On today’s episode, Sophie and I discuss Book 1 of our July/August book club book, The Postcard by Anne Berest.  This is not only a longer book than we normally read together, but the first book takes up a significant part of the page count.  So, we decided to divide our discussion between July and August so as to give each section its due.

This book is both devastating and beautiful, and we talked about why it’s a perfect choice for The Generations podcast.  Sophie also shares some very exciting news and Deb raves about a recent non-fiction read!

Join us!

Articles we mentioned:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-anonymous-postcard-that-inspired-a-french-best-seller

Deb’s non-fiction rave:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/thunderclap-a-memoir-of-art-and-life-and-sudden-death/18860068?aid=4835&ean=9781982181741&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode, Sophie and I dissect THREADS, Instagram’s answer to Twitter.  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard something about this new app and we share our thoughts and talk about whether or not we are jumping in!

We also experienced our first technical blip (not bad for a year of recording!) and Sophie had to splice together the second half of our episode after taping it later in the day.  Never a dull moment as they say!

We are home grown and on our own!  Join us for all the fun.

Articles we mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000620507300

Books Deb mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/tom-lake-ann-patchett/19520433?aid=4835&ean=9780063327528&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Books Sophie mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/sweet-days-of-discipline-fleur-jaeggy/12399842?aid=4835&ean=9780811229036&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Sophie’s new favorite skin oil:

https://oseamalibu.com/products/mega-moisture-duo

Podcast Sophie mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wiser-than-me-with-julia-louis-dreyfus/id1678559416

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode, Sophie and I share our thoughts on rereading and ponder what makes a book worthy of a second (or third) look.  We share the books that we have read multiple times, talk about our current reads, and bring you up to date on our lives after the 4th of July break!

Whenever we talk about books, we realize it’s what we love to gush about more than anything!  Join us!

Books Deb mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-john-irving/18424169?aid=4835&ean=9780062204097&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-cider-house-rules-john-irving/6709623?aid=4835&ean=9780345417947&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/east-of-eden-john-steinbeck-centennial-edition-1902-2002-john-steinbeck/12812105?aid=4835&ean=9780670033041&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-goldfinch-a-novel-pulitzer-prize-for-fiction-donna-tartt/15285747?aid=4835&ean=9780316055444&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/unti-novel-anon9780063321830/19218917?aid=4835&ean=9780063321830&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-road-to-dalton/18900738?aid=4835&ean=9781609459260&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Books Sophie mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/anna-karenina-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-leo-tolstoy/11689262?aid=4835&ean=9780143035008&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-history-donna-tartt/7827917?aid=4835&ean=9781400031702&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/susan-sontag-on-women-susan-sontag/18427941?aid=4835&ean=9781250876850&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

And of course, The Harry Potter Series!

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

Today is our first episode of Faves & Flops!  Join Deb and Alexandra as they share some of the best and worst reading of June.  This will be a monthly feature and we are so happy to have Alexandra as a regular podcast guest!  You can find the link to her Bookstagram account below along with ours!

Join us for a great June wrap up.

Shownotes:

Alexandra’s books

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-whispers-ashley-audrain/18968912?aid=4835&ean=9781984881694&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/friends-like-these-meg-rosoff/18811926?aid=4835&ean=9781774881101&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/fourth-wing-rebecca-yarros/18796163?aid=4835&ean=9781649374042&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-woman-s-story-annie-ernaux/10222262?aid=4835&ean=9781583225752&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Deb’s books:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/three-valerie-perrin/17507090?aid=4835&ean=9781609458478&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odd-woman-and-the-city-a-memoir-vivian-gornick/8484603?aid=4835&ean=9780374536152&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-rachel-incident/18868621?aid=4835&ean=9780593535707&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-rachel-incident/18868621?aid=4835&ean=9780593535707&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-memoriam-alice-winn/18543477?aid=4835&ean=9780593534564&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

Alexandra is: https://www.instagram.com/thebookishglow/

On today’s episode, Sophie and I discuss our June book, The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sheriff.   We both found this to be an almost perfect summer novel and we share some of the reasons it struck all the right notes, despite being close to a century old.  This book has had a recent resurgence in popularity and we chat about why that is and what our most meaningful connections to this classic were.

We also discuss our favorite things of the week, what we’re reading now AND we announce our July/August book!  It’s a packed episode.  Join us!

