All the Backlist! January 25, 2019

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Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

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🗓️ 25 January 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including A Gentle Madness. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder journal from Book Riot. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books discussed on the show: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley The Cold Is In Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale The Beast is An Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Bookends: Collected Intros and Outros by Michael Chabon A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution by Helen Zia Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language by Richard Lederer The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fly better to your perfect winter getaway with Emirates,
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0:16.1	how you get there. Fly Emirates and start your holiday with delicious regional dining,
0:22.0	complimentary drinks, outstanding service, and award-winning
0:26.0	entertainment.
0:27.0	Emirates, fly better.
0:29.3	You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.
0:35.2	I'm your host Liberty Hardy and I'm little in the middle but I've got much backlist.
0:39.2	This is episode 81 and today I'm going to talk about a few great titles related to the week's new
0:43.6	releases and more. So hello, happy Friday or whatever day of the week it is that
0:49.7	you're listening to this. It is time to talk about books again. I'm very excited. Before I
0:56.0	do that I want to tell you about today's sponsor. Today's episode is
0:59.3	sponsored by the Read Harder Journal. Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading log consists of entry pages to record
1:05.2	stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read.
1:08.1	Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot's annual
1:12.2	Read Harder Initiative, which begin in 2015
1:15.1	to encourage readers to pick up pastover books, try out new genres, and choose titles from a wider
1:19.5	range of voices and perspectives.
1:21.5	Indulge your inner book nerd and read a book about books.
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