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Ep 74: World Cup Chat – Part 2

donny — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:33:33 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 74: World Cup Chat – Part 2
Recorded 21 June 2010
Babblers: Marcel, Bjorn, Donny

Synopsis:

This is one of the strangest, most languid chit-chat in Bookbabble’s short history. This episode drops you right in the middle of a football match watched by the boys in three different countries – simultaneously. And still somehow manage to talk about horror movies, private parts and racism. Oh, and football related books and movies too. (Yeah, it would have been better if this episode came out, oh, about 2 months sooner, but hey, at least you get to see how well we did our predictions).

Be warned, this is a rambling, totally unedited show.

Show Length: 1:37:24

Show Notes:

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Ep 74: World Cup Chat – Part 1

donny — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:48:06 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 74: World Cup Chat – Part 1
Recorded 21 June 2010
Babblers: Marcel, Bjorn, Donny

Synopsis:

Be warned, this is a rambling, totally unedited show.

Show Length: 58:03

Show Notes:

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Ep 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 2

donny — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:59:51 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 2
Recorded 29 June 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn, Francois, Donny with special guest Joshua Cohen

Synopsis:

The crew is honored to have Joshua Cohen guesting on this episode to talk about your usual babbly things, including his latest work, Witz, which has received rave reviews from critics everywhere.

(Photo Credit: Forward)

Show Length: 46:19

Joshua Cohen on the Web

Show Notes:

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Ep 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 1

donny — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:40:44 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 1
Recorded 29 June 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn, Francois, Donny with special guest Joshua Cohen

Synopsis:

The crew is honored to have Joshua Cohen guesting on this episode to talk about your usual babbly things, including his latest work, Witz, which has received rave reviews from critics everywhere.

(Photo Credit: The New York Observer)

Show Length: 1:02:35

Joshua Cohen on the Web

Show Notes:

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Ep 73: Your CONTAGIOUS, INFECTED ANCESTOR – Hanging out with Scott Sigler

donny — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:41:50 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 73: Your CONTAGIOUS, INFECTED ANCESTOR – Hanging out with Scott Sigler
Recorded 12 June 2010
Babblers: Marcel, Donny and special guest Scott Sigler

Synopsis:

This week we speak with New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler. We covered his start in the publishing industry, the podcast-only novel mechanism, and his upcoming book release ANCESTOR. Plus, there’s this bit about the World Cup as well (it’s called football, not soccer!).

(Photo Credit: ScottSigler.com)

Show Length: 52:15

Scott Sigler on the Net:

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Ep 72: Books that Make You Laugh!

donny — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:47:14 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 72: Books That Make You Laugh!
Recorded 6 June 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Donny

Synopsis:

What are the books that make the babblers break into a smile? Perhaps even outright laughter?(Although it must be said that would look weird. Good for clearing a space for you in public transports, though). Anyway, babblers list out some interesting picks here, and in true Bookbabble style, a most varied and eclectic mix indeed. Not just funny books, mind you, but satirical and cynical yet darkly humorous works are also covered. Plus, critically-acclaimed poet who’s actually crap, and Marcel goes postal. “Some people shouldn’t be allowed to write!”, he wails.

(Photo Credit: Christopher Moore from Seattle P-I)

Show Length: 1:09:47

Show Notes:

