POPULARITY
Join Katera and Kara discuss their April and May reads: Welcome to the Neighborhood by Lisa Roe and Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane. Snack on some chicken salad, crackers and fruit for a summer lunch idea and send us your chicken salad recipes. Visit us at http://www.booksandbrunchpodcast.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/booksandbrunch/support
PopaHALLics #107 "Murderous & Foreboding"Characters are killing it—literally—in the streaming options and novels we discuss. A wife killing her "perfect" husband. A Broadway star taking an elevator shaft down without the elevator. And did we mention the creepy Swedish cult festival?Streaming:"Midsommar," streaming & rental, In this 2019 horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, a dysfunctional couple (Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor) travel to a rural town for a midsummer festival that turns out more bizarre and violent than they expected. "Only Murders in the Building," Hulu. Season 3: When an actor dies on opening night of the play by Oliver (Martin Short), he and his neighbors (Steve Martin and Selena Gomez) begin an investigation. With Meryl Streep, Jesse Williams, and Ashley Park."Ahsoka," Disney +. In an 8-episode "Star Wars" series, the Jedi/not Jedi (it's complicated) warrior (Rosario Dawson) goes in pursuit of evil Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) with her headstrong Padawan (Natasha Liu Bodrizzo). With Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Hayden Christiansen. "The Book Club," Peacock & rental. Reading "50 Shades of Grey" sparks the love lives of four women (Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, and Diane Keaton) in this romantic comedy.Books:"Since We Fell," by Dennis Lehane. A woman develops a fear of leaving the house in this acclaimed 2017 novel adroitly mixing up suspense, romance, and possibly madness from the author of "Mystic River," "Shutter Island," and 'Gone Baby Gone.""The Mistborn: The Final Empire," by Brandon Sanderson. In book one of a trilogy, a thief and his companions take on the ultimate caper: Overthrowing the government of a being who has ruled for 1,000 years. Music:Steve recently saw a ParliamentFunkadelic show featuring funk pioneer George Clinton as well as the band Fishbone. Experience some of their best numbers—and other funk as well—here!Click through the links to watch, read and listen to what we're talking about.
Dennis Lehane grew up in Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published thirteen more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day; Moonlight Mile; Live by Night; World Gone By; Since We Fell, and Small Mercies.Four of his novels – Live by Night, Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island – have been adapted into films. A fifth, The Drop, was adapted by Lehane himself into a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini in his final role. Lehane was a staff writer on the acclaimed HBO series, The Wire, and also worked as a writer-producer on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and the Netflix series, Bloodline. He was a writer-producer on the television adaptations of three Stephen King novels—Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch for DirecTV and The Outsider for HBO. He wrote and produced the acclaimed limited series Black Bird for Apple TV+ and is currently developing his next series for Apple.
Dennis Lehane grew up in Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published thirteen more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day; Moonlight Mile; Live by Night; World Gone By; Since We Fell, and Small Mercies.Four of his novels – Live by Night, Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island – have been adapted into films. A fifth, The Drop, was adapted by Lehane himself into a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini in his final role. Lehane was a staff writer on the acclaimed HBO series, The Wire, and also worked as a writer-producer on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and the Netflix series, Bloodline. He was a writer-producer on the television adaptations of three Stephen King novels—Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch for DirecTV and The Outsider for HBO. He wrote and produced the acclaimed limited series Black Bird for Apple TV+ and is currently developing his next series for Apple.
News Talk 94.1 — In this all new episode of Read Astray, host Laura Young will give her review of the psychological thrillers “Sometimes I Lie: A Novel" by Alice Feeney, and "Since We Fell" by Dennis Lehane.
In this all new episode of Read Astray, host Laura Young will give her review of the psychological thrillers “Sometimes I Lie: A Novel" by Alice Feeney, and "Since We Fell" by Dennis Lehane.
