{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677831a8a1ad7348eb9843c7/681df70e58009636d531f6a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 9: Big Book Fear","description":"<p>This week’s episode is a BIG one. Or at least, one in which we talk about big things, namely big books and why – or why not – we find them intimidating. And as always, we discuss recent reads and what’s next on our TBRs.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recent reads</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>On The Calculation Of Volume </em>(Volume I) by Solvej Balle&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Confessions </em>by Catherine Airey</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Big Book Fear&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>The Book of Jacob </em>by Olga Tokarczuk&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Bee Sting</em> by Paul Murray&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Middlemarch</em> by George Eliot – narrated by Juliet Stevenson</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Brothers Karamazov</em> by Fyodor Dostoevsky</p><p><br></p><p><em>A Suitable Boy</em> by Vikram Seth</p><p><br></p><p><em>Lost Illusions</em> and <em>Cousin Bette</em> by Honoré de Balzac</p><p><br></p><p><em>2666</em> by Roberto Bolaño</p><p><br></p><p><em>In Search Of Lost Time</em> by Marcel Proust&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Pachinko</em> by Min Jin Lee</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Eighth Life</em> by Nino Haratischvilli</p><p><br></p><p><em>Dhalgren</em> by Samuel R. Delany</p><p><br></p><p><em>Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain In A Digital World</em> by Maryanne Wolf</p><p><br></p><p><em>11.22.63</em> by Stephen King</p><p><br></p><p><em>Angle Of Repose</em> by Wallace Stegner</p><p><br></p><p><em>Lonesome Dove</em> by Larry McMurtry</p><p><br></p><p><em>Secondhand Time: The Last Of The Soviets</em> by Svetlana Alexievich&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Shantaram</em> by Gregory David Roberts</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Luminaries</em> by Eleanor Catton</p><p><br></p><p><em>A Little Life</em> by Hanya Yanagihara</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Goldfinch / The Secret History</em> / <em>The Little Friend</em> by Donna Tartt</p><p><br></p><p><em>Cherry </em>by Nico Walker</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Name Of The Wind</em> by Patrick Rothfuss</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Future Reads</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Days Of Light</em><strong><em> </em></strong>by Megan Hunter</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Silence Factory</em> by Bridget Collins</p><p><br></p><p><em>Wild Ground </em>by Emily Usher</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also mentioned&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://rsliterature.org/rsl-ondaatje-prize/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Ondaatje Prize 2025 shortlist&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.chatsworth.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chatsworth House</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.thestorygraph.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Storygraph</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/thebookclubreview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Book Club Review Podcast Patreon</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Curious Readers"}