For our fourth episode, we brought in Jenny's friend Karen, a reading friend she made through an online book club in a virtual world. Karen teaches Spanish at a university in the south. We had a great conversation! Do you know what month it is? Scott brought three books that he managed to read while flying to and fro: Pavane by Keith Roberts Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan CainAimless Love by Billy Collins Karen collected three books to discuss: Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz“Casa Tomada” from Bestiario by Julio Cortázar Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham Jenny pulled three books from her recently read list: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Fun Home by Alison Bechdel The Book of Goodbyes by Jillian Weise A few links from our discussion: Alison Bechdel revisits her childhood home twenty years later A three-year-old recites Litany by Billy Collins Google image search for Fables art Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 004: Home, Frightening and Banned Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe.

On our third episode, we were joined by Julie Davis, referred to fondly on this podcast as Sister Julie Loquacious (gold star if you catch the reference).  Julie has a multi-faceted internet presence indeed!  Scott knew about her several years ago from her blog, The Happy Catholic, and then she showed up on an episode of SFF Audio.  They started their own podcast, A Good Story is Hard to Find, where they examine film, television, and books through a Catholic lens.  Two Catholic lenses.  Julie also records books you should know about on Forgotten Classics.  She is always reading a wide variety of books, so we were very happy to have her as our second guest!  Julie whittled down her list to three titles she has been reading recently: S - JJ Abrams, Bone Dance by Emma BullThe Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater Jenny selected three from her last month, okay five: Frances and Bernard by Carlene BauerPositron by Margaret Atwood (no longer available for purchase since Margaret turned it into a novel, The Heart Goes Last)One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak Scott expounds on his three selections, and on the self-publishing world: Crying of Lot 49 - PynchonThe Loon - Michaelbrent CollingsCold Dish (Walt Longmire #1) - Craig Johnson Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 003: 3 of 5 Stars Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe.

On our second episode, we were joined by Bryan Alexander.  Bryan is a writer, researcher, and educational futurist, but we have always been intrigued by his reading knowledge.  There were some surprising synergies between the three of us and the books we wanted to talk about - historical points of significant change, virtual reality and plugging into a system, and books about books! Bryan brought three books along for discussion: The Proteus Paradox by Nick Yee Pivotal Decades: The United States, 1900-1920 by John Milton Cooper Jr.Bleeding Edge by Thomas PynchonThis episode, Scott talked about:   The Zimmerman Telegram by Barbara W. TuchmanCabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections and Other Obsessions by Guillermo del ToroWhat Makes This Book So Great by Jo WaltonAnd Jenny focused on: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr.The Pale King by David Foster WallaceThe Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby (see also "Stuff I've Been Reading" on The Believer) Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 002: Return of the Euthanized Book Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe.

We are very excited to welcome you to the first episode of our new Reading Envy podcast.   Scott shares his thoughts on: The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hot Rock (Dortmunder #1) by Donald Westlake "The Screwfly Solution" from Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr. Jenny talks about: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. DelanyLong Division by Kiese LaymonThe People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara Our list of the month: Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature Download or listen via this link: |Reading Envy 001: Episode the First| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe.