• 28. Reacting to One Star Reviews of Our Favourite Books Because We’re Wankers I mean Writers

  • Jan 5 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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28. Reacting to One Star Reviews of Our Favourite Books Because We’re Wankers I mean Writers

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  • Discussing wanker aesthetics and toxic soft boys, LP opens the first episode of 2025 by firmly positioning the itself as the book podcast for writers. BFL followed up on end-of-year promises to read Nick Hornby and Murakami, whereas Derek shares his love for music references in literature. Then, both are very outraged by reviews attacking their favourite books on Goodreads.

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    00:00 Music

    01:58 Remote Recording Setup

    04:36 Table of Contents

    05:34 Barnes and Noble and other DC bookshops

    09:43 Librarie Avant-Garde in Nanjing, China

    12:25 RU: Sputnik Sweetheart

    21:27 RU: Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki

    29:03 RU: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

    42:56 RU: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Hartman

    47:19 Funny One Star Reviews on Goodreads

    49:30 Whiny Wanker in High Fidelity

    56:16 Ready Player One and Two

    01:05:36 Piranesi

    01:11:35 Area X Series by Jeff VanderMeer

    01:17:21 Interlude Eslite Bookshop in Hong Kong

    01:20:19 Die Orwell Die

    01:25:41 The Vegetarian

    01:34:29 Conclusion

    01:36:32 Blooper
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