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Two Feet of Parchment About Moonstones
9 september 2019 · 54 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon breaking the Atwood embargo, listener feedback, their fall preview picks already looking bad, get mad about bad analysis of celebrity book clubs, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Our mystery & thriller giveaway
The Great Courses Plus
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
All That’s Dead by Stuart MacBride
Links discussed in this episode:
The Bloggess Jenny Lawson to open bookstore/bar in San Antonio
Follow-up: Audible to exclude publishers’ works from caption program for now
Amazon breaks Atwood embargo
A few stats here about how celebrity book clubs impact sales
School takes Harry Potter books off shelves b/c risk of conjuring spirits
The Sally Rooney craze is mostly just instagram buzz
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2019 Fall Book Preview
5 september 2019 · 1 uur 10 min
Jeff and Rebecca go through 14 of the fall's buzziest books and declare whether or not they would buy, hold, or sell them. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
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The Uncanny Valley of Human Communication
2 september 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk audiobooks and copyright, podcasts and reading, a head-scratching Emily Dickinson trailer, and more. Jeff also talks to Leah Price about her new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Books. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Ventriloquist by E.R. Ramzipoor
Win the Best Mystery/Thrillers of the Year So Far!
Book Riot's Recommended Podcast
Links discussed in this episode:
Copyright expiration/public domain as a chance to rectify turning down a classic
Apple’s show about Emily Dickinson looks very confusing
Major publishers sue Audible over text-to-speech feature
Science! Brain maps look alike for podcasts and reading
Hero of the Week: 101-year-old woman releases her first collection of poetry
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Knocking Out the Crawdads
26 augustus 2019 · 53 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about people buying Toni Morrison books, a publishing #metoo injustice, Amazon choosing interesting neighbors, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen
Circe by Madeline Miller
Book Riot Insiders
Links discussed in this episode:
Knopf printing 225k new copies of ToMo books
GRRM says he can finish GoT now that the show is over
Unintended intersection of #metoo and publishing contracts
Next Amazon bookstore set to open in Nashville, across from Parnassus
Heroes of the Week: Teens who founded Adopt a Book nonprofit are looking for new leaders to take it over
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Average Burgle Duration
19 augustus 2019 · 52 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow up about The Da Vinci Code, consider the latest iteration of Obama's reading list, talk about increased pushback against Drag Queen Story Hour, and more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
TBR
Book Riot Insiders
Links discussed in this episode:
Florida DoC has banned more than 22,000 books
Protest seeks to stop libraries from supporting Drag Queen Story Hour Obama’s summer reading list
Tucson school lets students trade in good behavior chips for free books
JD Salinger finally coming to ebooks
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Post-Botox Barnes & Noble
12 augustus 2019 · 56 min
Rebecca and Sharifah pay tribute to Toni Morrison's life and work, discuss Barnes & Noble's post-acquisition future, speculate about Lisa-Marie Presley's forthcoming memoir, and more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
Libro FM
TBR - Tailored Book Recommendations
News discussed on the show:
Rest in Power, Toni Morrison
Barnes & Noble Acquisition by Elliott Advisors is complete
Unsatisfying sentence for the Iowa man who burned LGBTQ library books
Lisa-Marie Presley gets $3million deal for forthcoming "tell-all" memoir
Scholastic pulls book after author is accused of inappropriate behavior
A whole lot of books are now in the public domain because of failure to renew copyrights
Hero of the Week
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The Da Vinci Code
5 augustus 2019 · 1 uur 13 min
Jeff and Rebecca discuss the book, the movie, the phenomenon: The Da Vinci Code. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
One Good Dead by David Baldacci
TBR
Book Riot Insiders
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Canary of Disruption
29 juli 2019 · 46 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Booker Prize long-list, a best-selling author going to Amazon, a shady event cancellation at a library, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
Libro.fm
Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford
Links discussed in this episode:
Megan! Rapinoe! Book deal!
