LoLT: New Podcast Recommendations and Two New Books

Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

5.0 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode, we’re excited about new books: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan and Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. Then Mel shares the podcasts that have captured her imagination. Links The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan Spooky & Sublime: 43 Gothic Novels with a Strong Sense of Place Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree The Well podcast Doug Jones on The Well: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Ethan Peck on The Well: Part 1 and Part 2 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds In Our Time podcast 10 episodes recommended by the editor of BBC Sounds CrowdScience podcast Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream podcast A Writing Chance 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. 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 Twitter 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,
0:04.6	which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza,
0:07.3	you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
0:10.2	Save and splurge at Arcado, the online supermarket.
0:12.9	Geographical and other restrictions.
0:14.5	Minimum spend, 60 pounds and charges apply.
0:16.6	New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at Accardo.com.
0:21.2	Coming up, a neo-Gothic novel set in South Africa.
0:25.4	A cozy story about a barbarian warlord.
0:29.0	Plus our distraction of the week. I'm Mel.
0:31.5	I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:36.6	I think we all know by now that I love a gothic novel set in a manor house.
0:42.4	I believe that's been established, yes.
0:44.8	The stereotypical setting is a country estate in the UK.
0:48.4	Yeah.
0:48.7	Or a castle somewhere in craggy European mountains.
0:52.7	I don't know what was going on with the early Gothic authors,
0:55.7	but Anne Radcliffe's mysteries of Udolfo and Horace Walpole's Castle of O'Tronto are both set in
1:02.9	isolated mountain castles in Italy. Okay. Why Italy? What's going on you two? Mystery, romance, distance.
1:11.2	I love all of that, obviously.
1:14.1	But one of my favorite reading experiences is also gothic novels that are set somewhere unexpected.
1:20.3	I've talked about what I call sunny Gothic.
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