Reading Envy

What is it about online book clubs? Grace and Amanda were curious too, and decided to do a formal anthropological study. Jenny was one of their informants, and she thought it would fun to hear about the study, their experiences, and what they have learned so far. At about 25 minutes in, we also talk about books we have read recently, so there should be something for everyone. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 087: Going Native with Bookclub Social. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ The first Reading Envy Readalong is trucking along! Books featured: The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story by Alexandra Wolfe The Protester Has Been Released: Stories by Janet Sarbanes It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover The Silver Swan by Amo Jones A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers Other mentions: Margaret Mead Greg Bateson The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Bel Canto by Ann Patchet Hundreds Bk 3 by Pepper Winters The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman Related episodes (all the book club episodes!): Episode 013 - The Secret Central Force with Josh Lawrence and terpkristin - Sword and Laser Book Club Episode 015 - The Time for Exclaiming Over Costumes with Jean and Karen - League of Extraordinary Dorks Book Club Episode 023 - The Patron Saint of the Misfit Readers with guests Marco V. Morelli and Averi Dylan - Misfit Readers Book Club Episode 049 - The Legendary Cheese with Holly and Caroline - Upstate International Book Club   Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Bookclub Social on Twitter Bookclub Social website

Thomas Otto (from The Readers) stops by the Reading Envy Pub to chat books. Jenny also tries one of Thomas's favorite authors! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 085: An Acquired Taste. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ The first Reading Envy Readalong is coming in May next week! Books featured: The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Ben, In the World by Doris Lessing No Knives in the Kitchens of this City by Khaled Khalifa The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble The Outrun by Amy Liptrot Other mentions: Anita Brookner Barbara Pym Margaret Atwood The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood My Antonia by Willa Cather The Professor's House by Willa Cather O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Gila National Forest Chris Wolack and the Book Cougars Podcast Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather Lewis Percy by Anita Brookner Providence by Anita Brookner Adolphe by Benjamin Constant The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie The Possession by A.S. Byatt Penelope Lively Euphoria by Lily King Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty Orfeo by Richard Powers The Student Conductor by Robert Ford The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Stalk us online: Jenny at GoodReads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Thomas on The Readers Podcast Thomas on Twitter Thomas at his blog, hogglestock

Bryan Alexander stops by the Reading Envy Pub to talk about three books, but we end up talking about many other worthy topics as well. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 084: A Worthy Tangent. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ The first Reading Envy Readalong is coming in May! Books featured:   We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change by Myles Horton and Paolo Freire The Mothers by Brit Bennett Passage Through Armageddon: The Russians in War and Revolution, 1914-1918 by W. Bruce Lincoln The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates Memory by Linda Nagata Difficult Women by Roxane Gay Other mentions: Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire Blog-based discussion of We Make the Road by Walking on Bryan's blog Antigonish Movement Antigonish Movement 2.0 Tournament of Books 2017 Interview with Brit Bennett Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Undertaking by Audrey Magee City of Thieves by David Benioff Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross The Memory of Whiteness: A Scientific Romance by Kim Stanley Robinson Napoleon Symphony by Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins American Visionary Art Museum Red Emma's Bookstore Vast by Linda Nagata The Dervish House by Ian McDonald God's War by Kameron Hurley Hugo Awards Nebula Awards Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Luke's review of Ninefox Gambit on the SFBRP Podcast Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Mahabarata Related Episodes: Episode 002 - Return of the Euthanized Book with guest Bryan Alexander Episode 011 - People of the Book with guest Bryan Alexander Episode 030 - Bring Back the Guillotine! with guests Bryan Alexander and Steen Hansen Episode 065 - Creeping through the Uncanny Valley with guest Bryan Alexander Stalk us online: Jenny at GoodReads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy  Bryan at his blog Bryan at GoodReads Bryan on Twitter

Julie Davis stops by the Reading Envy Pub, where we talk about rereading, slowing down to appreciate an author's craft, and the best spy adventure the Vatican has ever seen! We also talk about good books we've read lately. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 083: Slowing Down and Rereading. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ Books featured: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey The Temporary Bride: A Memoir of Love and Food in Iran by Jennifer Kinec Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin Also discussed: The Tolkien Professor The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit by Corey Olsen Les Enfantes des Troumarons (film) Slumdog Millionaire (film) The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey Taste of Persia by Naomi Duguid America, the Last Best Hope by William J. Bennett Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens The Book of Etta by Meg Elison Related Episodes: Episode 003 - 3 of 5 Stars with guest Julie Davis Episode 055 - Too Late for an Autopsy with Julie Davis Episode 071 - Bad Priest, Good Priest, No Priest with Scott (discussion of The Unnamed Midwife) Stalk us online: Julie at The Happy Catholic SFF Audio Julie at A Good Story is Hard to Find Julie at Forgotten Classics Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Jason Roland is back, this time in person, and we discuss some of our best recent reads. Also southern wisdom and natural disasters, which always seem to happen around the time we record an episode. Is it the books? Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 073: Buried Under the Beets. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Books discussed: Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies My Struggle, Book One by Karl Ove Knaussgard The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South by Vivian Howard Twilight by William Gay Other mentions: The Risen by Ron Rash The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke Before Sunrise (film) Magnificent Seven (film) Indeh by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth The Road by Cormac McCarthy VICE - Knaussgard interview Autumn by Ali Smith The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson A Chef's Life (PBS show) The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz Sean Brock Anson Mills Child of God by Cormac McCarthy Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Barkskins by Annie Proulx Related podcast episodes: Reading Envy Episode 014: Flannery O'Connor with Zombies Reading Envy Episode 025: Mule and Plow Reading Envy Episode 042 - It Begins with Rain Reading Envy Episode 046 - Books for Your Kitty Party (The Best of 2015)  Reading Envy Episode 054 - Retired Pirates Stalk us online: Jason on Twitter Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter

