044: Oh My Stars, It’s Bookstrology!

Hey listeners, what's your sign? Your BOOK sign, that is! We took the "Universe of Stories" summer reading theme and astrologified it... or bookstrologified? Either way, check out this episode for a ton of recommendations, even if you're on the cusp! 

Bookish News:

• Edwidge Danticat, who came to KU last year, returns to stories in her highly anticipated upcoming collection, Everything Inside!
• Bookstores: How to Read More in the Golden Age of Content-- Polli recommends you feast your eyes!

Two Book Minimum:

• Look How Happy I'm Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
• A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian
• Deaf Republic: Poems by Ilya Kaminsky (who will be here on Sept 8th!)    
  • also mentioned: Sara Novic's article, "At Home in Deaf Culture: Storytelling in an Un-Writable Language"
• Our Bodies, Ourselves by the Boston Women's Health Collective (which later inspired Trans Bodies, Trans Selves)

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(click each set of 4 to enlarge the images and read the descriptions!)

BOOKSTROLOGY! WHAAAAT?!

This year's Summer Reading theme is "A Universe of Stories," and we decided to go wild with this theme and create 12 Bookstrology signs! Here are some recommendations for each sign:

• The Class Clown    
  • We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
  • Unabrow by Una Marche
  • Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
  • Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
  • Yes Please by Amy Sedaris
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, David Sedaris
  • Lamb by Christopher Moore
• The Optimist    
  • Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
  • Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
  • Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
  • The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick (and any other books with someone's name in them)
  • You Are a Bad Ass by Jen Sincero / Daring Greatly by Brene Brown / The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
  • any romance (H.E.A!)
• The Bestseller    
  • Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (in BCIAB!)
  • The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
• The Protester    
  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
  • Evicted by Matthew Desmond
  • Good & Mad by Rebecca Traister
  • Anything Rebecca Solnit
  • Grassroots by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
  • Pro by Katha Pollitt 
• The Thrill Seeker    
  • James Patterson
  • Iris Johansen
  • Catherine Coulter
  • Megan Abbott
  • B.A. Paris
  • ...a thrilling sports memoir? 
• The Creep    
  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
  • The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
  • Shirley Jackson
  • Sarah Waters
  • Kill Creek by Scott Thomas (Kansan!)
• The Nerd Knight    
  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisen
  • Daemon by Daniel Suarez
  • Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
  • The Martian by Andy Weir
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
  • Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (NOT James Van der Beek)
• The Globetrotter    
  • A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
  • Andrew McCall Smith's series (like My Italian Bulldozer)
  • Walking in Ireland by Christopher Somerville
  • A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
  • A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini
• The DIY-er    
  • The Backyard Homestead 
  • Barnheart by Jenna Woginrich
  • The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball
  • Coffeehouse Knits
  • Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin
  • Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
  • Betty Crocker Make it in One
• The Stargazer    
  • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • Seriously-- I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
• The Professor    
  • Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky!
  • The Fire This Time, ed. Jesmyn Ward
  • Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
  • Anything by James Baldwin, Mary Roach, Joan Didion
• The Tree Hugger    
  • Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley
  • The Home Place by J Drew Lanham
  • Orleans by Sherri L Smith
  • The Lorax by Dr. Suess
  • Anthill by E.O. Wilson
  • Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Watkins

Put it on your radar: POSE

2019 Book Squad Goals Reading Challenge can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/LPLBSG2019

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This episode was produced by Jim Barnes in the Sound & Vision studio. Our theme song is by Heidi Lynne Gluck. You can find the Book Squad Podcast on iTunes, opens a new window, Stitcher, opens a new window, or SoundCloud, opens a new window. Please subscribe and leave us comments – we’d love to know what you think, and your comments make it easier for other people to find our podcast. Happy reading and listening! xo, Polli & Kate