Book Reccos: Between the Pages

Jess and Lauren are kicking April off with a bang with an interview with Bonnie Garmus on her debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry which is out today! It's a feminist story set in the 1960s with an amazing protagonist, Elizabeth Zott, it's SO good in fact, it's already been picked up by Apple TV and will be on our screens next year!   

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Books Mentioned in this Episode: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, and The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk.   

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Jess and Lauren spent March reading books written by women in celebration of Women's History Month, so in this month the pair close out the month by recapping some final reccos they loved, including a Buddy Read they both enjoyed, and two solo reads.   

Books Mentioned in this Episode: Single Carefree Mellow by Katherine Heiney, Thirty Things I Love About Myself by Radhika Sanghani, Careering by Daisy Buchanan, Love Marriage by Monica Ali and School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan.  

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To celebrate Women's History Month, Jess and Lauren are reading books written exclusively by women. And in today's episode they are joined by Poorna Bell. Jess and Lauren read Poorna's book Stronger for IWD last year and have not stopped raving about it since, so tune in for an empowering discussion on the topic of women's strength.   

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Books Mentioned in this Episode: Stronger and In Case of Emergency by Poorna Bell and Luster by Raven Leilani.  

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To celebrate International Women's day and Women's History Month Jess and Lauren are exclusively reading books written by women all month long. In this week's episode they interview Daphne Palasi Andreades on her debut novel, Brown Girls.  

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Books Mentioned in this Episode: Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades and Assembly by Natasha Brown

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Daphne's Reccos: Bluets by Maggie Nelson, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion, A Room of One's Own" essay by Virginia Woolf, Feel Free and NW by Zadie Smith, Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Milkman by Anna Burns.

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To celebrate International Women's day and Women's History Month Jess and Lauren are exclusively reading books written by women all month long. In this week's episode they discuss Dolly Parton's new novel Run Rose Run, as well as their thoughts on the Women's Prize for Fiction longlist.  

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Books Mentioned in this Episode: Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson, Final Revivial of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton, The Sentence by Louise French, Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith, Flamingo by Rachel Elliot, Careless by Kirsty Capes, Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie.  

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Happy Women's History Month everyone! To celebrate, Jess and Lauren are exclusively reading books written by women all month long, and to kick things off, they are starting with some of their favourite Feminist Dystopian reads!  

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Books Mentioned in this Episode: Femlandia by Christina Dalcher, Vox by Christina Dalcher, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Farm by Joanne Ramos and The Power by Naomi Alderman. 

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In this episode, Jess and Lauren interview the wonderful Coco Mellors on her beautiful new debut novel Cleopatra and Frankenstein!   This episode is brought to by Pagesmith, a wonderful new service which allows you to create and gift your own fully personalised poetry collections! To find out more, visit: www.pagesmithbooks.com   

Books Mentioned in this Episode: Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors and Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters  

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For this episode, seeing as Jess and Lauren have both independently read a sequel this month, as well as a page-turning thriller which is keeping them on their toes, this episode is appropriately called Two Sequels and a Buddy Read.  This episode is brought to by Pagesmith, a wonderful new service which allows you to create and gift your own fully personalised poetry collections! To find out more, visit: www.pagesmithbooks.com 

Books Mentioned in this Episode: Tall Bones by Anna Bailey, This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay, Postscript by Cecelia Ahern, Finlay Donovan is Killing it and Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano  

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So you may have seen that Booksta challenge circulating IG 'My Life As a Book', well today Jess and Lauren are jumping on that bandwagon and answering this question for one another. So tune in if you want to find out what Jess' life would be like as a thriller, or if you want to hear some hilarious anecdotes of what Lauren's life would be like as a romcom.  This episode is brought to by Pagesmith, a wonderful new service which allows you to create and gift your own fully personalised poetry collections! To find out more, visit: www.pagesmithbooks.com  

Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Hunting Party and The Guest List by Lisa Foley, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Vox by Christina Dalcher, The Power by Naomi Alderman, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Working Hard, Hardly Working by Grace Beverley  

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Seeing as February is the month of love, in this episode Jess and Lauren chat through some of their favourite underrated love stories. You may not classify all of these books as romances, yet they have complex relationships and emotions that every romance reader would love. 

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Books Mentioned in this Episode: We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan, Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa, Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin and Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters  

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