Ep 83: Best Books Lately with Christine Koh
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It’s time for another episode about the best books we’ve read lately! This time I'm joined by Christine Koh, an author, speaker, blogger, podcaster, designer, and scientist. Yes, DR. Christine Koh is all of those things, and on this episode she is sharing books that speak to the Asian American experience AND her newfound love of the romance genre.
I'm sharing two books about cults, what I'm reading before I fall asleep at night, and the novel that took me totally by surprise.
So there is a LOT packed into this conversation.
Find out more about Christine Koh here.
Read her book Minimalist Parenting
Listen to her podcasts Edit Your Life and Hello Relationships
Read her blog Boston Mamas
Buy her designs at Brave New World
Follow Christine on IG
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The two books that got Christine into reading:
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan Ryan
Two book Christine tells everyone about:
Any books by Katherine Center
Christine’s Best Books Lately:
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
(Also by Curtis Sittenfeld: You Think It, I’ll Say It, and American Wife)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn
Other romance authors to consider: Jasmine Guillory and Helen Hoang
The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
Laura’s Best Books Lately:
The Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
(Also by Ryan Holiday: Stillness in the Key)
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Also mentioned in this episode:
The Bookshelf Thomasville subscription service
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
What you Wish For by Katherine Center
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
National Book Award nominations 2020
Laura’s extra recommendations:
When These Mountains Burn by David Joy
(The Line That Held Us by David Joy)
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
You’re a miracle (and a pain in the ass) by Mike McHargue
(The Liturgists, Ask Science Mike)
Smartest Person in the Room episode with Mike McHargue
Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollet
The Dance of Connection by Harriett Lerner
In My To Read stack:
(Favorite Tana French is The Likeness)
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
I've never done this before, but I need to make a few corrections for misstatements and mispronunciations in Ep 83.
The correct title for the Ryan Holiday book is Stillness is the KEY (Not Stillness is the Way)
Min Jin Lee does appear to be working on a new book, but it has not released yet
The author of Midwives is Chris Bohjalian and it is pronounced BO-JOWL-YEN
The author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom is Yaa Gyasi and her name is pronounced YAW JESSIE. (This one I am especially apologetic for, I love this author and this was a major misstep. Please make sure if you're talking about these books to say her name correctly.)
I made a note of these corrections on the show with some new audio. If you've already downloaded and/or listened, you won't hear it, but for anyone who hasn't yet, it will hopefully be added to the beginning. If you get an error trying to play the episode at all, please refresh/close out your app and then it should be fine.
