Books Without Borders

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 read a new highly rated book, Emma’s found a new favourite graphic novel, and we have an in-depth discussion about our very differing opinions of Peter Pan.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Swimming in a Sea of Stars - Julie Wright (https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=343359)

On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden

Scott Pilgrim series - Bryan Lee O’Malley

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

Dune - Frank Herbert

Carry On series - Rainbow Rowell

A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh

Salt Slow - Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others - Anonymous

The Truth Together - Kelly Rodgers

The Romantic Manifesto - Ayn Rand

Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi

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Also mentioned:

Swimming in a Sea of Stars review https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=343359

CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ

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

Barbie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Peter Pan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046183/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Pinocchio https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032910/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

1924 Peter Pan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015224/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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 experienced some bookstore brain freeze, Emma’s managed a new level of injury, and we have an in-depth discussion about Jane Eyre.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata

Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik

On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie

Dune - Frank Herbert

Happily: A Personal History-With Fairy Tales - Sabrina Orah Mark

Pageboy - Elliot Page

I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

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Also mentioned:

Puzzle app: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/jigsaw-puzzles-for-adults-hd/id642831690

A Man Called Otto https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jessethereader video https://youtu.be/23bP2LK11C4

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/

Vanessa Zoltan https://vanessazoltan.com/

Hot & Bothered https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/

On Eyre https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/on-eyre

Live from Pemberley https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/live-from-pemberley

Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

Reading Jane Eyre While Black https://lithub.com/reading-jane-eyre-while-black/

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 moved again again again again (no, seriously!), Emma’s in catch up mode while doing secret side reading, and we do the Mid-year Book Freakout Tag!

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

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

A Career in Books - Kate Gavino

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven - Juno Dawson

The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson

The Neapolitan Quartet series - Elena Ferrante

Attack on Titan, Volume 2 - Hajime Isayama

Scott Pilgrim series - Bryan Lee O’Malley

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling

Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

Peter Pan - J.M. Barry

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change - Tim Flannery

On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden

The Weeds - Katy Simpson Smith

Broad Band - Claire L. Evans

My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby

Yellowface - R.F. Kuang

The Crane Husband - Kelly Barnhill

When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill

The Death I Gave Him - Erm X. Liu

Rouge - Mona Awad

Damsel - Elana K. Arnold

Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences - Sarah Hill

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakrabortry

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark

The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

Emma - Jane Austen

A Country of Eternal Light - Paul Dalgarno

Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi

I’ll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - Dave Grohl

Horns - Joe Hill

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Also mentioned:

Mid-year Book Freakout Tag (slightly modified)

Originally created by ReadLikeWildfire and Earl Grey Books https://youtu.be/X_Wh0rPGfRg

1. The best book you’ve read so far this year.

2. A new release from the first half of this year that you want to read.

3. A highly anticipated new release for the second half of the year.

4. Biggest disappointment so far.

5. Biggest surprise so far.

6. Favourite new author (debut or new to you).

7. A book that made you cry.

8. A book that made you happy.

9. The most beautiful book you’ve acquired so far this year.

10. A book you need to have read by the end of the year.

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Our most beautiful books: https://imgur.com/a/LMiIUvA?s=wa

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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 moved again again again and is also the sick one this week, Emma’s got a new five-star book to report on, and we discuss the spectrum of intolerance with relation to race and religion, as well as gender identity. Y’know… the light stuff!

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi

This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik

Yellowface - R.F. Kuang

Pageboy - Elliot Page

The Other Side of Beautiful - Kim Lock

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Attack on Titan - Hajime Isayama

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson

We Are the Weather Makers - Tim Flannery

We Are the Weather - Jonathan Safran Foer

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

Salt Slow - Julia Armfield

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

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Also mentioned:

Scarf photos: https://imgur.com/a/MUf2lXb

Contrapoints https://youtube.com/@ContraPoints

Genderflux https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Genderflux

Nomadland https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ

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

Andy Serkis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Attack on Titan anime https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2560140/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

Mia Wasikowska https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985859/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jane Eyre (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229822/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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 moved again again, Emma’s been sick again, and we discuss the differences between fantasy and mythology/folklore, and finally work out why our tastes in Fantasy novels rarely overlap. AND SO MUCH MORE!

