Lounging with Books
By Claire and Sophie
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Episodes: 155
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Welcome to Lounging with Books! Join Claire and Sophie, two former librarians, as they reconnect through their shared love of literature. Every week, they dive into discussions about their latest book club read, sharing insights, reviews, and the latest book-related news. Get involved by picking up the current book club selection from your local library or bookstore. Stay connected with us on Twitter @marriscmarris and Instagram @loungingwithbooks. Happy reading!
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A New Favourite Audiobook #156
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May 18, 2026 |
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Is This the Perfect Chapter? #154
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May 04, 2026 |
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We Start Reading: Helm by Sarah Hall #153
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Let’s Chat Hungerstone & John & Paul #152
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Strange Buildings, Cosy Crime & The Beatles #151
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Eurotrash and Claire’s Challenge #150
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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We Start Reading: EuroTrash by Christian Kracht #149
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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John & Paul: A Love Story #148
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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The Long Shoe and Sympathy Tower Tokyo #147
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Are They in Virtual Reality? #146
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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The Tempest Prognosticator #145
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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When None of the Books Quite Hit #144
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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We Start Reading: The Other People by C.B Everett #143
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Our Last Reads of the Year #142
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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From Books to Vessel Cups #141
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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We Start Reading: The Christmas Pudding #140
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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We let AI choose our Christmas read #139
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Claire meets Miriam Margolyes at Whitby Book Festival #138
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Girl in Pieces, Hotel Avocado, and Murder at the Black Cat Cafe #137
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Farts, Royalty, and Boatmen with Miriam Margolyes #136
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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So Gay For You #135
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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We Start Reading: The Little Book of Miriam #134
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Dracula Meets Carmilla in Whitby #133
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Two Standout Books You Can’t Ignore #132
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The Polari Prize Paused #131
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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I've Had Enough of Being a Nice Bear #130
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Bright Seas, Big Tops & Queer Hearts #129
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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We Start Reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea #128
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Salt Path Controversy #127
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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What Does Family Even Mean? #126
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Why I'm obsessed with Godkiller by Hannah Kaner #125
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Is Butter Worth the Hype? #124
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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What It Takes to Open a Bookshop: The One More Chapter Story #123
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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We Start Reading: Vanishing World #122
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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We Review Shuggie Bain #121
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Books That Left Us Unsure #120
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May 05, 2025 |
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Let'sTalk Bloom Town #119
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Revenge, Regrets & a Racy Read #118
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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We Start Reading: Shuggie Bain #117
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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We Review: 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' #116
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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The Kindle Controversy #115
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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We Interview Joshua Corin: Assume Nothing, Marvel & More #114
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Reading Roundup: Corrin, Mortimer & Kang #113
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' by Mitch Albom #112
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Bring Your Best 'B' Challenge: Cast your Vote! #111
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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A Mystery, A Fantasy, and A Party #110
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Mr B's Emporium #109
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Merry Christmas 2024 #108
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'Make the Season Bright' by Ashley Herring Blake #107
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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The Motorcyle Undertaker #106
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Nine Perfect Strangers #105
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Bookshops & Bonedust #104
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Choosing Claire's Next Book #103
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'Pippo & Clara' by Diana Rosie #102
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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In Memoriam #101
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Our 100th Episode! #100
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Too Much Lip #99
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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You Can't Say That On A Podcast #98
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'Want' by Gillian Anderson #97
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Holiday Book Reviews #96
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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We're Going On Hiatus #95
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Some Books Are Just Too Long #94
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'Thrown' by Sara Cox #93
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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A Secret History #92
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The Singing Cashier #91
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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What Should We Read Next? #90
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'Antartica' by Claire Keegan #89
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Big Swiss #88
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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The Help #87
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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No Charles Dickens! #86
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May 27, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Dark Portal' by Robin Jarvis #85
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May 20, 2024 |
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Is this Book Getting Good? #84
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May 13, 2024 |
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Who Was Natalie Barney? #83
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May 06, 2024 |
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The Three Body Problem #82
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Thoughts on Verity #81
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'After Sappho' by Selby Wynn Schwartz #80
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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It's Getting Ghosty #79
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Knock, knock #78
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Person or Pasta? #77
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Beware Nosy Neighbours #76
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Hiding Place' by Amanda Mason #75
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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This Book is Bonkers #74
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Are Love Stories Believable? #73
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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The Weather Girls #72
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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The Yellow Wallpaper #71
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Cosy Reading #70
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Why Has Noone Been Eaten by a Bear? #69
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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We Start Reading: 'Lost Kingdom' by Laurel Black #68
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Author Interview: Laurel Black #67
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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New Year, New Reviews #66
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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2023: Our Year in Reading #65
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Do you eat Frumenty? #64
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Michael's are the worst #63
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Family Upstairs Review #62
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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The Winter Quarter #61
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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The Versatility of Tampons #60
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Spoiler Alert - Disorientation Is Great! #59
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'Disorientation' by Elaine Hsieh Chou#58
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Den' by Keith Gray #57
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Should you enjoy disturbing books? #56
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The Breadmachine Cameo #55
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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The Prophet and the Idiot #54
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Dangers of Smoking in Bed' by Mariana Enriquez #53
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Our Book Club Anniversary #52
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Author Interview: Keith Gray #51
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Reading Our Big Books #50
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Big Book Fear #49
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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What's a bogie? #48
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Machine Gunners' by Robert Westall #47
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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After Dinner Pacing Problems #46
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Minta, Marriage and Mayhem #45
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Trying to Understand Stream of Consciousness #44
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'To The Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf #43
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Will Nod Have A Happy Ending? #42
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Who Are The Cat Sleepers #41
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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This Book is Crazy #40
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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We Discuss Dystopia #39
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'Nod' by Adrian Barnes #38
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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'The Ideal Castle' #37
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May 29, 2023 |
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'The Humans' and Mental Health #36
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May 22, 2023 |
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A Plane Crashed in Claire's Village #35
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May 15, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'The Humans' by Matt Haig #34
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May 08, 2023 |
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Final Review: Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung #33
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May 01, 2023 |
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Whose Favourite Colour is Brown? #32
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Our First DNF #31
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'Ghost Forest' by Pik-Shuen Fung #30
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Final Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin #29
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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She Stole a Smutty Book #28
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Do Sam & Sadie Really Know Each Other? #27
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Work Book Swap #26
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' by Gabrielle Zevin #25
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Final Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama #24
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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A Little Book Break #23
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Our First Return #22
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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New Books We Want! #21
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Bookshop PR Disaster? #20
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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We Start Reading: 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama #19
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Happy New Year! #18
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Our Top 10 Books of 2022 #17
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Final Review: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn #16
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Down The Rabbit Hole #15
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Between The Covers #14
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Dog Walkers Are Everywhere #13
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Do You Remember The Sheep? #12
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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We Start Reading: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn #11
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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We're Back! #10
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Spoilers Ahead! #9
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The Rosie Project, Rebecca, and The Boy Who Couldn't #8
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Books and Beer #7
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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We Got Book Post #6
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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We Start Reading: Truth Be Told by Sue Divin #5
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Final Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #4
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Books, Boats & Gaga #3
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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We Start Reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #2
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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The Ex-Librarian Book Club #1
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Aug 22, 2022 |