All The Backlist: April 19, 2024

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🗓️ 19 April 2024

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Kelly digs into two books about the '90s that both lean into and critically examine nostalgia for the decade. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what you love and what you don't. You can get your recommendations via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Subscribe today. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Meet Me By The Fountain by Alexandra Lange Throwback by Maurene Goo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.7	You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new. I'm your host Kelly Jensen and this is the April 19th, 2024 edition.
0:20.0	This week I'm going to talk about nostalgia without talking about nostalgia.
0:24.4	I've been thinking a lot about an institution across America and the world, which has been
0:28.7	disappearing right before our eyes.
0:31.2	In the last few weeks, two malls local to me have shut down, including one that had a big going away
0:37.5	goodbye party where former mall employees came by to see it one last time before it shuttered forever.
0:45.0	I should say this episode is not entirely about the mall.
0:49.0	Yes, it's partly about the mall, but it's also about institutions of the 90s, an era which I know people my age those of us in
0:56.1	our late 30s and early 40s grew up during and have certain memories related to
1:01.6	and this is an era today's young people are nostalgic for their
1:06.2	dressing like they're from the 90s behaving and longing for the era's simplicity
1:10.7	much in the way those of us living through the 90s who actually like grew up in the 90s
1:15.2	did for the 60s and 70s. These errors of course have their own problems but that can't gomentioned, and it doesn't in either of these books.
1:26.0	But both of these books will scratch at two inches at once, first to Nisalgia,
1:30.9	and second, there are realistic looks at the 90s that both honor the quirks and the exciting
1:36.0	parts of it while being realistic that this decade was far from perfect. One of these books is adult
1:42.3	nonfiction and the other is a YA novel. But before we dive in, I wanted to ask if you're looking to elevate your reading life. If so, you'll want to check out tailored book recommendations as TDR is here to help with hand-picked book recommendations.
1:58.4	Tell the bibliologist at tailored book recommendations
2:04.0	via email or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. With a quarterly or annual plan
2:10.8	TBR has something for every budget and those plans started just
2:14.6	$18. Visit my TBR.co to subscribe today. It only takes a few minutes that is my
2:21.2	TBR.co and now let's get on to the books.
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