Hello and welcome to book show #2 with Vanessa Phelan and Sarah Tapp. This week Sasha Kehoe also joins us and we begin with a reflection of some of the news stories of the week.
As we move to books, I start with a little quiz of words relating to books and book lovers. Are you a ‘librocubicularist’ for instance? (Someone who loves to read in bed).
Now onto books with my ‘book bosomed’ friends (carrying a book at all times) and, as with our first episode, we manage to talk about a lot of books, but we also move onto art in places, and podcast recommendations.
Here are some of the books we talk about:
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
On Earth we’re briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Wife’s Tale by Aida Edemariam
This is what is Sounds Like - What the music you love says about you by Susan Rogers
Oh my God what a complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
You are Here by David Nicholls
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Do let us know what books you enjoy and if there are any in particular from this list that stand out to you.
Additionally, we will throw in some podcasts and other cultural references from time to time.
Join us as we jump into another discussion about books and culture, with Vanessa Phelan, Sarah Tapp and Sasha Kehoe.
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