told the host Pamela Paul during her appearance. “That's sort of a theme throughout — everyone in here, there's a difference between the surface of who they appear to be and who they actually are inside.”Also this week, we revisit Paul's 2015 conversation with the esteemed children's book author Judy Blume, who visited the podcast to discuss the recent publication of one of her adult novels, “In the Unlikely Event.”We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

Danny Lavery welcomes Celeste Ng, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published in October 2022.  Lavery and Ng tackle two letters. First, someone who is trying to find care for her friend's paranoid mother. Another letter writer is upset that his friend group has befriended his stalker. Plus, a great deal on Sir Micheal Caine's desk. Resources for caring for the elderly https://www.eldercaredirectory.org/state-resources.htm https://www.agingcare.com/articles/free-services-for-seniors-or-caregivers-156443.htm If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Lavery welcomes Celeste Ng, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published in October 2022.  Lavery and Ng tackle two letters. First, someone who is trying to find care for her friend's paranoid mother. Another letter writer is upset that his friend group has befriended his stalker. Plus, a great deal on Sir Micheal Caine's desk. Resources for caring for the elderly https://www.eldercaredirectory.org/state-resources.htm https://www.agingcare.com/articles/free-services-for-seniors-or-caregivers-156443.htm If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celeste Ng joins Jordan to talk about her new book Our Missing Hearts, motherhood and parenting while writing, and the big questions of what kind of place art can have in the fight against fascism. MENTIONED: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan #DontLookAway / #NoKidsInCages Hamlet by William Shakespeare Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published in October 2022. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages. For more Thresholds, visit us at www.thisisthresholds.com Be sure to rate/review/subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May 2022, we discuss 2 works of fiction by celebrated Asian authors in another books episode of The Korea Herald podcast. Copy editors Beth Eunhee Hong and Naomi Ng discuss books that shaped their worldview and sense of identity as third culture kids with roots in Seoul and Hong Kong. Beth's pick is “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning,” a 2020 autobiographical book of 7 essays by Korean American author Cathy Park Hong. The essays center on what it's like to grow up Asian American in a Western capitalist society. Naomi's pick is “Everything I Never Told You,” the 2014 debut novel by Chinese American author Celeste Ng. The novel is about a mixed-race Chinese-American family whose middle daughter Lydia is found drowned in a nearby lake. Her death unravels the family's web of secrets and pasts. The YouTube version of this podcast also features a bonus new segment in which we ask readers in Korea: “What book would you recommend?” We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, or suggestions for other Korean books you'd like us to review or discuss. Tweet us (Beth @_paperfetishist / Naomi @ngnaomi) or leave a message on The Korea Herald's Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram page. You can also email us at bethhong@heraldcorp.com or ngnaomi@heraldcorp.com. More book picks for AAPI month: 1. “Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid” by Evelyn Lau https://bit.ly/3Nmtjcj 2. “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong https://bit.ly/3wDjLTA 3. “Love in a Fallen City” by Eileen Chang https://bit.ly/3yF5hF4 4. “The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir” by Karen Cheung https://bit.ly/3wjbZyY Special thanks to Book Park Lounge, Blue Square https://bit.ly/3FPb2lk Linktree: https://linktr.ee/khbookspodcast Intro: ♪ Onion (Prod. by Lukrembo) Outro: ♪ Wine (Prod. by Lukrembo)

This week we are joined by Rachel Rausch, Teen Services Librarian at the Orange Branch.  Katy and Rachel discuss a controversial topic this week... books that everyone loved that we just DID. NOT. LIKE! These are books that take the world by storm, reach the top of the best sellers list, or end up with a huge book club buzz, and sometimes we just don't get it.  Rachel does NOT recommend The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by Victoria Schwab, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, or The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.  Katy does NOT recommend My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent, Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, and Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune.  Listen to what other staff members of the Delaware County District Library just didn't like, and read more about today's episode here. Do you have a topic you want to hear us cover? Please email libraryguys@delawarelibrary.org  Music Credit:  Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

