My motto on The Book Show is: Life is short, but it can be ever so wide.
Join me and my book buddies for a call-in show recommending terrific books to read in all categories. If you're in a book club, please tell us what you've read and enjoyed.
And, hey, kids, we'd love to hear from you about books you love.
Mystery, classics, science, history, politics, humor, cookbooks, memoirs, biographies, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, instruction, graphic novels, health, happiness, wisdom—you'll hear it all on our book show.
Roxanne's picks:
- The First Bad Man, Miranda July
- Let Me Be Frank With You, Richard Ford
- Round House, Louise Erdrich
- Outline, Rachel Cusk
- A Kim Jong Il Production, Paul Fischer
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz
- A Map of the World, Jane Hamilton
- This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, Ann Patchett
Pat's picks:
- Preparation for the Next Life, Atticus Lish
- You Think That's Bad, Like You'd Understand Anyway, Jim Shepard
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GUESTS:
- Roxanne Coady is president and CEO of RJ Julia Bookseller.
- Lee Jacobus is the author, most recently, of Hawaiian Tales.
- Daphne Merkin is the author, most recently, of The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags.
- Rose Quiello is a professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University.
- Pat Towers was the founding editor of Vanity Fair magazine.
MUSIC:
- “Gne Gne,” Montefiori Cocktail
- “Central Nervous Piston,” El Ten Eleven
- “Sorry About Your Irony,” El Ten Eleven
- “Rewrite,” Paul Simon
Lori Mack and Jonathan McNicol contributed to this show, which originally aired February 19, 2015.
