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Book Doctors: Latest Reads and Recommendations

Looking for a good book to take on summer vacation? Or are you in need of another great read?

The Book Doctors: freelance writer, editor, and reviewer Jeffrey Ann Goudie; chair of the department of English and senior dean at the Barstow School Mark Luce; and senior writer and arts editor at The Kansas City Star Steve Paul join us today to discuss their recent, favorite reads.

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Books discussed on this program

Jeffery Ann Goudie:
Bent Road by Lori Roy
I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson
I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron

Steve Paul:
Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip Through Hell and High Water in Post-Earthquake Japan by William T. Vollmann
In the Garden of Beasts:? Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
The Madonna's of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse
Meet Me at the Morgue by Ross McDonald

Mark Luce:
Sergeant's Daughters: The Biography of a Painting by Erica Hirshler?
Strapless by Debra Davis
Legacy of Mark Rothko by Lee Seldes

Katie Stover:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern


Listeners:
The Cookbook Collector by Alegra Goodman

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