Bowie, Ep. 29 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark & What Makes One "The Crème de la Crème"

Intro to 75 Reads: Join hosts Jo Bozarth and April Bowlby for the 75 Reads book club podcast, season one, as they make their way through David Bowie's reading list. Here's a teaser of what's to come! by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 2 - Black Boy by Richard Wright, Part 2: Join us as we follow young Richard to the north. Will Chicago be the place where the color of his skin is no longer a factor in how Richard lives his life? Friends, we had some feelings about part two of this wonderful book. Things we were afraid to say, by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 9 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Part 1 & Why We Have Conflicting Emotions: This book is timely, given the release of the Leaving Neverland documentary and the Me Too movement. It’s the story of a middle aged literature professor / poet named Humbert Humbert, who is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl whom he calls Lolita, and... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 5 - The Street by Ann Petry, Part 2 & Why It's So Frustrating: We're talking about the second half of The Street by Ann Petry, and why it struck some nerves with both of us. Was Lutie delusional? Was she a good mother? Let's discuss! by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 7 - 1984 by George Orwell, Part 2 & Why Now May Not Be The Best Time To Read This Book: Well, we are back at it again with 1984. And we are so ready to be finished with this book. In the current political climate, it all hits a little too close to home. What we've learned from Winston and Julia is that when the mind just changes opinions... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 3 - Happy Birthday: A love letter to our beloved David Bowie on his birthday month. by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 1 - Black Boy by Richard Wright, Part 1: In the first 75 Reads book club episode, we're discussing part one of Black Boy by Richard Wright. Join us as we make our way through David Bowie's top 75 recommended reads! by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 6 - 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1 & Why It's Killing Us: Originally published in 1949, George Orwell's 1984 seems only to grow more relevant with time. And that is a frightening statement. Friends, to put it mildly, we are terrified. Join us for part one of 1984. by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 4 - The Street by Ann Petry, Part 1 & Why We Love It: Join the discussion of The Street by Ann Petry. It's a story of a young, black, single mom who is struggling to raise her son in the racial dissonance that was Harlem in the late 1940s. by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 8 - Diamond Dogs and 1984: Are you a Diamond Dogs fan, or not so much? Does it correlate to how you feel about George Orwell’s 1984, the inspiration for the album? We can recognize 1984 as a great work. We can agree it’s a great work, and be very happy not to have to read... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 12 - The Outsider by Colin Wilson, Part 2 & Why We Think Bowie Was Not An Outsider: What can we say? This is our favorite book, yet! By the end of The Outsider, we felt as though we could almost see Bowie’s thought process as he read it. In part two of the book, we were introduced to more Outsiders, some of whom seemed to have it a... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 14 - Room At The Top by John Braine, Part 2 & Why We Still Love Joe: We continue riding on Joe’s emotional rollercoaster. There’s true love. There’s loss. There are affairs and fights. And, some of the things that Joe says has us wondering if maybe we hate him. But, he knows who he is. He calls himself out on his... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 11 - The Outsider by Colin Wilson, Part 1 & Why This Book Is The Most Bowie Thus Far: At first we didn’t get it, then we got it…in a big way. There are bits of this book that feel very Bowie. In so many interviews, we can see that part of his genius was that he was always searching. So are the various types of Outsiders described... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 13 - Room At The Top by John Braine, Part 1 & Why The Thin White Duke Is Everywhere: Okay, we know we said that our previous read was our favorite yet. Let’s just say that Room At The Top is our favorite fiction book on the list thus far. And a Bowie character clearly comes to mind while reading this book! Clearly. We see him in... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 10, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Part 2 & Why We Are No Longer Charmed: If you listened to our last episode you know that, while we knew ol’ Humbert Humbert was a horrible human being, we still found him humorous and quite sharp. Well friends, in part two H.H. has lost his charm. We see him for what he is, an incredibly... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 15 - A Grave For A Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno, Part 1 & Why We Should Talk To The Animals: Ten year old Alberto Denti di Pirajno met a man at a retirement party he attended with his mother who was celebrating fifty years of making Punchinello’s noses. Fifty years at this job. Making puppet noses day in and day out. Unimaginable! The... