Dec 13, 2021
Malavika Praseed is the host of the Your Favorite Book Podcast, a show with a similar theme as the Best Book Ever, but with a different format and philosophy. She’s been my guest here a couple of times, and I love talking books with her. Today, we got together to talk about what it’s like to ask people about their favorite books. What episodes are our most popular? Which ones are our personal favorites? What genres are we missing? Do we have an unpopular book opinions? Hosting these podcasts have changed both of our reading lives, in mostly (but not exclusively) positive ways, and I had so much fun digging in to the good, the bad, and the ugly of bookish podcasting with her.
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Guest: Malavika Praseed
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Discussed in this episode:
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Best Book Ever Episode 26 with Debra Dean
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Book Ever Episode 007 with H. Claire Taylor
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Your Favorite Book Podcast with Brandon Taylor
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Your Favorite Book Podcast with Malavika’s Mom
(Also, don’t miss Malavika’s episode with her Dad, which is also an absolute delight. I do so love a bookish family!)
Your Favorite Book Podcast with sportswriter Jeff Pearlman
Best Book Ever Episode 071 with Jeremy Patlen
Barack Obama’s Summer Reading Lists
Your Favorite Book Podcast with Shruthi Swamy
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Book Ever Episode 063 with Mona Kabbani
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Your Favorite Book Episode with Kota Connell-Ledwon
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Your Favorite Book Episode with Maxwell Dunn
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Book Ever Episode 047 with Aime Austin
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George
Three Pines Mysteries by Louise Penny
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Elvis Costello The Best Of The First 10 Years
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir by Jenn Shapland
Best Book Ever Episode 029 Malavika Praseed
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
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