28. Reacting to One Star Reviews of Our Favourite Books Because We’re Wankers I mean Writers

Discussing wanker aesthetics and toxic soft boys, LP opens the first episode of 2025 by firmly positioning the itself as the book podcast for writers. BFL followed up on end-of-year promises to read Nick Hornby and Murakami, whereas Derek shares his love for music references in literature. Then, both are very outraged by reviews attacking their favourite books on Goodreads. Support LP on Buy Me a Coffee! Link 00:00 Music 01:58 Remote Recording Setup 04:36 Table of Contents 05:34 Barnes and Noble and other DC bookshops 09:43 Librarie Avant-Garde in Nanjing, China 12:25 RU: Sputnik Sweetheart 21:27 RU: Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki 29:03 RU: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 42:56 RU: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Hartman 47:19 Funny One Star Reviews on Goodreads 49:30 Whiny Wanker in High Fidelity 56:16 Ready Player One and Two 01:05:36 Piranesi 01:11:35 Area X Series by Jeff VanderMeer 01:17:21 Interlude Eslite Bookshop in Hong Kong 01:20:19 Die Orwell Die 01:25:41 The Vegetarian 01:34:29 Conclusion 01:36:32 Blooper