2022년 5월 아시아·태평양 섬나라 유산의 달 (AAPI Heritage Month)을 기념하기 위해, “북톡” 편을 기획했습니다. 카피 에디터 Beth Eunhee Hong와 Naomi Ng가 서울과 홍콩에 뿌리를 둔 제3의 문화아이로서 자신들의 세계관과 정체감을 형성한 책에 대해 토론합니다. Beth의 pick: 한국계 미국 작가 Cathy Park Hong의 “마이너 필링스: 이 감정들은 사소하지 않다.” 2020년에 자전적 에세이 7권입니다. 서구 자본주의 사회에서 아시아계 미국인으로 성장하는 것이 어떤지에 대한 에세이집 입니다.Naomi의 pick: 중국계 미국인 작가 Celeste Ng의 2014년 데뷔 소설인 "내가 너에게 절대로 말하지 않는 것들"이다. 이 소설은 한 혼혈 중국계 미국인 가족에 대한 이야기로, 그의 둘째 딸 Lydia가 근처 호수에서 익사한 채 발견되었다. 그녀의 죽음은 그 가족의 비밀과 과거의 거미줄을 풀어놓습니다.이번 팟캐스트의 YouTube 버전은 한국에 거주하는 독자들에게 "어떤 책을 추천하겠습니까?"라고 묻는 새 코너가 포함되어 있습니다.이 에피소드에 대한 여러분의 의견이나, 토론을 원하는 다른 한국 책이 있으면 알려주세요. 트위터 주소 ( @_paperfetishist 혹은 @ngnaomi ) 으로 트위터를 남겨 주시거나 코리아 헤럴드의 페이스북, 유튜브, 인스타그램 페이지에 댓글을 남겨주세요. bethhong@heraldcorp.com 또는 ngnaomi@heraldcorp.com으로 이메일을 보내셔도 됩니다. AAPI Heritage Month기념 으로 추가 추천하는 도서:1. Evelyn Lau의 "가출: 어느 거리 소녀의 일기" https://bit.ly/3Nmtjcj2. Ocean Vuong의 "지상에서 우리는 잠시 매혹적이다" https://bit.ly/3wDjLTA 3. Eileen Chang의 "경성지련" https://bit.ly/3yF5hF4 4. Karen Cheung의 "The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir" https://bit.ly/3wjbZyy 블루스퀘어 북파크 라운지에 특별한 감사를 드립니다. https://bit.ly/3FPb2lk [Books Episode] To all the Asian books we've lovedTo commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May 2022, we discuss 2 works of fiction by celebrated Asian authors in another books episode of The Korea Herald podcast.Copy editors Beth Eunhee Hong and Naomi Ng discuss books that shaped their worldview and sense of identity as third culture kids with roots in Seoul and Hong Kong. Beth's pick is “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning,” a 2020 autobiographical book of 7 essays by Korean American author Cathy Park Hong. The essays center on what it's like to grow up Asian American in a Western capitalist society. Naomi's pick is “Everything I Never Told You,” the 2014 debut novel by Chinese American author Celeste Ng. The novel is about a mixed-race Chinese-American family whose middle daughter Lydia is found drowned in a nearby lake. Her death unravels the family's web of secrets and pasts.The YouTube version of this podcast also features a bonus new segment in which we ask readers in Korea: “What book would you recommend?”We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, or suggestions for other Korean books you'd like us to review or discuss. Tweet us (Beth @_paperfetishist / Naomi @ngnaomi) or leave a message on The Korea Herald's Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram page. You can also email us at bethhong@heraldcorp.com or ngnaomi@heraldcorp.com. More book picks for AAPI month:1. “Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid” by Evelyn Lau https://bit.ly/3Nmtjcj 2. “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong https://bit.ly/3wDjLTA 3. “Love in a Fallen City” by Eileen Chang https://bit.ly/3yF5hF4 4. “The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir” by Karen Cheung https://bit.ly/3wjbZyY Special thanks to Book Park Lounge, Blue Square https://bit.ly/3FPb2lkLinktree: https://linktr.ee/khbookspodcast Intro: ♪ Onion (Prod. by Lukrembo)Outro: ♪ Wine (Prod. by Lukrembo)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: the change of the seasons and a young fan Current Reads: a few books that will stay with us forever, and some that… won't Deep Dive: the books that live rent-free in our heads Book Presses: a fairy tale retelling and a beloved brick As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:20 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:01 - Current Reads 6:21 - Fabled Bookshop 6:42 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh (Meredith) 13:53 - The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (Kaytee)  16:55 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow (Meredith) 18:40 - book darts for your own books! 20:09 - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 22:45 - When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten (Kaytee) 24:45 - Bookshelf Thomasville subscriptions 25:19 - Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane (Meredith) 29:15 - How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon (Kaytee) 30:15 - Heavy by Kiese Laymon 30:19 - Season 3: Ep. 34 32:27 - Garcia Street Books 32:59 - Deep Dive: Books that Live Rent Free In Our Heads 34:15 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 35:49 - So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson 36:49 - Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer 37:55 - A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 37:59 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 38:37 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 39:30 - Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia 39:49 - Violeta by Isabel Allende 40:30 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 40:37 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 40:38 - The One by John Marrs 40:44 - Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton 40:46 - Parasite by Mira Grant 40:57 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kenda Adachi 41:50 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 42:13 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 44:41  - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 45:02 - All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller (Meredith) 46:58 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire 47:52 - Roots by Alex Haley (Kaytee) 49:16 - The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers  49:21 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 49:38 - Shogun by James Clavell 49:39 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Show notes: How did we pack so many books into such a short month?! Who knows, but we did! And we also had a really great month with lots of 5 star reads, so you're in for a treat of RTL-approved recommendations from us. Check out these 10 books we read in Feb, but don't forget to join us on Patreon for the Overflow episode where you'll hear the other 13 books we read. If you're not a Patron yet, now's the time to join!    Click here to join us on Patreon to get extra bookish goodies like bonus episodes, end of year rating guides, book club, and more!   Related Links: Books mentioned*: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Revival by Stephen King Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun Recitatif by Toni Morrison Falling by TJ Newman Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker Mama Bear Apologetics by Hilary Morgan Ferrer It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover What Do We Know - poems by Mary Oliver * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

