Summary: Bookrageous Episode 47; 2012 Favorites (Supersized Episode) Intro Music; Northern Lights by Allo Darlin What We’re Reading Rebecca [1:10] Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere, Andre Aciman [3:00] Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, various [5:10] The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer, April 9 2013 [6:30] Suttree, Cormac McCarthy Josh [7:10] Desperate Sons, Les Standiford [9:05] from recommendations on iFanboy, Graphic Canon: Vol. 2, Russ Kick (Vol. 3 coming in March 2013) [11:15] The Rime of the Modern Mariner, Nick Hayes [13:00] Jenn interjects: Down in the Hole, Joy Delyria and Sean Michael Robinson (recommended by Emily) Jenn [14:15] The Brides of Rollrock Island, Margo Lanagan (Tender Morsels) [16:50] The Rise of Ransom City, Felix Gilman (The Half-Made World; also try Sixth Gun) [18:15] Moby-Dick, Herman Melville (Moby-Dick Marathon NYC); Moby Dick Big Read (h/t to Holly) — Intermission; Mama Told Me from Big Boi feat. Little Dragon — 2012 Favorites [21:50] Rebecca: Birds of a Lesser Paradise, Megan Mayhew Bergman [23:30] Josh: Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed [25:00] Jenn: Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway [26:55] Rebecca: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain [28:50] Josh: Mortality, Christopher Hitchens [30:44] Jenn: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Shehan Karunatilaka (Episode 40) [32:40] Rebecca: Quiet, Susan Cain [37:25] Josh: Penguin’s Civic Classics series [39:50] Jenn: Railsea, China Mieville [42:35] Rebecca: Ask the Passengers, A.S. King [44:55] Josh: Drama, Raina Telgemeier [46:25] Jenn: This Is Not My Hat, Jon Klassen (Buy prints of his work!) [49:10] Rebecca: Contents May Have Shifted, Pam Houston [51:20] Josh: Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon [53:25] Jenn: The Lifespan of a Fact, John D’Agata and Jim Fingal [55:20] Rebecca: The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers [58:50] Josh: This is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz [1:00:45] Jenn: Bitterblue, Kristin Cashore [1:03:00] Rebecca: Diving Belles, Lucy Wood [1:06:30] Josh: The World Atlas of Beer, Tim Webb and Stephen Beaumont [1:08:20] Jenn: The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller [1:10:20] Rebecca: Arcadia, Lauren Groff [1:13:10] Josh: Modernist Cuisine at Home, Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet [1:16:10] Jenn: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland, Catherynne Valente (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland) [1:17:40] Rebecca: Home, Toni Morrison [1:20:10] Josh: The Rime of the Modern Mariner, Nick Hayes [1:22:35] Jenn: The Killing Moon, NK Jemisin [1:25:25] Rebecca: Breasts, Florence Williams (check out the trailer); cheater shout-out to The Guide to Getting It On [1:28:45] Josh: Several Short Sentences About Writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg [1:30:30] Jenn: Safe as Houses, Marie-Helene Bertino [1:32:45] The Adam Ross Award for 2012 goes to: Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, originally recommended by Adam Ross! (Runners up: Angelmaker, Arcadia, The Lifespan of a Fact, Drop Dead Healthy, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, Telegraph Avenue) [1:37:00] Book group: In Other Worlds, Margaret Atwood, discussion next show! — Outro; Northern Lights by Allo Darlin — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Jenn, Rebecca Bookrageous Book Club Pick: In Other Worlds, Margaret Atwood, 10% off from WORD in NY and Pages Pages in Australia for listeners! Just write BOOKRAGEOUS in the comments field. 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 other Bookrageous projects. We promise.
