In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This week's episode features Mareike from The Child of the Library podcast, and we talk about buddy reads, some fantastic series you can all check out as well as some classics - enjoy!

Guest Details:
Podcast name: Child of the Library
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/child-of-the-library/id1546652329
Instagram: @childofthelibrary

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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Books Discussed

Emma by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Atonement by Ian McEwan
A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir
Five ​Dark Fates (Three Dark Crowns, #4) by Kendare Blake
The Merciful Crow (The Merciful Crow, #1) by Margaret Owen
The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2) by Margaret Owen
Seide und Schwert by Kai Meyer
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This episode dives into the second half of bookish duo Mary & Lalig, co-hosts of Book Shrine podcast. We had so much fun talking about pretty much everything when we got together to chat books and I hope you enjoy!

Guest Details:
Podcast name: Book Shrine
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-shrine/id1552168158
Twitter: @TheBook_Shrine
Instagram: @bookshrine

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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Books Discussed

A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Didn't See It Coming (FF) by ForForever19 available on Fanfiction.net
Complicate Me (FF) by Kat B
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
The Queen: An Elegant New Biography of Her Majesty Elizabeth II by Matthew Dennison
A Passion for Poison: Schoolboy. Poisoner. Serial Killer. by Carol Ann Lee

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This episode dives into the first half of bookish duo Mary & Lalig, co-hosts of Book Shrine podcast. We had so much fun talking about pretty much everything when we got together to chat books and I hope you enjoy!

Guest Details:
Podcast name: Book Shrine
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-shrine/id1552168158
Twitter: @TheBook_Shrine
Instagram: @bookshrine

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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A Princess Found by Sarah Culberson
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault
The Wrong McElroy by K. L. Hughes
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This episode we are joined by the wonderful Olivia-Savannah, booktuber over at Olivia's Catastrophe.  This list was such an interesting one to discuss and I hope you love it as much as I did - enjoy!

Guest Details:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/oliviascatastrophe
Twitter: @oliviascatastro
Instagram: @oliviascatastrophe

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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All Books Discussed:
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) by Maggie Stiefvater
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
Crave by Tracy Wolff
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
The Bible
The Raven Cycle Series by Maggie Stiefvater

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This week we are joined by Delima, host of the Pieces of Books podcast and we talk magical realism, parallel worlds, one of my all-time favourite authors, thrillers and romance - enjoy!

Guest Details:
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/17pfP8JYYQr40KdwOWi5Zi?autoplay=true
Twitter: @pievesofbooks
Instagram: @pievesofbooks

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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All Books Discussed:
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Find Me by André Aciman
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This week we are joined by Kearsten and Tatyana, co-hosts of The Bookish Banter Podcast. We talk fantasy, YA, loveable plant nerds and even have a potential mid-episode usurper in our midst.

Guest Details:
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebookishbanterpodcast
TikTok: @thebookishbanterpodcast
Instagram: @thebookishbanterpodcast
Kearsten: @kearstenkeepsreading
Tatyana: @theliteraturellama

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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All Books Discussed:

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely – except this week!

Due to a pretty hectic few weeks, there will be no regular episode this week, however, I wanted to take the chance to share out the below information/donation links I mention in this little announcement.

Coronavirus Relief Support in Nepal Funds:

https://www.thesmallworld.org/coronavirus-relief-funds

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/nepal-pledge-emergency-covid-19-fund/

Coronavirus Relief Support in India Funds:

https://www.impactguru.com/fundraiser/help-khalsa-aid

https://fundraisers.giveindia.org/fundraisers/lets-go-all-in-for-india-donate-now-to-help-indians-in-this-time-of-crisis

Information & links for crisis in the Philippines:

https://twitter.com/ivyportals/status/1392080653500309506

https://twitter.com/shutupshealea/status/1393767485766127618

Information & links for the Israeli attacks on Palestine:

https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/ - if you click on this one just once a day, you help & donate and it’s completely free.

Watch to donate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0d1n0Vm8WU

Petition: https://secure.everyaction.com/wUAYmd6RzEacXxN3WQuYQQ2

https://linktr.ee/letstalkpalestine

UK only: https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/lobby/sheikh-jarrah

Donation fund: https://organise.palestinecampaign.org/donation

Information & links for the protests and violence in Myanmar:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/a-humanitarian-disaster-in-the-making-in-myanmars-chin-state

https://www.insider.com/ways-help-anti-coup-protesters-myanmar-right-now-2021-4

https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/myanmar

Goodreads List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/162700.Books_To_Last_Podcast_Picks

 Bookish Podcasts:

The Bookish Banter Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebookishbanterpodcast

Book(ish) podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookishpod

Child of The Library: https://childofthelibrary.podigee.io/

Book Shrine: https://anchor.fm/bookshrine/support

Nerdy Bookarazzi: https://anchor.fm/meenu

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This week we are joined by Rachel from Let Me In The Library and we had the most amazing discussion about sci-fi, YA tropes, feminism, books that make you cry, culture and everything in between. This was such a fascinating one and I hope you enjoy!

Guest Details:
Channel: Let Me In The Library - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChf3yjgh2T7ciWXRzcB8l4g
Twitter: @letmeinthelib
Instagram: @letmeinthelibrary
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/letmeinthelibrary

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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All Books Discussed:

The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker by Lauren James
The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
The Martian by Andy Weir
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Ascension: A Phobos Novel by Victor Dixen
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The End by Lemony Snicket
The Paper Menagerie and other stories by Ken Liu
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The Power by Naomi Alderman

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This week we are joined by Bianca, book blogger at Your Words My Ink. We talked fantasy, thrillers, representation and our shared hatred of sand - enjoy!

Guest Details:
Blog: https://www.yourwordsmyink.com/
Twitter: @yourwordsmyink
Instagram: @yourwordsmyink

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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All Books Discussed:

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

In homage to the BBC's classic Desert Island Discs, the Books to Last Podcast challenges book lovers and readers from all over to select the five books they would take to their mystery remote locale. Tangents and anecdotes likely.

This episode we are joined by Angela, book blogger over at Pooled ink Reviews. We had so much fun discussing all things fantasy and dystopian - enjoy!

Guest Details:
Blog: www.https://pooledink.com/
Twitter: @PooledInk
Instagram: @pooledinkreviews

Podcast:
W: https://www.bookstolastpodcast.co.uk/
Twitter: @BooksToLastPod
Instagram: @BooksToLastPod

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All Books Discussed:

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Children of Icarus by Caighlan Smith
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
Alarum by Talis Jones
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh
Off Planet by Aileen Erin