EPISODE · Feb 14, 2019 · 40 MIN
Episode 210 || Oscar Season Reading Recs
from From the Front Porch · host The Bookshelf Thomasville
Book-to-Movie Nominations + Boy Erased by Garrard Conley + Beautiful Boy by David Sheff + First Man by James R. Hansen + Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel + If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin + My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg + Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan + The Wife by Meg Wolitzer Our Recs Based on Best Picture If you liked Black Panther, try: + Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates + Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James If you liked BlacKkKlansman or Green Book, try: + Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth + Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi If you liked Bohemian Rhapsody or A Star is Born, try: + Moonage Daydream by Davie Bowie + Just Kids by Patti Smith + Life by Keith Richards + Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid If you liked The Favourite, try: + The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory + The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland If you liked Vice, try: + Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush + Days of Fire by Peter Baker Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.
What this episode covers
Book-to-Movie Nominations + Boy Erased by Garrard Conley + Beautiful Boy by David Sheff + First Man by James R. Hansen + Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel + If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin + My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg + Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan + The Wife by Meg Wolitzer Our Recs Based on Best Picture If you liked Black Panther, try: + Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates + Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James If you liked BlacKkKlansman or Green Book, try: + Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth + Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi If you liked Bohemian Rhapsody or A Star is Born, try: + Moonage Daydream by Davie Bowie + Just Kids by Patti Smith + Life by Keith Richards + Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid If you liked The Favourite, try: + The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory + The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland If you liked Vice, try: + Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush + Days of Fire by Peter Baker Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.
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Episode 210 || Oscar Season Reading Recs
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