Belle, Sarah, and Jenny get together to round out the year! They chat through their best books of the year and share their thoughts. This is the final episode of the season; we will be back early next year for Season 3! Let us know if you enjoy the episode, and what you thought of the books!

Books mentioned:

• Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
• Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
• Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
• Splinters by Leslie Jamison
• Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
• Feast by Emily O'Grady
• Foster by Clare Keegan
• Cackle by Rachel Harrison
• James by Percival Everett
• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
• Kala by Colin Walsh
• The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

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In the second last episode of the season, Sarah and Belle get together to discuss all three of Sophie Mackintosh's novels: The Water Cure, Blue Ticket, and Cursed Bread.

Have you read any of her novels? What did you think?

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Sarah and Jenny discuss Small Things Like These and how the book compares to the 2024 movie starring Cillian Murphy.

Other things mentioned

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

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Sarah invites her friend Cobby onto the podcast this week! They chat through most of the books on the Booker shortlist, including the winner, Orbital by Samantha Harvey. They share their thoughts on the books they've read on the shortlist and talk about the best Ralph Fiennes film to lift your mood.

Books mentioned:

• Booker shortlist
• The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
• The Submerged Cathedral by Charlotte Wood
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
• The Trees by Percival Everett
• James by Percival Everett
• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Woods
• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
• Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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Sarah from Your True Shelf joins Jenny to share their pick of great memoirs. We cover some 'sensible' memoirs and also (our fave) celeb memoirs.

Books mentioned

• Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist
• Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
• Waterfall of Stars by Rosanne Alexander
• Unfamiliar by Kirsty Logan
• Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja
• Why Did You Stay? by Rebecca Humphries
• Mighty Be Our Powers by Carol Lynn Mithers and Leymah Gbowee
• Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
• This I Know: Notes in Unravelling the Heart by Susannah Conway
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Open Book by Jessica Simpson
• More Myself by Alicia Keys
• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
• Paris by Paris Hilton
• Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
• This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes
• Taste by Stanley Tucci
• Me by Elton John
• Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner

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Author Abigail Mann joins Jenny to discuss the TikTok favourite Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.

Books mentioned

• Constanza by Rachael Blackmore
• Experienced by Kate Young
• All Fours by Miranda July
• So Thrilled For You by Holly Borne
• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

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Belle and Jenny chat all things spooooooky in this weeks episode. Belle is on a mission to read a really scary book (spoiler - we're struggling to find one!) We share our spookiest book recs along with some (not all that spooky) movie recommendations.

We'd love to know the scariest book you've ever, drop us a comment over on Instagram.

Books mentioned

• We Solve Murder by Richard Osmond
• Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
• Our Wives Under the Sea and Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
• Verity by Colleen Hoover
• The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
• Thin Air and Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
• Sharp Objects andThe Grown Up by Gillian Flynn
• The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Dark Tales andThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• Things We Lost in the Fire by Marianna Enriquez
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
• Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
• Rachel Harrison and Grady Hendrix's books

Movies & TV mentioned

• Hereditary
• Black Christmas
• Anna and the Apocalypse
• One Cut of the Dead
• The Shining
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Voices
• Mr Mercedes (TV)

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Millie from @saltonshine joins Jenny to chat all things cosy reading. We share some of our favourite cosy reads and movies and also chat recent and current reads. Jenny completely forgot to talk about Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, even though her notes were right in front of her, so stick that on your TBR too.

Books mentioned

• The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
• Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
• The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
• The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore
• Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain
• Cackle by Rachel Harrison
• The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall
• Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Clune
• Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
• Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Movies & TV mentioned

• Everything I Know About Love (TV)
• Lost in Austen (TV)
• Far From the Madding Crowd (TV)
• You've Got Mail
• The Truth About Cats and Dogs
• Lost in Translation
• All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5)(TV)

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It's the first book club of the season! Belle and Sarah chat about the Booker shortlisted book The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. Join in the conversation over on our Instagram.

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We're back! It's season 2 and we're excited! In this episode we welcome Belle to the podcast as an official co-host. We chat about our plans for the season ahead, what we're reading, new releases we're excited for and loads more. Let us know what you think and come say hi over on Instagram.

Books mentioned

• Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
• New Animal by Ella Baxter
• Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• The Woodland at Midwinter by Susannah Clarke
• Motherhood by Sheila Heti
• Splinters by Leslie Jamison
• Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore (not self published!)
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Other bits

• The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge episode

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Hello friends! Sarah is joined by delightful friend-of-the-podcast Belle today for a discussion about the second half of the Stella Prize 2024 shortlist. They discuss their feelings about Abandon Every Hope, Praiseworthy, and Feast, as well as some recent reads. 

Stella prize
Why did Belle do an Acknowledgement of Country?
Review of Abandon Every Hope
Review of Praiseworthy in The Guardian 


Books mentioned

• Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead by Hayley Singer
• Feast by Emily O'Grady
• Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright  
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

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