Dean Koontz signs 5-book deal with Amazon
Texax library cancels even w/ trans author
Avon is accepting unagented submissions with #ownvoices emphasis
French army hiring sci-fi writers
Booker Prize longlist
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Everything Is Going to Be OK
22 juli 2019 · 45 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a fancy Song of Ice and Fire edition, Apple getting into original podcasts, a cool new bookstore in Chicago, and more. Then, Jeff talk with Gretchen McCulloch about her new book Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
Libro.fm
Links discussed in this episode:
Bookstores Against Borders is still going, over 100k
New $1,000 special edition of Song of Ice and Fire already sold out
Now Apple is going to make original podcasts
Chicago’s only black woman-owned bookstore is open!
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
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Troubling the Dan Brown Meridian
15 juli 2019 · 1 uur 3 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the best-selling books of the year, follow up about THE STARLESS SEA, go over the ethics of ARCs, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Libro.fm
The Great Courses Plus
Book Riot Insiders
Links discussed in this episode:
PW breaks down the bestsellers of the year so far
Ongoing: Iowa man accused of burning LGBTQ books loses motion to dismiss
Follow-up: if an HP tv show is going to happen it will be here
Amazon is making a LoTR MMO
Annotated #21: Viral
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Value Over Replacement Barfing
8 juli 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
This week's topics include the faintest rumblings of a Harry Potter television show, Book Riot's favorite books of 2019 so far, a ridiculously though plausibly effective pair of motion-sickness reducing glasses, and more. Lees meer
This week's episode is sponsored by:
Libro.fm
Finale by Stephanie Garbar
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean
Links discussed in this episode:
Warner Brothers developing a Harry Potter TV show
Book Riot’s Best Books of the Year So Far
Another bookstore asks for community support, this time with a clear message
Texas school district banned an LGBT-themed book and covered it up
Crazy motion-sickness fighting glasses
Closure of Microsoft bookstore shows fundamental problem with ebooks and DRM
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No Nuance Whatsoever
1 juli 2019 · 51 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about divergent solutions to the same indie bookstore problem, Scribd's new digest feature, joining libraries to other social services, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Some Like it Scandalous by Maya Rodale
The Share Triumph Virtual Conference
Libro.fm
Links discussed in this episode:
Ongoing: Prisons now banning books that teach how to code
Another story from that BN-sponsored fellowship
Chicago Finds a Way to Improve Public Housing
Scribd launches “Snapshots” providing 15-minute summaries
Indie Bookstore Sankofa Wins Tax Break
Book Culture makes public plea for….help?
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#318: The Will to Prequel
24 juni 2019 · 53 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the announced HUNGER GAMES prequel, Amazon's best books of the year so far list, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
FKA USA by Reed King
Amazon Publishing's Summer Reading Initiative
Links discussed in this episode:
Follow up: Nicholas Sparks is sorry he appeared intolerant
Amazon’s 10 best books of the year so far
Joy Harjo becomes first Native American US Poet Laureate!
Suzanne Collins announces 2020 Hunger Games prequel
Harry Potter Pokemon-Go style game launches (a day early)
Petition to Cancel Good Omens petitions wrong company
Controversy over displaying gay books in Maine library, with a side of “good job, trustees” for supporting the library
This week in bananapants: A secret fellowship funded by the Riggios
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#317: Chaotic Neutral
16 juni 2019 · 52 min
This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss Barnes & Noble's buyout options, Goodreads's list of the hit books of 2019 so far, damning allegations against Nicholas Sparks, and more. Lees meer
This episode sponsored by:
Fall or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
In at the Deep End by Kate Davies
Bombas
Links Discussed:
Bidding War for Barnes & Noble?
Progressive church steps in to host Drag Queen Story Hour
Nicholas Sparks accused of harassment, racism, and anti-LGBT actions
Goodreads reveals the hit books of 2019 so far
Study finds increasing marginalization of female and PoC characters in children's books
Hero of the Week: Kentucky teacher partners with barber shop to reward kids for reading
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#316: NCIS: Vatican
10 juni 2019 · 59 min
Barnes & Noble gets sold! The Obamas join the podcasting revolution! Robert Langdon is coming to TV! Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
All the Books!
