Anne Bogle

Okay, and yet we feel compelled to talk about it.

You know what else is interesting is that English Understandable is a novella.

It's part of the New Directions series of...

interestingly, eye-catchingly packaged novellas.

And I was noticing, just thinking about the kind of books that might be right for you, that some authors tend to write books that are short.

But Helen DeWitt is not one of those authors, and I'm just now noticing that.

Like her most recent book that was published, Your Name Here, is extremely large and

That would belong on the flip side of the books that belong in your reading life.

But okay, I'm digressing.

We're going to pull this back in.

So when we're talking about books of substance that hold your interest, you've talked a little bit about the kinds of genres you enjoy.

So we're really looking to give you the variety that's going to keep you going in your reading life, and especially with those longer books that you know you want to be able to prioritize reading.

Lee, you know how this works.

You've brought me three books you love, one book you don't, and what you've been reading lately, and we'll explore books on the shorter side that you may enjoy reading next.

How did you decide what books to bring to the show today?

Okay, I can actually tell you what titles you sent in when you submitted on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024.

Summer at Buckhorn.

Which I'm not familiar with.

I love an out of print title in the books you love.

Anna Karenina and a book by Eric Larson.