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Are you stuck in a reading rut? The Book Case makes the case for books outside of your usual genre. Wander the aisles of your local bookstore with Kate and Charlie Gibson and meet fascinating characters who will open your appetite to new categories while deepening your hunger for books. This weekly series will journey cover to cover through the literary world, featuring interviews with best-selling authors, tastemakers, and independent bookstore owners. New episodes post every Thursday.
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Book Store Owners Present Their Top Summer Reads
We love the summer because it means trips the bookstore! We have some of our favorite bookstores recommending their favorite summer titles. If you are in need of a laugh, a thrill or just a great story to read on the beach, this is an episode of The Book Case you don't want to miss.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
A Short Walk Through the Woods by Douglas Westerbeke
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
James by Percival Everett
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Lo Fi by Liz Riggs
Central Park West by James Comey
Westport by James Comey
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Swamp Story by Dave Barry
The Backyard Book Chronicles by Amy Tan
The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Different Seasons by Stephen King
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
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George Stephanopoulos Takes Us To The Situation Room
This episode is a double whammy of extreme talent. First, we have George Stephanopoulos, giving us history through the perspective of one of the most mysterious and powerful rooms in the White House: The Situation Room. It's the title of his new book...and it's an illuminating read. Second, the great J. Ryan Stradal and our second installment of the Writer in Residence series. He says he is doing a lot of writing these days...and he knows most of it won't make it in the book. You don't want to miss this week's Book Case.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos
All Too Human: A Political Education by George Stephanopoulos
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Think Twice by Harlan Coben
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Table for Two by Amor Towles
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Heidi Reimer Examines Motherhood, Sacrifice, and Redemption
It's always a pleasure for us to talk to a debut author and we have a good one this week in Heidi Reimer. Her novel, The Mother Act, is the story of mothers and daughters and the heap of complexities that come in those relationships. How do we know we are going to be a good mom? Once we have a child are we ALWAYS a mother first? This book asks these questions and challenges the reader to question the concepts of motherhood, empathy and family.
Books mentioned in this week’s episode:
The Mother Act by Heidi Reimer
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Dear Life by Alice Munro
Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives by Lori Leibovich
Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
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Erik Larson Illuminates History
If you haven’t heard of Erik Larson, you don’t read enough non-fiction. A giant in the industry and an immense talent, Erik is turning his attention to the beginnings of the Civil War in his latest, The Demon of Unrest. It’s the nail biting account of how we ended up turning guns against one another, North to South, with a specific focus on the stand off at Fort Sumter. Told through the eyes of rich characters through their unique perspectives, Larson brings new learning to an oft discussed topic…how the Union tore itself apart over slavery. You won’t want to miss this one.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
Lethal Passage by Erik Larson Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities by Erik Larson
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
No One Goes Alone: A Novel by Erik Larson
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
Mary Chesnut's Diary by Mary Boykin Chestnut
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
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Carlos Lozada Makes the Case for Political Memoirs
We try not to do books about politics — political discourse in this country is, currently, divisive in the extreme. However, Carlos Lozada, in his new book, The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians, gives us a survey of Washington literature that will surprise, delight and inform you. From Tocqueville to Trump, from The Muller Report to DeSantis’ plea for the presidency, Carlos has read it all, and written about almost everything he has read. This book is a compendium of his best columns about books…why does Carlos think presidents insist on writing their own biographies? Why is George H.W. Bush one of the only presidents without a presidential autobiography? Tune in and find out.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians by Carlos Lozada
What We Were Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era by Carlos Lozada
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant
An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter
Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
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Kao Kalia Yang Captures Her Mother's Story
Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong writer who has written her family and country’s history through deeply personal prisms. She told the story of her family’s beginnings via her grandmother’s story in The Latehomecomer, shared the life of her father in The Song Poet and now writes her mother’s journey in Where Rivers Part. Told in the first person, Where Rivers Part is the beautiful and compelling story of Tswb, who fled Laos to Thailand, eventually fighting her way to Minnesota to give a better future to her children. It is an epic tale of mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, struggle and triumph. Our bookstore this week is a 22-year-old dynamo who has already taken Mendham, NJ by storm…watch out world, it’s Chapter One Books.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang
The Song Poet by Kao Kalia Yang
Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang
The Shared Room by Kao Kalia Yang
From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang
The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang
Yang Warriors by Kao Kalia Yng
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
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