Featuring the good news and the bad news from the week in books, the big titles everyone is talking about, the best reviewed books, adaptation news, and more… From Book Marks editors Dan Sheehan, Katie Yee, and Oliver the Well Dressed Dog.
The Week in Books LIVE: Shakespeare, Chocolat, and Bill & Hillary’s Sexcapades from The Virtual Book Channel on Vimeo.
Discussed in this week’s episode:
Shakespeare’s Globe Theater facing permanent closure
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Sex, lies, and saxophones in Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham
A first look at the upcoming miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand
The NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award finalists and the Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist
The unimpeachable brilliance of 27 Dresses and Chocolat