Reading Envy

Scott and Jenny are joined by Jason Roland, who Jenny knows from the Goodreads group On the Southern Literary Trail. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 014 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Book selections: The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon The Future for Curious People by Gregory Sherl Welcome to Lovecraft (Locke & Key #1) by Joe Hill I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories by William Gay How to Be Both by Ali Smith Books mentioned otherwise: Exit Kingdom by Alden Bell The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zura Neale Hurston Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell Smonk by Tom Franklin The Walking Dead  (series) I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Zone One by Colson Whitehead Once the Shore by Paul Yoon The Isle of Youth: Stories by Laura van den Berg Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan (series) The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (series) Horns by Joe Hill The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Fifth Head of Cerebrus by Gene Wolfe Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mendel Lila by Marilynne Robinson Follow Jason on Twitter! More stalking: Jenny at GoodReads Scott at GoodReads Jenny on Twitter Scott on Twitter Scott on his blog

Josh and terpkristin joined Jenny to discuss the second most popular book group on Goodreads - the Sword and Laser Book Club, with over 20,000 members. Both of them were members from the beginning - before it moved to GoodReads from Ning, before a podcast was associated with it. We talk about what it's like to be in an online book club, our favorite books we read because of it, and more. This is the first of three episodes we will have about book clubs in 2014. First a bit more about our guests! terpkristin can be found in Goodreads or Twitter.  Josh can be followed in Twitter or Goodreads, but really would love a visit to his website: Nom a Song. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy Episode 013 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe     Books mentioned: Dawn by Octavia Butler The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Orphan's Tales by Catherynne M. Valente A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Hyperion by Dan Simmons Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin Foundation by Isaac Asimov Blindsight by Peter Watts Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Other mentions: Tom Merritt Veronica Belmont Sword and Laser Book Club on Goodreads (open to anyone) Sword and Laser Book List Sword and Laser Podcast Borderlands Books     The Sword & The Laser - song collaboration between The Clive Royal Project (aldenoneil / Barry O'Neil) and The New Old Men (Josh and his friend Karl Eifrig):   Sword & Laser Theme song Sword & Laser Theme song future variation

Jenny and Scott have been busy reading lately and decided to do another podcast in the corner of the Reading Envy pub!  Jenny has been knee deep in the Booker Prize longlist while Scott has been reading with a bit more variety. Orfeo by Richard Powers When Angels Wept: A What If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Eric G. Swedin The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell 62% More Awesome by Dave Kellett Also mentioned: Man Booker Prize Sidewise Award for Alternate History  Stories We Tell Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke The Star by Arthur C. Clarke Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) National Book Award (USA) Sheldon Comics Pure Ducky Goodness by Dave Kellett The Good, the Bad, & the Pugly by Dave Kellett Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953 by Dave Kellett Coffee: It's What's for Dinner by Dave Kellett ALA Banned Books Week - Classics Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy Episode 012 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe

On this episode, we bring back Bryan Alexander from Episode 002, to have a discussion about reading.  Rather than pick two books each, we just let books come up along the way, and that list is below!  While you're here, why don't you share with us how and why you read, either in the comments here or by tweeting to @readingenvy. We mentioned Twitter, and you can find each of us there. Bryan Alexander Jenny Colvin Scott D. Danielson The many books we mentioned today!   Dolphin Island by Arthur C. Clarke Speedboat by Renata Adler Going, Going, Gone by Jack Womack Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack This is the Way the World Ends by James K. Morrow Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow City of Truth by James K. Morrow Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon The Bible Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Shining by Stephen King The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman The Road to Dune by Frank Herbert and Brian Herbert Life Itself by Roger Ebert Book of the New Sun (series) by Gene Wolfe Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich One by Conrad Williams Dune Chronicles (series) Skullduggery Pleasant (series) Other mentions: The Dawn Treader Book Shop (Ann Arbor, MI) "Short story about the Abominable Snowman" - Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva by James Morrow on Starship Sofa Inherent Vice movie Julie reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin on Forgotten Classics Urth discussion list (works by Gene Wolfe) Borderlands Books in San Francisco On the Southern Literary Trail group in GoodReads Unpacking my Library by Walter Benjamin Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 011 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe

In this episode, our first in double digits, Scott hits the road with his daughter Alex. Together with her cousin Carissa, they discuss their favorite YA books and other related topics. Scott got to travel down memory lane with these two picks: Dolphin Island by Arthur C. Clarke The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Carissa brought two books to discuss:   Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Between #1) by April Genevieve Tucholke The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Alex had some favorites too: Mr. Monster (John Cleaver #2) by Dan Wells The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave #1) by Rick Yancey The conversation also mentioned these titles: I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver #1) by Dan Wells I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Paper Towns by John Green An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy Ep. 10 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe

