Episode Ninety-Six: R.O. Kwon

In This Episode:

We've got the author of the hottest book of the summer (The Incendiaries) in the Damn Library on a hot summer night and we're washing it down with thyme, not to mention the multi-colored-lemon goodness of Rachel Khong's Goodbye, Vitamin (which we now get to talk about as readers! What a blessing!) -- it's all here, plus secrets and religion and MORE.

The Ep. 96 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: One D.O.A., One on the Way / Subtraction / Tell Me by Mary Robison
Christopher: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte // Oh! by Mary Robison
Reese: The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

ALSO MENTIONED:

Twister (1996)
Twister (1989)
Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
What the World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg / This Body's Not Big Enough For Both of Us by Edgar Cantero
Reese: The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg / A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
Christopher: Careless Love & Last Train to Memphis by Peter Guralnick

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