Happy New Year, all! In this episode, the hosts share the books they loved the most this year. In total, they discuss 10 books in total and the episode is completely spoiler-free. Books mentioned in the episode: Comfort Me with Apples by Cathrynne M. Valente (2021) In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (2019) A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris (2021) Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (1995) The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (2021) Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (2021) Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones (1985) Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval 2018) In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (2019) The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (2021) Stoner by John Williams (1965) The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1977) Know My Name by Chanel Miller (2019) Little Weirds by Jenny Slate (2020) Maurice by E.M. Forster (1971) Passing by Nella Larson (1929) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2015) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)

Jerry Fu is a Conflict Resolution Coach, he facilitates leadership workshops and has worked as a Pharmacist. He focuses on resolving clients' conflicts at work, in culture, and within themselves. Jerry completed a Biology degree at Rice University and attended pharmacy school at the University of Tennessee-Memphis. Jerry has been fired (by avoiding conflict with an upset boss), has had to evict a roommate, been displaced for work, and dealt with bounced paychecks. - now he uses his previous ongoing struggle with conflict resolution as fascinating fuel for his work. In This Episode - We talk about the influential cultural expectation of growing up in an Asian-American family, stories from Jerry's past pharmacy work, we offer up lots of great advice to all types of leaders, we talk mentorship, reaching our potential as individuals, how to feed the right beast within, being free from the fear of conflict, breaking habits of being ourselves, becoming aware of feeling emotions and dealing with passive-aggressiveness. We chat about respectfully disagreeing, the decision of indecision, Jerry shares tons of advice gems and personal stories from his time around leadership workshops, how to step out of the people-pleaser role, emotional projection, today's climate of conversation, we talk about internal dialogue, current technological influences on our ability to be present in interactions, reading the room, reading body language, and the importance of humility. for more on jerry - checkout his linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-fu-pharmd-acc-53710187/ And his website here: https://www.adaptingleaders.com/ book recommendations: Made To Stick, Power Of Moments, Switch, Decisive, and Upstream by The Heath Brothers. Michal stander - The Coaching Habit and The Advice Trap by Michael Bungay Stanier, Getting Things Done by David Allen, Atomic Habits by James Clear, Limitless by Jim Kwik, Building A Story Brand and Business Made Simple by Donald Miller. - And fiction: Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Stone. A few fire quotes from Jerry in this episode - “You will never be free of conflict. You may never be free from that fear, but you can still deal with it. You don't have to be afraid of it anymore.” “Passive-aggressive comments are funny in movies but they're terrible in real-life relationships” “How do I make the people around me great?”

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: playing library and a murderful bookmark Current Reads: a bit silly this week, we are threatening book characters with violence and one of us throws a temper tantrum. Deep Dive: we are discussing the genres that pull us in and then we usually hate them, the Venus Flytrap of books Book Presses: a YA fantasy that flies under the radar and a sweet love story As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 2:17 - Listener Survey 2:19 - Giveaway Post on Instagram  2:46 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:57 - Kindle Oasis Meredith loves 4:15 - Kindle Oasis leather cover 4:32 - Bookshop.org Bookish Moments of the Week: 5:05 - Mindy's Instagram @gratefulforgrace 6:43 - Meredith's Bookmark on Etsy Current Reads: 10:17 - Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe (Kaytee) 11:14 - Kaytee's headphones (we don't recommend any violence with these!) 12:29 - The Stranger by Harlan Coben (Meredith) 14:35 - @katieladyreads on Instagram 17:36 - The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomom (Kaytee) 19:22 - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on NPR 21:20 - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (Meredith) 23:14 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig  23:32 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 24:38 - The Invisible Life of Addy LaRue by V.E. Schwab 29:51 - My Time Will Come by Ian Manuel (Kaytee) 29:59 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 30:00 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton  30:01 - A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett 33:09 - The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg (Meredith) Deep Dive - Venus Flytrap Books and Genres: 39:09 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 39:35 - The Nest by Cynthia D'aprix Sweeney 39:35 - All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenburg  39:40 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 40:07 - We Keep the Dead Close by Beck Cooper 40:18 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse 42:58 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 43:01 - Slay by Brittney Morris 43:04 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 48:06 - The Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg (Kaytee) 50:06 - Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie Holmberg 51:35 - Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

