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Feb 28, 2022 • 50min

Dolly Partterson

Jeff and Rebecca talk more about bonus content, the Dolly Parton/James Patterson unique audio experience, trailer talk, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Discussed in this episode:Novelists struggling with if/how to write about covid — curious where listeners are on this Britney! Spears! Memoir! For $15million Cases in which challenged books have been returned to shelves in Washington state.Dolly/patterson audiobook experience on Spotify Pachinko Trailer looks amazingRings of Power looks like….Rings of Power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 21, 2022 • 58min

Algorithms Gone Wild

Jeff and Rebecca talk premium podcast content, play a bookish round of 20 Questions, think about the two-year anniversary of Bookshop, and much more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-GarciaThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasStudents sue a school district over book banning Heartbreak by Florence WilliamsThe Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 14, 2022 • 1h

Freudian Slippers

Jeff and Rebecca talk about new details about The Spine Collector, Apple’s Book Club, recent reads, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:Check out our wordle-inspired merch at bookriot.com/merchGlory’s doing a WRBG series with Liveright The Bernardini plot thickens Apple’s new book club Black Cake by Charmaine WilkersonThe Power of Regret by Daniel PinkThe Family Chao by Lan Samantha ChangThe Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 7, 2022 • 1h 33min

Crying with a Knife

Jeff and Rebecca finally are ready to talk about Station Eleven, after discussing recent reads. And in the second half of the episode, they get to talk to Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.Discussed in this episode:Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAdmissions by Kendra JamesTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaHow to be Perfect by Michael SchurThe Well-Read Black Girl PodcastWell-Read Black Girl on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 31, 2022 • 60min

Bankable Crossover

Jeff is joined by Vanessa Diaz to talk about 2021s bestsellers, recent notable and favorite books, the continuing surge in book banning and censorshop in public libraries and schools, and more. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Adaptation Nation The Book Riot Podcast Winter Preview Draft Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Library Up for Auction Breaking down 2021’s bestsellers by publisher Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson Amor Actually Murder Most Actual, a Kobo original by Alexis Hall Wahala by Nikki May See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 24, 2022 • 53min

ASMR for Knowledge Workers

This week, Jeff and Rebecca doing something unusual: talking about the books they are reading. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Adaptation Nation Edelweiss Netgalley The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 17, 2022 • 57min

Complexity Doesn't Have to Be a Bummer

Jeff and Rebecca talk about 2021 print sales and reading habits, Harlequin’s subscription play, give a general review of Station Eleven on HBO, and more. Discussed in this episode: Follow-up in Bernardini case ​​ Latest Pew stats re: Americans’ reading habits Print Books Have Huge 2021 Harlequin’s new subscription service debuts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2022 • 1h 1min

Which Way the Smarm Flows

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the resolution of a recent literary mystery, the (cough) best books of the last 125 years, new year’s reading projects, and more. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Winter Preview Draft Episode! Adaptation Nation! Italian publishing employee arrested for fraud, identity theft stealing those manuscripts The NYT let readers vote on the best book of the last 125 years to predictable results The Maid by Nita Prose Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 31, 2021 • 3min

The English Patient

Listen to Jeff and Rebecca's guest appearance on Adaptation Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 20, 2021 • 1h 19min

Our Favorite Non-Book Things of 2021

Jeff and Rebecca recommend things from outside the world of books and reading. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Rebecca’s List: Counting Crows, Butter Miracle album An Evening w/ Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak 100-Foot Wave All About Cake by Christina Tosi The White Lotus Bandsplain podcast Jammy bits The Sex Lives of College Girls Cadence toiletry holders – keepyourcadence.com The Robe by Lunya   Jeff’s List Reservation Dogs Dug Days Cousteau Passionfruit Syrup Cinnamon Syrup CarMax Get Back Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson hotels.google.com flights.google.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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