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Announcing Our New Podcast and Book Club: Books of Your Life with Elizabeth
Dear Readers,
What’s the next best thing to reading an amazing book? Being part of a conversation about amazing books. And that’s what I’m inviting you to do with my new Goodreads podcast and book club: Books of Your Life with Elizabeth.
Over the years, our editorial team has strived to help you discover and discuss great books. We have our newsletters, blog posts, and social channels, but one thing was missing…a way to have more in-depth conversations about books!
Join me as I talk to some of the most creative, dynamic, and interesting people in the world to learn about the books making an impact on their lives.
You can be part of the conversation, too. We’ve created a book club to accompany our podcast, where you can discuss each guest’s recommendations. For every episode, I will share with the group the podcast, my review, and my Kindle Notes & Highlights from the book.
Our first episode is a heart-to-heart with actress Sarah Jessica Parker. She recommends three books, one of which—Golden Child—comes from her new literary imprint, which is focused on publishing books that encourage empathy and open up unfamiliar worlds. Listen to the podcast to learn about the other two books she’s reading as well!
In another episode, you’ll hear from Charity: Water founder Scott Harrison about the new memoir he wrote tracing his incredible journey from New York City club promoter to the founder of a game-changing nonprofit that has brought clean drinking water to more than 8.2 million people in 24 countries. Books such as Simplicity Parenting have helped him approach parenting-work-life balance as he travels the world fund-raising and setting up wells in underserved communities.
My talk with Abby Falik, the CEO of the nonprofit Global Citizen Year, focused on a mutual friend of ours, the author and brilliant neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who wrote When Breath Becomes Air when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. That book completely changed her perspective about her own life.
Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear all of my latest interviews and to get great book recommendations from fascinating people. You can listen to episodes of Books of Your Life with Elizabeth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, and wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
Happy reading (and listening),
Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Goodreads Cofounder & Editor-in-Chief
What’s the next best thing to reading an amazing book? Being part of a conversation about amazing books. And that’s what I’m inviting you to do with my new Goodreads podcast and book club: Books of Your Life with Elizabeth.
Over the years, our editorial team has strived to help you discover and discuss great books. We have our newsletters, blog posts, and social channels, but one thing was missing…a way to have more in-depth conversations about books!
Join me as I talk to some of the most creative, dynamic, and interesting people in the world to learn about the books making an impact on their lives.
Our first episode is a heart-to-heart with actress Sarah Jessica Parker. She recommends three books, one of which—Golden Child—comes from her new literary imprint, which is focused on publishing books that encourage empathy and open up unfamiliar worlds. Listen to the podcast to learn about the other two books she’s reading as well!
In another episode, you’ll hear from Charity: Water founder Scott Harrison about the new memoir he wrote tracing his incredible journey from New York City club promoter to the founder of a game-changing nonprofit that has brought clean drinking water to more than 8.2 million people in 24 countries. Books such as Simplicity Parenting have helped him approach parenting-work-life balance as he travels the world fund-raising and setting up wells in underserved communities.
My talk with Abby Falik, the CEO of the nonprofit Global Citizen Year, focused on a mutual friend of ours, the author and brilliant neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who wrote When Breath Becomes Air when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. That book completely changed her perspective about her own life.
Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear all of my latest interviews and to get great book recommendations from fascinating people. You can listen to episodes of Books of Your Life with Elizabeth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, and wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
Happy reading (and listening),
Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Goodreads Cofounder & Editor-in-Chief
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I'm sure Jasmine didn't understand. Let's not make big deal of this. Everyone makes mistakes and we all learn from them. I am sure she didn't mean anything malicious. Let's stop bickering and just admire these podcasts.
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What we see is what we get. I am sure there will be more podcasts in the future. We should respect the staffs wishes.
It's now available in Pocket Casts :)
Rumell wrote: "I feel uncomfortable when people label 'white men' as racist or sexists because to me that is racist and sexist. It is like thinking that all of them think like that.I am a male human being and I..."
Wow. You just called out black women as 'sexist and racist' for challenging white male privilege. That just happened right here on a supposedly progressive website. It might as well have been a statement from Trump. Instead Goodreads let it happen on their own blog.
So that's just what Goodreads is now? We're going to accept this?
Rumell should apologize for this statement: "I feel uncomfortable when people label 'white men' as racist or sexists because to me that is racist and sexist."
Or be banned. That statement is simply not acceptable in any progressive society. I hope the Mod's address this race and misogyny issue.
It's clear cut. Don't defend the attacker.
"Rumell should apologize for this statement: "I feel uncomfortable when people label 'white men' as racist or sexists because to me that is racist and sexist."I'm not seeing anything wrong with the statement. He's right that people shouldn't be accused of racism because of the race they happen to be, and he's trying to be positive and keep the peace.
There's nothing here to argue over or protest.
Jasmine wrote: "Don't defend the attacker"Cool. This being a site for readers, I'll assume you're good with precise definitions. The "attacker" would be the one who lobs the first salvo.
Who was that, again?
Going by his profile, he's only a teenager, and a PoC himself. It would be better to suggest he reads up on critical race theory, intersectionality and the ideas behind contemporary identity politics. Even if he decides he doesn't agree with all of it, at least that way he can understand the context, here and of a lot of debates online.
Jasmine wrote: "Rumell wrote: "I feel uncomfortable when people label 'white men' as racist or sexists because to me that is racist and sexist. It is like thinking that all of them think like that.I am a male hu..."
Do you realistically think I said what you think I said? Lets try and be open-minded and try not think in one-dimension.
Please can you keep this conversation just about these podcasts.
Rumell wrote: "Please can you keep this conversation just about these podcasts."Indeed.
I really enjoyed Abby Falik's podcast.
Hi everyone-- let's stick to the topic at hand and make sure to be courteous to other posters.
I'd just like to give a shout out to everyone at Goodreads who worked to make this possible. I'm sure it was a lot of work, and we appreciate you.
Great! Glad Goodreads is thinking out of the box by creating this podcast. Enjoyed listening to Jessica Parker's podcast.
Yeah. And I am glad that they are setting up announcements at the top our homepage. This is something that I was looking for in this website.
