What Makes a Good Beach Read?
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
We're finding our midsummer vacation reading groove! Gwen is spectacularly awed by a debut novel and Frank gets drawn into a thriller (with a dash of reader real-estate jealousy).
Our Book Recommendations
"There There" by Tommy Orange
"One Dark Throne" by Kendare Blake
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
"The Incendiaries" by R.O. Kwan
"The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn
Non-Book Recommendations
Frank: The film "Shadow of a Doubt"
Gwen: These seriously comfortable boxer briefs
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody. Welcome to the librarians in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. I'm Gwen and I'm Frank. And we are a creepy uniperson. We are, we will talk together |
| 0:26.4 | at the same time. Yes, our 101st episode from here on in, we're going to say everything in unison. |
| 0:31.4 | Right, because we've merged into one person. Right. So Gwen says something like, |
| 0:35.2 | Hi, how are you? Hi, how are you? No, let's say it seriously, hi, how are you? Hi, how are you? No, now say it's here, I think. Hi, how are you? We could find our union voice. Oh my gosh, it sounds computer modulated. It makes me feel very comforting, comforted hearing. Yeah, it does say, that's what I'm actually trying to change my pitch to see what might |
| 0:54.3 | work. Right. Right. So say, all right, one more thing and we'll move on because everyone's like, |
| 0:57.5 | what are you, are they deranged? It's like, I have some good books to talk about today. I have some |
| 1:02.7 | good books to talk about today. It does sound crazy. Do people still say jump the shark? Is that still |
| 1:10.6 | the youth say? What do you say that would've jumped the shark? Perhaps our 100th episode. I'm like, let's talk together in unison. That's our way. We are 101. We're in an interesting place right now. So in other words, we're on the decline. We've reached the peak and now we're on our way to go. |
| 1:29.3 | Our golden years. |
| 1:30.3 | We get some golden years first. |
| 1:31.3 | We have never reached the peak. |
| 1:33.3 | It's still to come. |
| 1:34.3 | We're climbing still. |
| 1:35.3 | We're in an interesting spot right now because I have just returned from vacation and you are just about to go on one. |
| 1:41.3 | Correct. |
| 1:42.3 | And it just makes me think of vacation reading. And I feel like |
| 1:44.6 | we've talked about this a lot, but I want to talk about it more. You know, it's true. There is a |
| 1:49.2 | thing for vacation reading, but I realized I don't, I don't really pick like summer books, |
| 1:55.9 | not summer books, vacation books, like last year you had reminded me. I went to a beautiful |
| 2:03.0 | spot in Mexico and I brought a gothic horror book, The Monk, I mean written in the 1700. So |
| 2:08.4 | it wasn't exactly like a beach sizzler. So I don't know. You could bring anything you want. |
| 2:15.0 | I realized that this year on my vacation, I brought stuff |
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