Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Leslie, along with special guest, Elaine, @Cobaltdragon discuss The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa for our Interview with the Vampire Inspired Readathon, 6 Books on Daniel Malloy's Bookshelf.
Prompt fulfilled: Daniel Malloy's memory has been compromised: Read a book about fractured memory.
Feel free to join me as we continue to celebrate "our boy" with an Interview with the Vampire inspired readathon! For the next two years we'll snoop onto the shelves of our beloved characters, to keep us all motivated to read and stave off our yearning for the characters we miss. Prompts will be provided with each character introduction. So you can either read the exact same books I'm reading or make your own selection based on the prompts provided. An additional challenge for myself is to only read books that are already on my bookshelf.
TIME STAMP
00:00 Intro
23:00 Non-Spoiler thoughts
30:50 SPOILER DISCUSSION BEGINS
30:53 What are your thoughts on the connection between birds/animals and emotions?
38:58 What is the significance of perfume to the story? What does it symbolize?
53:22 How do genetics play a role?
1:01:10 What is so dangerous about art to an authoritarian society?
1:23:11 The main character is hiding her editor. What times or parts of history does this remind you of?
1:31:52 How do these characters know who to trust?
1:39:12 Thoughts on passage discussing burning books
1:53:21 An old man's perspective on fate
2:02:38 The main character struggles to write book What do you think about the main character's regression?
2:11:00 Disappearing bodies and what does this mean?
2:20:00 Last thoughts- WHAT?!
2:24:24 THREE QUESTOINS
2:24:34 Why does this character have this book on their shelf?
2:26:47 Did this book contextualize the character for you?
2:34:32 What book would you recommend to Daniel?
Reference:
Survivor: Immaculee Ilibagiza's
youtu.be/TPos131P7R8?si=Ddymrn7d5JsfQY1c
#readathon #readalong #interviewwiththevampire #books #thememorypolice
StreamYard: streamyard.com/pal/d/6203868869427200
Leslie, along with special guest, Elaine, @Cobaltdragon discuss The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa for our Interview with the Vampire Inspired Readathon, 6 Books on Daniel Malloy's Bookshelf.
Prompt fulfilled: Daniel Malloy's memory has been compromised: Read a book about fractured memory.
Feel free to join me as we continue to celebrate "our boy" with an Interview with the Vampire inspired readathon! For the next two years we'll snoop onto the shelves of our beloved characters, to keep us all motivated to read and stave off our yearning for the characters we miss. Prompts will be provided with each character introduction. So you can either read the exact same books I'm reading or make your own selection based on the prompts provided. An additional challenge for myself is to only read books that are already on my bookshelf.
TIME STAMP
00:00 Intro
23:00 Non-Spoiler thoughts
30:50 SPOILER DISCUSSION BEGINS
30:53 What are your thoughts on the connection between birds/animals and emotions?
38:58 What is the significance of perfume to the story? What does it symbolize?
53:22 How do genetics play a role?
1:01:10 What is so dangerous about art to an authoritarian society?
1:23:11 The main character is hiding her editor. What times or parts of history does this remind you of?
1:31:52 How do these characters know who to trust?
1:39:12 Thoughts on passage discussing burning books
1:53:21 An old man's perspective on fate
2:02:38 The main character struggles to write book What do you think about the main character's regression?
2:11:00 Disappearing bodies and what does this mean?
2:20:00 Last thoughts- WHAT?!
2:24:24 THREE QUESTOINS
2:24:34 Why does this character have this book on their shelf?
2:26:47 Did this book contextualize the character for you?
2:34:32 What book would you recommend to Daniel?
Reference:
Survivor: Immaculee Ilibagiza's
youtu.be/TPos131P7R8?si=Ddymrn7d5JsfQY1c
#readathon #readalong #interviewwiththevampire #books #thememorypolice
StreamYard: streamyard.com/pal/d/6203868869427200
