137 episodes
Everyone Loved It But Me Lisa Hedger
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4.8 • 18 Ratings
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In Everyone Loved It But Me, we discuss one popular book each week. Lisa chats with guests whose opinions go against the grain. We don't book bash, but we discuss beloved books with a critical eye. At the end of each podcast, we flip the narrative and discuss books that "Everyone Hated But Me." These are books that are likely less popular and haven't gotten as much attention.
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The Women Part 2
Lisa discusses The Women by Kristin Hannah, published in February 2024 and about a woman named Frances “Frankie” McGrath, who becomes a nurse in Vietnam. This episode has massive spoilers in the book. If you want to learn more about the book without spoilers, go to part 1 here. The book is unique in that it highlights the nurses in Vietnam.
The Washington Post offers a list of Vietnam War books to consider reading. The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe addresses this book's predictability and some clichés in the book.
Books discussed:
A Piece of My Heart: The stories of 26 women in Vietnam War by Keith Walker
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The Women Part 1
Lisa discusses The Women by Kristin Hannah, published in February 2024 and about a woman named Frances “Frankie” McGrath, who becomes a nurse in Vietnam. The book is unique in that it highlights the nurses in Vietnam.
The Washington Post offers a list of Vietnam War books to consider reading.
Books discussed:
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh
Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.
*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. -
An Overlooked Book: Foster by Claire Keegan
Lisa discusses an overlooked book, Foster by Claire Keegan and also Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
The New York Times addresses this book and also talks about how novellas don’t get the same attention as other books.
For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.
*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation. -
A Gentleman in Moscow: TV Show Versus the Book
Lisa discusses A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and the new TV show, which was just released on Paramount Plus. There will be spoilers for the first TV episode.
Lisa discussed the book in 2022 with author Joshua Berkov and if you would like to listen to that episode, it is here.
The New York Times discusses how Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead first filmed together back in 2017. They are now married, and Ewan plays the Count, and Mary Elizabeth plays the Count’s girlfriend.
The Los Angeles Times addresses how this almost fanciful fairytale is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The Guardian delves into how this TV show combines the serious and goofy aspects of the Count.
For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.
*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. -
Cry, The Beloved Country
Lisa discusses Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Published in 1948, the book details South Africa before the apartheid political system came into effect. The book sold more than 15 million copies before Paton’s death. It is studied internationally by many schools.
Lisa talks about the experience of reading the book while also listening to it on YouTube, being read by Best Tutor Friendwho is also a teacher. She posts about reading on Instagram too.
Books Discussed:
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.
*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation. -
Iron Flame
Lisa and her special guest daughter, Liz Hedger, discuss the super-popular Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.
Lisa and Liz discussed the first book in the series, Fourth Wing in the fall of 2023 in the Fourth Wing Episode and if you haven’t listented to that episode first, you may want to do so.
Today’s episode does include spoilers of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. Iron Flame has more than 832,000 reviews on Goodreads and when Iron Flame was released, it sold more than half a million copies in one day.
Books Discussed:
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.
*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation.
Customer Reviews
Oddly disconcerting
Re the episode about American Dirt. The speaking style of the host is so strange that I couldn’t continue. Every so often, to extend whatever thought she has, she said “and…” loudly. She mispronounced the word literature, as if it is spelled litta-chur.