220: Bookish Pet Peeves with Sarah
In This Episode:
Damn Library co-owner Sarah sits to chat about all the things that makes one pick up a book only to put it back down again. A list of reading pet peeves that touches on everything from subject matter, to stylizations, tropes, design choices, and more.
THE EP. 220 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Sarah: Snak Club Tajin Gummies, There is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel is Made of Light by Ryan Spencer
Christopher: The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft, Moonbound by Robin Sloan, Modern Fairies by Claire Pollard
ALSO MENTIONED:
Meet me in St. Louis (dir. Minelli, 1945)
Nonfiction by Julie Myerson
Antiquity by Hanna Johansson
James by Percival Everett
Taskmaster (creator Alex Horne)
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Robin Sloan’s Newsletter
Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili
SPQR by Mary Beard
Counterlife by Philip Roth
Lowdermilk, or The Real Poet, or the Origin of the World by Lucy Ives
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Sarah: William by Mason Coile, cultivate wildflowers
Christopher: Plastic by Scott Guild, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
