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 and Emma discuss All’s Well by Mona Awad (and more!) and continue the Flip The Page Challenge.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Impossible Knife of Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson

All’s Well - Mona Awad

Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

Solitaire - Alice Oseman

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman

The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin

Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang

Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer

The Wife - Meg Wolitzer

A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

Blink - Malcolm Gladwell

A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

How to be a Normal Person - TJ Klune

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

The Story of a New Name - Elena Ferrante

Love Poems - Pablo Neruda

Morning Star - Pierce Brown

The Twits - Roald Dahl

Force of Nature - Jane Harper

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling

Homecoming - Kass Morgan

Troy - Stephen Fry

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Also mentioned:

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

Heartstopper show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/

Book of the Month https://www.bookofthemonth.com/

Flip the Page Book Challenge https://youtu.be/tLh4H8afgN8

Dear Hank & John https://g.co/kgs/PLZUXm

Brainsparker app https://brainsparker.com/brainsparker_app/

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 got a shop-your-shelves haul, Emma read some coffee table books, and we start the Flip The Page Challenge.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Quokka’s Guide to Happiness - Alex Caerns

If It Fits, I Sits: Cats in Awkward Places

The Little Book of Calm - Paul Wilson

The Impossible Knife of Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson

All’s Well - Mona Awad

Life After Truth - Ceridwen Dovey

Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly

Storie di fantasmi del Giappone - Lafcadio Hearn

Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami

All Over Creation - Ruth Ozeki

The Time Machine - H.G. Wells

Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut

The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin

A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine

Diary of a Whimpy Kid series - Jeff Kinney

Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan

The Hunger Games trilogy - Suzanne Collins

The Betrayals - Bridget Collins

Bargain Bin Rom-Com - Leena Norms

Every Day - David Levithan

Always With Love - Giovanna Fletcher

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

Cinderella Liberator - Rebecca Solnit

This Modern Love - Will Darbyshire

The Female of the Species - Mindy McGinnis

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins

Julia Morris Makes it EASY - Julia Morris

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Also mentioned:

Storie di fantasmi del Giappone https://www.ibs.it/storie-di-fantasmi-del-giappone-libro-lafcadio-hearn-benjamin-lacombe/e/9788867225842

Flip the Page Book Challenge https://youtu.be/tLh4H8afgN8

StoryGraph https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/

Every Day movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/

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 tries a new genre, Emma has a book haul (and a migraine), and we complete the Nope Trope Book Tag.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

When - Victoria Laurie

The Office of Historical Corrections - Danielle Evans

The Impossible Knife of Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson

Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder

A Certain Hunger - Chelsea G. Summers

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

Life After Truth - Ceridwen Dovey

Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Artist’s Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics Volume 1 - Robert L. Feller

Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes

The Hitchhiker - Gabriel Bergmoser

The Quokka’s Guide to Happiness - Alex Caerns

Shadow and Bone series - Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo

King of Scars series - Leigh Bardugo

Fallen series - Lauren Kate

How to be a Normal Person - TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

How to be a Movie Star - TJ Klune

Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling

The Hunger Games trilogy - Suzanne Collins

Untamed - Glennon Doyle

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Twilight series - Stephanie Meyer

All’s Well - Mona Awad

Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman

At the Edge of the Universe - Shaun David Hutchinson

If I Had Your Face - Frances Cha

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Princess Diaries - Meh Cabot

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Also mentioned:

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

World’s Largest Penny https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2255

Audible https://www.audible.com/

Adorable Quokka book https://www.amazon.com/Quokkas-Guide-Happiness-Alex-Cearns/dp/0733341098

Nope Trope Book Tag https://youtu.be/B4rLHdV67ro

Shadow and Bone show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403776/

Heartstopper show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/

Grease https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/

The Princess Diaries https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247638/

Mrs. Doubtfire https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107614/

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 completes her Lauren Oliver binge, Emma reveals her final Austen novel ranking and a new 5-star read, and we discuss how we approach the star rating system for book reviewing.

