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Ep. #15 -- Feminist Reads and True Crime

Ep. #15 -- Feminist Reads and True Crime

Published 10 years, 6 months ago
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In today's episode we are talking about two of our favorite non-fiction categories: feminist/women's studies titles and true crime! We also talk about all of the recent non-fiction books of all genres that we've read and the forthcoming books that have us super excited. In our intro, Adam shares some celebrity memoirs that he has recently read and enjoyed.

Share your own favorite women's studies and true crime titles by finding OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs or you can email the podcast directly at feedback@overdrive.com 

 

Featured OverDrive Staff

Jill, Cindy, and Rachel K.

 

Intro (0:00-2:44)

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

700 Sundays by Billy Crystal

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin 

 

Big Library Read (2:45-5:49)

American Sniper by Chris Kyle

The Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell

American Wife by Taya Kyle

 

Recent Reads (5:50-18:59)

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer

Attempting Normal by Marc Maron

A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold

I Will Find You by Joanna Connors

All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansarai

At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell

 

Feminist Studies/Women's Issues (19:00-23:09)

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

 

True Crime (23:10-32:29)

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth

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