Buy/Borrow/Steal our October Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to be Both, by Ali Smith.

This week, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss their September Book Club Book, Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor. They don’t love the book… but slowly the group begins to find the artistic merit, even if the narrative is hard to follow and more than a little off-putting. Also discussed is Beer Olympics III and the latest studio upgrades.

This Week's Reads:

The Felicity Complex, by August Clark (Alex)

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, by Elena Ferrante (Tava)

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To Try: A Paper Planner (Brett’s version)

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our September Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor⁠.

This week, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss seemingly everyone’s favorite book tracking platform, Goodreads. Alex walks Brett and Tava through how she uses Goodreads, how it compares to other apps/services, and how some of the features are or are not helpful to cultivating a reading practice. All of which leads to a conversation about why we track our books at all and why it is anyone's business. Also discussed is Brett’s paint mishap, the crew's cute New England weekend, and carpets.

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To Explore: David Sedaris

To Read: The Scientist’s Children (The New Yorker)

To Try: Brick

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our September Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor⁠.

This week, TNBC welcomes a Day 1 listener, Stephanie Zahariadis. Steph talks to the gang about her thirty-three years as a teacher, her lifelong love of reading, and her time as a bank teller (no spoilers!) She is the co-host Alex has always wanted, a person who actually watches TV. 

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To Listen: Lost Weekend, by Phoebe Bridgers 

To Do: Go on a Friend Date

To Watch: Apple TV

To Read: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our September Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor.

We’re actually back! 

After twenty months, Brett has learned to pick his battles (for one episode only). Rather than trying to keep Alex and Tava on track, he gives in and the TNBC team dedicates an entire episode to catching up after their summer adventures. Hear about Brett and Tava’s two week national park trip, Alex’s Maine and Spain trips, and the books they read along the way. Next week, back to the grind. 

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To Watch: Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

To Watch: Furious (Hulu)

To Play: Card Games! 

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our August Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

We’re back! But not really, since this episode was recorded a month ago. 

In this episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss their August book club book, We the Animals by Justin Torres. Per usual, they have thoughts about the ending and the length, though they agree the book is beautifully written and is a touching tale of childhood and sibling hood. They also trade dog stories, talk about Tava’s moving eulogy for her dad, and discuss their upcoming vacation plans. 

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To Watch: The Odyssey

To Read: The Dry Season, by Melissa Febos

To Drink: Mint Juleps 

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our August Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠We the Animals, by Justin Torres

Tava, Brett, and Alex are joined by their good friend Haley. And then they talk. A lot. And mostly not about books.

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To Do: Go on a book retreat!

To Listen: Norah Jones, Come Away with Me

To Listen: U Talkin’ U2 to Me?

To Wear: Jumpsuit

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our August Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠We the Animals, by Justin Torres.

In this episode ,Tava, Brett, and Alex tackle Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson. Though they're a little divided on how they feel about the plot, the whole crew can agree on one thing, Denis knows how to write a beautiful book. Their conversation weaves from nostalgia for a different time and place to theories about why the book is so spare, to thoughts about the main character himself.

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To Watch: Warrior

To Visit: I Will Find You (Netflix)

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our July Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson.

Tava, Brett, and Alex are reunited after (9) days, and boy do they have a lot to talk about. Starting with a litany of travel-related complaints. Look out for conversations around the Logan Express, seat lurkers on flights, and loud flight attendants. Also, Tava takes Brett and Alex through the career of one of her favorite authors, Jodi Picoult, with a special focus on her bestseller, My Sister’s Keeper. 

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To Watch: The Morning Show (Apple TV)

To Visit: Portland, ME

To Drink: New Belgium 1554 Beer

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our July Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson.

In lieu of a trip to a bookstore or book-related site, for this Field Trip episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex stayed put, posted up under the pergola, and gave themselves six hours to read without any other obligations. Of course, there were plenty of non sequiturs along the way.

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Buy/Borrow/Steal our July Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson.

Tava, Brett, and Alex are joined by the wonderful Taylor (Tambolleo) Russell for a wide ranging conversation that covers everything from books (what they’re reading, what they want to read, what they find to be overrated) to 'Type C' people, health anxiety, sleep problems, men vs. women, and butter moms. 

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To Eat: Rota’s Lavender Ice Cream

To Listen: David Sedaris on Armchair Expert

To Listen: All There Is with Anderson Cooper

To Do: Take more pictures!

To Read: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

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