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Book of the Month Club
This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
Links discussed in this episode:
Barnes & Noble selling to private equity firm
Obamas strike exclusive podcast deal with Spotify
NBC gives commitment for Robert Langdon Lost Symbol series
Hero of the Week: Founder of nonprofit who engages prisoners w/ books, poetry, and writing
Annotated Episode #25: Books Behind Bars
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#315: Hold the Needle
3 juni 2019 · 1 uur 3 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book Expo America, Mindy Kaling doing an Amazon exclusive, breaking the Scripps Spelling Bee, and more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
All the Books
Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
The Summer We Lost Her by Tish Cohen
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Links discussed in this episode:
Mindy Kaling to publish new essay collection w/ Amazon Publishing summer 2020
8 Kids Break the Scripps Spelling Bee
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#314: Business Class Elite Diamond Platinum Plus
27 mei 2019 · 53 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about podcast platforms, worry about George RR Martin's new deadline, admire and critique Bill Gates' new book recommendation video, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Birthday by Meredith Russo
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
Links discussed in this episode:
New Bill Gates summer reading recs video
GRRM sets March 2020 deadline for Winds of Winter
Barnes & Noble brings Nook back with a bigger screen
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#313: The Hierarchy of Socks is Real
20 mei 2019 · 1 uur 3 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk music streaming services, the wider podcast landscape, and even some talk about books. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
PodX
Only Ever her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Bombas
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faiza
Links discussed in this episode:
Roxane Gay’s Luminary exclusive
Michael Wolff has a Trump sequel called SIEGE coming out June 4
Barack’s latest reading list
First Audible Originals in partnership w/ Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine revealed
Jimmy P bringing back bookseller bonuses for a 6th year
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#312: 2019 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show, Part 2
13 mei 2019 · 51 min
The second part of our 2019 Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendation show. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
BookCon
Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Books recommended in this episode:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang,
The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
Men We Reaped by Jesymn Ward.
Fashion Climbing by Bill Cunningham
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Daisy Jones and the Six
I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin,
Soon the Light Will Be Perfect by Dave Patterson
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
IQ by Joe Ide
Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Saints for All Occasions by J Courtney Sullivan
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown Also LOVE, HATE,
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sadhya Menon
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
You Don’t Have to Like Me by Alida Nugent
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
This Is How It Feels by Rebecca Barrow
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#310: Filigreed Elvish
5 mei 2019 · 1 uur 19 min
Jeff and Jenn talk about Baker & Taylor getting out of the retail distribution business (and why you might care), Audible's Alexa experiment, the Tolkien estate being utterly predictable, and more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Great Courses Plus
Audible
Lola (use offer code BOOKRIOT for 40% off)
Kindle Unlimited
Links discussed in this episode:
Baker & Taylor exiting retail distribution
Tolkien estate disavows "Tolkien"
The Blood Heir controversy
The Smallest Barnes & Noble
Audible's Alexa Customer Support Experiment
Barnes & Noble Launches YA Book Club
1 Game of Thrones Prequel Series Bites the Dust
Companion Manuscript to A Clockwork Orange Found
James Patterson to donate $1.25 million to school libraries and teachers
Obamas' Netflix docket is decidedly bookish
The Toni Morrison documentary
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#309: 2019 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations, Part 1
29 april 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
Our annual Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendation show! Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Libro.fm
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher
Kindle Unlimited
TBR
Books Recommended in this episode:
Trail Like Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Buckskin by Erika Wurth
The River by Peter Heller
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Buttermilk by Ed Lee.
