Episode 62: JD Salinger’s dead? Again?

Feb 12, 2010 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 62: JD Salinger’s dead? Again?
Recorded 31 Jan 2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel

Synopsis:

Marcel and Lone get together for a duet, where they discuss the process of writing reviews.   As reviewers themselves, they compare notes on how reviews are done, the research put in, and influences.  Also discussed are JD Salinger, on his recent passing, and one of Lone’s true loves: Virginia Woolf.

Show Length: 52:36 mins

[audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/17719/episodes/213484/bookbabbletheshow-213484-02-12-2010.mp3]

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Bookbabble Episode 55: Christmas Gifts!

Dec 7, 2009 by donny

Bookbabble Episode 55: Christmas Gifts!

Recorded 30 Nov 2009
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Donny

Synopsis:

The group talks about Christmas gifts – books we’d like to give people, and what we’d like to receive.  We covered Black Friday and Cyber Monday, many books, and a toaster.  Also, find out what Doraemon and Renee’s handbag have in common (hint: it’s not the colour).

Show Length: 1:35:20 mins

Mentioned

• Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
• Essays of Virginia Woolf, Vol 1, Virginia Woolf
• Intimacy, Hanif Kureishi
• Invisible, Paul Auster
• Lars Saabye Christensen
• Heiner Müller
• PG Wodehouse
• The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 1, 1929-1940, Samuel Beckett
• Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum to the Zombie:100 Rediscovered Recipes and the Stories Behind Them, Ted Haigh
• Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, Michael Gerber
• Die Reise, Bernward Vesper
• Cromwell, Victor Hugo
• The Passport, Herta Muller
• An Equal Music, Vikram Seth
• A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
• Collected Poem, Paul Auster
• Beautiful Days, Franz Innerhofer
• Raven (Raabe Baikal), Thomas Strittmatter
• The Magicians, Lev Grossman (and the article of Grossman’s that Marcel found)
• The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• The Sorrows of An American, Siri Hustvedt
• The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy: Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead, and Johnny and the Bomb (Johnny Maxwell, Vol. 1, 2, 3), Terry Pratchett
• I like you: Hospitality under the Influence, Amy Sedaris

Links

• The Last Poem, Sophie Auster (Youtube)
• Sophie Auster (music)
• Foyles

[audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/17719/episodes/201614/bookbabbletheshow-201614-12-06-2009.mp3]

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