Nerdette Book Club: ‘Light From Uncommon Stars’

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Greta Johnsen

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The Nerdette Book Club unpacks Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki with book nerds Jenn Northington and Christina Orlando.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
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0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:21.4	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson and this is the Nerd at Book Club, it's just like
0:26.2	a regular book club, except we actually have no way of knowing if you actually read the
0:30.8	book.
0:31.8	It is October of 2021 and our selection this month is Rika Aoki's Light from Uncommon
0:37.2	Stars.
0:38.2	It is a sci-fi-ish novel about violin prodigies and interstellar spaceships disguised as
0:44.4	donut shops.
0:46.2	Before I say any more, I want to tell you this is your spoiler warning.
0:50.2	If you haven't read the book yet and you don't want to know what happens, go listen to
0:53.6	your spoiler free interview with Rika, it is in the feed, it is a lovely chat.
0:58.9	If you haven't read the book and you do want to know what happens or if you have read the
1:02.9	book, congratulations, you are in the right place.
1:06.2	I am super excited to introduce you to our guests for this month we have Jen Northington,
1:12.4	she's the host of Book Riot's SFF YAW podcast and the co-editor of the amazing inclusive
1:18.6	our three in short story collection sword stone table, along with the delightful swim
1:23.2	in a Krishna.
1:24.2	Jen, welcome.
1:25.2	Hello, thank you for having me back.
1:27.4	Oh my gosh, thanks for being on.
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