10 bookish things I don’t buy - book tag.

(Book tag originally done by Shades of Orange on YouTube)

1. Bookmarks
2. Books signed by author
3. Book formats - not special edition
4. Harbacks
5. Bookish swag
6. Book cart 
7. Book subscription service
8. Book journal
9. Ebooks
10. Kindle

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I interview Jane Casey about her latest book The Secret Room 

I review:

This House of Burning Bones by Stuart MacBride

By Your Side by Ruth Jones 

& The Trad Wife’s Secret by Liane Child.

The three books Jane Casey recommends are 

The Guests by Agnes Ravatn

The Last Days of Summer by Sara Manning

The Death of Us by Abigail Dean

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I interview Adam Oyebanji about Esperance 

Adam recommends:

Places In The Darkness by Chris Brookmyre

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

All System Red by Martha Wells

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Interview with Daria Lavelle about Aftertaste.

I review: 

Homemade God by Rachel Joyce

Nightshade by Michael Connolly

The Honesty Box by Lucy Brazier, 

The First Murder on Mars by Sam Wilson

I interview Daria Lavelle about her book: Aftertaste 

Daria recommends:

The Princess Bride by William Goldman 

Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan 

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I interview Barnaby Martin about The Quiet

Barnaby’s book recommendations are:

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Quick Book Reviews Podcast can be found: 

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Books, Authors, and Publishing Secrets

I chat to Alison Barrow PR Director for the start of a regular slot where we lift the lid on the publishing world. 

I review the following books:

The Hidden Life of Trees, a graphic adaptation.

The Gentleman From Peru by Andre Aciman.

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinski, those 

I interview Charlotte Paradise about Overspill 

Charlotte recommends:

The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride 

What Red Was by Rosie Price

Okay Days by Jenny Mustard

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Interview with Joe Abercrombie about his latest book The Devils

The three books JOE RECOMMENDS:

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

The L A Quartet by James Ellroy

The Civil War by Shelby Foote

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I interview Laura and Ross from Station Books

Station Books website: https://stationbooks.co.uk

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Laura recommends:

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. 

Ross recommends:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

The Dance of Shadows by Rogba Payne. 

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Interview with Georgia Leighton author of SPELLBOUND

Georgia recommends:

Beauty by Robin McKinley, 

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. 

The Quick Book Reviews Podcast can be found:

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Philippa interviews Mary Watson about THE CLEANER

& Philippa reviews:

I Bet You'd Look Good In A Coffin by Katie Brent

The Stand-In Dad by Alex Summers, 

Breaking The Dark by Lisa Jewell and

Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare.

Mary recommends:

A Stranger In The Family by Jane Casey

Here One Moment by Lianne Moriarty

It Should Have been You by Andrea Mara

The Quick Book Reviews Podcast 

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