The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast
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For our final episode of 2023, we chat with Anna Pitoniak, whose 4th novel, The Helsinki Affair, has been named a Best Thriller of 2023 by The Washington Post. Anna has long been a fan of spy novels and decided to try her hand at writing the genre. While spy novels have usually been written by and about men, Anna shows that women agents can be just as smart, sly, and ballsy. With a background in the publishing industry, Anna discusses how this experience impacted her journey writing, finding an agent, and working to get her novel into the world.
We also discuss how she is very different from Carrie on the Christmas front and why tacos were not her favorite food from a trip to Mexico (you’ll be surprised by what was.)
Books Discussed in This Episode:
1- The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak
2- Slow Horses by Mick Herron
3- Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak
4- The Looking Glass War by John Le Carre
5- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre
6- Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukherji
7- Mr. Lullaby by J.H. Markert
8- The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert
9- The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
10- Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
5 Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Emily Wiggins @emwigsterbookshelf
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Shows mentioned--
1- Slow Horses (Apple +, 2022)
2- Russian Doll (Netflix, 2019)
Ep. 22 (Fun) Home Is Where the Heart Is with Michael Drury 10-30-19
Ep. 21 Reading is a Riot with Kim Colette Ballard 10-23-19
Bonus Mini episode - So Many Books So Little Time 10-22-19
Ep. 20 He's Just a Poe Boy with Tony Dingman 10-16-19
Ep. 19 "Playing" with Dracula with Hannah Rae Montgomery 10-9-19
Ep. 18 Stories with a Colonel of Truth with Bob Thompson 10-2-19
Ep. 17 It's a Small World After All with Fadhia Mohamud 9-25-19
Ep. 16 A Literary Loose Canon with Dr. Jon Blandford 9-18-19
Ep. 15 If Warhol and Wordsworth Were At A Bookclub with the Speed Museum Reading Club
Ep. 14 - Backlist Party at the Bookstore with Sam Miller 9-4-19
Ep. 13 Reading, Riding, and Other Horseplay with Amanda Ciejko 8-28-19
Ep. 12 Sanity and Bookclub Spaghetti with Holly McArthur
Ep. 11 Slam! This Is For The Girls with Rheonna Nicole 8-14-19
Ep. 10 Making Books The Strano Way with Brandon Vigliarolo 8-7-19
Ep. 9 Sherry Howard | When A Bear Meets A Rock n Roll Band | 7-31-19
Ep. 8 | Minda Honey | Toni Morrison is Queen and Other Writing Truths
Ep. 7 Kim Vidrine | Books That Leave a "Mark" | 7-17-19
Ep. 6 Kim Esposito - YaYas in the Closet
Ep. 5 - Children's Librarian Erin Nevitt talks Summer Reading For Kids
Ep. 4 - Getting Your Bard On with Amy Attaway - Making Shakespeare Unscary
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