251: Alix E. Harrow (THE EVERLASTING) & Nicola Griffith's MENEWOOD
In This Episode:
Alix E. Harrow drops into the Damn Library to talk about the everyday magic of being alive and writing really good books, like her newest one The Everlasting, Christopher’s favorite book of the year. Plus, she recommended Nicola Griffith’s Menewood and it leads to encomiums galore, because it’s a fantastic series that earns every one of its many pages.
THE EP. 251 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Alix: Alanna: the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce, the work of Judith Ivory, For My Lady’s Heart by Laura Kinsale
Christopher: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell, Galloway’s Gospel by Sam Rebelein
ALSO MENTIONED:
About Time (2013) dir. Richard Curtis
Live Die Repeat (2014) dir. Doug Limon
Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Half Magic by Edward Eager
The Locked Tomb novels by Tamsyn Muir
Fifth Season by N.K. Jamison
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Spear by Nicola Griffith
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Menewood by Nicola Griffith
Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Venerable Bede
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Vining
Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
At Home by Bill Bryson
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Alix: Fate’s Bane C.L. Clarke, The Isle in the Silver Sea The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
Christopher: The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
