Lounging with Books

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

This week we review ‘Truth Be Told’ by Sue Divin! We have finished our 2nd Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 3rd Book Club book will be – ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn (2.51). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or bookshop. We would love you to join in and read along with us!

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

·       ‘ ‘The Boy Who Dared’ by Rachel Coverdale (11.23)

·        ‘Death and Croissants’ by Ian Moore (13.13)

·         ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (18.13)

·        ‘The Paris Apartment’ by Lucy Foley (18.06)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to read to page 50 :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. 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 Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (8.21)

·        ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (9.29)

·        ‘Death and Croissants’ by Ian Moore (10.57)

·        ‘The Bullet That Missed’ by Richard Osman (12.49)

·        ‘The Boy Who Dared’ by Rachel Coverdale (14.18)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to finish the book :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. 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 Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (8.50)

·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (11.46)

·        ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (13.35)

·        ‘The Man Who Died Twice’ by Richard Osman (15.45)

·        ‘This Green and Pleasant Land’ by Ayisha Malik (18.49)

Shoutout to The Tea Time Bookshop - @teatimebookshop (18.49)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 250 :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. 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 Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (7.08)

·        ‘My Sister the Serial Killer’ by Oyinkan Braithwaite (9.42)

·        ‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake (11.25)

·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (12.59)

·        ‘The Boy Who Couldn’t’ by Rachael Coverdale (15.10 & 16.31)

Shoutout to School Librarian Association - @uksla (19.15)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 200 :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. 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 Boy Who Couldn’t’ by Rachael Coverdale (7.22)

·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (12.18)

·        ‘Goodnight Steve McQueen’ by Louise Wener. (12.36)

·        ‘Circe’ by Medeline Miller (13.29)

·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (14.24)

·        ‘My Sister the Serial Killer' by Oyinkan Braithwaite (15.10)

Special shoutout to Anarchy Brewery Company - @anarchybrewco (16.07)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 150 :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. 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:

·        ‘Neverending Summer’ by Emma Kennedy (7.20)

·        ‘Circe’ Madeline Miller. (10.18)

·        ‘The Boy Who Couldn’t' by Rachel Coverdale. (13.13)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 first impressions of ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 100 :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. In today's podcast, we read the first 4 pages! 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 Last Library’ by Freya Sampson. (13.26 & 20.25)

·        ‘Neverending Summer’ by Emma Kennedy (13.40)

·        ‘She Who Became the Sun’ by Shelley Parker Chan (16)

. 'Malibu Rising' by Taylor Jenkins Reid (17.12)

. 'Circe' by Madeline Miller (18.38)

We rate all our books: Return, 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 first impressions of ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to read up to page 50 :D.

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

This week we review ‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata! We have finished our 1st Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict.

We then let you know what our 2nd Book Club book will be – ‘Truth Be Told’ by Sue Divin (5.59). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or book shop.

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

·        ‘The Last Library’ by Freya Sampson. (7.02)

·        ‘The Mad Women's Ball’ Victoria Mass. (10)

·        ‘Never-Ending Summer’ by Emma Kennedy. (13.30)

. 'The Midnight Library' by Matt Haig (16.06)

Shoutouts to - @forumbookscorbridge (12.26) and @northyorkscc (12.46).

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

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. Till next week!

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We discuss the first 100 pages of ‘Convenience Store Woman' by Sayaka Murata. Our initial thoughts on the book, characters, and where we think it's going.

We then chat about what we’ve been reading:

• ‘Should We Stay Or Should We Go’ by Lionel Shriver (6.52)
• 'Little Beach Street Bakery' by Jenny Colgan (7.20)
• 'Sweet Crime, Sweet Justice' by Gabriella Gordon (8.43)
• ‘Bright Ray of Darkness' by Ethan Hawke. (10.42)
• 'Islands of Mercy' by Rose Tremain (11.40)
• 'She Who Became The Sun' by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.43)

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know if you spot a yellow cover of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ in the wild! Till next week! Remember to finish the book :D.

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

Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We discuss the first 50 pages of ‘Convenience Store Woman' by Sayaka Murata. Our initial thoughts on the book, characters, and where we think it's going.

We then chat about what we’ve been reading:

• ‘Should We Stay Or Should We Go’ by Lionel Shriver (9.30)
• ‘Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke. (12.36)

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know if you spot a yellow cover of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ in the wild! Till next week! Remember to read up to page 100 :D.

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