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 Kate Folk
The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovitz
You Don't Have To Live Like This by Benjamin Markovitz
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