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg
Blood Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Yes Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
American Spy by lauren wilkinson
The Taipei Night Market series by Ed Lin (starts with Ghost Month)
How Will You Measure Your Life? By Clayton Christenson
So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
The Power of Meaning by Emily Eshfahani Smith,
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Chemistry by Weiki Wang
A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC series by VE SCHWAB
Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
A Study in Scarlet by Sherry Thomas
Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn
The Greatest Cook in the World by Rick Bragg
The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty
The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis,
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl,
Blueplate Special and How to Cook a Moose by Kate Christensen
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
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#308: The Cargo Pants Pocket For Your Life
22 april 2019 · 1 uur 8 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about millennial audiobook habits, the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, Penguin Random House's loyalty program, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Great Courses Plus
Kindle Unlimited
Libro.fm
TBR
Links discussed in this episode:
Pulitzers announced
OverDrive report on audiobooks habits
Random House begins loyalty program
The library on the moon
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#307: Justice for Bob
15 april 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca relay listener feedback about Scribd's original content move, the most banned books of 2018, a major audiobook publisher moving into print and ebooks, progress on a Washington ban on books from non-profits in prisons, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Center of the Universe by Ria Voros
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
Links discussed in this episode:
Update: Washington State DOC amends policy to allow prisoners to receive used books
First AI generated textbook
Blackstone moves from audio only to print and ebook. Poaches PRH authors
Audible to give out 12 million audiobooks in class action settlement
ALA’s 10 most challenged books of 2018
Hero of the week: Jeopardy champion who gets all his knowledge from children’s books
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#306: A Squirt of Something
8 april 2019 · 58 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about more book bans in prisons, Scribd getting into original content, listener feedback, and more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
The Great Courses Plus
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
Book Riot's TBR
Links discussed in this episode:
KidLit These Days mention
Washington State DOC bans prisoners from receiving used books
Kelly’s piece
Scribd kicks off original content
Mary Norris and Swati Teerthala on Recommended
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#305: Selective Tree Hugging
1 april 2019 · 50 min
This week, Rebecca and Jenn discuss the latest in Jay Asher's defamation suit, a Michigan bill that would make it easier to ban books, Harper Lee's get-off-my-lawn letter, and more. Lees meer
This episode sponsored by:
Internment by Samira Ahmed
The Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Bombas
Links discussed in the show:
SCBWI attorneys seek to have Jay Asher suit thrown out
Dan Mallory, who once faked being British, nominated for British Book Award
Florida bill would make banning books easier
Michigan bill would make librarians essential school staff
Marquette University's cool oral history project about Tolkien
Harper Lee did not want her hometown to be a tourist attraction
Meanwhile, Nora Roberts has basically built a town around herself (and it sounds awesome)
Heroes of the week: Women who couldn't find bilingual books for kids published their own and made $1 Million.
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Quick Note: Shenanigans and Snafus
26 maart 2019 · 1 min
Due to a series of scheduling shenanigans and technical snafus, there is no new episode this week. Have no fear, we'll be back next Monday, April 1, with more of what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading. Lees meer
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#304: Narrative Fissure
18 maart 2019 · 1 uur
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk a major change to Amazon's pricing policy, an obvious but nonetheless interesting comment from George RR Martin, a library robot, the power and responsibility of tech platforms, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
Lola
Mem by Bethany Morrow
The Great Courses
Links discussed in this episode:
Amazon changing pricing policy
George RR Martin really wishes he finished the books already
Meet the BookBot!
WH Smith reports no gender pay gap for second consecutive year
...as opposed to the gaps that exist in US publishing
Arthur A. Levine leaves Scholastic to start an independent publishing venture
Amazon pulls promoting autism cures and vaccine misinformation
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#303: Durable Dirigibles
11 maart 2019 · 52 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about AI and copyright, Barnes & Noble's #bookhaul, Amazon goings-on, a genuinely interesting adaptation news story, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
If You're Out There
Blinkist
Girls Burn Brighter by Shoba Rao
Help Me by Marianne Power
Links discussed in this episode:
Update: the Nobel is back
Update: Court rules that Shitty Media Men list creator can’t be sued for emotional distress
Amazon closing 87 pop-up stores and rethinking brick-and-mortar retail
Students at all-boys catholic school started a feminist book club
One Hundred Years of Solitude coming to Netflix
Hero of the week: Texas principal reads books online in her PJs so students can have bedtime stories
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#302: Scrolling is Fundamental
5 maart 2019 · 55 min
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#301: Bibliographic Rigor
25 februari 2019 · 56 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the incredible legacy of Betty Ballantine, a few book-collecting related stories, listener feedback about listening to pucks, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot's Read Harder Journal
Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Great Courses
Links discussed in this episode:
RIP Betty Ballantine
A bot wrote a scary-good LoTR scene
Dozens of Indie Bookstores to Host Well-Read Black Girl Book Clubs
HMH to (finally) start publishing their own audiobooks
Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
Master Magician’s Library
Blaze in Michigan will sell you books and “gift” you weed
Hero of the Week: 5-year-old couldn’t find a library nearby, so he opened one
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#300: Notional Confetti Cannon
18 februari 2019 · 49 min
In episode 300, we talk a couple of knotty Amazon stories, a UK university decolonizing the canon, good news from Kansas, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Audible
The Umbrella Academy
The Night Tiger by Yangze Choo
Zola
Links discussed in this episode:
Business Fingers commemorative gear!
