Summary: Bookrageous Episode 31; Zone One Book Club Intro Music; Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton What We’re Reading Josh [1:16] Wild, Cheryl Strayed, March 2012 (also recommended by Michele) [4:33] One Soul, Ray Fawkes Rebecca [6:43] The Nobodies Album, Carolyn Parkhurst (also recommended by Ann Kingman) [9:46] The Lola Quartet, Emily St. John Mandel, May 2012 [10:36] Otherwise Known as the Human Condition, Geoff Dyer [12:05] The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon Jenn [15:10] Birds of a Lesser Paradise, Megan Mayhew Bergman, March 2012 [15:50] Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (as recommended by Christine) [17:43] Sylvester, Georgette Heyer [19:41] Cinder, Marissa Meyer (out now!) — Intermission; My Girlfriend’s Dead - The Vandals — Zone One: The Discussion [22:24] Jon from Pages 8 Pages weighs in on his first zombie novel experience. [23:43] How many thumbs was that again? [25:00] Who is this Colson Whitehead anyway? [25:25] Lit 8 genre: The Last Werewolf, The Magician King, Michael Chabon [27:50] We are the monsters!!! (mandatory Walking Dead reference) [31:15] The Passage, Justin Cronin [33:50] We decide that “mid-apocalyptic” is a thing. [35:10] World War Z, Max Brooks [46:29] Margaret Atwood [47:30] We speculate about critical reviews vs. ratings. [49:00] A Modest Proposal [51:30] The Leftovers, Tom Perrotta — Intermission 2; Zombie - The Cranberries — Zone One with Colson Whitehead (Spoiler Alert!) [53:00] The author himself answers our questions! Granta 117: Horror — Outro; Re: Your Brains, Jonathan Coulton — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, Zazzle (for the Bookrageous 2011-2012 calendar), and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Rebecca, Jenn, Colson Whitehead Bookrageous Book Club Pick: Swamplandia!, Karen Russell Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or Bookrageous projects like our calendar. We promise