In this episode, August and Kendra recommend some vacation reads. Everyone looks for a different experience when reading on their vacation, so the hosts offer their own preferences and what makes a book a vacation read for them (big surprise, they have very different picks!). This episode is completely spoiler-free. Books mentioned in the episode: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino (2019) Home by Toni Morrison (2012) Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion(1968) Laura by Vera Casparay (1943) Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (2020) A Burning by Megha Majumdar (2020) White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2000) The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet (1949) The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman (2018) Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (2021) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (1947) No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (2005) The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1977) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950) Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (2001) The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy (1999) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2020) Dear Girls by Ali Wong (2019) The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (2021) The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton (2020) My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russel (2020) Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (2019) If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (1974) The Fever by Megan Abbott (2014) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2019) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)

It's all right there in the title, folks! Celeste Ng's debut novel, "Everything I Never Told You," is about all the things that go unsaid in a family... and ruin the relationships as a result. The kids. The parents. The siblings. No one is talking in the Lee household! Is this kind of poor communication still a thing? Find out in our latest episode, with special guest Mel Geter from the Curlyyop Reads Booktube. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/midlit/support

In this episode, the hosts share their favorite historical fiction novels. One host finally overcomes their denial that this might be their favorite genre, while the other gets to gush about a familiar favorite. No spoilers in this episode, so enjoy whether you've read any of the books mentioned or not! Books mentioned in the episode: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2015) Calypso by David Sedaris (2018) Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1905) City of Thieves by David Benioff (2008) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (2006) Praisesong For The Widow by Paule Marshall (1983) Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente (2011) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (2015) The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016) Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (1985) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011) Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987) The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock (2011) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)

In this talking shop episode, we reviewed two different writing tools. Ashley's choice this month was The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk Jr and E.B. White, and Sarah reviewed the Story Grid, with the book being written by Shawn Coyne, and the accompanying podcast produced by Shawn Coyne and Tim Grahl. In our leisure reading time, Sarah talked about Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, and Ashley discussed The King Must Die by Mary Renault.

This episode kicks off Melissa's podcast maternity leave and Leah takes on hosting responsibilities.  In honor of Mother's Day, Leah welcomes her own mother, Kim Wrisley, as a guest.  Together, these two explore the changes in relationship dynamics when Daughter becomes Mom and Mom becomes Grandma.  Kim reminisces on her time as a young mother, shares her insight, and discusses the highlights and challenges of being a grandparent.  This episode is a tear-jerker, and sheds some light on the grandmotherhood experience.The Book Blurb in this episode is from Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, a gripping novel about a family recovering from trauma and finding their back to each other.  To read more about the author and her work, visit her website.

In this episode, I review the two books that I read for the month of March - SPOILERS! Kiyo’s Story by Kiyo Sato and Everything I Never Told You by Celest Ng March Book count: 2 books and 632 pages. 2021 Total Book count: 8 books, 2139 pages

Writing advice from Celeste Ng, author of the best-selling novels Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You. * To listen to Celeste's full interview with host Zibby Owens on the podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, click here: https://bit.ly/3srSCzy * To read (or re-read!) this writing advice, click here: https://bit.ly/3sq6iLu * Want to buy LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE? Click here: https://amzn.to/3tW3sy3 * Feel inspired to write? Submit your work to Moms Don't Have Time to Write, a Medium publication. Guidelines here: https://bit.ly/3w1aQdi * Love what you hear? Subscribe! Give us a 5-star rating! Leave a comment!  * And please follow us on Instagram @momsdonthavetimetoreadbooks!

Join Librarians Andy, Sam, and Sarah as we talk about our recent reads: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Name Drop: The Really Good Celebrity Stories I Usually Only Tell at Happy Hour by Ross Mathews The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry Other titles discussed: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence by Ross Mathews Population 485 by Michael Perry

The Book, Everything I Never Told You, is an intriguing story of a Chinese-American family that has to over come a huge tragedy that strikes their small family.

Everything I Never Told You is another story in the "mysteriously dead girl" genre—so how does it stack up? Sarah and Chris discuss the story's themes of racism, family interconnectedness, and empathy. Next month: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick