Apr 09

Podcast, Episode 2: And You Shall Know Us By Our Bookshelves

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In Episode 2 of the Books on the Nightstand Podcast, we first discuss a recent essay in the New York Times Book Review, It’s Not You, It’s Your Books by Rachel Donadio. Can you find true love if your significant other has bad taste in books?

Then we spend a few minutes talking about some of our favorite authors. Michael likes William Boyd and Jonathan Lethem; Ann’s favorites are Ian McEwan and Valerie Martin. Ann shows her cultural illiteracy by confusing John Lithgow with John Malkovich (it was Malkovich that starred in Mary Reilly, of course).

In the last segment, we preview two books that have just been or will soon be published in the next few weeks: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (on sale today) and Peace by Richard Bausch (on sale April 15th).

Full details of all of the books are below. Thanks for listening!

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Books on the Nightstand, Episode 2 (16:51)__________________________

We encourage you to write down or print out the title information and shop at your local bookstore. Titles link to LibraryThing, a social networking site that allows you to catalog your home library. They also link to various online purchasing options. Here are the books from this post:

By William Boyd:
Brazzaville Beach, Harper Perennial trade paperback, $13.95, ISBN 978-0-3807-8049-5
The Blue Afternoon, Vintage trade paperback, $14.95, ISBN 978-0-679-77260-6
Any Human Heart, Vintage trade paperback, $14.95, ISBN 978-1-4000-3100-9By Valerie Martin:
Mary Reilly, Vintage trade paperback, $13.00, ISBN 978-0-375-72599-9
Property, Vintage trade paperback, $13.00, ISBN 978-0-375-71330-9
Trespass, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $25.00, ISBN 978-0-385-51545-0

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan, Ballantine Books trade paperback, $14.00, ISBN 978-0-345-49500-6

Peace by Richard Bausch, Knopf hardcover, $19.95, ISBN 978-0-307-26833-4

(all information is for the U.S. editions).

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By Ian McEwan:
On Chesil Beach, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday hardcover, $22.00, ISBN 978-0-385-52240-3
Atonement, Anchor trade paperback, $14.95, ISBN 978-0-385-72179-0

By Jonathan Lethem:
The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye, Harvest Books trade paperback, $14.00, ISBN 978-0-156-03248-3
Motherless Brooklyn, Vintage trade paperback, $13.95, ISBN 978-0-375-72483-1
The Fortress of Solitude, Vintage trade paperback, $14.95, ISBN 978-0-375-72488-6
As She Climbed Acros the Table, Vintage trade paperback, $13.00,

ISBN 978-0-375-70012-5
  • http://www.bookstream.com Jack Herr

    Ann and Michael,

    A terrific idea. We’ll link to your podcasts on our website.

    Jack Herr
    BookStream
    http://www.bookstream.com

  • http://www.bookstream.com Jack Herr

    Ann and Michael,

    A terrific idea. We’ll link to your podcasts on our website.

    Jack Herr
    BookStream
    http://www.bookstream.com

  • http://mariegauthier.wordpress.com Marie Gauthier

    How wonderful!

    I think it’s a great idea, and a really really fun read — I’ll check in often — esp as I’m still behind on my fiction-reading…

    Thanks, Ann & Michael!

    Marie

  • http://mariegauthier.wordpress.com Marie Gauthier

    How wonderful!

    I think it’s a great idea, and a really really fun read — I’ll check in often — esp as I’m still behind on my fiction-reading…

    Thanks, Ann & Michael!

    Marie

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Ann

    Hey, thanks to you both for your nice comments!!

    Ann

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Ann

    Hey, thanks to you both for your nice comments!!

    Ann

  • http://absorbedinwords.blogspot.com Mark David

    McEwan is also my favorite author! I loved On Chesil Beach and was utterly captivated by Atonement, which I consider to be my #1 best read so far.

    I don’t think you really need to have read everything an author has written in order to safely say that he’s your favorite. I’ve read only three novels by McEwan, but it wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that I really love his writing. He writes such convincing and beautifully-elaborate prose. And I agree that his stories have a lot of “deep, dark psychology” in them. I noticed this especially in Saturday, and it makes me really eager to read his other novels :)

  • http://absorbedinwords.blogspot.com Mark David

    McEwan is also my favorite author! I loved On Chesil Beach and was utterly captivated by Atonement, which I consider to be my #1 best read so far.

    I don’t think you really need to have read everything an author has written in order to safely say that he’s your favorite. I’ve read only three novels by McEwan, but it wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that I really love his writing. He writes such convincing and beautifully-elaborate prose. And I agree that his stories have a lot of “deep, dark psychology” in them. I noticed this especially in Saturday, and it makes me really eager to read his other novels :)

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