Nerdette Book Club 2020
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4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Nerdette has always been a podcast for book lovers, but for the first few months of 2020, we’re doubling down. Join host Greta Johnsen and a rotating cast of panelists as they discuss the year’s buzziest books.
Whether you can’t wait to dive in or just want to sound like you know what you’re talking about with your book nerd buddies, this is the podcast for you.
First up: Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid’s debut page-turner about race and class in America. Read it, and share your thoughts by recording yourself an emailing the file to [email protected]!
Then tune in Friday, Jan. 31 as Greta discusses it with The Cut’s Ask Polly columnist Heather Havrilesky, The Morning Amp’s Jill Hopkins, and YOU!
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| 0:30.1 | Hey, y'all, this is Greta. I just want you to imagine for a moment all of the worst parts about a book club. |
| 0:39.0 | Maybe you're hosting that's extra terrible. |
| 0:41.3 | Even if you're not, you have to bring snacks. |
| 0:43.4 | There's like this ridiculous time commitment. |
| 0:45.9 | There's the guilt of failing to read the book. |
| 0:48.2 | There's the annoyance of reading a lame book. |
| 0:51.4 | There's like that one person who kind of got too drunk and made it weird. There's the fact that you even had to put on pants at all. Like my God, why even bother? |
| 1:04.2 | Well, I am here to tell you that we have the perfect solution. It's the Nerdette book club. And I am so excited to tell you about it. |
| 1:19.1 | Over the first few months of 2020, we're going to do this like a book club. We're going to meet once a |
| 1:23.8 | month. We're going to talk about a book. It's going to be great. You can wear pants if |
| 1:28.4 | you feel like it or not. Just don't tell me. It's totally cool. So the first book we're doing is |
| 1:33.7 | Such a Fun Age by Kylie Reid. We're going to do it on January 31st. So join me and Heather |
| 1:39.2 | Heverleski and Jill Hopkins for that conversation. And you know, if you've already read such a fun age |
| 1:44.5 | because you were such a good nerdat listener and you were like, well, Greta said it was the best |
| 1:47.5 | book of 2019. I should probably read it. That is amazing. We would love to hear your thoughts. You can |
| 1:52.6 | record yourself now on your smarty phone and email it to us at nerdatpodcast at gmail.com. I can't wait to hear what you think about this book. And if you want |
| 2:02.4 | a sneak peek about what February's book is, the best way to get all of the latest information from |
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