The Hatening continues, except that I am a failing failure who failed to choose a book that Whiskey Jenny would truly despise. We talk about Hamilton (yes, again), the books that we’re currently reading, and Emma Newman’s Planetfall. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go.
Books/Links Discussed (in order of appearance)
Hamilton crushed it, of course, at the Grammys. As if there was ever any doubt. Also, because it’s charming, a Got Milk? Hamilton spoof for you to enjoy.
What We’re Reading
Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace
The Mother Hunt, Rex Stout
We Love You Charlie Freeman, Kaitlyn Greenidge
The Silkworm and Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith (AKA JK Rowling)
Favorite Literary Couples
Clare and Henry from The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (Whiskey Jenny)
Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey from Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night, and Busman’s Honeymoon, by Dorothy Sayers (Gin Jenny)
SPOILERS from Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters (Whiskey Jenny)
Alexander and Hephaestion in Fire from Heaven, by Mary Renault (Gin Jenny)
Eponine and Marius (but mostly Eponine) in Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo (Whiskey Jenny)
Whiskey Jenny never names the two characters in A Tale of Two Cities that she likes. You’ll never know, and neither do I because I never read it.
Celie and Shug Avery from The Color Purple, by Alice Walker (Gin Jenny)
Ifemelu and Obinze from Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Whiskey Jenny)
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning from their letters (Gin Jenny)1
Dickon & Mary from The Secret Garden (Whiskey Jenny)
The Hatening, Part 2
Planetfall, Emma Newman
Anxiety and the First Person Narrator in Planetfall (from Lady Business)
The Forcening, Part 1
The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach
(The others Whiskey Jenny nearly chose were The Night Manager, by John Le Carre and Fool, by Christopher Moore.)
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Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Song is by Jeff MacDougall
- You can download a free ebook of the first volume of the Browning letters at Project Gutenberg. ↩