Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books!

In this episode, Nina’s reading is in full chaos mode, Emma‘s extra fatigued but still managed to finish two excellent books, and we do the Contradictions Book Tag.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley

The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley

When I Sing, Mountains Dance - Irene Solà

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Babel - R.F. Kuang

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare

Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura

Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Divergent - Veronica Roth

Insurgent - Veronica Roth

Allegiant - Veronica Roth

These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

This Shattered World - Annie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Their Fractured Light - Annie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell

Landline - Rainbow Rowell

Attachments - Rainbow Rowell

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

This Song Will Save Your Life - Leila Sales

Everything That Makes You - Mariah McStay

Passing - Nella Larsen

Pachinko - Min Jin Lee

The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg

The Binding - Bridget Collins

According to Yes - Dawn French

Love Poems - Pablo Neruda

Gods, Demigods & Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology - Bernard Evslin

Broken Things - Lauren Oliver

Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness

The Emperor of Any Place - Tim Wynne-Jones

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Emma - Jane Austen

Vanishing Girls - Lauren Oliver

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green

No Sex in the City - Randa Abdel-Fattah

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Also mentioned:

Original Contradictions Book Tag video by Only For If A Page https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FnvfT_27ScU

10 Things I Hate About You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/

Paradise analysis video referred to https://youtu.be/tdiHUeDxaow

CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ

CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4

Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg

Booksandlala https://youtube.com/@BooksandLala

Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards