Top Five Summer Reads: Yours and Ours
Headed to the beach? Going on vacation? As summer kicks into gear, so does our summer reading conversation.Over the next three months we're recommending beach reading for our listeners and then talking...
View ArticleSummer Book Club: What Makes a Good Summer Read?
Whether your summer plans include a vacation to the beach or a "staycation" in your backyard, 'tis the season for relaxing and reading. Today we’re kicking off a summer-long book club. John, Celeste...
View ArticleHumans Under Attack in 'Robopocalypse'
We kicked off our summer book club last week with a discussion of what makes a good summer read. Today we discuss our first pick from Senior Producer Mary Harris. Her choice for the summer is Daniel...
View ArticleNigerian Journalists Explore Environmental Destruction in 'Oil on Water'
All summer long we’re celebrating the season of relaxing and reading with our book club here at The Takeaway. Some of the novels we'll talk about this summer are escapist in a fantastical way. They’re...
View ArticleYour Picks for Best Summer Reads
All this summer, The Takeaway is recommending the best beach reading for our listeners. But many of you also have your own suggestions. Tell us, what are you reading this summer? Check out what...
View ArticleComing-of-Age with 'In Zanesville'
The coming-of-age story is a summer book standard. So many of us remember spending our lazy summer days with Francie from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," the March sisters of "Little Women" or Holden...
View ArticleExcerpt: 'In Zanesville'
The wind is rushing after us, and the clouds are flying after us, and the moon is plunging after us, and the whole wild night is in pursuit of us; but, so far, we are pursued by nothing else.—Charles...
View ArticleCeleste Headlee Shares Her Summer Reading List
In July, our Summer Book Club continues. This month, Celeste Headlee picks her reads. She explains her reading philosophy with a little help from our listeners, noting that heavy lifting doesn't...
View ArticleThe Takeaway's Summer Book Club: 'The Tiger's Wife'
Our summer book club continues today with Celeste's first pick for July. Tea Obreht burst onto the literary scene this year with her first novel, "The Tiger’s Wife." The book explores one woman’s...
View ArticleApp Assignment: What Are You Reading and Where Are You Reading It?
Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" at The Dutch Tavern? "Hey Ho Let's Go: The Ramones" on Rockaway Beach? As we enter the hottest, laziest days of summer, The Takeaway wants to know what you're...
View ArticleSummer Book Club: S.J. Bolton's 'Blood Harvest'
Our book club continues today with Celeste Headlee's second pick of the summer. S.J. Bolton is one of the most successful mystery authors writing today. Her third novel "Blood Harvest" is everything...
View ArticleSummer Book Club: Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
ListenOur summer book club continues today with host John Hockenberry's first pick for August. John sees summer reading as an opportunity for challenge. He spent one summer reading the Russian...
View ArticleSummer Book Club: 'The Submission'
ListenWe're wrapping up our summer book club here at The Takeaway. As the tenth anniversary of September 11 approaches, our host John Hockenberry decided to focus his summer reading on novels about...
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