#TenBeforeTheEndBretts Book Stack2024-10-15 | #TenBeforeTheEnd or ten books you definitely are going to try and read before the year wraps up! Let me know if you post yours!
youtube.com/@UCBWnfrLiYSQtfgRVhWxCQ8A youtube.com/@benreadsgoodBehind the Stack with Luis JaramilloBretts Book Stack2024-10-08 | In this episode Brett sits down with author Luis Jaramillo to discuss, 'The Witches of El Paso'. They talk about the role El Paso plays, the tradition of passing down stories through family, and how magic entered his narrative.
luisjaramillo.comOctober MaybesBretts Book Stack2024-10-04 | Here are some of the books I hope to get to this month as we wind down towards the end of the year!Behind the Stack : A Fall Compendium with Sarah Hildreth of FictionMattersBretts Book Stack2024-10-01 | In this episode I sit down to chat with Sarah Hildreth of the FictionMatters substack as well as the Novel Parings podcast. We discuss how she started her bookish journey, her own personal tastes, and what goes into curating her sought after and comprehensive Fall Fiction Reading Guide.
Sarah Instagram: instagram.com/fictionmattersSeptember Wrap UpBretts Book Stack2024-09-30 | Thirteen Books To Discuss This Month!!Behind the Stack with Abdi NazemianBretts Book Stack2024-09-24 | In this episode, Brett sits down with author Abdi Nazemian to discuss his new book, "Desert Echoes", the importance and power of Y/A books, representation in literature, book bans, and gay music icons.
Support a Classroom: donorschoose.orgBehind the Stack with Louis BayardBretts Book Stack2024-09-17 | In this episode Brett sits down with author Louis Bayard to discuss his latest book, 'The Wildes" based on Oscar Wilde and his wife and children. They talk about creating fiction from fact, the research behind the project, and the complicated relationship between Wilde and his wife Constance.
Louis Bayard: louisbayard.comThe Booker & The National Book AwardBretts Book Stack2024-09-15 | A tale of two long lists, and one that's about to be short. Come see my guesses for what makes the Booker shortlist and thoughts on the NBA longlist.Behind the Stack: The Booker EpisodeBretts Book Stack2024-09-10 | Instagram super book couple Bernie Lombardi and Christopher Metts join me to discuss the Booker long list, what we liked, and what could make it to the short list.
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instagram.com/bernie.lombardi instagram.com/christophermettsSeptember PossibilitiesBretts Book Stack2024-09-07 | Seven books to discuss for September and a quick meet and greet with Ben.Behind the Stack with Shannon BowringBretts Book Stack2024-09-03 | Author Shannon Bowring sits down to discuss her follow up novel to 'The Road To Dalton' about a group of residents living in a northern Maine town.
youtube.com/@UCJfaNX8dIh7wbzArIv_ARXg youtube.com/@UCYaEzF1HghMIPm7d226gjIQAugust PossibilitiesBretts Book Stack2024-08-08 | A smattering of books I hope to get to while trying to round out the rest of the Booker longlist! And remember, all books I talk about here are avail on my bookshop.org page below!July Wrap UpBretts Book Stack2024-08-06 | I read eleven books this past July and liked almost all of them! Also, I've now started a bookshop.org page the link is below so you can find all the books I talk about in each episode in one place!
bookshop.org/shop/brettsbookshopBooker Longlist Reaction & August PreviewBretts Book Stack2024-07-30 | A quick recap of what I thought of the Booker longlist and then I dive into a number of tiles coming out in August you might want to add to your TBR!Guessing the Booker Long ListBretts Book Stack2024-07-28 | Here's my totally random shot at guessing the list before the announcement this Tuesday!
-There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib -Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino -Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly -The Coin by Yasmin Zaher -The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard -Green Dot by Madeline Gray -Radiant the life and line of Keith Haring by brad Gooch -Lost Man Lane by Scott Carson -Celedonian Road by Andrew O'Hagen -Southern Man by Greg IlesAuthor Chat: John Fram, No Road HomeBretts Book Stack2024-07-24 | I sit down with author John Fram to discuss his latest gothic thriller, "No Road Home". We talk about the genesis for the story as well as what makes a good thriller, and the timing of the book based on current events.#HalfwayTopTenBretts Book Stack2024-07-08 | Well the year is half over, and from 84 books I've narrowed it down to these ten. In addition, for those who wanted it, I've tagged on five second quarter favs that you should absolutely add to your TBR's.
