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Book Riot - The Podcast

#225: Everyone's Hermione

Book Riot - The Podcast

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4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about a Pepe the Frog rip-off children's book, disagree about destroying Terry Pratchett's work, consider a world in which a $1 million advance isn't all that much, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: Book of the Month The End of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller Libby   Links discussed in this episode: Weird follow-up: creator of Pepe the Frog makes children’s book author donate profits to Muslim rights group  Terry Pratchett’s unfinished works destroyed by steamroller, per his wishes VE SCHWAB’s big book deal World’s 50 largest publishers CA library goes private Warner Brothers bringing all-female adaptation of Lord of the Flies  Details on the YA/PEN scandal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's show is supported by Book of the Month. Book of the month makes discovering great new books easier than ever.

0:05.6

Browse their five monthly selections and get your favorite shipped to your door in a fun to open box.

0:10.6

Head over to Book of the Month.com slash Book Riot to see their current selections and get your and This is

0:27.0

the Book Right Podcast, weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading.

0:29.0

This is episode 225, recording on Thursday, August 31st, 2017.

0:34.0

I'm Jeff O'Neill here with Rebecca Shinsky

0:36.0

and we're coming to you from Book Riot.com.

0:39.0

It's the end of this.

0:40.0

It's the end of the summer.

0:41.0

It is. The dog days are officially over. Yeah, it's the last day of August

0:46.0

The Friday before Labor Day is kind of the unofficial last is is Labor Day a summer holiday. I could know it it's one of those interstitial holidays, right?

0:54.0

I think it's like the day in between, it's the marker.

0:58.0

Labor Day is the last day you're supposed to be able to wear your white shoes and your white jeans. That season is Easter to Labor Day.

1:07.0

Or no, it's Memorial Day to Labor Day, don't at me. But I, you know, who cares about the rules?

1:12.0

I'm going to a wedding on Sunday the day before

1:15.2

Labor Day. One of the jokes was everyone wear white because it's like the last

1:19.7

possible day. And the whole wearing white to a wedding that's not your wedding thing. I

1:25.1

realized that was also a problem, that especially if I showed up in like a completely

1:29.4

white suit, it would be very, it would be very Tom Wolf of me to show up that way so anyway the

1:35.1

we're that I think that we're starting to get the news is gearing up we got a lot of

1:38.9

news this week and then next week is a book release Bonanza on 9-5.

1:44.0

It's huge.

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