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 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 (12.05)

·   ‘The Honjin Murders’ by Seishi Yokomizo and translated by Louise Heal Kawai (16.12)

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 page 279; the start of Part IV, 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:

·        ‘Four Seasons in Japan’ by Nick Bradley (13.28)

·        ‘Aria’s Travelling Bookshop’ by Rebecca Raisin (15.24)

·        ‘The Family Upstairs’ by Lisa Jewell (15.59)

·        ‘The Honjin Murders’ by Seishi Yokomizo and translated by Louise Heal Kawai (17.58)

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 page 181; the start of Part III, 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:

·        ‘Aria’s Travelling Bookshop’ by Rebecca Raisin (9.39)

·        ‘Four Seasons in Japan’ by Nick Bradley (13.24)

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 120; the start of Part II, before our next podcast :D. 

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

This week we review ‘The Den’ by Keith Gray! We have finished our 12th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 13th Book Club book will be – ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou (4.15). We will be reading up to page 51, chapter 4, by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.

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

·        ‘Backpack’ by Emily Barr (11.09)

·        ‘Aria’s Travelling Bookshop’ by Rebecca Raisin (11.47)

·        ‘Echo’ by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (14.06)

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’.

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 twelfth book being, ‘The Den’ by Keith Gray. 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:

·        ‘Backpack’ by Emily Barr (7.10)

·        ‘Death of a Bookseller’ by Alice Slater (10.24)

·        ‘Echo’ by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (11.39)

·        ‘The Thursday Murder Club: The Last Devil to Die’ by Richard Osman (14.52)

·        ‘Four Seasons in Japan’ by Nick Bradley (17.53)

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 ‘The Den’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. 

Check out our interview with Keith Gray here

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

This week we review ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez! We have finished our 11th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 12th Book Club book will be – ‘The Den’ by Keith Gray (10.57). We will be reading up to page 51, chapter 8, by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.

We also introduce our 13th Book Club read – ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou (12.49). Make sure you line this book up ready as we will be reading it in 2 weeks!

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. 

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 eleventh book being, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez. 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 Prophet and the Idiot’ by Jonas Jonasson (12.07)

·        ‘Backpack’ by Emily Barr (12.30)

·        ‘Death of a Bookseller’ by Alice Slater (14.47)

·        ‘Echo’ by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (19.05)

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 ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’. 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 eleventh book being, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez. 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 Prophet and the Idiot’ by Jonas Jonasson (12.51)

·        ‘Beast in the Shadows’ by Edogawa Rampo (17.00)

·        ‘Backpack’ by Emily Barr (20.05)

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 ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’. Join us by reading to page 107 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 eleventh book being, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez. 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:

·        ‘Firefly Lane’ by Kristin Hannah (6.37)

·        ‘The Prophet and the Idiot’ by Jonas Jonasson (8.48)

·        ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus (12.17)

·        ‘The Priory of the Orange Tree’ by Samantha Shannon (13.29)

·        ‘Beast in the Shadows’ by Edogawa Rampo (17.59)

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 ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’. Join us by reading to page 54 before our next podcast :D. 

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

This episode is a special one as it marks our 1 year podcasting anniversary! To celebrate Claire and Sophie go through all 10 book club books they have read so far together! Join us as we summarise our thoughts on these reads.

·        ‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata & translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori (1.02)

·        ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin (2.57)

·        ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn (4.41)

·        ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama (7.09)

·        ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin (9.37)

·        ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung (12.06)

·        ‘The Humans’ by Matt Haig (13.54)

·        ‘Nod’ by Adrian Barnes (15.18)

·        ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf (17.53)

·        ‘The Machine Gunners’ by Robert Westall (19.56)

We then reveal our 11th book club read which is, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez.

Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on the books we have read so far. If you have any recommendations let us know. Next week we will be reading from our new book club and letting you know our first impressions.