Happy follow-up: Andover, KS library will keep children’s books about trans characters in the kids section
Amazon pulls plan for HQ2 in New York
Audible emerging playwrights commissions
Swansea University in the UK calls for “decolonized” English curriculum
First trailer for the Tolkien biopic is alive
And trailer for Clooney’s Catch-22 mini-series on Hulu
Heroes of the week: this couple driving across India to give away poetry books
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#299: Vamp a Euphemism
11 februari 2019 · 54 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up on defamation, try to wrap their heads around the Dan Mallory/A.J. Finn story, eulogize the Ancient Lore Village, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Suspense Reads from BookClubbish
$100 Amazon Giveaway
EveryPlate (use offer code BOOKRIOT6)
TBR
Links discussed in this episode:
Follow-up on Jay Asher
“Ancient Lore” land of the Nobbins is on hold due to concerns about noise, traffic, environmental impact
Writer who publishes as AJ Finn is a bonkers-big liar
And his publisher is...keeping his books on plan
This important piece about what it’s like to be a woman of color in publishing
Choose Your Own Adventure audiobooks on Alexa
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#298: The Ideal Turkey-to-Hero Ratio
4 februari 2019 · 57 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jay Asher suing for defamation, the un-Manning of the Booker Prize, a couple of heroes of the week, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
TBR
The Great Courses Plus
The Plotters by Un-Su Kim
Links discussed in this episode:
Jay Asher files defamation suit over #metoo allegations
Armed man disrupts library Drag Queen Storytime
Man Booker Prize loses Man Group as sponsor
Scribd has crossed 1 million subscribers
Hero of the week: 9-year-old Maryland girl publishes book of poetry tackling politics, feminism, and more
And an Arkansas schoolbus driver with a ‘bucket of books’
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#297: The Most Whimsical Whatever
28 januari 2019 · 59 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about another case of harassment against LGBTQ titles in libraries, the rising sales of mental health books, a new E.L. James book on the horizon, a hero of the week, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Golden State by Ben Winters
The Great Courses Plus
Blinkist
The Read Harder Journal
Links discussed in this episode:
Iowa man pleads not-guilty to book burning, trial begins March 26
A new EL James book is coming
WattPad to launch publishing division
Books about mental health outsell diet & exercise books at Barnes & Noble
Harlequin “Feel Good Project” launches creator fund
Heroes of the week: women creating a Black Feminist Bookmobile
Hallmark to publish audiobooks
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#296: Orcs, Leprechauns, and All That Stuff
20 januari 2019 · 53 min
Jeff and Rebecca offer their appreciation for Mary Oliver, wonder at the continued strength of BECOMING, hope for the failure of another attempt to marginalize transgender kids books, appreciate Drag Queen story hour, and more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Read Harder Journal
The Last Woman Standing by Amy Gentry
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
Blinkist
Links discussed in this episode:
RIP Mary Oliver
Becoming has longest run atop Amazon sales charts since 50 Shades
KS library considers moving transgender kids’ books to separate area
ACLU sues Louisiana library over Drag Queen Story Hour ban
Tennessee man planning $40million “ancient lore” resort that is basically The Shire behind a Walmart
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#295: A Basket of Fraught
14 januari 2019 · 1 uur 9 min
Jeff and Rebecca take much longer than they supposed talking about Publisher's Weekly acquiring The Millions and the state of book blogging. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Read Harder Journal by Book Riot
The Great Courses Plus
The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg
Links discussed in this episode:
Vulture article on The Millions Being Acquired
Barnes & Noble reports holiday numbers
Bad job, publishing: author who admitted to stalking a Goodreads user gets a book deal about it
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#294: Rebecca is Not People
7 januari 2019 · 46 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about books coming into the public domain, Obama's 2018 reading list, Amazon's best-selling books of 2018 and much more. Lees meer
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The Great Courses Plus
The Read Harder Journal
Links discussed in this episode:
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD becomes highest-grossing American play in Broadway history
Barack Obama’s best-of-2018 reading list
Highlights from what’s hitting public domain this year
Tweet thread breaking down the bestselling (UK) books of 2018
Amazon’s 2018 bestsellers
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#293: Recommended
2 januari 2019 · 19 min
While Jeff and Rebecca take a week off, Jeff presents an episode of Book Riot's Recommended podcast series that he produced. Lees meer
