{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657c95795431560017007127/65aabdf043029e00165ecd84?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"NEW RELEASES: Piglet by Lottie Hazell & The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez (Spoiler Free)","description":"<p>This week Sapphire and Joseph deep dive into two new brilliant fiction releases: debut novel <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780857529565\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Piglet</em></a> by British writer Lottie Hazell and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780349018119\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Vulnerables</em></a>, the ninth novel from American writer Sigrid Nunez.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also this week Sapphire read <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781474617574\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Jillian</em></a> by Halle Butler and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781805460039\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Normal Women</em></a> by Ainslie Hogarth. Joseph read<em> </em><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781913097172\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Minor Detail</em></a> by Adania Shibli and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781911547907\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Coming Bad Days</em></a> by Sarah Bernstein.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Saniya who really enjoyed Elif Batuman’s <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781529115932\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Either/Or</em></a> and is looking for more great campus novels. Joseph recommends <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781787704268\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Life of the Mind</em></a> by Christine Smallwood and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781529077261\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>White Noise</em></a> by Don DeLillo. Sapphire recommends <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780008342289\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>My Dark Vanessa</em></a> by Kate Elizabeth Russell, <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780140167771\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Secret History</em></a> by Donna Tartt, and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781509807857\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Nix</em></a> by Nathan Hill.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also mentioned in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://thewritersprize.com/2024-prize/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Writer’s Prize 2024 Shortlist</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6587046/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Boy and the Heron</em></a> by Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli)&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10399902/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Boy Swallows Universe&nbsp;</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781846046469\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How Do You Live?</em></a> By Genzaburo Yoshino</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781474612296\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New Me</em></a><em> </em>by Halle Butler</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780349012810\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Friend</em></a><em> </em>by Sigrid Nunez</p><p><br></p><p>See the <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/novel-thoughts-podcast-episode-9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Novel Thoughts bookshop page</a> for all books mentioned in this episode. </p>","author_name":"Novel Thoughts"}