On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, are tired and cranky but still manage to preamble only briefly in the murk of COVID-19 and bad segues before getting to the point of it all. They think.
The books up for discussion this month are two novels: Devotion by Hannah Kent [5:20] and The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan [35:20].
The review of The School for Good Mothers that Kirstyn mentioned was this one by Ilana Masad in The Washington Post.
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 109:30 for brief final remarks.
Next month, the two books on the slab will be:
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!
Episode 27: 'Infinite Jest' and 'House of Leaves'
Episode 26: 'Evaporating Genres' and 'James Tiptree Jr'
Episode 25: 'The Black God's War', 'The Silence of Medair', and 'Paintwork'
Episode 24: 'Angelfall', 'Anticopernicus' and 'The Dark Wife'
Episode 23: 'Bitter Greens' and 'Osama'
Episode 22: 'Voice of the Fire' and 'Galore'
Episode 21: 'Akata Witch' and 'The Drowning Girl' (plus 'Galveston')
Episode 20: 'The Crystal Singer' and 'The Scorpio Races'
Interim: Twelve Planets Podcast at Embiggen Books
Episode 19: 'Bad Power' and 'Sea Hearts' (aka 'The Brides of Rollrock Island')
Episode 18: 'The Night Circus' and 'When Gravity Fails'
Episode 17: 'Houses Without Doors' and 'Queenpin' (plus 'Hope: A Tragedy')
Episode 16: 'The Silver Wind' and 'The Courier's New Bicycle'
Episode 15: 'Redemption in Indigo' and 'Zoo City'
Episode 14: 'The Tiger's Wife' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
Episode 13: 'Room' and 'The Secret History' (plus 'Generation X')
Episode 12: 'Bluegrass Symphony' and 'Everyone's Just So So Special'
Episode 11: 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' and 'Who Fears Death'
Episode 10: 'The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms' and 'The Dervish House'
Episode 9: 'Eclipse 4' and 'The Hunger Games' (plus 'World War Z')
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