Lounging with Books

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (7.38)

·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan (12.05)

·        ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (14.38)

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 28 before our next podcast :D. 

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘The Sum of Our Days’ by Isabel Allende (8.29)

·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (9.20)

·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan (12.19)

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 21 before our next podcast :D

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘The Sum of Our Days’ by Isabel Allende (9.45)

·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.11)

·        ‘Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop’ by Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan (16.31)

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 14 before our next podcast :D. 

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding (10.23)

·        ‘The Sum of our Days’ by Isabel Allende (11.52)

·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.25)

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 7 before our next podcast :D. 

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. 

Our new January book club book will be 'Lost Kingdom' by Laurel Black. Before we get started we are interviewing Laurel and getting the scoop on her debut novel. Interview questions below:

• What is 'Lost Kingdom' about? (2.44)
• How did you come up with your characters? (3.35)
• How did you build your world? (6.33)
• How did you know 'Lost Kingdom' was the book you wanted to publish? (8.15)
• Tell us about your publishing journey. (9.59)
• Were you nervous about the fantasy market being saturated? (13.43)
• Do you have any writing traditions? (15.41)
• What advice would you give to those wanting to self-publish? (16.59)
• What are you currently reading? (20.41)

We hope you join us in reading 'Lost Kingdom' this January. Head over to Laurel's website for more information and pick up the book on Amazon.

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content and follow Laurel for 'Lost Kingdom' updates.

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. 

This week we fill you in on all the books we have finished in 2024. Can you believe we have finished 4 books in just 4 days!

·        ‘Fire Witness’ by Lars Kepler (1.19)

·        ‘Death of a Bookseller’ by Alice Slater (7.07)

·        ‘The Last Tale of the Flower Bride’ by Roshani Chokski (9.12)

·        ‘The Christmas Appeal’ by Janice Hallett (11.35)

·        ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding(14.26)

We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. Next week we will be interviewing Laurel Black and talking about her debut novel 'Lost Kingdom'. This will be our new Book Club book in January.

For more information visit Laurel's website.

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We go through our 2023 reading year. How many books did we read, which was our favourite and how do we keep track? Lots of books mentioned that you may want to add to your TBR or avoid!

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns. Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content.

We have some exciting projects in the works for this year so stay tuned for more book club reads and discussions. Happy New Year!

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. 

This week we review ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou! We have finished our 13th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. 

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (5.39)

·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (9.58)

·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.39)

We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. Next week we will be looking back on our 2023 reads and letting you know our favs and the ones we weren't as fussed by.

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We decided to start our own book club with our thirteenth book being, ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (9.35)

·        ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (12.31)

·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (14.49)

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Disorientation’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. 

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

We decided to start our own book club with our thirteenth book being, ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

·        ‘The Family Upstairs’ by Lisa Jewell (10.31)

·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (11.48)

·        ‘The Honjin Murders’ by Seishi Yokomizo and translated by Louise Heal Kawai (12.42)

·        ‘The Last Devil to Die’ by Richard Osman (14.24)

·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (16.51)

·        ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (17.40)

We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Disorientation’. Join us by reading to page 347; Chapter 19, before our next podcast :D.