Episode 2 - Navigating New Releases/Nick White

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🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Brea and Mallory discuss new releases, interview author Nick White about his book How to Survive a Summer and hopefully save you some money! Use the hashtag #BrandNewBooks to participate in online discussion on Instagram and Twitter! Links - Book News - http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/bogota-bibliophile-trash-collector-rescues-books-170522084707682.html Nick White - http://www.thenickwhite.com/books/ http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535386/how-to-survive-a-summer-by-nick-white/9780399573682/ https://twitter.com/nickwhite1985?lang=en Book of the Month Club - https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ Books Mentioned Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812995343 Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374537142 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060530945 The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060080846 A Separate Peace by John Knowles https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743253970 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533 Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812987324 The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101912362

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0:00.0	You're listening to reading glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed
0:09.9	to help you read better.
0:11.4	I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour,
0:13.4	Mallory O'Mara. And I'm Bria Grant, actress filmmaker, and e-reader.
0:16.9	This episode we're helping you navigate book release day and we talk about
0:21.0	reading in Mississippi from author Nick Wright.
0:23.3	But first, what are you reading, Bria?
0:26.8	I am reading Lincoln and the Bardot.
0:29.8	I've been waiting to read.
0:30.8	By George Saunders.
0:31.6	Oh yeah, I've been on the waiting list at the library for this for a really long time.
0:35.7	It was a big release when it came out a few weeks ago or a month ago.
0:39.6	Oh, I think it was longer than that.
0:41.0	I feel like it came out.
0:42.1	I have no concept of timer space
0:43.4	no it came out in February Jesus Christ yeah so I have had friends that read it and
0:47.4	really liked it and offered to give me the book but I just I was already in the
0:50.4	waiting list so I literally think I was like one of like 80-90
0:54.6	people on this way. How many people did you have to kill to get this book?
0:56.9	I have so many. I found all their dresses and went to their homes.
0:59.4	Anyway, listen, get off that waiting list.
1:02.5	It's really great.
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