Mini Ep. 35: Sarah Bohl (Character-Driven Mysteries & Terrible Luck with Pulitzer Winners)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.7 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In Mini Episode 35, Sarah Bohl (@sarahbohl) and I talk about our shared terrible luck with Pulitzer Prize winners, character-driven mysteries, our thoughts on a beloved WWII novel…and, of course, book recommendations!
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Highlights
- Our mutual terrible luck with Pulitzer Prize winners.
- How does writing only memoirs impact how that author lives her life?
- Sarah's theory about why The Last Romantics doesn't hit with everyone.
- Why Sarah hated a beloved WWII novel.
Sarah's Book Recommendations
Two OLD Books She Loves
- Celine by Peter Heller | Buy from Amazon
[4:54]
- The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers | Buy from Amazon [7:25]
Two NEW Books She Loves
- Inheritance
by Dani Shapiro | Buy from Amazon [9:38]
- The Last Romantics
by Tara Conklin (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:16]
One Book She DIDN'T Love
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[15:40]
One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About
- A Good Neighborhood
Other Books Mentioned
- The Cuckoo's Calling by "Robert Galbraith" (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [2:46]
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer | Buy from Amazon [3:55]
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr | Buy from Amazon [4:17]
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [4:32]
- The River by Peter Heller (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[5:05]
- Hourglass by Dani Shapiro | Buy from Amazon [10:59]
- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[18:28]
- A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[18:28]
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
Other Links
- Website Sarah wrote for: thecivilian.substack.com
About Sarah
Sarah Bohl is a visual artist and a writer, and, most importantly, a lifelong bookworm. Sarah and her family recently moved back to her home state of Missouri after living in Washington, DC. You can find her on Goodreads and #bookstagram @sarahbohl, and if you'd like to read her writings about civility and compassion in politics, you can head to thecivilian.substack.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. |
| 0:09.6 | Each week I'm talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books |
| 0:14.5 | they love, one book they don't love, and one new release they're excited about. |
| 0:19.4 | We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky, about all things books. |
| 0:24.0 | If you like the show, I'd really love your support. |
| 0:26.9 | Spread the word to your reader friends, subscribe to the show, |
| 0:30.4 | rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, |
| 0:33.2 | or get bonus podcast episodes by supporting the podcast on Patreon. |
| 0:38.5 | There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my Patreon page. |
| 0:43.5 | Let's get rolling. |
| 0:44.9 | Hey everyone, welcome to a mini episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live. |
| 0:48.9 | These new episodes feature book bloggers slash Instagramers and sometimes regular readers that apply to be on the show |
| 0:55.6 | and they focus solely on book recommendations in 20 minutes or less. |
| 0:59.9 | Today our guest is Sarah Bull. She is a visual artist and a writer and most importantly a lifelong |
| 1:05.1 | bookworm. She and her family recently moved back to her home state of Missouri after living in |
| 1:09.8 | Washington, D.C. |
| 1:17.0 | And she writes about civility and compassion and politics at thecivillion.substack.com. |
| 1:17.9 | Welcome, Sarah. |
| 1:21.2 | Sarah, thank you so much for having me. It is such an honor. |
| 1:26.0 | Well, I'm so glad you could be here. During the whole time I've been recording this podcast, I've never had another guest named Sarah until a few weeks ago. |
| 1:30.6 | The episode hasn't aired yet. |
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