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A special episode: Anna chats with Kate Slotover of the Book Club Review podcast. Our book of the week is THE UNSELECTED JOURNALS OF EMMA M. LION by Beth Brower. Recommended by our friend Shawn Mooney of Shawn Breathes Books, we enjoyed this novel set in Victorian London about a young woman returning to claim her inheritance. Light and witty, these books have been compared with Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse. Kate has become obsessed with the series and has now read all eight books. But will she convince Anna to do the same? Books mentioned: JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL by Susanna Clarke DEATH IN THE STOCKS by Georgette Heyer ARABELLA by Georgette Heyer FREDERICA by Georgette Heyer THE GRAND SOPHY by Georgette Heyer THE SQUARE OF SEVENS by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Coming up: WHITE NIGHTS by Fyodor Dostoevsky Follow us! Kate: Instagram: @ bookclubreviewpodcast Web: https://www.thebookclubreview.co.uk/ Substack: Book Club Review Anna: Instagram: @ abailliekaras Substack: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
What did our podcast book club make of Mild Vertigo, Japanese author Mieko Kanai's 1997 novel, recently translated into English by Polly Barton. A 'modernist masterpiece' written in sentences that go on for pages with hardly any paragraph breaks might not seem like an obvious book club winner; listen in to find out if we were won over. To discuss it Kate is joined by Yuki Tejima, also known as @booknerdtokyo, and Shawn Mooney, aka Shawn the Book Maniac. Listen in for their thoughts on Mild Vertigo, their current reads and our book recommendations for anyone wanting the inside track on great Japanese fiction. Book list A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata (trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter) Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito (trans. Curtis Bauer) Woman Running in the Mountains by Yūko Tsushima (trans. Geraldine Harcourt) Also Territory of Light and Child of Fortune by Yoko Tsutshima Grass for my Pillow by Sayiichi Maruya (trans. Dennis Keene) The Little House by Kyoto Nakajima (trans. Ginny Tapley Takamori) There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuo Tsumura (trans. Polly Barton) Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton Butter by Asako Yuzuki (trans. Polly Barton) Follow us on Instagram and threads @bookclubreviewpodcast Support the show and get Kate's weekly book-recommendations email, access to our book spreadsheets, connect with fellow readers and join our book club: find all the details on our Patreon page. If you enjoyed the episode, please share it, rate and review us on your podcast app, which helps other listeners find us. Find full shownotes and our episode archive at our website thebookclubreview.co.uk
It's the Shawn and Anna Book Club! Our first book is Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito translated by Curtis Bauer. Eduardo is sentenced to a year of community service reading aloud to the elderly and disabled. Set in Mexico, this novel is witty and poignant. It even inspired us to discuss poetry! And the fine line between whacky and eccentric. Also mentioned: Shawn's Bite Sized Book Chat with Stu aka Winston's Dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PubR7KrANvE&t=40s Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai translated by Polly Barton Book Club Review Podcast Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @shawnthebookmaniac Youtube: Anna Baillie-Karas and Shawn the Book Maniac Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
Special guest Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac joins Anna for Book Club! We discuss TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović and Y/N by Esther Yi. These books have taken us down rabbit holes of deaf culture (True Biz) and super fandom (Y/N). Two interesting and thought-provoking reads! Shawn recommends the interview with Esther Yi on Jaylen's The Bar and the Bookcase podcast. We're currently reading: GIBBONS OR ONE BLOODY THING AFTER ANOTHER by James Morrison (and see the book launch on Shawn's channel) SMALL WORLDS by Caleb Azumah Nelson LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @shawnthebookmaniac YouTube: Shawn the Book Maniac Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
A special episode: Anna chats with Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac. We recommend three books and each choose one to read for our next episode: the Anna and Shawn book club! Books discussed: The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard True Biz by Sara Nović Y/N by Esther Yi Loop Tracks by Sue Orr Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder The Recent East by Thomas Grattan Coming up: Chai Time in Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: [a] abailliekaras and [a] shawnthebookmaniac Youtube: Books On The Go and Shawn the Book Maniac Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