Scott and Jenny go back and read books mentioned by other people in previous episodes of Reading Envy, because of course we get reading envy too! This is not a repeat episode, but a new look at books that may have only been mentioned in passing on previous episodes. Jenny will link to the original episode mentions in case you want to hear another perspective after hearing this episode. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 082: Reading Envy Envy. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Books discussed: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (originally mentioned episode 075) The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone (originally mentioned episode 049) Tenth of December by George Saunders (originally mentioned episode 026) Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching by Mychal Denzel Smith (originally mentioned episode 070) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (originally mentioned episode 004) Plainsong by Kent Haruf (originally mentioned episode 075 and 078) Other mentions: Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? by Brother Guy Consolmagno The Star by Arthur C. Clarke Children of God by Mary Doria Russell Doc by Mary Doria Russell Gilead  and Lila by Marilynne Robinson Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast with George Saunders Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Killing Rage by bell hooks Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Song by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Eventide by Kent Haruf Benediction by Kent Haruf Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge Version Control by Dexter Palmer The Mothers by Brit Bennett Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi Related Episodes: Episode 014 - Flannery O'Connor with Zombies with Jason and Scott Episode 052 - The Man with the Eyebrows with Philip and Scott Episode 058 - Wishing for a Sequel with Scott Episode 071 - Bad Priest, Good Priest, No Priest with Scott   Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Scott on Twitter Scott on his blog

Jenny sits down alone by the fire at the Reading Envy Pub to bend your ear about our first ever readalong, and the birth of a new online community. This is a quick episode, and you still have time to get a copy of this book to participate in the readalong. I hope to see you there. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 081: Readalong Announcement. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ Book featured:   East of Eden by John Steinbeck (of course) Other mentions: The brand new Reading Envy Readers Goodreads Group The Red Pony by John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Related episodes: Episode 074 - The Books We Didn't Love in High School with Blaine DeSantis Episode 077 - No One Messes With a Wolf with Shawn Mooney Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy   

Jenny is joined by Jason, and there are no floods, hurricanes, or ice storms that we are aware of. Knock on wood! Stay tuned for an announcement next week about the Reading Envy Readalong. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 080: The Wild Things Helped. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ Books featured: A Country Year: Living the Questions by Sue Hubbell All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou Young God by Katherine Faw Morris Black Wave by Michelle Tea The Road by Cormac McCarthy Ema the Captive by Cesar Aira Other mentions: African Kiwano Jelly MelonMy Own Cape Cod by Gladys Taber HBO Special with Maya Angelou and Dave Chappelle What the World Will Look Like Us When All the Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg The Isle of Youth by Laura van den Berg The North Water by Ian McGuire The Nix by Nathan Hill The Mothers by Brit Bennett Related podcast episodes: Episode 014: Flannery O'Connor with Zombies Episode 025: Mule and Plow Episode 042 - It Begins with Rain Episode 054 - Retired Pirates  Episode 073 - Buried Under the Beets with Jason Roland Stalk us online: Jason on Twitter Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy  

Rima Abunasser is a late-night guest to the Reading Envy pub. Jenny and Rima have traded book recommendations for years in social media, and it was nice to have a longer conversation about international literature, revolution, female voices, and how students respond to first-time exposure to some of these topics in her classes. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 079: Deliberately Silenced and Preferably Unheard. The title to this episode comes from the following quote from Arundhati Roy, from The 2004 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture: "We know of course there's really no such thing as the 'voiceless.' There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard."  Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ Books featured: The Dewbreaker by Edwidge Danticat Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz Other mentions: Stanford prison experiment Animal Farm by George Orwell Hamitic myth The Uncondemned (film) "The Clan of One-Breasted Women" by Terry Tempest Williams Arabic Literature in English (blog) Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin 10 Books by Arab Women Writers That Should Be Translated (LitHub) Related Episodes: Episode 053 - The Pool I Rarely Swim In with Luke Christie Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

EA Mann, author of One American Robin, joins Jenny in the Reading Envy pub for a chat about books. We discovered a bizarre theme of books written in the second person. We thought it was rare, but perhaps not? Stay tuned for a mid-podcast announcement! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 078: Small Towns in the Second Person. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ Link to the survey about the upcoming readalong Books discussed: The Odd Sea by Frederick Reiken The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson Eventide by Kent Haruf Treats: A Collection of Short Stories by Lara Williams Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Ground Zero, Nagasaki: Stories by Seirai Yuichi, translated by Paul Warham Other mentions: 24in48 readathon Michael Kindness and Books on the Nightstand podcast The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Plainsong by Kent Haruf Benediction by Kent Haruf Empire Falls by Richard Russo A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf Republic of Consciousness Prize Diaries by George Orwell Nickled and Dimed by Barbara Ehrereich Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living edited by Manjula Martin Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller Related Episodes: Episode 075 - After the Year We've Had (Best of 2016) Episode 007 - Top Secret Dance-Off with guest Seth Wilson (discussion of Orwell diaries) Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy EA is @EAMann on Litsy