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Book Hype Podcast

Episode #13 – At a Push

Hosted by Marama, Karen, Michal

September 4, 2013

Book Hype is back with another book discussion, this time of The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, who is the pseudonym of none other than J.K. Rowling. Marama, Karen and Michal discuss their favourite characters, who they thought the murderer was, and much more in this in-depth The Cuckoo’s Calling discussion and analysis.

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Show Notes
– It’s lucky 13!
– Do highly recommended books live up to their hype?
– Food from books that we are dying to eat (hint: not puppies)
– Karen and Michal explain blue food to Marama

The Cuckoo’s Calling discussion:
– There’s some disagreement over how we should grade the book.
– Cormoran? Whatever, let’s call him Strike.
– Was Robin just a plucky assistant?
– Cormoran Strike as Mad-Eye Moody? Robin as Hermione?
– Which minor characters made an impression?
– Who did we think the murderer was?
– “I had tons of ideas. Were any of them right? No.”
– Marama is controversial. (Surprise, surprise.)
– The Harry Potter parallels never end.
– We discuss issues of class and race within the novel.
– Did we agree with Rowling’s portrayal of the media?
– How does The Cuckoo’s Calling rank against Rowling’s other work?
– Is it okay to compare them?
– The perils of semicolons.
– Seriously, we can’t stop talking about Harry Potter.
– Do we feel an obligation to keep reading just because it’s Rowling?
– Book Hype fills the MuggleCast-shaped hole in your heart (well, we try).
– Quick fire: Will we read the sequel?
– Would we watch a film adaptation?
– Michal the hipster.
– The search for The Cuckoo’s Calling fan-fiction begins.

If you enjoyed The Cuckoo’s Calling, we recommend books by these authors:

PD James
Elizabeth George
Agatha Christie

Books mentioned in this episode:
Burn by Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Fire with Fire by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
The Girl of Fire and Thornes by Rae Carson
The 100 by Kass Morgan
All The Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

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