It is well and truly prize season, with three literary prizes for women and non-binary writers dropping their longlists this week. We welcome back Shawn Mooney (aka Shawn the Book Maniac) to talk with Sarah and Jenny about the longlists for the Stella Prize (Aus), the Women's Prize (UK), and the new North American prize for women and non-binary writers, the Carol Shields Prize. We hope you enjoy the episode! *Correction: The Carol Shields prize money is actually 150, 000 USD!Shawn's linksShawn's booktube channelInstagram: @shawnthebookmaniacTwitter: @shawnmooneyLitsy: @shawnmooneySarah appearing on Shawn's channelGet in touchTwitter | Instagram | Website | Voice messagePrizes discussed Women's Prize for Fiction (UK)The Stella Prize (Australia) The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (Canada & US)#TransGirlApril readathonKevvie of C'est Kevvie's announcement Kevvie appearing on Shawn's channel Willow of BooksandBao's announcementSupport The Bookcast ClubYou can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on our website. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on iTunes.Sign up to our monthly newsletter for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.We encourage you to support independent bookshops or libraries. You can find a list of independent bookshops to support on our website, many of which do home delivery.Support the show
Today, Sarah welcomes Shawn Mooney on for an episode of My Life in Books. Shawn is a Canadian Booktuber and book reviewer who is based Japan, and loves to enthuse about underrated or forgotten pieces of literature. We hope you enjoy the episode! If there is someone you would like us to interview for My Life in Books, please let us know!This episode is fully transcribed. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout. Shawn's links Shawn's booktube channelInstagram: @shawnthebookmaniacTwitter: @shawnmooneyLitsy: @shawnmooney Sarah appearing on Shawn's channelBooks mentionedDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra Anthony Marra's short story collectionsThe Tsar of Love and Techno and The Lion's DenMercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra [release expected in July 2022]The Known World by Edward P JonesThe Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie [this is the one Sarah couldn't remember the name of!]The One Who Did Not Ask by Altaf FatimaA Brief History Of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesThe Yield by Tara June Winch Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym A Glass of Blessings by Barbara PymNo Fond Return of Love by Barbara PymPeople and things mentionedBritta Böhler Book Riot podcast The Readers podcast [no longer making episodes]LitsySimon SavidgeEric Karl AndersonReading Envy podcastBooks on the Go podcastSupport The Bookcast ClubYou can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on our website. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on iTunes.NewsletterSign up to our monthly newsletter for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.Get in touchTwitter | Instagram | Website | Voice messageWe encourage you to support independent bookshops or libraries. You can find a list of independent bookshops to support on our website, many of which do home delivery.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bookcastclub)
Katie joins me for the first time from the far north to discuss her own reading, plus one very creative solution for reading short stories with a book club. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 239: Gross but Subtle Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:Salt Slow by Julia ArmfieldThe Sentence by Louise ErdrichSufferance by Thomas KingSeek You: A Journey through American Loneliness by Kristen RadtkeGutter Child by Jael RichardsonOther mentions: Well-Read BooksColes Books"The Great Awake" by Julia ArmfieldWayward Children series by Seanan McGuireTournament of BooksLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas KingIndian Horse by Richard WagameseThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineThe Break by Katherena VermetteThe Strangers by Katherena Vermette (forthcoming, hopefully)Drawing Loneliness with Kristen Radtke (video)Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories by Kathleen CollinsHalf-Blood Blues by Esi EdugyanIn Concrete by Anne Garrétta, translated by Emma RamadanRelated episodes: Episode 077 - No One Messes With a Wolf with Shawn MooneyEpisode 181 - An Awkward Woman with Yanira RamirezEpisode 190 - The Good Life with AlexEpisode 202 - Jacket Flap with Chris and EmilyStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Katie is @katie_sikkes on InstagramAll links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.
