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Nov 6, 2026

Daniela DoncelHOST
8:59
When that book first hit shelves in 1963, it was originally called Ginny and Her Juniors.
Daniela DoncelHOST
9:05
The New York Times Book Review actually wrote a blurb on it at the time.
Daniela DoncelHOST
9:09
The plot of this new Ginny story relies heavily on an old chestnut, how to make money of one's own.
Daniela DoncelHOST
9:15
Scholastic didn't publish the book originally, but around the time they added it to their book club list, the title got the babysitting rebrand, and that turned out to be key.
SarahHOST
2:25
His most recent book is Lost in the Cold War, the story of Jack Downey, America's longest-held POW.
SarahHOST
2:32
His earlier book, titled The China Challenge, Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power, was an editor's choice at the New York Times Book Review and the Arthur Ross Book Award Silver Medalist for 2016 at the Council on Foreign Relations.
SarahHOST
2:45
In his conversation with Arham, we get a glimpse of his research on China and the different challenges that arise when studying a state with increasing government oversight.
ArhamHOST
3:01
Professor Christensen, welcome to Chalkboard Politics.
KatieHOST
15:22
Despite those negative reviews, the novel was hugely popular among young girls, even at the time.
KatieHOST
15:29
It appeared on the 1964 list of the year's best juveniles in the New York Times Book Review, and it also won a Sequoia Book Award in 1967.
KatieHOST
15:41
And it is now considered a milestone in children's literature for its embrace of realism, hearkening back to the flawed characters and unsuitable behavior, I'm sure.
KatieHOST
15:53
In 2012, it ranked at number 17 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.
Daniela DoncelHOST
11:37
When that book first hit shelves in 1963, it was originally called Ginny and Her Juniors.
Daniela DoncelHOST
11:43
The New York Times Book Review actually wrote a blurb on it at the time.
Daniela DoncelHOST
11:48
The plot of this new Ginny story relies heavily on an old chestnut, how to make money of one's own.
Daniela DoncelHOST
11:53
Scholastic didn't publish the book originally, but around the time they added it to their book club list, the title got the babysitting rebrand, and that turned out to be key.
William CooperHOST
0:02
Welcome to Books and More.
William CooperHOST
0:04
I'm your host, William Cooper, and delighted to have Alexandra Jacobs with the New York Times Book Review.
William CooperHOST
0:10
Alexandra, how are you?
Alexandra JacobsGUEST
0:12
I am well, and I'm even more delighted to be here.
William CooperHOST
0:43
Still here.
William CooperHOST
0:44
The Madcap Nervy Singular Life of Elaine Stretch.
William CooperHOST
0:50
But before we get into some of this, why don't you tell us about your background and how you worked your way up to the New York Times Book Review?
Alexandra JacobsGUEST
0:59
Oh my gosh.
Ian MorrisonGUEST
11:10
And we're staying in the 50s.
Ian MorrisonGUEST
11:12
What adorable term for a charming or amusing first encounter between romantic partners first appeared in print in the New York Times book review in 1952? Could you repeat that? Yes.
Ian MorrisonGUEST
11:27
What adorable term for a charming or amusing first encounter between romantic partners first appeared in print in the New York Times Book Review in 1952? I didn't think it
Chris ParkinsonGUEST
11:40
was this old, but is this meet cute?
Ian MorrisonGUEST
11:43
Meet cute is correct.
speaker_0NARRATOR
58:49
The content is copyrighted by the respective publishers.
Peggy ChudzikHOST
59:02
Hello, this is Peggy Chudzik, and for the next hour I'll be reading from the October 25th issue of the New York Times Book Review on the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service.
Peggy ChudzikHOST
59:19
Our first review is called The Road by Dwight Garner.
Peggy ChudzikHOST
59:26
It is about the book entitled Cormac McCarthy, A Legacy Revisited by Tracy Doherty.
speaker_0NARRATOR
58:54
Coming up next in the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service, we have People Magazine.
speaker_0NARRATOR
58:58
At 9 o'clock, we have the New York Times Book Review, and at 10 o'clock, It's our all-time radio show with an episode of Abbott and Costello and suspense.
speaker_0NARRATOR
59:07
Stay with us for these readings and more.
speaker_0NARRATOR
59:55
The following program is intended for listeners who are blind, have low vision, or have another
Irene ChanHOST
62:57
Is Mass Market the next special edition? You
Lauren PanepintoPANELIST
63:00
know, there was that big article in the Times Book Review like a couple of months ago, maybe over the summer, about the depth of Mass Market and how mad
Irene ChanHOST
63:08
everybody was.
Irene ChanHOST
63:09
That was my favorite format.
Jared BowenHOST
21:46
For this edition, we're talking about Eastbound by French novelist Mélisse de Kerengal and translated by Jessica Moore.
Jared BowenHOST
21:53
The New York Times Book Review named it one of the 10 best books of 2023.
Jared BowenHOST
21:58
First published in 2012, it's set aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway and is a slender novel about an enormous moral choice.
Jared BowenHOST
22:05
A chance encounter between a Russian soldier and a French woman becomes a test of courage, compassion, and what we owe a stranger.

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