Come for the Crested Grebes, stay for the conspiracy theories! This time around on the podcast we check in with our own book-prize judge Sarah as her current Book Tube judging comes to an end, we get into the difficulty of discussing short story collections in book clubs, and broach the topic of the "glacially beautiful" in literature. Sharon provides a raft of Irish Writers for March, and Eric reads books debunking conspiracy theories, and a novel about the end of the home video rental era. Oh, and also… cats!
Books discussed include:
Long Time, No See by Dermot Healy
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
Minka and Curdy by Antonia White
Seven Steeples by Sara Bayme
Wild Embrace by Anja Murray
Trust the Process by Will Sommar
Republic of Lies by Anna Merlan
Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins
Cozy: Magical Bakery Mysteries by Bailey Cates
TBR:
Song for a New Day by Sara Pinsker
James by Percival Everett