A special episode! Anna chats with Shawn Mooney from Shawn the Book Maniac. We talk about the books we've been reading lately. Some of the books discussed: My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Growing Up Disabled in Australia edited by Carly Findlay You can also watch us on Shawn's YouTube channel at Shawn the Book Maniac. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @shawnthebookmaniac Twitter: @abailliekaras and @shawnmooney Litsy: @abailliekaras and @shawnmooney Credits: Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
Ruth joins Jenny bright and early in January, which gives us the chance to discuss reading goals for last year and this year a little, reading classics, and what happened when a friend dared Ruth to read a book! This is the first episode of a new strategy where Jenny is bringing two books to discuss to the guest's three, so feel free to let me know what you think.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 178: Precarious Pile with Ruthiella.Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Books discussed: Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeOlive, Again by Elizabeth StroutDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannIn the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddney RatnerInland by Téa Obreht Other mentions: Ruth's Booked for LIfe blog and her 2019 Back to the Classics roundupRuth's Booked for LIfe blog and her pile of 21 books Books and Chocolate Blog - Back to the Classics 2020 challengeMan Booker Prize 1999 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutMy Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Topeka School by Ben LernerThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtHow to Feed a Dictator by Witold Szablowski The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodThe Duke's Children by Anthony TrollopeA Woman is No Man by Etaf RumRelated episodes:Episode 033 - An Undulating Thrum with guests Ruth and ElizabethEpisode 053 - The Pool I Rarely Swim In with Luke ChristieEpisode 086 - The Queen of Bailing with Shawn Mooney Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) Episode 134 - A Pastiche Romp with Ruth(iella)Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with ReggieEpisode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger Stalk us online:Ruth at GoodreadsJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy
Jenny divulges her top reads of 2019 and shares the top reads of sixteen other readers. All of us focus on books we read in 2019; they may or may not have been published in 2019. That's how regular readers work! If you listen past that section, there will also be some discussion of the Best of the Decade in reads and reading experiences.Thanks to all of you who participate, interact, and listen to the podcast! You have made this a marvelous year and decade. Best wishes in the new year. The next episode will be all about reading goals, so feel free to share your 2020 reading goals with me and I might mention them.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 176: Best of 2019 with Jenny and Menagerie.Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Books Mentioned: Life and Fate by Vasily GrossmanCastle of Water by Dane KuckelbridgeLent by Jo WaltonFrankissstein by Jeanette WintersonAgainst Memoir by Michelle TeaBrute: Poems by Emily SkajaThe Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison C. RollinsHalal if You Hear Me edited by Safia Elhillo and Fatimah AsgharCan You Forgive Her? by Anthony TrolloppeThe Old Wives' Tale by Arnold BennettThe Way to the Sea by Caroline CramptonThe Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells Foundation by Isaac AsimovTu by Patricia GraceThe Last Act of Love by Cathy RentzenbrinkAll Among the Barley by Melissa HarrisonEast West Street by Philippe SandsThe Great Believers by Rebekah MakkaiLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel VasquezBirdie by Tracey LindbergThey Will Drown in Their Mother's Tears by Johannes AnyuruThe Museum of Modern Love by Heather RoseCantoras by Caroline de RobertisThe Deeper the Water, the Uglier the Fish by Katya ApekinaGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Very Marrow of Our Bones by Christine HigdonThe Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro ArikawaMetro 2035 by Dmitry GlukhovskyIn the Distance by Hernan DiazMortality by Christopher HitchensTrain Dreams by Denis JohnsonConversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Normal People by Sally RooneyGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukNobber by Oisin FaganWomen Talking by Miriam ToewsWhen Chickenheads Come Home To Roost by Joan MorganOur Women on the Ground edited by Zahra HankirThe Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan StradalSefira and Other Betrayals by John LanganStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiThe Book of Night Women by Marlon JamesInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFired Up by Andrew JohnstonThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThe Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona EltahawyThis Tilting World by Colette Bellous Other Mentions:Jenny's Full Best of 2019 ListJenny's Best of the Decade List Safia Elhillo and Fatimah Asghar reading at The StrandShedunnit Podcast Related Episodes:Episode 142 - Borders and Bails with Shawn MooneyEpisode 150 - Rife with Storytelling with Sara Episode 154 - Is If If with PaulaEpisode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book Cougars Episode 159 - Reading Doorways with LindyEpisode 160 - Reading Plays with Elizabeth Episode 163 - Fainting Goats with Lauren Episode 166 - On Brand with Karen Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie Episode 173 - Expecting a Lot from a Book with Sarah Tittle Episode 174 - Cozy Holiday Reads and TBR Explode 4 Episode 175 - Reading on Impulse with Marion Hill Stalk me online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy
Reggie is a reading friend Jenny made in Litsy. Together we discuss coming back to reading, international postal book groups, plant blindness, and Reggie tries to talk Jenny into giving a book a second try.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 167: Book Pendulum with ReggieSubscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Books discussed: Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hyomi Kawakami, translated by Allison Markin PowellThe Girl who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-FleuryThe Book of Night Women by Marlon JamesPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea LawlorThe Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig DavidsonThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodOther mentions:Clive BarkerAnna CastilloJulia AlvarezFor Real (Book Riot podcast)Broken Monsters by Lauren BeukesThe Fireman by Joe Hill The Stand by Stephen KingSwan Song by Robert McCammonA Boy's Life by Robert McCammonA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaHaruki MurakamiNatsumi SashimiConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (tv show)Stray City by Chelsea JohnsonChasing Amy (film)Black Wave by Michelle TeaThe Troop by Nick Cutter The Deep by Nick CutterNobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn DumontFrankly in Love by David YoonErosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest WilliamsRelated Episodes:Episode 079 - Deliberately Silenced and Preferably Unheard with Rima AbunasserEpisode 080 - The Wild Things Helped with Jason RolandEpisode 086 - The Queen of Bailing with Shawn MooneyEpisode 101 - A Different Kind of Time Travel with Karen AcostaEpisode 105 - Best Reads of 2017 Episode 112 - Reset Button with Eleanor Thoele Episode 130 - All the Jennifers with Fern Ronay Episode 161 - Women in Translation Month Recommendations with Lauren Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and LitsyReggie is @reggie on Litsy
Anna and Annie chat with Shawn Mooney, of Shawn The Book Maniac, and discuss this week's Top 10 Best Sellers. Our book of the week is Flames by Robbie Arnott. It's the story of Charlotte running away from her brother Levi, a detective sent to find her, and the Tasmanian landscape. A wild debut, shortlisted for numerous awards, and described by Richard Flanagan as "a strange and joyous marvel". What did Anna, Annie and Shawn think? Next week, Anna and Amanda will be reading The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean. Follow us! Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras , @mr_annie , @shawnmooneyinjapan Litsy: @abailliekaras , @mr_annie , @shawnmooney Twitter: @abailliekaras , @mister_annie , @shawnmooney Youtube : Shawn The Book Maniac: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilcosz
Anna and Amanda discuss the Pulitzer Prize fiction winner, The Overstory by Richard Powers. And Anna gives her predictions for the Women's Prize Shortlist, to be announced on 29 April. Our book of the week is Spring by Ali Smith. The third in her seasonal quartet, it weaves together the stories of a TV director and a prison guard with Katherine Mansfield, Rilke, and Shakespeare's Pericles. Only Ali Smith could manage this in an unpretentious way: it's a fun, witty read that made us think. Described as "timeless" (The Independent) and "luminous and generous" (The Guardian), this comes highly recommended. Next week, Anna and Annie will be reading Flames by Robbie Arnott with special guest Shawn Mooney. Follow us! Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @amandalhayes99 Litsy: @abailliekaras Twitter: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilcosz