The Bookmark S4E4: Keeping it short

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This episode is all about reading short books and/or fast-reads. Most of these books are under 200 pages. We're keeping it short book-wise, but the episode is full-length.

Autumn found a super-condensed version of How to Win Friends and Influence People that is short and concise enough she can use it as a reference book. She also talks about The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, which will be turned into a stop-motion animated film soon. Autumn promises that although Merry Little Meet Cute is more than 400 pages, it's a quick read that'll keep you sucked in with humor and steamy parts.

Miranda keeps it short with short stories and vignettes. The vignettes in My Name is Lucy Barton pack a punch with heavy trauma. Her other pick of short stories is In the Valley.

In typical Chris-fashion, he lined his books up in order of length. He brings us Malagash, a book about a girl named Sunday who knowing her dad's life is going to be cut short because of cancer, records everything he does to create a computer virus so he may live forever. Another father-daughter relationship is the subject of his next recommendation West. Size is in the title of his last suggestion, Small Things Like These, which just happens to be a book also sitting on Autumn's desk.

Since you'll have all these short reads read by next time, we look forward to talking to you about the Booker Awards.

Books we discussed in this episode

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The next episode of The Bookmark drops Oct 10!

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