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Ep. 47 An Anniversary, A Bored Teen Host, and Some Books 5-27-20 The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast
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- Language Learning
When Carrie and I began recording The Perks of Being a Book Lover, we called it our half-assed idea. One year later, we are still half-assing our way through it, although we think we have learned some things and gotten more adept at using microphones, troubleshooting the recording technology, and asking interesting questions of our guests. It was a year filled with laughter, frustrations, and climbing learning curves.
We thought it would be fun for our 1-year anniversary recording and 47th episode to put ourselves in the hot-seat, and fortunately, Carrie’s daughter, Norah, agreed to ask us the questions. Like a lot of 16-year-olds, she was excited to do it the night before but seemed to be completely bored and uninterested during the actual interview. She yawned and Pinterest-ed her way through our answers, which may be what a lot of our listeners do as well as they listen to it.
In this episode, we discuss how we started the show, some of our favorite experiences with guests, and what dictatorial book choices we’d make if we had the power.
Books We Discuss In This Episode:1- Moby Dick by Herman Melville2- Sula by Toni Morrison3- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison4- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett5- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin6- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow7- March by Geraldine Brooks8- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler9- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anne Quindlen10- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty11- The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling12- The Glass Lake by Maeve BInchy13- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien14- Me by Elton John15- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones16- Daisy and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid17- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Anne Shaffer18- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt19- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward20- American Born Chinese by Gene Yuen Yang21- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte22- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee23- he Hate You Give by Angie Thomas24- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry25- White Teeth by Zadie Smith26- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley27- 1984 by George Orwell28- It by Stephen King29- Drood by Dan Simmons30- I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
You can find us on FB, instagram (@perksofbeingabookloverpod) and on our blog site at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com
Perks airs on Forward Radio 106.5 FM and forwardradio.org every Wednesday at 6 pm, Thursdays at 6 am and 12 pm. We have purchased the rights to the theme music used.
When Carrie and I began recording The Perks of Being a Book Lover, we called it our half-assed idea. One year later, we are still half-assing our way through it, although we think we have learned some things and gotten more adept at using microphones, troubleshooting the recording technology, and asking interesting questions of our guests. It was a year filled with laughter, frustrations, and climbing learning curves.
We thought it would be fun for our 1-year anniversary recording and 47th episode to put ourselves in the hot-seat, and fortunately, Carrie’s daughter, Norah, agreed to ask us the questions. Like a lot of 16-year-olds, she was excited to do it the night before but seemed to be completely bored and uninterested during the actual interview. She yawned and Pinterest-ed her way through our answers, which may be what a lot of our listeners do as well as they listen to it.
In this episode, we discuss how we started the show, some of our favorite experiences with guests, and what dictatorial book choices we’d make if we had the power.
Books We Discuss In This Episode:1- Moby Dick by Herman Melville2- Sula by Toni Morrison3- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison4- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett5- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin6- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow7- March by Geraldine Brooks8- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler9- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anne Quindlen10- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty11- The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling12- The Glass Lake by Maeve BInchy13- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien14- Me by Elton John15- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones16- Daisy and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid17- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Anne Shaffer18- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt19- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward20- American Born Chinese by Gene Yuen Yang21- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte22- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee23- he Hate You Give by Angie Thomas24- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry25- White Teeth by Zadie Smith26- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley27- 1984 by George Orwell28- It by Stephen King29- Drood by Dan Simmons30- I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
You can find us on FB, instagram (@perksofbeingabookloverpod) and on our blog site at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com
Perks airs on Forward Radio 106.5 FM and forwardradio.org every Wednesday at 6 pm, Thursdays at 6 am and 12 pm. We have purchased the rights to the theme music used.
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