143: Reading Snapshot Redux

In This Episode:

Christopher and Drew talk about why people might not want to read classics and books from "Best of the Year" lists, even though we make Best of Year lists and also do encourage reading the classics. Really, it’s all about trusting your own reading instincts and not letting The Man tell you what you’re supposed to read/like.
Plus, some talk of blueberries, education, difficult sci-fi, and a tiny ode to Aimee Bender. Zoomin' on up.

The Ep. 137 Bookshelf

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden // Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Christopher: These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever // Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney

ALSO MENTIONED:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson
Witch by Christopher Pike
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
Ulysses by James Joyce
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Cheers (1982-1993)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hr Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Year of the Meteor by Robin Sloan

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher: The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender // Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Drew: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany // Annabel Scheme by Robin Sloan