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Lord of the Rings series - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas

Yellowface - R.F. Kuang

Babel - R.F. Kuang

This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik

Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

The Tempest - William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare

The Fault in our Stars - John Green

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby

Pageboy - Elliot Page

I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

Turtles All the Way Down - John Green

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

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

A Career in Books - Kate Gavino

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Also mentioned:

Andy Serkis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/

Game of Thrones https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/

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

Shakespeare in the Park https://publictheater.org/programs/shakespeare-in-the-park/free-shakespeare-in-the-park/

Nanette: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8465676/

Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/

Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

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 moved again, Emma’s been sick, and we discuss bookshelf organisation and whether or not reading challenges really serve our reading styles.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil

Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna

Heaven - Mieko Kawakami

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven - Juno Dawson

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley

Little Men & Jo’s Boys - Louisa May Alcott

Babel - R.F. Kuang

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

Yellowface - R.F. Kuang

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

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty

When We Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill

Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

Circe - Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

All Our Shimmering Skies - Trent Dalton

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Other Side of Beautiful - Kim Lock

The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton

Emma - Jane Austen

The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut

The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff

This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

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Also mentioned:

Imgur album for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/FCAuFHI

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

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

Make Emma Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d70c3a54-b24e-4f64-8775-5cebebd64652

Make Nina Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/437561dc-2769-47de-a239-fa940f85a3ce

Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms

Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

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 survived some harrowing travel difficulties, Emma talks about ableism in Jo’s Boys as well as two new five-star reads, and we discuss Jane Austen’s Emma.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

Dracula - Bram Stoker

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

The Tempest - William Shakespeare

The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton

Little Men & Jo’s Boys - Louisa May Alcott

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil

The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff

Home Before Night - J.P. Pomare

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe

Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna

Emma - Jane Austen

Persuasion - Jane Austen

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Also mentioned:

Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

Pretty Shakespeare collection examples: https://www.ebay.com/itm/134522464841?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=134522464841&targetid=1529493973182&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9004338&poi=&campaignid=19851828444&mkgroupid=145880009014&rlsatarget=pla-1529493973182&abcId=9307249&merchantid=6337084&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9VHOn5PuNQd4L6sxGBFhyky&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7PCjBhDwARIsANo7Cgmf7RxvVAXNcgWN9bpc3yEmF8KGWZWif54-gwcy1QsAE--4tN5EkIkaAkZ4EALw_wcB

Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms

Emma movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214832/

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 has finally read a good book, Emma has read a proper stinker, and we discuss the tragedy that is shoddy book craftsmanship. PLUS we do the Book Cake Book Tag!

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi

When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill

The Power - Naomi Alderman

Damsel - Elana K. Arnold

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark

The Dead Djinn Universe - P. Djèjí Clark

Little Men & Jo’s Boys - Louisa May Alcott

Emma - Jane Austen

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff

The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society - Eleanor Janega

The Stationery Shop - Marjan Kamali

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

Beautiful Creatures series - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Home Before Night - J.P. Pomare

In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari - Fabio Geda

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley

The Emperor of Any Place - Tim Wynne-Jones

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven - Juno Dawson

Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman

Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

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Also mentioned:

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

Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ

Leena Norms’ Women’s Prize Longlist video: https://youtu.be/VhA6kz7aBbo

A Clockwork Reader https://youtube.com/@AClockworkReader

Book Cake Book Tag

FLOUR: A book that was slow to start but picked up as it went along

BUTTER: A book that has a rich plot

EGGS: A book you thought was going to be bad but was quite enjoyable

SUGAR: A sweet, sugary book

ICING: A book that covers every single element that you enjoy about a book

SPRINKLES: A book series that you turn to for a pick-me-up when you are feeling down

CHERRY ON TOP: Your favourite book of the year so far

Tag credit to https://youtube.com/@suddenlylorna

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 has completed her Shatter Me saga, Emma has read some excellent things, and we catch up on our monthly challenges… with a twist!

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Lore Olympus series - Rachel Smythe

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi

A Very Large Expanse of Sea - Tahereh Mafi

Furthermore series - Tahereh Mafi

This Woven Kingdom series - Tahereh Mafi

Little Men & Jo’s Boys - Louisa May Alcott

Emma - Jane Austen

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark

When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

Love Stories - Trent Dalton

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Cotton

Flowerheart - Catherine Bakewell

The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton

We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff

Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead

Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna

Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

The Binding - Bridget Collins

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Also mentioned:

Imgur album https://imgur.com/a/PG5S4gL

Make Emma Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d70c3a54-b24e-4f64-8775-5cebebd64652

Make Nina Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/437561dc-2769-47de-a239-fa940f85a3ce

Webtoon https://m.webtoons.com/en/

CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ

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

Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

Dan Stevens https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1405398/

House of the Dragon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198330/

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

Charlie’s books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339

Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ

Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/

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

In this episode, Emma has a surprising update about her reading this week, Nina’s rollercoaster journey with the Shatter Me series continues, and we play a hilarious game of literary Who Am I?

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi

An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi

Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses series - Sarah J. Maas

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark

Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar - Robert Lebling

Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna

That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined - Dahlia Adler

Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling

Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

The Giver series - Lois Lowry

CHERUB series - Robert Muchamore

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series - Rick Riordan

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green

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Also mentioned:

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