Aug 2, 2021
I've been out of the office for a while, so instead of doing a new interview this week, I wanted to share an episode from one of my favorite bookish podcasts, The Your Favorite Book podcast. If that title sounds familiar, it's because I had the host Malavika Praseed as a guest on my podcast back in episode 29, when we talked about The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Malavika is, quite honestly, a brilliant book critic and a thoughtful reader, not to mention a truly funny human being. Although our podcasts have a similar premise, she often takes a more critical and even academic approach to the books. I learn something new with each episode I listen to.
When Malavika invited me onto her podcast, we did a deep dive into my all time favorite, Howard’s End. I have both highly personal and critical reasons for loving it so much. And I thought you might enjoy listening to my side of the story. The E.M. Forster classic is both my comfort read and my critical favorite and is, in my opinion, the Best Book Ever.
Please enjoy this spotlight episode of the Your Favorite Book podcast, and I will be back with a new episode next week.
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Host: Julie Strauss
Guest: Malavika Praseed
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Discussed in this episode:
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Howard’s End Movie Review/Trailer
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Episode 024 of Best Book Ever: Jaimie Morimoto on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice 2005 (Jaimie’s favorite)
Pride and Prejudice 1995 miniseries (Julie’s favorite)
Overlapped topics on our twin podcasts:
Zenobia Neil on “A Song of Achilles” on Best Book Ever
Deedi Brown on “A Song of Achilles” on Your Favorite Book
Jami Albright on “The Hating Game” on Best Book Ever
Rachel Allen on “The Hating Game” on Your Favorite Book
Casey Starnes on “The Catcher in the Rye” on Best Book Ever
Kaylee Craft Mitchell on “The Catcher in the Rye” on Your Favorite Book
Daman Tiwana on “Lean In” on Best Book Ever
Damn Tiwana on “Quiet” on Your Favorite Book
Jasmine Vyas on “Laziness Does Not Exist” on Best Book Ever
Jasmine Vyas on “What We Carry” on Your Favorite Book
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