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Book Riot - The Podcast

#196: Not a Woman, a Bra

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

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4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Rushdie taking on U.S. politics, eulogize Shelfie, admire book fairies, and much more.    This week's episode is sponsored by: Third Love Tragic Kind of Wonderful    Links discussed in this episode:   Follow-up: Langston Hughes’s Harlem home now open for literary/community non-profit    New Salman Rushdie novel to take on Trump’s US   Goodbye, Shelfie   Related: failure of print and ebook bundling   Epic! app gives kids access to 20,000 ebooks   San Francisco book fairy leaves free copies of Atwood & Orwell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,

0:05.0

like your head is full of Raspberry,

0:08.0

then you need Monzo.

0:10.0

Download your new favorite bank and pay bills from custom pots.

0:15.0

Money never felt like Monzo.

0:18.0

UK residents, cool, and

0:29.2

worth talking about in the world of books and reading.

0:31.7

This is episode 195. We are recording on

0:34.5

Thursday, February 9th. I'm Rebecca Shinsky. I'm here with Jeff O'Neill and we're coming to

0:38.8

you from Book Riot.com. Welcome back Rebecca. Hello and thank you.

0:43.0

Were you actually skiing or were you just snowbound somewhere?

0:45.0

Oh no, I was actually skiing.

0:47.0

We went to Snowshoe West Virginia and locked into a really deliciously snowy week.

0:52.0

So first I read a book about to a really deliciously snowy week.

0:53.1

So first I read a book about the twisty,

0:56.2

turny dark side of marriage, which

0:58.3

is a great thing to read when you're in a cabin

1:00.4

with your partner for five nights.

1:03.4

And then I read a ski memoir that was really good,

1:05.7

and I like, you know, took naps in front of the fireplace

1:08.2

and drank a lot of whiskey.

1:10.2

But I did-

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