Here's the way to start December: with some holiday book recommendations from the Book Babes! Today we joined Terri Trespico on Martha Stewart's Sirius radio show to talk about books, and below is a recap of our picks (with some extras thrown in) for your listening and giving pleasure. Meanwhile, don't forget the ideal gift for any book lover (esp. a woman) on your list: "BETWEEN THE COVERS: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures."
Margo's latest good read: "The English Major," by Jim Harrison -- the latest (and brightest) road-trip novel
Ellen's: "A Mercy," by Toni Morrison -- Nobel Prize winner's fable-like novel set in early America
Margo's history pick: "Boone," by Robert Morgan (now available in paperback) -- no coonskin cap, no how
Ellen's: "The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage," by Daniel Mark Epstein --every marriage has its ups and downs
Ellen's sports pick: "The Great Swim," by Gavin Mortimer -- if you want to make history, dive into the English Channel
Margo's:
"The Given Day," by Dennis Lehane -- featuring Babe Ruth's pick-up game
with black ballplayers -- fictional, but still...
Ellen's foodie
rec: "Amarcord: Marcella Remembers," by Marcella Hazan -- the Julia
Child of Italian cooking evokes her life and her kitchen
Margo's:
"Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Ken Shopsin" -- Calvin Trillin's
secret revealed, a Greenwich Village chef who offers more than 100
recipes from his legendary restaurant
Funny bone as channeled by
Margo: "The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport," by
Carl Hiassen -- losing at golf. What else is new.
Ellen: "Our Dumb
World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth" (softbound! under $20!)
-- if you were a "Seinfeld" fan, this belongs on your coffee table
Music
to Margo's ears: "John Lennon: The Life," by Philip Norman -- what
better way to mark the 40th anniversary of the White Album?
Ellen: "The Rest Is Noise," by Alex Ross -- a readable and fascinating guide to 20th century classical music
Ellen's pop culture pick: "Audition," by Barbara Walters -- the world's most famous interviewer turns the spotlight on herself -- and her foibles
Margo:
"'Tis the Season," by Lorna Landvik -- fiction that spoofs celebrity by
featuring a Paris Hilton/Britney Spears lookalike who's hounded by the
press
Happy reading!
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