Shakespeare
Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
David Sedaris
Jon Stewart, America the Book, Naked Pictures of Famous People
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Neil Gaiman
Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan saga
Janet Evanovich
Samuel Beckett
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
PG Wodehouse, Jeeves and Wooster Stories
Dorothy Parker’s interior monologues
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais
Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy
JP Donleavy, "The Ginger Man"
Lars Saabye Christense The jealous hairdresser/barber
Hanif Kureishi
Lars Saabye Christensen
Eoin Colfer – Hitchhiker’s sequel
Against The Day, Thomas Pynchon
Will Self
Quantity Theory of Insanity
Gabriel Chevallier
http://www.amazon.com/Scandals-Clochemerle-Gabriel-Chevallier/dp/1416569766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275841439&sr=1-1
Tova Reich
The Jewish War
Villy Sørensen:
http://www.amazon.com/Harmless-Tales-Villy-Sorensen/dp/1870041151/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275841868&sr=1-3
Cynthia Ozick
My Holocaust
http://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-You-Dr-Kevorkian/dp/0743422007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275842158&sr=8-1
The Liar, Stephen Fry
Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry
The Gunseller, Hugh Laurie
The Stars’ Tennis Balls
http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Less-Travelled-Unlocking-Within/dp/1592403115/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275843236&sr=8-8
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
Joe Dunthorne
Heather Phillipson
http://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-40-passions-and-obsessions/poems/james-grieve/
http://www.penpushermagazine.co.uk/magazine/extracts/article/284/
John Barth
Donald Barthelme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot-weed_factor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/17/fiction.reviews1

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Ep 71: “Whodunnit”? More Like “Who Said It”?

donny — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:29:20 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 71: “Whodunnit”? More Like “Who Said It”?
Recorded 24 May 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Donny

Synopsis:

The babblers talk about crime fiction, and lists books in this genre (with plenty of help from Wikipedia, too).

Note: The audio for this episode is choppy, so please take note.

(Photo Credit: The Boston Globe)

Show Length: 39:44 (shortest episode in recent memory!)

Links:

http://www.examiner.com/x-12767-US-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m5d22-Texas-State-Board-of-Education-approves-changes-to-school-guidelines-after-months-of-debate-video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Top_100_Crime_Novels_of_All_Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_fiction
Rogue Male
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6900-the-top-100-crime-novels-of-all-time
Stieg Larsson
Patricia Cromwell (Dr. Kay Scarpetta)
Jean-Claude Izzo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._I._Warshawski
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/primesuspect/
Jakob Arjouni (http://shigekuni.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/frankfurter-jakob-arjounis-happy-birthday-turk/)
Swedish Crime Fiction: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=swedish+crime+fiction&sprefix=swedish+
Sherlock Holmes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Games_%28novel%29

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Ep 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 2

donny — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:22:09 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 2
Recorded 19 April 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and guest John Wray

Synopsis:

Literary author John Wray joins the group for a round of bookbabbling, and ended staying for over 2 hours! Learn a little more about this talented author of works such as The Right Hand of Sleep, Canaan’s Tongue and his latest novel, Lowboy. Also, find out why he is compelled to maintain a ‘state of slight illness, indefinitely’.

Remember to check out part 1 of this interview.

(Photo Credit: Washington Post)

Show Length: 1:16:26

John Wray on the Net:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wray_%28novelist%29
http://www.johnwray.net/
twitter.com/john_wray

Novels:

Links:

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Ep 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 1

donny — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:01:11 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 67: 2 Books in 2 Hours! Hanging Out with John Wray – Part 1
Recorded 19 April 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn and guest John Wray

Synopsis:

Remember to check out part 2 of this interview.

(Photo Credit: Complex.com)

Show Length: 1:01:19

Links:

3 Part Q&A with John Wray:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgp3hIAEvfc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpG8GCvIHg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZwxbbOwuE8&feature=related
John Wray reads to commuters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3_3xzxIQVY

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Episode 70: What Are Sound Novels

donny — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:09:55 +0000

Bookbabble Episode 70: What Are Sound Novels
Recorded 17 May 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Bjorn, Donny

Synopsis:

This week we’re introduced to the seemingly new form of storytelling called ‘sound novels’. We find out a little more about this supposedly new medium, guided by a resident expert, Renee’s daughter, the Wilde Childe herself, Rosemary. Along the way, Marcel treats us to a story of Amazon reviews abuse by the author himself. Oh, and Stephenie Meyer.

Show Length: 58:39

Links::

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