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I had been wanting to try a last interview edition for awhile, and I was really impressed with how well the editors captured, in just a few interviews, the arc of Bourdain‘s public life. From his early boys-club attitude and first travels to the changes his daughter‘s birth and years of travel made to his obsession with Asia and involvement in the Me Too movement. It‘s sad that his life ended so abruptly, but I‘m glad to have read this. #NFNov

It‘s a rainy, windy day today, but a great day for books! My #botm arrived including my shelf slayer bookmark.

Yesterday, I went to my local indie, Bluestocking Social in Evansville, IN, and picked up Mayflies and the tagged book. I highly recommend them if you‘re in the area!

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/O6Ks_Jt4ToI

Enjoy!

I miss the curiosity, empathy, intellect, vulnerability, and listening skills of Bourdain. The interviews were great and I can‘t wait to travel again when this pandemic passes, but I wanted more Bourdain.

... second nature." -p.58-59
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I agree with Karin @8little_paws' review that there's a notable, and in my opinion, unfortunate, change in tone in the more recent interviews, but that probably says as much about the world of journalism as it does about Bourdain.

Left me feeling: wistful, amused and contemplative. #ThreeWordReviews

I think this is a pick...I liked all the interviews selected here. I suspect they've been edited for length and I wish that wasn't the case. I do feel that there was a negative change in him after he ended his marriage to Ottavia and started dating Asia. But who can ever say. I'm slowly making my way through his nonfiction writing, I hope to pick up some more by him later this year. If you miss him, go read Edward Lee's Buttermilk Graffiti!

This series is awesome. Kobe‘s death last week got me missing Anthony Bourdain all over again. These interviews bring back his voice through interviews over his career and remind us why we miss him: he was empathetic and positioned to see the world through another‘s eyes with food but really about so much more. I still miss him but enjoyed the remembrance.

This is a collection of interviews Bourdain has done over the years, including the last one published 5 days before he died. I thought it was interesting what views were consistent and what changed over time. Also there are more books in this series!

Airport reading...

⭐️⭐️⭐️ I like “The Last Interview” books for the most part. I‘m curious to know more about the interview selection process. Often, the books are too slim and I want more, but I‘m sure there‘s some bureaucratic reason for that. With Bourdain, I liked the earlier interviews best. The official “last interview” was not that exciting. Still worth a read if you‘re a fan.

I‘m the only one awake. 🙌🏻 I haven‘t read at all today and it‘s 8:30pm. That‘s unusual. 😆 But, no complaints. It‘s been a great day with my family filled with soccer games, a school project, and delicious grilled buffalo wings. #booksandbrews