Eric Newsom Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@mattzollerseitz This one and Emma Thompson's Sense and Sensibility diary.

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For April Fool's Day this year, I compiled a fake James Bond soundtrack full of John Barry music from other films. Give it a listen if you like: https://t.co/K6s6E3r4Bb

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A good day for the central theme of Kurt Vonnegut's underrated Mother Night “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

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Thinking lately about the passage at the end of Elie Wiesel's Night where the wealthy Parisians are throwing coins off of the boat to the poor children. He begs her to stop because the kids are desperate and fighting each other and she says, "Why? I like to give to charity."

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Have just discovered that the Beastie Boys' "Sure Shot" flute sample was originally by Jeremy Steig, son of the amazing children's book illustrator William Steig (Shrek, Abel's Island, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble).

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@drjacannon I've watched most of the Christie adaptations—Poirot, Marple, etc. There's a new one, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, that I haven't seen yet. Otherwise, I've seen them here and there. Death in Paradise, Inspector Morse, Touch of Frost leap to mind.

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@jfkenney @abndesigns Next time! In the meantime, imagine yourself watching the stoning from Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," which was written there.

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Tonight's Succession is a good match with the Thick of It specials "Rise of the Nutters" and "Spinners and Losers," both written in part by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong.

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@DialHForHagai If 1994 is a hole for you, I'd check out Karasik and Mazzucchelli adapting Paul Auster's City of Glass. Also, The Kindly Ones came out that year and that might be my nostalgic favorite Sandman series.

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@akbarjenkins Would have been much better with different Capt. Wentworth casting. Can I recommend Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship as my favorite Austen adaptation?