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The One You Fight For by Roni Loren
Links discussed in this episode:
Book Riot's Recommended Podcast
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#292: Our Favorite non-Bookish Things of 2018
24 december 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their favorite non-bookish things of 2018. Lees meer
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G.H. Mumm
The Great Courses Plus
Zola
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#291: The Year in Review
16 december 2018 · 1 uur 11 min
Jeff and Rebecca review the most memorable stories from the year in books. Lees meer
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#290: Outsource Your Legs
10 december 2018 · 53 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca get back to the news with a bunch of listener feedback, B&N announces largest number of new store openings in years, Atwood writing a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot's TBR
The Great Courses Plus
Bombas
Links discussed in this episode:
Becoming is the bestselling book of 2018
NYT picks the 10 best books of the year
Bill Gates Best of 2018 Youtube Video
Barnes & Noble to open up to 15 new stores in 2019
Margaret Atwood writing Handmaid’s Tale sequel
Hero of the week: Baltimore’s longest-serving employee is a librarian who’s been on the job for 56 years
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#289: 2018 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 2
3 december 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
Jeff and Rebecca wrap up their 2018 holiday recommendations. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
Wizard Pins
Penguin Random House Audio's Holiday Guide
Books recommended in this episode:
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Pere Giorot by Balzac
Incarceration Nations by Baz Dreisinger
The Emperor of All Maladies or The Gene
Naked at Lunch
The Noble Hustle by Colson Whitehead
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Fit by Rebekah Weatherspoon
The Nest by Cynthia d'Aprix Sweeny
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Beverly Jenkins romances
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
SPQR by Mary Beard
Long Division by Kiese Laymon
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Music for Wartime
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give
How to Be Married
The H-Spot by Jill Filopvic
Educated by Tara Westover
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Killing It by Camas Davis
Negroland by Margo Jefferson
Sapiens by Yonah Nuval Harari
Saga by Vaughn and Staples
Gridiron Genius by Mike Lombard
The Console Wars
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#288: 2018 Holiday Recommendation Show, Part 1
26 november 2018 · 1 uur 2 min
Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener recommendation requests. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot's TBR
Park Row Books and Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners by Gretchen Anthony
Care/of
Bombas
Books recommended in this episode:
Yes We Still Can by Dan Pfeiffer
How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik
A Nation Forged by Crisis by Jay Sexton
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
A Separation by Katie Kitamura
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Good and Mad and Eloquent Rage by Rebecca Traister
American Overdose by Chris McGreal
Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Flush by Virginia Woolf
Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown
Hammerhead by Nina Maclaughlin
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibrahim X. Kendi
Lumberjanes
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Cat Valente
Atlas Obscura's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid
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#287: Shruggie Parade, Updated
19 november 2018 · 1 uur 8 min
In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Publisher’s Weekly’s 2018 Salary Survey, the National Book Award winners, WH Smith’s new bookstore format, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
Julian is a Mermaid by Rebecca Love
In/Half by Jasmin B. Frelih
The Great Courses Plus
Links discussed in this episode:
WH Smith Least Popular UK Retailer
BR’s own Kelly Jensen featured on WaPo 10 Best Kids Books of 2018 for Don’t Call Me Crazy
National Book Award Winners
Michelle Obama’s memoir is BECOMING a sensation
Sorkin’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD play opens Dec 13 (and therefore apparently was not struck down when performed in court)
PW Publishing Salary Survey 2018
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#286: A Tinfoil Hat Built For Two
11 november 2018 · 57 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca take a second look and Indigo's financial results, the news the WHSmith was the "book retailer" interested in buying Barnes & Noble, look over Amazon's 20 Best Books of the Year list, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Book Riot Insiders
Inkshares Horror Contest
Bombas
The Great Courses Plus
Links discussed in this episode:
Follow-up: but is Indigo doing well?
Barnes & Noble’s mysterious would-be buyer was WH Smith
Update: Pennsylvania walks back plan to restrict prisoners’ access to books
Amazon releases 20 Best Books of 2018
Another woman quits the Swedish Academy
Antiquarian booksellers prevail after worldwide strike against Amazon subsidiary AbeBooks
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#285: Exaggeration for Effect
5 november 2018 · 55 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca continue to follow the increasingly nasty Barnes & Noble lawsuit, look over the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees, give an up date on Moira Donegan's book deal, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Great Courses Plus
Chooseco, publisher of the Weregirl trilogy, Weregirl: Typhon
The Darkest Star by Jennifer R. Armentrout
Penguin Random House Audio
Links discussed in this episode:
Follow-up: Moira Donegan gets a book deal about dealing w/ sexual harassment
Barnes & Noble details sexual harassment claims against Parneros
Goodreads choice awards are open
Bananapants news: Arctic scientist stabs colleague who kept telling him the end of books
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#284: You Are Your Own Nanny
29 oktober 2018 · 57 min
This week, Jeff and Rebecca spend most of the time on reader feedback, but then also finally get to the talk about the winner of the Great American Read. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
Midterm Elections HQ from Oxford University Press
What Would Cleopatra Do? by Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates
The Great Courses Plus
Bombas
Links discussed in this episode:
Jessica's Indigo Slideshow!
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD wins Great American Read b/c of course it does
Stephen King lets teens option a story for $1
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#283: The Streisand Effect
22 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
This week, Jeff and Amanda follow-up about the suit against Moire Donegan, talk about the Man Booker 2018 winner, give first reactions to the Indigo opening in Short Hills, NJ, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Kingfisher Secret from McClelland & Stewart
Penguin Random House Audio
Links discussed in this episode:
Man Booker winner announced:
Time’s Up founder to represent Moira Donegan:
Indigo NJ is open!
New kindle paperwhite is finally waterproof
BBC Sherlock’s Creative Team Is Bringing Us Dracula
Research Study Finds People Who Grow Up With Home Libraries
The hexing, though
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#282: Big Mood
15 oktober 2018 · 54 min
This week, Sharifah joins Jeff to talk the awarding of the New Academy Prize (aka, The Alternative Nobel), the meh-tastic finalists of The Great American Read, rage-inducing #metoo responses, Macarthur "Genius" winners, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell
Curtain Call by Wilifred Lupano
Bombas
Links discussed in this episode:
Alternative Nobel goes to Maryse Conde
Nobel shenanigans: Swedish Academy elects new members
Great American Read top 10 finalists
Stephen Elliott sues Moira Donegan
Amazon gives employees another pay bump to make up for lost bonuses
Kelly Link among MacArthur Genius Grant Winners
2018 National Book Award finalists
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#281: Door Number Three
8 oktober 2018 · 54 min
In this episode, Barnes & Noble lurches towards a sale, Amazon raises wages, a notable new poetry podcast, and much more. Lees meer
This episode is sponsored by:
TBR
The Rule of One by Ashley and Leslie Saunders
Blood Communion by Anne Rice
Legendary by Stephanie Garbar
Links discussed in this episode:
Annotated Episode #16: The Patron Saint of Libraries
Barnes & Noble still searching for a firm...to help search for a new CEO
Aaaaaaand BN is considering a sale
Amazon raises wages, takes away some perks
Stephen Colbert makes a children’s book out of Trump comments on Hurricane Florence
US Poet Laureate brings poetry to podcast audience
Carnegie Medal (UK’s oldest prize for children’s books) promises immediate action on lack of diversity
Campaign launches to promote physical bookstores
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