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Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

LoLT: A Valentine’s Day Poem and Two New Books

Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

5.0559 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we’re excited about new books on our TBRs: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson and Fall Through by Nate Powell. Then Dave shares a lovely poem by Matthew Olzmann. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson Benjamin Stevenson’s website Fall Through by Nate Powell Nate Powell’s website Podcast: Trains: Better Than Planes and Cars. Fight Me. Constellation Route by Matthew Olzmann Contradictions in the Design by Matthew Olzmann Mezzanines by Matthew Olzmann Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery, which means if you were to

0:05.8

buy a four cheese pizza, you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free. Save and splurge at

0:10.9

Okado, the online supermarket. Geographical and other restrictions. Minimum spend, 60 pounds and charges

0:16.2

apply. New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at Arcado.com.

0:25.4

Coming up, a cunning mystery set on a train in Australia.

0:29.1

A graphic novel about a punk band Lost in Time.

0:31.3

Plus our distraction of the week.

0:32.0

I'm Mel.

0:35.1

I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.

0:39.7

I eat up closed circle mysteries like popcorn.

0:45.0

And if they're set on a train, it's like having just the right amount of salt and extra butter.

0:48.4

Accurate.

0:49.2

I'm feeling a little snacky today.

0:50.8

Yeah.

0:51.5

So I am predisposed to like the new novel, Everyone on This Train is a

0:55.8

suspect by Benjamin Stevenson. That's a great title. The cover is really, really cute, too.

1:02.2

I urge you to take a look at the cover of that book. Benjamin Stevenson is well known in Australia

1:08.3

as a stand-up comedian. And his 22 book, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, was a massive hit.

1:16.4

It was published in 26 countries, and it's in the works as an HBO series.

1:21.3

That story is an homage and a send-up of Golden Age murder mystery tropes.

1:26.3

It has a very cheeky narrator who breaks the

1:29.0

fourth wall and speaks directly to the reader. That narrator's name is Ernest Cunningham. He's an author,

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