Live from the Book Shop: John Updike's Ghost

Author: Hannah Harlow and Sam Pfeifle

Hannah Harlow and Sam Pfeifle, siblings and co-owners of the Book Shop of Beverly Farms, read four books every two weeks and tell you what they think! And we rate every single book with a sound effect. See which books get an explosion (this book is the bomb!) and which get a whoopie cushion (we would never!). Have a book you want our thoughts on? Hit us up at info@bookshopofbeverlyfarms.com.
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EP13: Love Letters & Bad Guys
Episode 13
Thursday, 23 April, 2026

Folks, it's just all bangers this week, with four books we really enjoyed, all brand-new and ready to be given to your mom. We've got a love letter to Earth, a love letter to bad guys, a love letter to Brooklyn, and a love letter to Monica Lewinsky. And we loved the books. That doesn't happen all that often. The big revelation is that Hannah hasn't read Emily St. John Mandel; and, yes, we know that "Cloud Cuckoo Land" was not written by David Mitchell. We just went with it and assumed you understood that we were jumping right to "Cloud Atlas." This fortnight, we read: "Homebound," by Portia Elan "Villain," by Natalie Zina Walschots "Last Night in Brooklyn," by Xochitl Gonzales "Dear Monica Lewinsky," by Julia Langbein What sound effects did we give each of these books? You'll just have to listen and find out!