Mini Ep. 35: Sarah Bohl (Character-Driven Mysteries & Terrible Luck with Pulitzer Winners)
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English - October 23, 2019 08:00 - 22 minutes - 19.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 373 ratingsBooks Arts reading bookpodcast bookpodcasts bookrecommendations bookreviewpodcast books literarypodcast readingpodcast sarahsbookshelves sarahsbookshelveslive Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Mini Episode 35, Sarah Bohl (@sarahbohl) and I talk about our shared terrible luck with Pulitzer Prize winners, character-driven mysteries, our thoughts on a beloved WWII novel…and, of course, book recommendations!
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Highlights Our mutual terrible luck with Pulitzer Prize winners. How does writing only memoirs impact how that author lives her life? Sarah’s theory about why The Last Romantics doesn’t hit with everyone. Why Sarah hated a beloved WWII novel. Sarah’s Book RecommendationsTwo OLD Books She Loves
Celine by Peter Heller | Buy from Amazon [4:54] The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers | Buy from Amazon [7:25]Two NEW Books She Loves
Inheritanceby Dani Shapiro | Buy from Amazon [9:38] The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:16]One Book She DIDN’T Love
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [15:40]One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About
A Good Neighborhoodby Therese Anne Fowler (Release Date: February 4, 2020) | Buy from Amazon [18:23] Other Books Mentioned- The Cuckoo’s Calling by “Robert Galbraith” (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [2:46] Less by Andrew Sean Greer | Buy from Amazon [3:55] The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [3:59] All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr | Buy from Amazon [4:17] The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [4:32] The River by Peter Heller (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [5:05] Hourglass by Dani Shapiro | Buy from Amazon [10:59] Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:28]
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A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:28] -
Little Fires Everywhereby Celeste Ng (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [19:23]
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Ask Again, Yesby Mary Beth Keane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
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Other Links
- Website Sarah wrote for: thecivilian.substack.com
About Sarah
Sarah Bohl is a visual artist and a writer, and, most importantly, a lifelong bookworm. Sarah and her family recently moved back to her home state of Missouri after living in Washington, DC. You can find her on Goodreads and #bookstagram @sarahbohl, and if you’d like to read her writings about civility and compassion in politics, you can head to thecivilian.substack.com.
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