Episode 64: Book Review of Audrey Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry or "Creepy is Good"

Beth and Cari veer from their usual format and review just one book: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. Read the book and listen along. Post your comments!

Click here to listen: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
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Date Recorded: October 19, 2009

We begin with a death. Elspeth Noble is dead and leaves her two twin nieces, Valentina and Julia, her flat in London with the stipulation that her sister and twin, Edie, and her husband are not allowed in the flat and the twins have to live there for a year before they can sell it. Other tenants of the building await the twins' arrival: Elspeth's lover, Robert, lives in the flat below hers and is anxious to meet the two girls whom he has never met. Martin, a severe OCD case, and his wife Marjke live in the flat above and were friends with Robert and Elspeth.

What seems like an ordinary story takes a turn towards the paranormal when the reader is introduced again to Elspeth, this time as a ghost living in her flat, unseen (at first) to her two inheritors. There is mystery surrounding Elspeth's and Edie's relationship - as in what caused the rift in the sisters' relationship. The answer to which is kept in a diary in Robert's flat.

The story becomes more intriguing when Elspeth is able to communicate with the twins and as the twins develop relationships with the other tenants that knew Elspeth. Though the motivation for a secret plan hatching between one twin and the ghost seems unrealistic, it makes for a good story and will hopefully have you reading till the last page.

Episode 63: New Book Buzz

Beth and Cari talk about new books coming out and discuss the book Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos.

Click here to listen: New Book Buzz
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Date Recorded: October 3, 2009

Why My Third Husband will be a Dog by Lisa Scottolini
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - OUT NOW!
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls (author of Glass Castle)
As It Was Written: A Novel by

Sujatha Hampton - Feb 16, 2010
Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black
Under the Dome by Stephen King
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver
Rules For My Unborn Son by by Walker Lamond
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

Family Affair: A Novel by Caprice Crane

Book Discussion: Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos\

Stay tuned for the book discussion about "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger
and Beth and Cari's experience at CPL seeing Neil Gaiman in person. Spoiler - it was awesome!