We are back! Starting with Episode 009, we will be posting a podcast every two weeks, on every other Tuesday.  Some will follow the book-based format while some might veer off onto other bookish topics.  We welcome your feedback as we continue to find our groove. On Episode 009, Jenny brought three books to discuss:  The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon Varieties of Disturbance: Stories by Lydia Davis Crux by Ramez Naam Scott brought two books to talk about: On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers Hamlet's BlackBerry by William Powers We also mentioned: Declare by Tim Powers Anubis Gates by Tim Powers The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr The Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 009: Pirates and Noonday Demons Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe

In this episode, Jenny goes rogue and interviews some of her colleagues at Furman University about what they have been reading lately. You will witness how lucky she is to have these people around to talk about books on a daily basis! Steve Richardson, who has been a librarian at Furman for twenty-eight years, talked about one man's journey from Holland to Constantinople.  A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor Steve also mentioned: Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor The Broken Road by Patrick Leigh Fermor Arts & Letters Daily Furman University Libraries Jenny also mentioned: "That book Fermor wrote about the Caribbean"- The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands George Orwell Diaries (also discussed at length on Episode 007) Guest number two is Libby Young.  Libby is also a librarian at Furman, who likes to read fiction of all varieties.  We share lists from our respective book clubs to keep up with what everyone in town is reading. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Libby also mentioned: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville, NC Room by Emma Donoghue A Fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry City of Thieves by David Banioff The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Jenny also mentioned: 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman The last guest for this episode is Mike Winiski. Mike works in the Center for Teaching and Learning at the same university, and also works in the same library building as Jenny, Steve, and Libby.  His love for non-fiction and recent forays into science fiction have influenced his reading lately. Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy #1) by Pierce Brown Mike also mentioned: The Martian by Andy Weir Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Mawson's Will by Leonard Bickel Philip K. Dick The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Devil & Sherlock Holmes by David Grann Wired for Story by Lisa Cron Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Jenny also mentioned: The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall Download or listen via this link: Episode 008 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe

Seth: Ms. Marvel #1 by G. Willow Wilson Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal Scott: One Human Minute by Stanisław Lem "The Hedge Knight" from Legends by George R. R. Martin Jenny: Diaries by George Orwell Serena by Ron Rash Other items of note: Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson Jane McGonigal TED Talks SC Book Festival And Poland was never part of the USSR.  Jenny would like to express sincere apologies for her complete lack of historical knowledge.  *grin* Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy, Episode 7 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe

For a slightly different podcast episode, Jenny and Scott got together to focus on this year's Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist. Jenny read the lot and Scott adds a bunch to his to-read list. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Jenny's review)The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Jenny's review)Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Jenny's review)Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Jenny's review)The Undertaking by Audrey Magee (Jenny's review)A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride (Jenny's review) Links from our discussion (all lists. gosh we love lists.): Bailey's Womens Prize for FictionPulitzer Prize:Jhumpa Lahiri wins in 2000 for Interpreter of MaladiesDonna Tartt wins in 2014 for The GoldfinchMan Booker PrizeGoldsmiths Award Folio Prize The Morning News Tournament of Books Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 006: Bailey's Prize 2014 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe  

For our 5th episode, we bring in our friend Tamahome, who has been on many podcasts with both Scott and Jenny over on SFF Audio.  Tamahome is very active over in GoodReads, but also manages to get mentioned on various science fiction podcasts. This time, we will attempt to link to other topics and books mentioned, based on feedback from previous episodes.  We've heard you, and we're trying!  Keep the feedback coming.  Tamahome brought a variety of books to talk about : Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloudPassengers by Robert Silverberg (listen or read for free on EscapePod)Hammered (Jenny Casey #1) by Elizabeth Bear Other mentions during Tam's picks: Zot: The Complete Black and White Collection 1987-1991 by Scott McCloud Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human by Grant MorrisonThe Book of Skulls by Robert SilverbergWE3 by Grant Morrison Jenny had a hard time deciding what to talk about, so she picked the last three books she'd read, including the book she finished the night of the podcast. Geek Love by Katherine DunnEvery Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole  Crazy Love: Stories by Leslie WhatOther mentions during Jenny's picks: Wired Magazine's 25th Anniversary Feature on Geek Love Carnivále (show on HBO) Freakshow (AMC reality show) Scott traveled a lot in April but still managed to fit reading into his life.  His three picks for Episode 005 are as follows: Suspect by Robert CraisThe Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal (read for free on Tor.com)Pope John XXIII by Thomas Cahill (Penguin Lives) Other mentions during Scott's picks: Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz Dog On It by Spencer Quinn Mary Robinette Kowal's blog post about her love for the Hugo Awards Continued mentions, not so much linked to one specific thing: The Hotel New Hampshire, 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving The book Karen really meant? A Son of the Circus by John Irving Nebula Awards Hugo Awards Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 005 Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe.