BookTok Podcast

This is the last episode about The Guide by Peter Heller. In this episode, we are joined by the man behind the amazing sounds you hear on this podcast, the saxophonist and composer Dan White! [Note: this is a SPOILER HEAVY podcast]

We also announce our next one-off special episode about Outlawed featuring the author Anna North! Our next bookclub read is Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. We start reading on November 7th so get your copy and check our Instagram page (@booktok_podcast) for the schedule. Happy reading!

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Other books mentioned in this episode

Group by Christie Tate

Now I See You by Nicole C. Kear

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

The Power by Naomi Alderman

In this episode, we chat about chapters 8-11 and make our best guesses about what is coming the last section. Next week, we are FINISHING the book! Fingers crossed that we get all the answers to our burning questions. 

We also announce our next book club read - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy! Grab your copy from our Bookshop.org page, https://bookshop.org/shop/booktok, or your local bookstore. We start reading on November 7th! Keep an eye on our instagram page, @booktok_podcast, for the schedule. 

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 

This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan 

Maid by Stephanie Land 

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

This is part two of our book club read The Guide by Peter Heller. Things are getting MYSTERIOUS but also HOT in Colorado? We're just as confused as Jack is. Next week, we're reading chapters 8-11. See you in a week!

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 

Deacon King Kong by James McBride 

The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller

Verity by Colleen Hoover 

Normal People by Sally Rooney 

This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan 

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

It's time for a new book! In the first part of The Guide by Peter Heller, we are heading to Colorado, to a private fishing lodge for the ultra wealthy. After only a few chapters, it's already clear to us that things are not as they seem... Next week, we are reading chapters 5-7. 

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

Piranesi by Susanne Clark 

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Circe by Madeline Miller

Outlawed by Anna North 

This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan 

The MOST special episode today! In this one-off [spoilers included] episode, we chat about It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark. We are then joined by the author to discuss the themes of this book. Next week, we start our next podcast read, The Guide by Peter Heller. If you're reading along with us, the first episode about The Guide will cover the beginning to the end of chapter 4. 

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Other books mentioned in this episode:

The Bucket List by Georgia Clark

The Regulars by Georgia Clark

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 

Dune by Frank Herbert 

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

We finished Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Whew! Spoiler alert, we both loved this one. In this episode, we chat about the last section of the book. We are then joined by Adannia known as Chi Reads on Instagram and Tiktok to chat about the themes of this amazing novel!

Next week, we have a special one-off episode about It Had to Be You featuring the author Georgia Clark. Then, grab your copy of The Guide by Peter Heller which is our next podcast read. We start reading on September 26th and are reading through the end of chapter 4. The first episode about The Guide will come out on October 6th. Chat then!

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 

Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Mondays Not Coming by Tiffany D Jackson

Allegedly by Tiffany D Jackson

Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 

Piranesi by Susanne Clarke 

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

This will make more sense if you've listened to the episode, but Erica HAS published in a Nature journal (not THE Nature journal... we can't all be Gifty). You can find it here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18539-w

In this episode, we chat about section three from Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. AND we have two big announcements! After our final episode of Transcendent Kingdom, we have a special one-off episode coming at you. We will cover It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark with the author! That episode will come out on the 19th. We also announce our next book club book - The Guide by Peter Heller. Grab your copy of The Guide from Bookshop.org or a local book store. We start reading on the 26th!

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

This episode is a little longer than usual because we had a lot to say! The THEMES in this book. Whewww. Next week, we're reading chapters 26 through the end of 40 of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones 

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Outlawed by Anna North

Our new book is here! This is the first episode (out of four) covering Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Next week, we are reading chapters 14 through the end of 25. 

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Other books mentioned in this episode: 

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

The Hospital by Bryan Alexander 

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Girl, Women, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Outlawed by Anna North 

Special episode alert!! (with a teeeensy delay) In this episode, we chat about The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood. We are joined by our esteeeeemed guest Alyzeh Ashraff to riff about social identity labels, her experience as a Muslim American, and what she wants to see in media. Reminder that next week, we start reading Transcendant Kingdom! Grab your copy and check our Instagram page (@booktok_podcast) for the schedule if you're reading along in real-time. 

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Books and papers mentioned in this episode: 

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza 

More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood 

Minor Feelings by Kathy Park Hong

James T. Carter’s paper on Black vs. African American Labels: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/african-american-labels

Missed Translations by Sopan Deb

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

All Adults Here by Emma Straub