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7.04 Listening to the Quiet: High Wages by Dorothy Whipple
This week I talk about the 1930 novel High Wages by Dorothy Whipple, the cosmic story of how I found it, and the value of listening to the quiet voice. Persephone Books website High Wages by Dorothy Whipple Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple 20th Century Reading Challenge: 6.20 Future and Freedom in the 1970s More Links Mutual Aid LA @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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7.03 Reading Stats 2024
This week, I’m wrapping up my end of year reading episodes by chatting about my 2024 reading statistics. I hope you enjoy! Link to our book, Stuck Up and Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice // AU, NZ // US, UK, CA Links to my World Challenge, and the 20th Century Reading Challenge More Links Mutual Aid LA The Community Library Reading Awards 2024 @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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7.02 An Honour to Be Nominated
This week on The Community Library, I’m talking about some more favourite reads of 2024 that didn’t quite make it into my Reading Awards episode. Books Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane The Art Thief by Michael Finkel More Links Mutual Aid LA The Community Library Reading Awards 2024 @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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7.01 The Community Library Reading Awards 2024
Welcome to the annual Community Library Reading Awards! A completely subjective and biased awards ceremony in which all the prizes go to the books I read and liked best in 2024. The Awards: Biggest Surprise Biggest Accomplishment Most Thought-Provoking Favourite Cover Favourite Speculative Fiction Favourite Translated Fiction Favourite Mystery / Thriller Favourite Nonfiction Favourite 2024 Release The Books: Essays in Love by Alain de Botton, 1993 Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, 1976 Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, 2023 Siblings by Brigitte Reimann, 1963, translated by Lucy Renner Jones I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, 1995, translated by Ros Schwartz The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende, 1982, translated by Magda Bogin The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, 1987, translated by Hong-Li Wong West of Eden by Jean Stein, 2017 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, 2024 @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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6.22 See You Soon
If you've been following the podcast for a while, you'll know that each season of The Community Library is about 19-22 episodes. So, my friends, you might have guessed that this is the last episode in season 6. Join me for a little catch up with what I’ve been reading and watching in the past few weeks, and I’ll see you next season! For more links and resources, visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com You might also like: 6.19 Quarterly Reading Update #1 6.14 The Community Library Live! 6.07 Bookish Q+A 6.05 Mid-Year Book Freakout *** Black Lives Matter resources Pay the Rent Greenpeace Australia Pacific Greenpeace International @angourierice / @the_community_library / our book! Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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