Comments on: Reading the End Bookcast, Ep. 64: Books We Want More Of and The Regional Office Is Under Attack

By: Courtney C

Courtney C — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:03:00 +0000

When you two announced that you were reading “The Regional Office Is Under Attack,” I decided to read it too. Its premise sounded so good, especially since I really enjoyed “The Rook.” Whiskey Jenny, I am totally with you! I didn’t like this book at all! In fact, I couldn’t even finish it. There was something about the writing style that was irritating, and I just really didn’t like any of the characters enough to care about what happened to them. It was so disappointing because I really, really wanted to like it. Gin Jenny, I am with you: if you want the supernatural office politics, read “The Rook.” Another book with a similar tone is “The Intern’s Handbook” by Shane Kuhn — the characters aren’t supernatural, but they are assassins at an elite super-secret agency. Like “The Rook,” a lot of it covers office politics in a humorous and coy manner.

By: Review: Even in Paradise, Elizabeth Nunez - Reading the End

Review: Even in Paradise, Elizabeth Nunez - Reading the End — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:22:32 +0000

[…] as I confessed to Whiskey Jenny on our most recent podcast, I’ve never read or seen King Lear. What I know of King Lear has come to me through cultural […]

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:07:00 +0000

In reply to Heather. I can confirm that Whiskey Jenny, at least, is the absolute most fun. I MISS HER SO.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:06:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Oh yes, I knew that! I meant I wanted Hilary McKay to write more Casson books (but I probably said that wrong). Were you the one who told me about the Hilary Tamar books in the first place? I bet you were! Thanks for the rec, I super liked them!

By: Sharon Tomasulo

Sharon Tomasulo — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:54:00 +0000

In reply to Sharon Tomasulo. Note to self: do not reply before you finish listening to the whole podcast. Also: I am so glad you loved The Rook.

By: Sharon Tomasulo

Sharon Tomasulo — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 01:24:00 +0000

Have you read The Rook? If you like the office politics of saving the world from the supernatural, Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook is THE BOOK and you should read it because it’s delightful.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:42:00 +0000

I’m so behind on all news that I had no idea that there was even flooding in Louisiana. As evidence of being behind on the news, I present you with evidence in the form of this comment being five days after your post went live; also I HAD NO IDEA YOU PODCASTED. You guys sound like the most fun.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:29:00 +0000

But there IS a sequel to Binny for Short! It’s called Binny in Secret and it came out in 2015!

When I found out about The Sibyl in Her Grave (I had read all the other Hilary Tamar mysteries quite a bit earlier) I just about lost it. I am so glad those books exist.