Autumn bookshelf, with Kate & Laura • Episode #180

About this episode

Kate and Laura discuss their recent reads in preparation for the Booker season, covering various books and authors.

In this episode: Kate and Laura are catching up on their pre-Booker season reading. Did You Are Here by David Nicholls make Laura want to lace up her walking boots? How did Kate get on with A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm, a page-turning account that explores a side of the city that tourists never see. We're also reporting back on book club reads Mouthing by Orla Mackey and The Pretender by Jo Harkin. Mix in the enjoyment of Curtis Sittenfeld's latest collection of short stories, and the all-too relevant classic Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and that's our Autumn bookshelf. Books mentioned You Are Here and One Day by David Nicholls The Wedding People by Alison Espach A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Your Life and Other Stories and Exhalations by Ted Chiang The Left-Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Mouthing by Orla Mackey Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Every One Still Here by Liadan ní Chuinn The Pretender by Jo Harkin The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Sky Daddy by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate, Laura

Topics covered

• book reviews
• autumn reading
• Booker season
• short stories
• classic literature

Keywords

• book club
• reading list
• David Nicholls
• Curtis Sittenfeld
• Farenheit 451

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: You Are Here, A Waiter in Paris, Mouthing, The Pretender, Farenheit 451

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