Send us an email! [email protected]

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Delirium trilogy (Delirium; Pandemonium; Requiem) by Lauren Oliver

Replica - Lauren Oliver

Ringer - Lauren Oliver

Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut

Broken Things - Lauren Oliver

Vanishing Girls - Lauren Oliver

Munmun - Jesse Andrews

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews

At the Edge of the Universe - Shaun David Hutchinson

Lonely Boys - Sophie Bédard

Sheets - Brenna Thummler

Delicates - Brenna Thummler

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

Fallen series - Lauren Kate

Educated - Tara Westover

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne

When - Victoria Laurie

The Office of Historical Corrections - Danielle Evans

The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

The Wife - Meg Wolitzer

All’s Well - Mona Awad

Mansfield Park - Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Emma - Jane Austen

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin

An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

Still Life - Sarah Winman

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

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The Ghost in the House - Sara O’Leary

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl - Mona Awad

Bunny - Mona Awad

Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly

Horns - Joe Hill

You Will Get Through This Night - Daniel Howell

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour - Hank Green

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Also mentioned:

Groundhog Day https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

StoryGraph https://www.thestorygraph.com/

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/

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

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3V6H7y0QuPMwMMbGjdUHUjQbmhmLrz1Z

Books Unbound podcast 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, Nina’s Lauren Oliver binge-read kicks up a gear and prompts some reflection, Emma is inspired to try some rereading, and we do our first ever book tag!

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

Rooms by Lauren Oliver

Delirium trilogy (Delirium; Pandemonium; Requiem) by Lauren Oliver

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Sheets by Brenna Thummler

Lonely Boys by Sophie Bédard

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

The Dishwasher by Stéphane Larue

Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Lenna Norms

This Modern Love by Will Darbyshire

Fallen series by Lauren Kate

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Cardturner by Louis Sachar

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

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Also mentioned:

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtube.com/playlist? list=PL3V6H7y0QuPMwMMbGjdUHUjQbmhmLrz1Z

Ariel Bissett https://youtube.com/c/ArielBissett

Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/c/thejackexperience

Book Roast https://youtube.com/c/BookRoast

Jack Edwards; 20 books to read in your 20s https://youtu.be/EaSNufmauFg

StoryGraph https://www.thestorygraph.com/

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

Jesse The Reader https://youtube.com/c/jessethereader

Original Social Media Book Tag creator: https://youtube.com/c/faultydevices

Ariel’s Social Media Book Tag video: https://youtu.be/V2Eg54iOA9g

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Pretty book covers mentioned:

Their Eyes Were Watching God https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37415

The Emperor of Any Place https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25241551

Harry Potter Ravenclaw Edition https://www.bookdepository.com/Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone-Ravenclaw-Edition-J-K-Rowling/9781408883785

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 and Emma discuss Price and Prejudice adaptations, graphic novels, and what even is YA, anyway?

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

The Winner’s Trilogy (The Winner’s Curse; The Winner’s Crime; The Winner’s Kiss) by Marie Rutkoski

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Wrath & The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

The Magic Faraway Tree Collection by Enid Blyton

The Wishing Chair Collection by Enid Blyton

Magic Tree House Collection by Mary Pope Osbourne

Guerrilla Green by Ophelie Damblé

Afternoon at McBurger’s by Ana Galvañ

No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson

An Embarrassment of Witches by Jenn Jordan, Sophie Goldstein

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation by Liana Finck

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Also mentioned:

Travelmath Halfway Point Calculator https://www.travelmath.com/halfway/

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

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3V6H7y0QuPMwMMbGjdUHUjQbmhmLrz1Z

Mia Wasikowska alternative Jane reference picture: https://pplstatic.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/media/people/thumbs/M/mia-wasikowska.jpg

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

In this first ever episode, Nina and Emma try to work out how to podcast while discussing Lauren Oliver, Jane Austen, reading goals, book adaptations, bestseller skepticism, and more.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Delirium series by Lauren Oliver

Rooms by Lauren Oliver

Panic by Lauren Oliver

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

The Neapolitan Novels series - Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante

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Also mentioned:

StoryGraph https://www.thestorygraph.com/

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

Ariel Bissett https://youtube.com/c/ArielBissett

Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3V6H7y0QuPMwMMbGjdUHUjQbmhmLrz1Z