Comfort Reads
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Gwen and Frank tackle one book that feels comforting and homey; one that's distinctly unsettling; and one that's somewhere in between. Plus: A stranger on the train helps us deconstruct the genius of J-Patt.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Now I shouted from the highest hill, |
| 0:05.0 | Even told the golden daffodils. |
| 0:10.0 | You know what I'm singing? |
| 0:12.0 | No. |
| 0:13.0 | At last my heart's an open door. |
| 0:16.0 | Hi everybody. |
| 0:25.1 | Welcome to, I was going to say the podcast, Suzanne, just do it. |
| 0:28.1 | You do it. |
| 0:29.2 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books culture and what to read next. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm Gwen. |
| 0:35.9 | And I'm Frank. |
| 0:37.3 | And today we're going to talk about some books. |
| 0:39.3 | We are. |
| 0:40.3 | I'm really excited to talk. |
| 0:41.3 | Actually, I was talking about books on my way here. |
| 0:44.3 | I was on a train that was stuck underground in Grand Central for a long time for no apparent reason. |
| 0:51.3 | And the woman next to me was reading like the last three pages of a gigantic James Patterson book. Oh, really? And it was really funny. And like normally I, a lot of people try to talk to me on public transit and I'm always trying to hide. And this time I couldn't help it. We had just been there for so long and we were like so close to each other. she was I was getting that sort of like friendly vibe |
| 1:11.8 | from her she had like looked up and smiled already so I knew I wasn't like intruding on her whatever |
| 1:15.7 | but I said how's your book and she's like oh all these books are exactly the same but I love them |
| 1:21.5 | so much and I was like oh that's great I was like what do you like about it and she's like I just when |
| 1:26.3 | I'm reading them the rest of the world doesn't exist she's just like I I feel like, oh, that's great. I was like, what do you like about it? And she's like, I just, when I'm reading them, the rest of the world doesn't exist. |
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