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 18 - The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard, Part 2 & Why We're Living in the 1950s: We’re wrapping up The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard, and yes, there are more case studies. Loads of them. And they’re actually quite interesting, but to inject a little fun into the second half of our discussion, we’ve decided to try... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 19 - On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Part 1 & Why Bowie Might Be A Dean: We’re going On The Road with Bowie as we read Jack Kerouac’s classic. And in some very specific instances, we did feel we were seeing a Bowie connection in one of the characters. For us, in the first part of the book, it was Dean, and we'll tell... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 17 - The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard, Part 1 and Why We Are Johnny: We’re diving in to The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard, an examination of how our thoughts and feelings are manipulated by advertisers and media. The book was first published in 1957 and is chock-full of case studies that took place in the 1950s.... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 20 - On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Part 2 & Why Your Feelings About Sal and Dean Might Change Over Time: We’re wrapping up our journey with Sal and the gang with the second half of On The Road by Jack Kerouac. And we are a house divided. One of us liked it, one of us not so much. There were some beautiful life lessons, mostly learned by watching the... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 16 - A Grave For A Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno, Part 2 & Why Our Way Isn't The Only Way: We’re wrapping up A Grave For A Dolphin discussing some of the most beautiful and heart wrenching love stories we’ve come across. There’s the tale of young Hassib who is the most tragic character in a true love story we have ever read. From the... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 21 - The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, Part 1 & Why the Prince is Swoon-worthy: The Leopard, by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, is an historical fiction novel centered around Prince Fabrizio (the leopard) and a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy in 1860 that is threatened by the forces of democracy and revolution. One of us swooned over... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 24 - All The Emperor's Horses by David Kidd, aka Peking Story: If you follow us on Twitter you know that we’re reviewing All The Emperor’s Horses in one episode. And you know that this read is also found under the title Peking Story, which is the newer version with a chapter added at the end, which was... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 22 - The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, Part 2 & Why The Prince Is Really A Serval: We’re wrapping up The Leopard, so you may wonder, “What the heck is that animal in the photo? It doesn’t look like a leopard.” You would be correct! It is, in fact, not a leopard. It is a serval. A much smaller feline, it is the symbol on the... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 25 - The Divided Self by R.D. Laing & Why This Book Seemed Personal: To start with, Laing states that the basic purpose of this book is to make madness, and the process of going mad, comprehensible. The full title is The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness. Okay, what’s the definition of... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 23 - Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse & Why Two Ways of Thinking Aren't Better Than One: We typically split our reads in half and record two episodes per book here on the pod, but Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse was such a quick read that we felt one episode would do the job. The story is in the title, Billy is a liar. He’s a 19 year old... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 28 - On Having No Head by Douglas Harding & What If We Didn't Have An Eight Inch Ball: One day in the early 1940s Douglas Harding, an English architect, was hiking in the Himalayas when he had a shocking realization…he had no head. He realized that we can’t see what he called the eight inch ball on the top of our body, except by... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 26 - Strange People by Frank Edwards & Is "Freak" Really The Right Word?: A “monkey girl”, sleepless people (one named David Jones - not our David Jones), water diviners, an author who was a channeled spirit, psychic detectives, and so many more “Strange People”. This collection of stories relayed by Frank Edwards... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 29 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark & What Makes One "The Crème de la Crème": The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark is our latest read, and our last read before we take a few weeks off for spring break. One of us loved this book, and one of us really and truly did not, and that’s what makes for a fun book club chat!... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 27 - Silence by John Cage & Why There Is Always Sound: Silence by John Cage is a collection of lectures and stories. Some are written in vertical columns. Some have, let’s call it interesting, spacing. And some, as Cage will tell you, have piano accompaniments, street noises, and the like. There was a... by 75 Reads

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Bowie, Ep. 29 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark & What Makes One "The Crème de la Crème"

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