Reading Envy

Jeff joins Jenny to chat books we have read and enjoyed recently, but also what it's like to work from home, what kind of reading we feel like doing right now, and more. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 186: This Is Gravity Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil DeGrasse Tyson The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin   Real Life by Brandon Taylor   A Woman in the Polar Night by Christine Ritter Other mentions: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner Carrie Brownstein StarTalk Radio Show Cosmos (tv show) The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley Kameron Hurley blog post about timeline for The Light Brigade The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley God's War by Kameron Hurley The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin - speech for the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. Unformed Landscape by Peter Stamm An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll by Isaac Newton Baker Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Related episodes: Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff Episode 093 - Spewing Science with Jeff Koeppen Episode 099 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Secret History Episode 116 - Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again with Jeff Koeppen Episode 148 - Multiple Lives with Jeff Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie Episode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger  Episode 185 - The Loyal Swineherd (Odyssey readalong) Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Jeff at Goodreads Jeff on Twitter Jeff is @BestDogDad on Litsy 

Jeff, Nadine, Robin, Nikki, Lindy, and Elizabeth joined me on a Saturday afternoon to discuss the most recent Reading Envy Readalong - The Odyssey by Homer, most of us reading the translation by Emily Wilson, some reading the translation by Wilson as narrated by Claire Danes. We reflected on favorite moments, memorable characters, and our own experiences with this (literally) epic work. Did you readalong or have more to share? Please leave a comment! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 185: Loyal Swineherd Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Other mentions: The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Alexander Pope The Odyssey by Homer, graphic novel adaptation by Gareth Hinds The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood House of Names by Colm Toibin Ulysses by James Joyce Circe by Madeline Miller The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Orfeo ed Euridice by Wilhelm Gluck (opera) Hadestown (musical) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner ODY-C by Matt Fraction Memorial by Alice Oswald Black Odyssey by Marcus Gardley (play) Ransom by David Malouf Related Episodes:   Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret History Episode 118 - Reading Envy Readalong: To the Bright Edge of the World Episode 137 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Golden Notebook Episode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book Cougars Book Cougars - Joint Readalong of Sapphira and the Slave Girl Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All readalongs are #readingenvyreadalong on all social media

Kala returns and this time she just started a new book club, so we chat about that before moving on to other reads we've experienced lately. A little romance, a little comedy, a little history, a little reading in translation. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 184: Theme Night at Book Club with Kala Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher NEW! Listen through Spotify Books discussed: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane Truth or Beard by Penny Reid These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card b, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa, translated by Sunhee Jeong Don't Put the Boats Away by Ames Sheldon Other mentions: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn Sugar in the Blood by Andrea Stuart The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Mina by Kim Sagwa The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Mothers by Brit Bennett Loving Donovan by Bernice McFadden The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar The Last Taxi Driver by Lee Durkee Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernandez   Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Kala on Twitter Jenny on Twitter Kala on Facebook Kala's blog, Reader then Blogger Kala is @ReaderthenBlogger on Instagram Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Jessica and I are superfans of the Morning News Tournament of Books, and have participated as readers for several years. We are not official partners of the Tournament, nor does it belong to us, but we are hopeful that all involved will take this as a fancast and that readers who haven't heard of it will participate next time. Both of us have encountered books through the Tournament we would never have read otherwise. In this bonus episode, we focus on the books from this year's Tournament (both the long and shortlist) but also end up talking about some highlights from previous years. Ready your brackets, this is the only madness happening in March! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 183: Birthing Rabbits with Jessica. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Most books will be best viewed here on the Tournament of Books site 2020 bracket ToB 2020 Shortlist ToB 2020 Longlist (this is your 2020 reading list!) Other mentions: Cantoras by Carolina di Robertis The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt White Tears by Hari Kunzru May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes Hill William by Scott McClanahan Crapalachia by Scott McClanahan The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad A Girl Returned by Donatella di Pietrantonio Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kaji Fajardo-Anstine Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Related episodes: Episode 110 - The Accidental Love Episode with Casey Stepaniuk Episode 150 - Rife with Storytelling with Sara Episode 163 - Fainting Goats with Lauren Episode 166 - On Brand with Karen Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie Episode 175 - Reading on Impulse with Marion Hill Episode 178 - Precarious Pile with Ruth(iella) Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jessica at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Jessica is @the bluestocking on Litsy

Ellie is back and we get honest about reading slumps. We all have them, and it's a pretty bad feeling when books betray you. What can you do? We talk about how we have found our way out of reading slumps (or hope to) and then talk about some books we've read and liked recently. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 182: Reading Slump with Ellie. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey Other mentions: Black Wave by Michelle Tea The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey Mary Higgins Clark The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell Slade House by David Mitchell Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson Why Be Happy, When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson Know My Name by Chanel Miller We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin 2020 Tournament of Books Related episodes: Episode 046 - Books for Your Kitty Party with Libby Young and many other guests Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret History Episode 112 - Reset Button with Eleanor Thoele Episode 121 - Love, Lust, Loss, and Longing with Casey Hampton Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Ellie at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Ellie is @elliedottie on Litsy

Yanira is back and we are talking reading goals, especially the classics, and reading our backlists. We talk about books we've read and liked recently, with a brief interlude tribute to interlibrary loan. Make sure to check out Yanira's previous appearances on the podcast, since this is number five. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 181: An Awkward Woman with Yanira. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Planetfall by Emma Newman Anti-Social by Andrew Marantz Tracks by Louise Erdrich Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante Other mentions: #erdrichmedicinereadalong sponsored by @erins_library and @thunderbirdwomanreads in Instagram As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte After Atlas by Emma Newman Four Souls by Louise Erdrich Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Related episodes: Episode 070 - Words Like Weapons with Yanira Ramirez Episode 096 - Not Without Hope with Yanira Ramirez Episode 108 - Venn Diagram with Yanira Ramirez  Episode 127 - The Sadness Between Books with Bianca Escalante  Episode 141 - Profound and Tedious Work with Yanira Ramirez Stalk us online: Yanira at Goodreads Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

We have read some great books together over the last few years. For the first Reading Envy Readalong of 2020, we will be reading The Odyssey by Homer, as translated by Emily Wilson. I talk about it oh so briefly on this micro episode, and there are links and more information below. We commence February 16th! I will be doing a combo of reading the hardcover and listening to the audio. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 180: Readalong Announcement. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Book links: The Odyssey by Homer, as translated by Emily Wilson (Hardcover) The Odyssey by Homer, as translated by Emily Wilson (Paperback) The Odyssey by Homer, as translated by Emily Wilson, narrated by Claire Danes (Audible) Readalong links: Reading Envy Readers (Goodreads Group) Please use #readingenvyreadalong when you post about it in social media so I will catch it! Readalong Schedule: It looks like the (Emily Wilson translation at least) has 24 books plus a lengthy introduction. I'm a weirdo who saves intros for last so my schedule will reflect that. February 9-15: Acquire book February 16-22: Books 1-6 February 23-29: Books 7-12 March 1-7: Books 13-18 March 8-14: Books 19-24 March 15-21: Intro, maps, catch up March 22-28: Readalong discussion (recorded for podcast episode, specific date TBD) This looks like a lot of pages every week but what I've learned in previous readalongs is that momentum tends to be better with larger chunks for most readers. I have allowed for a catch-up week before our final discussion. Last year we had no group discussions and I really missed it, so we will definitely do that this time. It's not required but the more the merrier! Related episodes: Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and Jeff Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret History Episode 118 - Reading Envy Readalong: To the Bright Edge of the World Episode 137 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Golden Notebook Episode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book Cougars Book Cougars - Joint Readalong of Sapphira and the Slave Girl Stalk me online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Courtney is a listener who contacted me to chat books on an episode (you can do this too!) She talks about herself as a reader, including a unique book club, and then we talk about books we've read and liked recently - three are fantastical and two are far more realistic. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 179: Think of the Bees with Courtney. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern The Islanders by Christopher Priest If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 edited by Sam Kean Other mentions: The Missing by Sarah Langan The Hunger by Alma Katsu The Deep by Alma Katsu Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation (film) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai Let Her Fly: A Father's Memoir by Ziauddin Yousafzai Fashion is Freedom by Tala Raassi Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant The Deep by Rivers Solomon et al Pet Sematary by Stephen King An American Marriage by Tayari Jones The Kingkiller Chronicles The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 edited by Sy Montgomery Caitlin Doughty The People of the Mist by Kathleen and Michael Gear Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner Related episodes: Episode 115 - Quote, Unquote with Scott Eaton Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie Episode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger  Stalk us online: Courtney at Goodreads Courtney is @conservio on Litsy Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Ruth joins Jenny bright and early in January, which gives us the chance to discuss reading goals for last year and this year a little, reading classics, and what happened when a friend dared Ruth to read a book! This is the first episode of a new strategy where Jenny is bringing two books to discuss to the guest's three, so feel free to let me know what you think. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 178: Precarious Pile with Ruthiella. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddney Ratner Inland by Téa Obreht Other mentions: Ruth's Booked for LIfe blog and her 2019 Back to the Classics roundup Ruth's Booked for LIfe blog and her pile of 21 books  Books and Chocolate Blog - Back to the Classics 2020 challenge Man Booker Prize 1999 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout The Topeka School by Ben Lerner The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht How to Feed a Dictator by Witold Szablowski  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Testaments by Margaret Atwood The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum Related episodes: Episode 033 - An Undulating Thrum with guests Ruth and Elizabeth Episode 053 - The Pool I Rarely Swim In with Luke Christie Episode 086 - The Queen of Bailing with Shawn Mooney  Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) Episode 134 - A Pastiche Romp with Ruth(iella) Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie Episode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger  Stalk us online: Ruth at Goodreads Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Jenny starts off the year by discussing reading goals - how did her reading goals end up for 2019, what additional goals did she end up adding, and what goals has she set for 2020? As always I love to hear about your goals for the year. As the Reading Envy Podcast rolls over into its sixth year, there are many more reading adventures to explore. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 177: An Unnamed Middle Eastern Country (Goals 2020). Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Episode 140 - Woman Greets Bear (Reading Goals 2019) Back to the Classics wrap-up post Reading in Asia 2019 wrap-up post Episode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book Cougars Book Cougars - Joint Readalong of Sapphira and the Slave Girl Recommended Reads in Memoir (April 2019) Recommended Reads in Poetry (April 2019) Recommended Reads in Music (May 2019 Recommended Reads for Women in Translation Month (July 2019) Recommended Foodie Reads (November 2019) Episode 174 - Cozy Holiday Reads and TBR Explode 4 Middle East TBR 2020 Books under consideration for readalongs: The Odyssey as translated by Emily Wilson (592) Possession by A.S. Byatt (576) Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (1040) Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko (786) Stalk me online:   Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy