Trashionista Recommends: NPR

In Britain, the initials NPR don't mean much to most people, but in America they mean a lot: they stand for National Public Radio, a much-loved radio station similar in tone to the BBC -except perhaps a little more exciting, sorry BBC!- which produces intelligent and thought-provoking programmes.  And of course, some of those are about books...

There's a huge book section on their website, including summer reading recommendations  (I couldn't agree more with their choice of "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?" by Lorrie Moore- it's a fantastic book about teenage friendship and growing up) and books so good you'll skip work!
You can read the recommendations online at the links above, or better yet, listen to clips via the site.