Katherine and Ashley discuss Susan Choi's newest novel, Flashlight. Nominated for both the Booker long list and National Book Award long list. Discussion of the book because at 30:18.
Katherine Reads:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Ashley Reads:
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible
Katherine and Ashley return for Season Three with a roundup of the books they read over the Bookfare break.
Katherine Reads:
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Universality by Natasha Brown
Valentino and Sagittarius by Natalia Ginzburg
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Endling by Maria Reva
Flesh by David Szalay
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
Ashley Reads:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Original Sin: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
I am, I am, I am, by Maggie O'Farrell
Katherine and Ashley discuss Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.
Kat Reads:
Mobius Book by Catherine Lacey
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Ash Reads:
This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsen
Bookfare will be taking a (late) summer break! We will be back with Season 3 in October!
Katherine and Ashley discuss Hal Ebbott's Among Friends. Discussion begins at 22:39.
Katherine Reads
The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey
Ashley Reads
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Katherine and Ashley discuss Kitamura's latest, Audition (book discussion begins at 12:16).
Katherine Reads:
The Cafe with No Name by Robert Seethaler
Ashley Reads:
Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyonce, and the Women Who Built Pop’s Shiniest Decade by Nora Princiotti.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Katherine and Ashley discuss Rebecca K. Riley's novel, Great and Valdin.
Kat reads:
Evenings and Weekends by Oisan McKenna
Ash reads:
Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott
There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
Katherine and Ashley discuss Fundamentally, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Kat reads:
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette HOwland
The Yellow Sofa by Eca de Queiros
Ash reads:
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
Next Book: Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Katherine and Ashley discuss Evie Wyld's The Echoes.
Katherine Reads:
Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Ashley Reads:
You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique
Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin
Bookfare's Next Four Reads:
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Audition by Katie Kitamura
Perspectives by Laurent Binet
Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
Katherine and Ashley discuss Aria Aber's debut novel, Good Girl (book discussion begins at 15:19).
Katherine Reads
The Watchmen by Alan Moore
The Unwedding by Ally Condie
Ashley Reads
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Katherine and Ashley discuss Ali Smith's new dystopian novel, Gliff.
Ash's reads:
The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Kat's reads:
A Bolt from the Blue by Jeremy Cooper
Inside Out by Demi Moore
Unwedding by Ally Condie
Katherine and Ashley discuss Oprah's Book Club Book: Dream State by Eric Puchner (discussion begins at 24 minutes)
Katherine's Current Reads:
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette Howland
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
Virtue by Hermione Hoby
Inside Out by Demi Moore
Ashley's Current Reads:
State of Paradise by Laura Van Der Berg
You Didn't Hear This From Me by Kelsey McKinney
Katherine and Ashley discuss Catherine Airey's debut novel, Confessions (book discussion begins at 16:19).
Kat's current reads:
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
Ash's current reads:
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg
Katherine and Ashley discuss how to break a reading slump and their feelings on Reader As Personal Brand.
Kat reads:
Regeneration by Pat Barker
The Heart in Darkness by Kevin Barry
My Dog Tulip by JR Ackerley
Ash reads:
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Ashley and Katherine are joined by Natalia to discuss Helen's Phillips' near-future dystopian, Hum.
Hum discussion begins at 29:00 minutes.
Katherine's reads
Natalia's reads
Ashley's read
Katherine and Ashley discuss their top books of 2024.
Ash Reads:
Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner
Hum by Helen Philips
Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna
Foster by Claire Keegan
Invisible Woman by Katia Lief
Kat Reads
Before and After Getting Your Puppy by Dr. Ian Dunbar
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
Lazarus Man by Richard Price
Exciting Upcoming Releases
Gliff by Ali Smith
Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
Civilizations by Laurent Binet
Original Sin by Eve Ewing
You Didn't Hear This From Me by Kelsey McKinney
Best of 2024:
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
How To Say Babylon by Safia Sinclair
The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Passing By Nella Larson
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Katherine and Ashley discuss Emily Bronte's classic novel, Wuthering Heights.
Kat's Reads:
James by Percival Everett
O Pioneer by Willa Cather
Ash's Reads:
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Hum by Helen Phillips
Katherine and Ashley discuss bookfare's 2024 gift guide, current reads, and book news.
Kat is reading:
All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Ash is reading:
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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