In Episode 4, Tina from the blog TBR, etc. and I talk book recommendations, break down #bookstagram (including when her engagement photo went viral!), and compare our reading tastes. This contains affiliate links (plus: here’s your Amazon Smile-specific affiliate link), through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights When Tina’s engagement photo (featuring books) went viral on #bookstagram. When Tina inadvertently ending up listening to the same audiobook as her husband. Sarah’s husband’s favorite reading material. Behind the scenes of #bookstagram…including what we like and what we don’t (i.e. the Instagram post Tina thought was going to do great, but didn’t). How to see every post from the people you actually want to on Instagram. We compare our reading taste by debating 2 thrillers we felt differently about. How we both feel about WWII fiction. When publisher marketing sets inaccurate expectations for a book. Tina’s Fiction Audiobook Recommendations Two OLD Books She Loves The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [14:04] The Humans by Matt Haig | Buy from Amazon [16:20] Two NEW Books She Loves Sunburnby Laura Lippman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:43] The Hunger by Alma Katsu | Buy from Amazon [21:46] One Book She Didn’t Love The Girls by Emma Cline (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [27:01] One Upcoming Release She’s Excited About Parkland by Dave Cullen (Release Date: February 12, 2019) | Buy from Amazon [27:03] Other Books Mentioned The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [2:03] The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks | Buy from Amazon [2:10] Kindred by Octavia E. Butler | Buy from Amazon [4:09] A Well-Behaved Woman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [7:04] Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [7:05] November Road by Lou Berney (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [9:12] Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [9:12] From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:19] The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [14:24] How to Stop Time by Matt Haig | Buy from Amazon [18:27] Sunburn by Laura Lippman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:43] Columbine by Dave Cullen | Buy from Amazon [27:06] A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:34] Other Links Tara from Running N Reading Tina’s Newport, Rhode Island Instagram picture Sarah’s 2018 Summer Reading Guide Lisa Jewell (mystery / thriller author recommended by Tina)…and on Instagram About Tina Blog | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Tina is happiest when reading and reviewing books – especially thrillers and new releases. She’s a blogger at tbretc.com and Bookstagrammer @tbretc. That’s TBR (as in to be read) Etc. Support the Podcast Share - If you like the podcast, I’d love for you to share it with your reader friends…in real life and on social media (there’s easy share buttons at the bottom of this post!). Subscribe...wherever you listen to podcasts, so new episodes will appear in your feed as soon as they’re released. Rate and Review - Search for “Sarah’s Book Shelves” in Apple Podcasts…or wherever you listen to podcasts! Feedback - I want this podcast to fit what you’re looking for, so I truly do want your feedback! Please tell me (email me at sarahsbookshelves@gmail.com or DM me on social media) what you like, don’t like, want more of, want less of, etc. I’d also love to hear topics you’d like me to cover and guests you’d like to hear from.
In Episode 3, I'm back to my regular format with Susie from the blog Novel Visits (one of my top recommendation sources!). Susie recently fell in love with audiobooks and, unlike me, listens to fiction on audio. Join us for her fiction audiobook recommendations! Highlights Why listening to audiobooks is not cheating. The sign you’re listening to a great audiobook. The one book that really turned Susie on to audiobooks. Susie’s favorite audiobook narrators (Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell, Therese Plummer). Sarah's all-time favorite audiobook (it's a miracle...I am actually able to pick just one!). Susie's favorite apps to listen to audiobooks. Sarah's take on the problem with thrillers these days. Susie’s Fiction Audiobook Recommendations Two OLD Audiobooks She Loves Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="14:57"] The Power by Naomi Alderman | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="18:20"] Two NEW Audiobooks She Loves The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="20:59"] The Wildlands by Abby Geni (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="23:23"] One Audiobook She Didn’t Love The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="25:53"] One Upcoming Release She’s Excited About The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker (Release Date: January 15, 2019) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="29:46"] Other Books Mentioned Our House by Louise Candlish | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="6:44"] Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="6:53"] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="7:51"] Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="9:42"] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="9:46"] Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="11:01"] How to Walk Away by Katherine Center (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="11:28"] According to a Source by Abby Stern | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="11:31"] Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="12:30"] From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="12:38"] This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="12:50"] The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="20:10"] Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="22:44"] Final