book challenge

Elyse joins us to discuss what they read for the April book club prompt. 00:00 - Book challenge updates from MoMBl regulars and listeners The April Prompt: Read a book written by a comedian, fiction or non-fiction. 00:05:27 - Elyse talks about Just One More Thing: Stories from My Life 00:19:52 - Sam talks about Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation 00:40:47 - Tessa talks about Please Don't Sit On My Bed in Your Outside Clothes 00:58:20 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: Mistakes Were Made and Immortality Homework for the Bjork episode, courtesy of Jarret: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6O8R1id6scdxHLL8sC8meHCikCZKoSfe Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

Matt joins us to discuss what he read for the February book club prompt. 00:00 - Book challenge updates from MoMBl regulars and listeners The February Prompt: Read a book about filmmaking of film history. 00: 9:56 - Matt talks about Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. 00:45: 18 - Sam talks about Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War. 01:03:30 - Tessa talks about Hollywood Harmony: Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema. The March Prompt: Read a book that takes place over the course of fifty or more years. 01:13:35 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, Souless by Gail Carriger, and The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin. Elyse's link for all the films mentioned in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: https://letterboxd.com/chicken__tendi/list/easy-riders-raging-bulls-filmography-1967/ Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

01:10 - Why a book challenge? 06:30 - Things we've learned during the first month of the challenge The January Prompt: Read a book you've been meaning to read for a long time. 10:30 - January picks from Melissa (Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer), Elyse (Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn), Jack (Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon), and Lozy (Raw Spirit by Iain Banks). 17:38 - Ryan talks about The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell 34:15 - Tessa talks about The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 55:01 - Sam talks about Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover (as well as Heir to the Empire and the Star Wars Essential Legends Collection The February Prompt: Read a book about filmmaking of film history. 1:15:33 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, A Duke, The Lady, and the Baby by Vanessa Riley Authentic Books: https://www.authenticbooks.com/ Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

»Nenne mir ein Buch, was du gelesen hast, mit über 1000 Seiten« »Welches Buch hat dich verändert?« »Ein Buch gekauft wegen des Covers?« ... Diese und viele andere Fragen stellen wir uns in dieser Folge gegenseitig und sind gespannt, welche Bücher uns ganz instinktiv und spontan in den Kopf kommen. Wir probieren dieses Mal was ganz Neues und starten unser ganz eigenes Literaturexperiment ...

The Konmari method of organizing has become very popular ever since Marie Kondō published her book 'The life-changing magic of tidying up' and got her own Netflix show. But her recommendation to only keep 30 books for the sake of decluttering has kept quite a few book lovers shying away from that. Don't worry, there's a loophole, but what if I challenged myself to really narrow my bookshelf down to my top 30 picks? Check out this episode to find out ;) My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/child_of_the_library_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/childofthelibrary/