Lounging with Books

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 32nd book club pick, Alex Michaelides's 'The Silent Patient'. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖Rewind it Back by Liz Tomforde (5.27)

📖 Talk of the Town by Lynn Hilton (9.07)

📖 When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Rizden (16.05)

📖 Exodus: The Archimedes Engine byPeter F. Hamilton (14.00)

📖 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (14.45)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on The Silent Patient. We will be reading to the end of the book!

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

Welcome to our Lounging With Books podcast!

We’re excited to reveal our next Book Club read: Alex Michaelides's 'The Silent Patient'. Be sure to grab your copy from your local library or bookshop, so you're ready to read with us.

But that's not all; we chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads with our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖 Rewind it Back by Liz Tomforde (12.10)

📖Tea you at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne (15.44)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on The Silent Patient. We'll be reading up to 'Part 2' (page 60)

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 31st book club pick, Sarah Hall's 'Helm'. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖Canal Dreams by Ian Banks (6.20)

📖 The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr (8.10)

📖 In Search of Sea Dragons by Matthew Myerscough (10.15)

📖 Exodus: The Archimedes Engine byPeter F. Hamilton (16.05)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on Helm. We will be reading to the end of the book!

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 31st book club pick, Sarah Hall's 'Helm'. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran (7.05)

📖 The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr (7.39)

📖 Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon (11.56)

📖 Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green (15.33)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on Helm. We will be reading up to 'Chapter 48' (page 264)

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 31st book club pick, Sarah Hall's 'Helm'. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖 Loyalty by Martina Cole (8.32)

📖How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran (10.31)

📖 Matrix by Lauren Groff (15.33)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on Helm. We will be reading up to 'Chapter 36' (page 207)

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We’re back with the lovely owner of One More Chapter, an independent bookshop doing brilliant things in the community.

We chat about award nominations, choosing the right book for book club, work-life balance, favourite moments so far, and what’s next for this great shop.

Follow us on Instagram at @LoungingWithBooks to join the chat and share your dream bookshop ideas. And don’t worry, our usual reviews and reading updates will be back next time — but for now, settle in for a peek behind the counter at One More Chapter.

To learn more about One More Chapter, follow them on Instagram or visit their website.

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 31st book club pick, Sarah Hall's 'Helm'. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖 Loyalty by Martina Cole (9.05)

📖 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (13.45)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on Helm. We will be reading up to 'Chapter 26' (page 154)

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 31st book club pick, Sarah Hall's 'Helm'. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖 From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan (7.05)

📖 Loyalty by Martina Cole (9.15)

📖 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (12.45)

📖 Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner (16.28)

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on Helm. We will be reading up to 'Chapter 17' (page 100)

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

Welcome to our Lounging With Books podcast!

We’re excited to reveal our next Book Club read: Sarah Hall's 'Helm'. Be sure to grab your copy from your local library or bookshop, so you're ready to read with us.

After that, we finish with Claire’s challenge: who can present the most interesting item beginning with N?

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on Helm. We'll be reading up to 'Chapter 8' (page 53)

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 30th book club pick, Christian Kracht's 'EuroTrash', translated by Daniel Bowles. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

This week’s reading highlights include:

📖 John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie (6.01)

📖 Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (11.35)

Claire also has a new, interesting challenge: who can present the most interesting item beginning with N? Feel free to get involved and share your items with us over on Instagram, just tag us in your story or post.

Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on EuroTrash. We will be reading to the end of the book!

Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