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Loved One by Aisha Muharrar, Helen Garner's tampon box & SJP as Booker Prize judge | The Low Battery Book Club (October)


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Wowee we really did consume culture and talk trash. We also apologise for the slight internet delay we run into at times, as well as Lu’s screaming children towards the end. BUT! For the first time ever, welcome to The Low Battery Book Club, a bonus monthly three-parter in collaboration with Charley from Book Smut, where we consume way too much culture and talk way too much trash. 


On the show today:

  • We share our favourite recs of the month (something old, something new, something high, something low)
  • We deep dive Loved by Aisha Muharrar (and pick our next book which includes a giveaway!!!).
  • Are literary awards actually worth the hype? From the Booker to the NYT bestseller list, do they reflect what we really want to read, or just what looks good on a coffee table?
  • All your book rec questions, answered.
  • We land on the books we promise to read before we meet again.


EDIT! We assigned the wrong author to Booth! It’s Karen Joy Fowler, not Geraldine Brooks!


LINKS!!

Here are our something old, something new, something high, something low lists:


Charley:

Old: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

New: Heart The Lover by Lily King, Seed by Bri Lee

High: The Cult of Trad Wives on SBS On Demand (watch here) & Can You Be A Big Workout Pants Person? (read here)

Low: The Summer I Turned Pretty ending :( Instead, she's turning to Broadchurch and Slow Horses.


Lu:

Old: Leviathan by Paul Auster

New (well…to her anyway): The Names Florence Knapp

High: You must refill the hot tub after your parties: A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord (read here)

Low: Donald Trump talking. Shut up. 



TIME CODES

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Skip ahead to segments here: 

20:35: Something old, something new, something high, something low 

38:05: Loved One by Aisha Muharrar book discussion 

1:03: We discuss all things Book Prize & New York Times bestseller list 

1:14: We answer all of your book recommendation requests.



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