-Pretty by KB Bookins -Bad Habit by Alana S Portero -The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasi -The road To The Country by Chigozie Obioma -Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo -All This & More by Peng Shepherd -Sapphire Dawn by Christopher Rice -The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan -Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel -Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna -Henry Henry by Allen Bratton -Bear by Julia Phillips
Christopher Rice is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and is the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls; Bone Music, Blood Echo, and Blood Victory in the Burning Girl series; and Bram Stoker Award finalists The Heavens Rise and The Vines. An executive producer for television, he collaborated with his mother Anne Rice on the novel Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra and Ramses The Damned: The Reign of Osiris. Together with his best friend and producing partner, New York Times bestselling novelist Eric Shaw Quinn, Christopher runs the production company Dinner Partners. Among other projects, they produce the podcast and video network TDPS, which can be found at: https://www.TheDinnerPartyShow.com He lives in West Hollywood, California
-Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner -The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman -The Coin by Yasmin Zaher -Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler -Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi -Seeing Though by Ricky Ian Gordon -The Same Bright stars by Ethan Joella -The Wedding People by Allison Espach -This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour -Liars by Sarah Masnguso -Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen -The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer -All This & More by Peng Shepherd -The God of the Woods by Liz Moore -No Road Home by John Fram
-The End of The World Is A Cul De Sac by Luise Kennedy -A Station On The Path To Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood -Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino -This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud -Evocation by ST Gibson -Bunyan And Henry by Mark Cecil -You Like It Darker by Stephen King -Love in The Big City by Sang Young Park -My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris
-Hall Of Mirrors by John Copenhaver -The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan -How To Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee -Henry Henry by Allen Bratton -The Stardust Grail by Yuri Kitasei -Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna -Change by Édouard Louis -Headhot by Rita Bullwinkel -Sapphire Dawn by C.Travis Rive aka Christopher Rice
for the #AsianClassicsReadAlong on instagram: instagram.com/ktlee.writesMay Wrap Up 17 Books Discussed!Bretts Book Stack2024-06-02 | I had an incredible month with 17 books read. Among them are:
-Fervor by Toby Lloyd -The God of The Woods Liz Moore (out 7/3) -River East, River West by Tube Rey Lescure -Earth by John Boyne -Edinburgh by Alexander Chee -There's Going To Be Trouble by Jen Silverman -The Bump by Sydney Karger -Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18) -In Tongues by Thomas Grattan -How It Works Out Myriam Lacroix -Exhibit by R.O. Kwon -Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (out 6/4) -Clear by Carys Davies -Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson (out 7/9) -The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang -We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons
-Sandwich by Catherine Newman -All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker -Fire Exit by Morgan Talty -Margot's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe -Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland -The Road To The Country by Chigozie Obioma -Bear by Julia Phillips -Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller -The Coast Road by Alan Murrin -Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
When Cassie Wolfe brings her mother, Nina, to the Albuquerque Presbyterian Hospital to be detoxed, the doctors ask her to write a profile of the patient. But how can she fit Nina into a Word document? The last two years have left Cassie stunned, unable to reconcile the shell of a woman lying in the hospital bed with the force of nature that was her mother.
Cassie's memories of Nina span decades and landscapes, from a farmhouse in Massachusetts to the streets of New York and the mountains of New Mexico. Nina was a charismatic iconoclast―an architect and builder who could wield a circular saw as easily as discuss politics art. But as Cassie comes to realize, Nina's brilliant constructions were only possible when she walled off whole sides of herself. Hiding is not unique to Nina―Cassie knows AA is full of just such intelligent, hilarious, powerful women. And when her critical gaze turns to her own life and how she’s raising her two daughters, she sees her mother's influence everywhere. In the end, Nina's devastating descent threatens to pull the family under, and Cassie's constant action is propelled by grief until she realizes that all that remains is to let it go.
