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BOTNS #362: Are Books Getting Bigger?
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Belated Bingo. Are books getting longer? And we recommend Mark Bittman's Kitchen Matrix, and We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. BINGO! Ann finally completed a row on her BOTNS Summer Bingo card! She's thinking about printing out a new card to use throughout 2016 (don't worry, she'll play a separate card just for the summer!). If any of you would like to do that also, you can download a new card here! Don't forget to download the Books on the Nightstand 2015 Holiday Gift Guide! Audiobook of the week (02:56) Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, narrated by Rick Adamson, is my pick for this week's Audiobooks.com Audiobook of the Week. Special thanks to Audiobooks.com for sponsoring this episode of Books on the Nightstand. Audiobooks.com allows you to listen to over 60,000 audiobooks, instantly, wherever you are, and the first one is free. Download or stream any book directly to your Apple or Android device. Sign up for a free 30-day trial and free audiobook download by going to www.audiobooks.com/freebook Are Books Getting Bigger? (06:40) An article in The Guardian - The Big Question: Are Books Getting Longer? - led to our discussion this week. Are books really getting longer or are we just buying and talking about the books with the biggest page counts? Some of the big and little books we mention: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf Habibi by Craig Thompson The Sculptor by Scott McCloud Two Books We Can't Wait For You to Read (23:02) I recommend Mark Bittman's Kitchen Matrix. It's the first full-color Mark Bittman cookbook and its multiple takes on single ingredients and pick-and-choose recipes make it perfect for new home cooks as well as those who've been cooking along with Bittman for years. Ann has known about We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for quite some time now. But, prompted by the news that every teenager in Sweden was given a copy of this book, she finally read it, and is making her daughters read it too. It's a short book, but its size belies the important messages and discussions it contains.
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