On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about the powerful, mysterious bonds we form with others throughout our lives and the ways they influence the people we become: Mina's Matchbox, by Yoko Ogawa, and Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about the powerful, mysterious bonds we form with others throughout our lives and the ways they influence the people we become: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/mina-s-matchbox-yoko-ogawa/20889848?ean=9780593316085">Mina's Matchbox</a>, by Yoko Ogawa, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/tell-me-everything-elizabeth-strout/21003025?ean=9780593446096">Tell Me Everything</a>, by Elizabeth Strout.

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

The Weekly Reader

What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it&rsquo;s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

Friends and Stories: "Mina's Matchbox" by Yoko Ogawa and "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout

On this edition of our series about celebrity memoirs, we review four more superstar tell-all's that are well worth your time, whether you enjoy them on the page or listen to the audiobooks: Connie, by Connie Chung, Taste by Stanley Tucci, Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, and Sonny Boy, by Al Pacino. 

On this edition of our series about celebrity memoirs, we review four more superstar tell-all's that are well worth your time, whether you enjoy them on the page or listen to the audiobooks: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/connie-a-memoir-connie-chung/21042706?ean=9781538766989">Connie</a>, by Connie Chung, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/taste-my-life-through-food-stanley-tucci/17120641?ean=9781982168018">Taste</a> by Stanley Tucci, Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/sonny-boy-a-memoir-al-pacino/21224328?ean=9780593655115">Sonny Boy</a>, by Al Pacino. 
<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/connie-a-memoir-connie-chung/21042706?ean=9781538766989"></a>

Celebrity Memoirs Part Two: Chung, Tucci, Bourdain, Pacino 

On this edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new engaging memoirs from the entertainment industry: From Here to the Great Unknown, by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, All I Ever Wanted, by Kathy Valentine. 

On this edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new engaging memoirs from the entertainment industry: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/from-here-to-the-great-unknown-riley-keough/21003019?ean=9780593733875">From Here to the Great Unknown</a>, by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-i-ever-wanted-a-rock-n-roll-memoir-kathy-valentine/13200514?ean=9781477324660">All I Ever Wanted</a>, by Kathy Valentine.

Celebrity Memoirs Part One: "From Here to the Great Unknown" by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and  "All I Ever Wanted" by Kathy Valentine

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about female practitioners of folk remedies and herbal medicine and the special roll they play in many cultures: The Waters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell, and The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, by Lydia Cohen Loigman.



All titles available at your favorite local bookstore and online at bookshop.org.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about female practitioners of folk remedies and herbal medicine and the special roll they play in many cultures: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-waters-bonnie-jo-campbell/20059898?ean=9780393248432">The Waters</a>, by Bonnie Jo Campbell, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-love-elixir-of-augusta-stern-lynda-cohen-loigman/20981813?ean=9781250278104">The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern</a>, by Lydia Cohen Loigman.
 
All titles available at your favorite local bookstore and online at bookshop.org.

Friends and Stories: "Mina's Matchbox" by Yoko Ogawa and "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout

The Weekly Reader

In 1 playlist(s)

The Weekly Reader

Social links

Follow podcast

Recent clips