Reading Envy

Karen and Jenny discuss books they've read and liked recently, although Jenny was reading up to the minute we started recording because she wanted to talk about one of these books with Karen specifically. We talk about graphic novels in other languages, romance representation, and obscure science. And, as usual, we laugh a lot. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 166: On Brand with Karen 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: Tomboy by Liz Prince Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Thaw by Elyse Springer Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli Other mentions: Perla by Carolina de Robertis Anthony Bourdain's Uruguay episode of Parts Unknown The Bride Test by Helen Hoang The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Smart Bitches, Trashy Books - Episode 357. Aro and Ace Representation... World Turned Upside Down by Elyse Springer Saga (Compendium 1) series by Brian K. Vaughan Y: The Last Man series by Brian K. Vaughan The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell Florida by Lauren Groff The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Normal People by Sally Rooney Orange World by Karen Russell St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Related Episodes: Episode 004 - Home, Frightening and Banned with guest Karen Acosta Episode 015 - The Time for Exclaiming Over Costumes with Jean and Karen Episode 051 - Dreaming in Books with Karen Acosta Episode 066 - When Time Stops with Karen Acosta Episode 100 - 100 Reasons Why  Episode 101 - A Different Kind of Time Travel with Karen Acosta Episode 114 - Raised by Wolves with Karen Acosta  Episode 145 - Things Get Dark with Bianca Escalante Episode 146 - Complicated, Crazy, and Loud with Karen   Episode 151 - The Stories They Tell with Karen  Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Claire Handscombe joins Jenny to discuss recent reads, bookish podcasts, and Claire talks about what brought her to DC, her writing project, and the bookseller's life. Be sure to check out Claire's podcast, blog, and books, all linked at the end of the shownotes. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 165: Delightful Reads with Claire Handscombe 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: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Flights by Olga Takarczuk; Translated by Jennifer Croft The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Summerlings by Lisa Howarth Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson Other mentions: Reading Glasses podcast Book Riot "main" podcast East City Bookshop Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid Homesick by Jennifer Croft Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Takarczuk Piglettes by Clementine Beauvais Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Mina by Kim Sagwa, translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton Related Episodes: Episode 155 - Books About Music Recommendations Episode with Thomas Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Claire on Twitter BritLitPodcast on Twitter Link to UNSCRIPTED Link to WALK WITH US: HOW THE WEST WING CHANGED OUR LIVES 

Carol Ann is back to talk books with more reading in her rearview. We each talk about books we've liked lately but also end up talking about cheese at the end. Jenny did feel she'd spoiled too much for one book so that discussion has been removed! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 164: Character Driven with Carol Ann 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: The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy Bunny by Mona Awad News of the World by Paulette Jiles American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell Everything Under by Daisy Johnson Other mentions: Plainsong by Kent Haruf John Irving Barbara Kingsolver Beach Music by Pat Conroy My Reading Life by Pat Conroy The Great Santini by Pat Conroy All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles The Captured by Scott Zesch The Pat Conroy Cookbook by Pat Conroy Tillamook Cheese Cookbook by Kathy Holstad Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Maresi Red Mantle by Maria Turtschaninoff Related Episodes: Episode 099 - Readalong: The Secret History Episode 103 - Duchess Potatoes with Carol Ann Ellison Episode 116 - Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again with Jeff Koeppen Episode 118 - Reading Envy Readalong: To the Bright Edge of the World  Episode 161 - Women in Translation Month Recommendations with Lauren Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Carol Ann at NovelGobblers Carol Ann at Goodreads Carol Ann is @thebookandbeyond on Instagram 

If you're a fan of the show, you have already heard the episode with Lauren and Jenny recommending books for Women in Translation month. We recorded this episode earlier in the summer but still talk quite a bit about regional book goals, translated works, and the wonder of lingering in a place through our reading. This is the first posting of this episode, Jenny was just rearranging the furniture a bit behind the scenes, so when Lauren says "last month" she means June and not July. Don't trip over that table! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 163: Fainting Goats with Lauren 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: Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau, translated by Linda Coverdale Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Zoobiquity by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers If, Then by Kate Hope Day Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad Other mentions: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi Caribbean American Heritage Month and #readCaribbean Notebook of a Return to the Native Land by Aime Cesaire Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn Wildhood by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart (opera) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Exhalation by Ted Chiang Related Episodes: Episode 097 - Blank Spaces with Lauren Weinhold Episode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren Weinhold Episode 133 - To Understand the World with Lauren Weinhold Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold  Episode 147 - Bonus Poetry Recommendations with Lauren Episode 161 - Women in Translation Month Recommendations with Lauren Stalk us online: Lauren at Goodreads Lauren is @end.notes on Instagram Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy 

Sara used to only read self-help books but now has shifted to being a major romance reader, especially in audio. Jenny has reformed from her early skepticism (it might have been a certain royal wedding) and decided to talk about some of the romance she's read and liked lately. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 162: Heat Rating with Sara 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: Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy, translated by Sam Taylor Other mentions: Reluctant Royals series by Alyssa Cole The Princess Diaries (film) V&A (Victoria and Albert) Museum Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai American Hookup by Lisa Wade To All the Boys I've Loved Before (film) P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han Always Be My Maybe (film) Just Like Heaven (film) Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Related Episodes: Episode 056 - The Wall of Romance Episode 074 - The Books We Didn't Love in High School with Blaine DeSantis Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Sara is @hotreads_librarian on Instagram

August is Women in Translation month (#WITMonth,) so Lauren and Jenny have recommendations for you. Some of our recommendations are linked to our reading goals for the year (Jenny's of Asia; Lauren's of Argentina and beyond) but not all. We also take a break in the middle to share recommendations from the founder of WITMonth, Meytal Radzinski. In the show notes, Jenny has linked to episodes where any of the books mentioned are discussed in greater depth, and at the end, the full list of all episodes that include a WIT title. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 161: Women in Translation Month Recommendations with Lauren 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: Wait, Blink by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakul The Property by Rutu Modan, translated by Jessica Cohen La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated by Lawrence Schimel Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell The Dry Heart by Natalie Ginzburg, translated by Frances Frenaye Awu's Story by Justine Mintsa, translated by Cheryl Toman Maresi Red Mantle by Maria Turtschaninoff, translated by A. A. Prime August by Romina Paula, translated by Jennifer Croft (Episode 095) Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Huie. The Extraordinary Lives of Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, translated by Lucy Moffatt Diving for Seahorses by Hilde and Ylva Østby, translated by Marianne Lindvall American Fictionary by Dubravka Ugrešić, translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Ellen Elias-Bursać Mars: Stories by Asja Bakic, translated by Jennifer Zoble Voices in the Dark by Ulli Lust, translated by John Brownjohn and Nika Knight The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha, translated by Kong Rithdee Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori The White Book by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith Other mentions: Knots: Stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug Bright by Duanwad Pimwana (Episode 154) Article: What Does it Mean to be a Feminist in Thailand? Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane (Episode 064) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin Silvinia Ocampo Sara Gallardo Mariana Enriquez My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Episode 024) Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust Flughunde by Marcel Beyer Revenge by by Yoko Ogawa The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Episode 095) The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto Confessions by Kanae Minato Penance by Kanae Minato The Emissary by Yoko Tagawa Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tagawa The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagan Human Acts by Han Kang (Episode 102) The Vegetarian by Han Kang Away! Away! by Jana Beňová Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, translated by Aaron Robertson Other Women in Translation Titles on previous episodes: Memories: from Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi, translated by Robert and Emily Chandler (Episode 067) Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi (Episode 138) Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Leger, translated by Cecile Menon (Episode 096) Land of Love and Ruins by Oddny Eir, translated by Philip Roughton (Episode 119) The Heart by Maylis de Kerengal, translated by Sam Taylor (Episode 122) Eve Out of Her Ruins by Anana Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman (Episode 083) Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga (Episode 053 and Episode 079) Related Episodes: Episode 097 - Blank Spaces with Lauren Weinhold Episode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren Weinhold Episode 133 - To Understand the World with Lauren Weinhold Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold  Episode 147 - Bonus Poetry Recommendations with Lauren  Stalk us online:

Elizabeth is fresh a teaching seminar on plays so we talk about that for a bit before delving into books we have read and enjoyed recently. We have some books traversing the wild parts, books for pride, and more. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 160: Reading Plays with Elizabeth 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: In the Distance by Hernan Díaz Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli The Line Tender by Kate Allen Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Other mentions: Common Ground - University of Houston Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks Ruined by Lynn Nottage Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle Sun Sisters by Vasanti Saxena In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl Cost of Living by Martyna Majok The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli Books on the Go podcast - Lost Children Archive Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang Camp ToB The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell Swamplandia by Karen Russell Devotions by Mary Oliver Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong Sounds like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman Lot by Brian Washington Bangkok Walks to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddney Ratner Related Episodes: Episode 033 - An Undulating Thrum with guests Ruth and Elizabeth Episode 061 - Never Do That to a Book with Elizabeth Episode 136 - Six Pack with Elizabeth Stalk us online: Elizabeth at Goodreads    Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Lindy and Jenny settle in to talk about themselves as readers and what they care most about in the books they read and love. Lindy brings three books up for awards in Alberta, and Jenny brings poems and non-fiction and one novel. We also discuss a few more ideas for the 2019 Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge> Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 159: Reading Doorways with Lindy 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: Insomnia Bird: Edmonton Poems by Kelly Shepherd Brute: Poems by Emily Skaja Welcome to the Anthropocene by Alice Major The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Little Yellow House by Carissa Halton When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift Other mentions: Nancy Pearl's Rule of 4 Reading Envy Summer Challenge River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (something swampy) Fen by Daisy Johnson (something swampy) Everything Under by Daisy Johnson 2019 Alberta Literary Awards and City of Edmonton Book Prize Edmonton Poetry Festival Evicted by Matthew Desmond Normal People by Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Tournament of Books Camp TOB Related Episodes: Episode 095 - Lose the Outside World with Lindy Pratch Episode 107 - Reading Goals 2018  Episode 124 - Mush Creatures with Lindy Pratch Episode 153 - Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge Stalk us online: Lindy Reads and Reviews (blog) Lindy on Twitter Lindy is @Lindy on Litsy Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Jenny kicks off a short bonus episode with a joint readalong announcement, and covers three months of her TBR Explode project. Then she goes out to see what you have all been reading for the Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 158: TBR Explode 2. 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 mentioned: Removed from list: AprilOne Foot Wrong by Sofie LagunaPaper Cities by Ekaterina SediaThe Founding Fish by John McPhee Overqualified by Joey Comeau Wireless by Charles Stross Nation by Terry Pratchett May The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel M. Wegner The Discovery of Heaven by Harry MulischManhood for Amateurs by Michael ChabonThe Drowned World by J.G. Ballard The Complete Short Stories by J.G. Ballard The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby The River at the Center of the World by Simon Winchester JuneAir by Geoff RymanThe Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) by China Miéville A Voice Through a Cloud by Denton Welch Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls  Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott Went ahead and read:Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (March/April)Stitches by David Small (April)Misconception by Ryan Boudinot (April) Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (May)When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put by Vivian Swift (June)If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus by Philip Gulley (June) Kept on list to read - verified TBR! Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell Clea by Lawrence Durrell Speak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovThe Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvan Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge Progress Waterland by Graham Swift Love by Hanne Orstavik, translated by Martin Aitken Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Objeas Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush The Blue Hour by Alonso Cueto River of Teeth  by Sarah Gailey Passing Strange by Ellen Klages What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga What the Eyes Don't See by Mona Hanna-Attisha Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius Bluets by Maggie Nelson Budapest by Chico Buarque Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakul Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis The Years by Annie Ernaux My Father's Wives by Jose Eduardo Agualusa (his other book I mentioned is The General Theory of Oblivion) Related Episodes: Episode 021 - Amoebic Borders with guest Darin Bradley Episode 069 - Evil Librarian/SFBRP Crossover Episode with Luke Burrage and Juliane Kunzendorf Episode 131 - Tartan Noir and More with Claire Duffy Episode 153 - Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge Stalk me online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Jenny received Chris Wolak and Emily Fine (known as The Book Cougars) at the Reading Envy Pub for mint juleps and a discussion of Gone with the Wind, a book many of us have been reading along in May and June. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 157: Reading Envy Joint Readalong: Gone with the Wind, with the Book Cougars 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 discussed: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Other mentions: Reading Envy Goodreads Group - Gone with the Wind discussion The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig My Reading Life by Pat Conroy Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (documentary) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck O Pioneers by Willa Cather My Antonia by Willa Cather Carol Burnett Show: "Went with the Wind"  Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (upcoming readalong over on Book Cougars!) Book Cougars Goodreads Group - Sapphira and the Slave Girl discussion Related Episodes: Episode 085 - An Acquired Taste with Thomas Otto 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 Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Book Cougars website/podcast Book Cougars are @bookcougars in Instagram