There Will Be Books

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There Will Be Books episodes

August 11, 2020 Episode 7 "Two Five Star Reads"
We discuss our weekly reads, and then it goes off the rails. Topics include social awkwardness, Peter taking off his glasses to avoid being scared, and Matt teaches Peter about Alexander the Great.
Books mentioned.
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson
Crooked River by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
To Start A War by Robert Draper
Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death by Anthony Everitt
The Great Secret by Jennet Conant
August Book Club
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Autumn Book Club
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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56 min
August 04, 2020 Episode 6 "The Monthly/Seasonal Book Club Picks"
Matt visits a book sale and ends up with some classics. We nominate books for our August book club and create a seasonal book club while we're at it. We discuss the Booker longlist nominations and more.
August Book Club: Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Fall Book Club: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Other Books mentioned:
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
Crooked River by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Norco '80 By Peter Houlahan
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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56 min
August 01, 2020 Episode 5 "Utopia Avenue"
On this episode, Matt and Peter discuss the new David Mitchell novel, Utopia Avenue. What they liked, how it fits into the larger Mitchell universe, and where does Mitchell go from here.
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48 min
July 28, 2020 Episode 4 "Criticism and Mickey Rourke"
On this episode we discuss criticism, an upcoming Utopia Avenue podcast, and much more.
Books mentioned on this episode.
The Collected Stories- Eudora Welty
Utopia Avenue- David Mitchell
Normal People- Sally Rooney
The Better Angels of Our Nature- Steven Pinker
Topeka School- Ben Lerner
The Group- Mary McCarthy
Slade House- David Mitchell
At Swim-Two-Birds- Flann O'Brien
Last Orders- Graham Swift
56 min
July 21, 2020 Episode 3 "Desert Island Books but Really Eggs and Pasta Sauce"
We discuss two books we finished, starting the new David Mitchell, and pick our desert island books.

Matt's books.
The Bridge on the Drina- Ivo Andric
United States- Gore Vidal
The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas
Masters of Atlantis- Charles Portis
Leave it to Psmith- P.G. Wodehouse
Library of America- Dawn Powell
Votan- John James
Peter's Books
Faster- Neal Bascomb
Utopia Avenue- David Mitchell
Catch 22- Joseph Heller
Any Human Heart- William Boyd
The Magic Mountain- Thomas Mann
The Night Watch- Sarah Waters
For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude- Ross Gay
The Silence of the White City- Eva Garcia Saenz
The Mother Code- Carole Stivers

1 hr 6 min
July 15, 2020Episode 2 "Brain Pills, Clearing the Deck, and Feuds"
Books mentioned on this episode.
Matt's Books
Michael Bakunin by E.H. Carr

The Best Times by John Dos Passos

Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne

Scoundrel Time by Lillian Hellman

The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric

Red Dog by Willem Anker

Desert Notebooks by Ben Eherenreich

Ship of Fates by Caitlin Chung

The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili

Peter's Books
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

The Complete Stories byClarice Lispector

Faster by Neal Bascomb

Beethoven by Jan Swafford

To Start a War by Robert Draper

The Quiet Americans by Scott Anderson

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book edited by James Raven

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
1 hr
July 15, 2020 Episode 1 "A Podcast about books and weights"
After a couple trial episodes we decided to start releasing these bad boys. Enjoy!
53 min