Articles we discussed:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/05/novelists-pick-books-to-inspire-uplift-and-offer-escape

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/09/29/re-covered-rc-sherriff/

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/20/1038900545/the-fortnight-in-september-by-r-c-sherriff-review

Our July/August book:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-postcard-anne-berest/18799197?aid=4835&ean=9781609458386&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Deb’s favorite thing:

Turn Every Page Documentary on Amazon Prime

In Deb’s book tote:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-hummingbird-sandro-veronesi/16428436?aid=4835&ean=9780063158566&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

In Sophie’s book tote:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/last-summer-in-the-city-gianfranco-calligarich/17430205?aid=4835&ean=9781250849250&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Sophie’s favorite thing:

https://www.davidzwirner.com/video?cta=1bdc74a8-763a-42a7-b0f2-8be9940aa051

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode, Sophie and I bring you up to speed on our lives and talk about everything from living through the NYC smog to babysitting for an NYC dog.  Deb shares where the house renovations stand and a few new favorite things.  And Sophie shares her latest book haul after breaking her book buying ban!  It was a cornucopia of topics – join us and catch up!

Shownotes

The Odyssey edition Deb mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775?aid=4835&ean=9780393356250&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Sophie’s bookhaul:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/last-summer-in-the-city-gianfranco-calligarich/17430205?aid=4835&ean=9781250849250&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-woman-destroyed-simone-de-beauvoir/11254436?aid=4835&ean=9780394711034&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-years-winner-of-the-2022-nobel-prize-in-literature-annie-ernaux/18969887?aid=4835&ean=9781609807870&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

The podcast Sophie mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-period/id1648701729

Deb’s new fav skort:

https://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=860972142&vid=1&&searchText=skort#pdp-page-content

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode we mourn the end of the epic family drama by sharing our thoughts about what made this show so alluring.  From favorite characters to unforgettable scenes and a finale to end all finales, we had a blast recording this and laughed a lot.

Deb also shares a new to her favorite author and Sophie continues her Ernaux journey.

Join us!

Articles we mentioned:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-end-of-succession-is-near

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/05/succession-season-4-finale-shiv-pregnancy/674244/

In Deb’s book tote:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odd-woman-and-the-city-a-memoir-vivian-gornick/8484603?aid=4835&ean=9780374536152&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode we discuss our May book, A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux.  Ernaux won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022 and yet neither of us had read anything she’d written, so we decided to change that.  We spent the month not only reading (and re-reading) this beautiful book, but learning about her life, her inspirations, and her very unique writing style.  This book might be short, but it had a lot to say and so did we!

We also share some fun news and tell you what book we chose to read in June!

Join us!

In Deb’s earbud:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/three-valerie-perrin/17507090?aid=4835&ean=9781609458478&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Our June book (this is the Blackwell’s edition Deb mentioned):

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Fortnight-in-September/9781906462222

This is Bookshop.org’s edition (now available):

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fortnight-in-september-r-c-sherriff/16544539?aid=4835&ean=9781982184780&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Interview with Annie Ernaux:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2dVDByAj4

Articles we cited:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/magazine/annie-ernaux-delphine-de-vigan.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/21/annie-ernaux-french-writer-nobel-prize-literature

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode, Deb gushes about the theatrical adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.  After being absolutely wowed by the traveling Broadway show, Deb shared specifics about their night out and what made it so special.  Sophie also shared a very interesting highlight of one of her former jobs that involved Harper Lee!

We are also back to our regularly scheduled programming with what we’re reading or listening to and favorite things of the week!

And, we have some exciting news! 

Our 40th is not to be missed!

Sophie’s podcast mention:

https://www.athingortwohq.com/podcast-episodes/oblivion-time-and-taking-our-fandom-more-seriously

Sophie’s book tote:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/books/review/unscripted-james-stewart-rachel-abrams.html

In Deb’s earbud:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-art-thief-a-true-story-of-love-crime-and-a-dangerous-obsession/18950920?aid=4835&ean=9780525657323&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

The mockingbird nonfiction read Deb mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mockingbird-next-door-life-with-harper-lee-marja-mills/6665595?ean=9780143127666

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode Deb is joined by Alexandra Kelebay of The Bookish Glow.  We had a great time talking about Alexandra’s recent trip to NYC, where she stayed at Deb’s favorite spot and fell in love with it too.  

Then we get BOOKISH.  We are now just about half way through 2023, so we share our favorite reads of the first half of the year.  We have such similar taste in books but only overlapped with one of our choices.  We had a wonderful (and emotional) time chatting about some spectacular novels.

Join us!

Shownotes:

Alexandra’s books:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-long-answer-anna-hogeland/17502963?aid=4835&ean=9780593418130&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/signal-fires-dani-shapiro/18057095?aid=4835&ean=9780593534724&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Deb’s books:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/collected-works-lydia-sandgren/18304584?aid=4835&ean=9781662601514&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/saturday-night-at-the-lakeside-supper-club-j-ryan-stradal/18668003?aid=4835&ean=9781984881076&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-woman-s-story-annie-ernaux/10222262?aid=4835&ean=9781583225752&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

The book we both loved:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/hello-beautiful/18916008?aid=4835&ean=9780593243732&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

Find us on Instagram!

Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/

Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/

And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

Alexandra is: https://www.instagram.com/thebookishglow/