Ep 22 - Listener’s choice

We’ve put the power in your hands this episode, dear listeners! On social, we did a call out for books you wanted to hear our take on, and you delivered. So strap in and enjoy the ride as we tell you whether we loved or hated the reads you asked us to rate!

Show notes

Book recommendations

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Seven-Husbands-of-Evelyn-Hugo/Taylor-Jenkins-Reid/9781761102943

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Beautiful-World-Where-Are-You-Sally-Rooney-9780571365432

This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel: https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/this-is-how-it-always-is-the-warm-and-uplifting-novel-about-a-family-keeping-a-big-secret-by-laurie-frankel-9781472241610

Luster by Raven Leilani: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781529035995/

Extra recommendations

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781529063073/

Claire Saffitz’s Dessert Person cookbook: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609892/dessert-person-by-claire-saffitz/

Vox article: The food world is imploding over structural racism. The problems are much bigger than Bon Appétit: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/21287732/bon-appetit-sohla-adam-rapoport-resigned-duckor-food-racism

Vulture article: Claire Saffitz Gourmet Makes Her Exit From the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen: https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/claire-saffitz-leaves-bon-appetit.html

The Guardian article: The Bon Appétit and Reply All saga shows how far behind we still are in Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/05/the-bon-appetit-and-reply-all-saga-shows-how-far-behind-we-still-are-in-australia

The Atlantic article: It’s Not Callout Culture. It’s Accountability.:https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/callout-culture-black-lives-matter-adidas-bon-appetit-lea-michele/613054/

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