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Book Riot - The Podcast

#230: Fantastically Bonkers

Book Riot - The Podcast

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4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca revel in Dan Brown week, approve of this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature, run-down more awards lists, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence Book of the Month 27 Hours by Tristina Wright   Links discussed in this episode: Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize for Literature NBA finalists  Profile of Rupi Kaur, who has a new book out and is outselling Homer ten to one See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is episode 230.

0:01.0

This is the Book Riot Podcast, weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and

0:08.0

worth talking about in the world of books and reading.

0:10.1

This is episode 230.

0:11.7

We're recording on Thursday, October 5th.

0:13.7

I'm Jeff O'Neill.

0:14.4

I'm here with, well, I didn't switch out.

0:16.6

Rebecca Shinsky.

0:17.9

We're coming to you from Book Riot.

0:19.2

Come.

0:19.5

I didn't switch out Jen from last week.

0:21.5

You're back, you're a little under the weather but you were in New York, you were out last week. You're back, you're a little under the weather,

0:23.5

but you were in New York, you were out last week.

0:25.1

Yes, I brought back the New York plague with me.

0:28.3

But I had a good week in New York last week,

0:30.2

and I'm happy to be back in the saddle here.

0:33.0

Yep, a little follow up from the show, Jen and I did.

0:36.0

It's only been out since we had a little tech issue.

0:38.0

But several people wrote in about the protagonist of annihilation,

0:45.0

and most people were saying,

0:46.0

yeah, I either missed or forgot

0:48.4

that the protagonist of annihilation

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