Girls by Riley Sager | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="27:34"] The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="30:00"] Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="31:55"] Exit West by Mohsin Hamid | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="33:10"] Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="33:21"] Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison | Buy from Amazon [spp-timestamp time="33:38"] Other Links Audible (Susie's preferred app for audiobook listening) Libby (Sarah's preferred app for listening to audiobooks from the library) Reality Steve Riley Sager story (from Wall Street Journal) Annie Jones from From the Front Porch podcast About Susie Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram I've loved reading for as long as I can remember. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, I began journaling about the books I read and turned that passion into writing about books. My first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend's blog, but I soon realized I wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of my own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, I love being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish. Support the Podcast Share - If you like the podcast, I’d love for you to share it with your reader friends…in real life and on social media (there’s easy share buttons at the bottom of this post!). Subscribe...wherever you listen to podcasts, so new episodes will appear in your feed as soon as they’re released. Rate and Review - Search for “Sarah’s Book Shelves” in Apple Podcasts…or wherever you listen to podcasts! Feedback - I want this podcast to fit what you’re looking for, so I truly do want your feedback! Please tell me (email me at sarahsbookshelves@gmail.com or DM me on social media) what you like, don’t like, want more of, want less of, etc. I’d also love to hear topics you’d like me to cover and guests you’d like to hear from.
We're on tape today, replaying some of our favorite conversations, which include: Filmmaker Fred Wiseman on his documentary Jackson heights Writer, director and producer Judd Apatow on his movie The Big Sick and his return to standup Members of the Typewriter Rodes, Sean Petrie, Greta Rose Netherton and David Fruchter Type poetry on demand Dennis Lehane discusses his book thriller, Since We Fell. Jonathan Safran Foer discusses his novel, Here I Am, which looks at what happens when a personal calamity intersects with a global crisis Actress and Writer Marianne Leone talks about her memoir, Mom Speak Up.
Watch the video here. Dennis Lehane's ''raw, harrowing, and unsentimental'' (Washington Post Book World) bestselling crime novels include Mystic River; Shutter Island; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Live by Night, all of which have been adapted into critically acclaimed films by Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, and Ben Affleck. His other writing includes the story collection Coronado, several episodes of the television shows The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, and the screenplay for the film adaptation of his book The Drop. Lehane's latest novel tells the story of a shut-in, former television journalist who finds her sanity tested as she slips into a violent conspiracy. (recorded 5/18/2017)
Pretty Yende, the South African soprano, discusses making her debut at the Royal Opera House in Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore, and the TV advert that inspired her to abandon her plans to become an accountant and to pursue a career in opera instead.As a new adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is broadcast on Channel 4 and the book hits the top of the bestsellers list, academic Sarah Churchwell reassesses this dystopian novel and its significance, and considers to what extent the television adaption lives up to the book.Dennis Lehane, whose previous novels include Mystic River, Shutter Island and Gone, Baby, Gone were adapted into successful films, discusses his latest work Since We Fell. This novel is set in Lehane's familiar territory of Boston, Mass, where things are rarely quite what they seem, and you don't know who to trust. Adrian Wootton is the Chief Executive of the British Film Commission which is responsible for promoting the UK as the best place to produce feature films and television. He explains why Britain is overtaking California as the place to make blockbusters and deluxe television series, and considers, too, the impact of this on film-makers here without such deep pockets. Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Caroline Donne.
From searing stories of suspense to literary novels, historical fiction, and film and television scripts, no other writer today has such a wide-ranging body of work like Dennis Lehane. The international bestselling author and screenwriter is best known for his edgy, morally complex, and effortlessly masterful stories that often take place in his hometown of Boston. Now a resident of Los Angeles, many of Lehane’s novels have been adapted into award-winning films, including Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone, and the recently released prohibition-era drama Live by Night. His new book, Since We Fell, follows the psychological drama of Rachel Childs, a former journalist who after an on-air mental breakdown, must reckon with the truths of her new reality. Join us for a special evening with Lehane as he discusses his latest work, his dynamic storytelling, and genre-breaking career with fellow book and screen writer Attica Locke.For photos from the program, click here.