159: K.M. Szpara (FIRST, BECOME ASHES) and Michael Chricton's JURASSIC PARK

In This Episode:

Spring has sprung and we're in the mood for adventure, so we asked K.M. Szpara to join us in the Damn Library for as close to an adventure as we can get these days: chatting about adventure novels! We talk about Kellan's new novel First, Become Ashes, and BDSM, and cults -- and then everybody geeks the hell out about Jurassic Park, because it's worth a re-read (or three, or seven). Isn't comfort reading nice?

The Ep. 159 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

First, Become Ashes by K.M. Szpara
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew — Subdivision and Let Me Think: Stories by J. Robert Lennon // a bidet from Tushy
Christopher — New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time by Craig Taylor // Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles by Rosecrans Baldwin
Kellan — Super Mario Odyssey // spiffy glasses from Keever Glass

ALSO MENTIONED:

Docile by K.M. Szpara
”Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Familiar by J. Robert Lennon
Broken River by J. Robert Lennon
Paris, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
I Kill Giants by Kelly and Ken Niimura
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
“call me by yr name (montero)” by Lil Nas X
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
The Jurassic Park / Jurassic World cinematic universe
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Grey’s Anatomy (2005-present)
Hidden Figures (2016)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew — Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer // A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Christopher — the works of Beverly Cleary // The Americans (2013-2018)
Kellan — Piranesi by Susanna Clarke // For All Mankind (2020-present)

The Damn Bar