-In Tongues by Thomas Grattan out 5/21 -There's Going To Be Trouble by Jen Silverman -Reboot by Justin Taylor -How It Works Out by Miriam LaCroix -Earth by John Boyne -Restless Dolly Mauder by Kate Grenville -River East, River West by Aubrey Lescure -Clear by Carys Davies -Exhibit by RO Kwon out 5/21 -Fire Exit by Nathan Talty out 6/4
=The Wren The Wren by Anne Enright -Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad -Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville -Soldier Sailor Claire Kilroy -Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe -The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley -Real Americans by Rachel Khong -Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez -Another Word For Love by Carvell Wallace -I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop -The Coast Road by Alan Murrin -The Safekeep by Yale Van Der Wouden -All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whittaker -Wolf At The Table by Adam Rapp -Oye by Melissa Mogollon -The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley -Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan -Witness by Jamel Brinkley
-The Fellowship Of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr -Wolf At The Table by Adam Ramp -Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy -River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure -Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan -Tell Me Who You Are by Louisa Luna -Clear by Carys Davies -Fire Exit by Morgan Talty -Lila Dean's Little Library Of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
-Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace -The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley --The Coast Road by Alan Murrin -All the Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker -The God of the Woods by Liz Moore -There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib -The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley -Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez -Margo's Got Money Problems by Rufi Thorpe -Real Americans by Rachel Khong -The Safekeeping by Yale Van Der Wouden
-The Husbands by Holly Gamazio -All The World Beside by Garrard Conley -How to End A Love Story by Yulia Kuang out 4/9 -Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg out 5/28 -Wild Houses by Colin Barrett -Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange -The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright -Sociopath by Patric Gagne -Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang out 5/7 -Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad -Loot by Tania James -Ours by Phillip B Williams
-Ours by Phillip B Williams -Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange -Oye by Melissa Mogollon -Henry, Henry by Allen Bratton -The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard -Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg -Change by Édouard Louis -Sociopath by Patric Gagne
kirkusreviews.comFebruary Wrap Up: 14 Books To Discuss!!Bretts Book Stack2024-02-29 | Another packed month with some big wins! Books discussed below:
-All The World Beside By Garrard Conley -Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulla -Mona of The Manor by Armistead Maupin -The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin -The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian -The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr -How We Named The Stars by Andreas N Ordorica -James by Percival Everett -I Finally Bought Some Jordans by Michael Arcineaux -Providence by Craig Willse -Everyone On The Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson -A Short Walk Though A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke -The Absolutist by John Boyne -The Wager by David Grann -Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson
-The Second Coming by Garth Risk Hallberg -Same As It Ever Was by Calire Lombardo -All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker -The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
instagram.com/bretts.book.stack gaysreading.com goodreads.com/user/show/2725704-brett-benner app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bretts_book_stackJanuary Wrap Up : 14 Books to discuss!Bretts Book Stack2024-01-31 | It was a banger of a January and I read some really great books! The following books are discussed: -Water by John Boyne -Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker -Good Material by Dolly Alderton -The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel -Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley -Piglet by Lottie Hazell -Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura -Dead in Long Beach California by Venita Blackburn -The Laughter by Sonora Jha -Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson -Unsub by Meg Gardiner -Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone -My Friends by Hisham Matar -Hard By A Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
-The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin -Dinner on Monster Island by Tania de Rozario -Good Material by Dolly Alderton -Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham -My Friends by Hisham Matar -Dead in Long Beach California by Venita Blackburn -Everyone on This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson -Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly -Grief if For People by Sloane Crosley -The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel -Mercury by Amy Jo Burns -The Book Of Love by Kelly Link
#books #reading #bookstacks #brettsbookstackDecember Wrap UpBretts Book Stack2024-01-02 | Thirteen Books to discuss with a few you'll definitely want to add to your TBR's!
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson Bellies by Nicola Dinan Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane All The Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby Spare by Prince Harry The Delufe by Stephen Markley The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Maame by Jessica George Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Strange Sally Diamoind byLiz Nugent Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary Big Swiss by Jen BeaginDecember PossibilitiesBretts Book Stack2023-12-16 | In these final weeks of December, I've planned on waaaay too much to try and get through. But let me show you anyway and we'll see in a few weeks where I end up!
Books discussed:
-Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton -The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller -Good Material by Dolly Alderton -The Bridges I've Burnt by Brontez Purnell -The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler -The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel -My Friends by Hisham Mater -How We Named The Stars by Andres n Ordorica -All The Lovers In The Night by Mieko Kawakami
-The family way by Chris Diraddo -Western Lane by Chetna Maroo -Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein -Day by Michael Cunningham -Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke -The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas -Stay True by Hua Hsu -Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward -Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts -Safe by Mark Daley -The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride -Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins -The Proposla by Jasmine Guillory
-The Book of Love by Kelly Link -The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin -Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley -The Tusks Of Extinction by Ray Nayler -Bear by Julia Phillips -Real Americans by Rachel Khong -Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker -Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez -All The World Beside by Garrard Conley -Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin -Safe by Mark Daley -Ways & Means by Daniel Lefferts -Martyr by Kaveh Akbar -Brougtypsy by Christina Cooke
-Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts (feb 2024) -Safe by Mark Daley (jan 2024) -Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (jan 2024) -Boughtupsy by Christina Cooke (jan 2024) -The Fury by Alex Michaelides (jan 2024) -The Wager by David Grann -Edith Holler by Edward Carey -The Reformatory by Tananarive Due -Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye -Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros -Stay True by Hua Hsu -Let Us Descend by Jessmyn Ward