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What do you buy for your favourite book worm? With Christmas just a few weeks away, we thought we would pull together a gift list for the reader in your life. Alice and Jenny trawled the subscription boxes, the experiences and our brains for the perfect bookish gifts. There is a blog post that accompanies this episode, where we share the subscriptions and experiences in more detail, all books mentioned are below.

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Books mentioned
Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Circe by Madeleine Miller
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke
Taste by Stanley Tucci
The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater
Greenfeast by Nigel Slater
A Cook's Book by Nigel Slater
Test Kitchen by Yotam Ottolenghi
Seasonal Slow Knitting by Hannah Thiessen
The Literary Almanac by Francesca Beauman
The Gardener's World Almanac by Monty Don
The Herb Almanac by Chelsea Physic Garden
Veg in One Bed by Huw Richards
Every Room Should Sing by Beauta Heauman
A Modern Way to Live by Matt Gibberd
Wine from Another Galaxy by Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew
Maison Assouline Travel Guides
Set Me on Fire by Ella Risbridger

Other handy links
Liberty London Classics
Folio Society
Friends of Golden Hare Books Membership
Book Bar
Secret Bridgerton Ball
Tills Bookshop
Bookbugs & Dragontales
The Book Hive

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It's that time of year again! Sarah K welcomes back Kieran from KDBooks to talk all things Booker. They share their thoughts on each of the shortlisted Booker books, and discuss their thoughts on the winner. We hope you enjoy the episode!

This episode is fully transcribed. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

Kieran's links
Youtube channel [KDBooks]
Playlist of Kieran's reviews of the longlist
Instagram: @kdbooks

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Booker shortlist
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam 
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
The Promise by Damon Galgut

Other books mentioned
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Disgrace by JM Coetzee
Milkman by Anna Burns
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Drive Your Plows Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

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Chris is back today! He did a My Life in Books episode with Sarah K a few months ago, and has since graciously agreed to be a guest host and appear on the pod from time to time. Today, he and Sarah K talk about their love of fantasy novels, why they think more people should read the genre, and give you some recommendations for dipping your toe in the water. But it's not all sunshine and roses - they also talk about some of the problems they see in the genre. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Want more Chris? Who wouldn't!
Youtube channel [Chris Bookish Cauldron]
Instagram: @bookishcauldron

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Books mentioned
Kushiel's Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke
Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb
The Folk Of The Faraway Tree  by Enid Blyton
The Songs Of The Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
Sabriel series by Garth Nix
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Discworld by Terry Pratchett
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Chimera  trilogy by Kate Glass
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
Swans War trilogy by Sean Russell
The Order Of The Pure Moon Reflected In Water by Zen Cho
Sevenwaters trilogy by Juliet Marillier.

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Other people mentioned:
Jessica [@jessicas_bookstack]
Matthew Sciarappa
Britta Böhler

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We welcome Jordaline Reads to the podcast today to discuss all things horror. Jenny and Jordaline share horror recommendations all the way from low tolerance/entry level to hardcore. We don't discuss any horror elements in any particular detail, but naturally we do mention subjects that come with a content warning i.e. rape, suicide, violence, etc. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

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You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at just $2 a month and rewards include, early access, bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post.  If you are happy to donate for no reward you can do so on our website.  A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media or review us on iTunes.

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Books mentioned

Uzumaki by Junji Ito
Shuzo Oshimi
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
Beloved Poison by E. S. Davenport
The Good People by Hannah Kent
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Crossroads by Laurel Hightower
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik
Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
The Good House by Tananarive Due
Blindness by José Saramago
No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Neville
Off Season by Jack Ketchum
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Amulet by Michael McDowell

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Films mentioned:
Shaun of the Dead
Anna and the Apocolypse
Get Out
The Ring
The Shining
Midsommar
Hereditary
American Psycho

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Today, Sarah K and Alice read and discuss Sarah T's favourite books, The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker and The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah. 

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Books mentioned
The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, Joël Dicker 
The Nightingale , Kristen Hannah
Great Circle, Maggie Shipstead
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Sea People by Christina Thompson
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson

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Sarah K and Jenny talk upcoming book to movie adaptations, particularly this science fiction and fantasy list from Buzzfeed.  We also chat The Booker Prize longlist and there's some random hobby chat in there too. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

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Books mentioned
Sea People by Christina Thompson
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Booker Prize longlisted books
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Daisy Jones and the Six by Tara Jenkins Reid
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

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Other mentions:
Fungi (the card game, not the eukaryotic organisms)
Mariposas (the butterfly game)
Marlon and Jake Read Dead People (podcast)

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In this book club episode, Jenny, Sarah, K, and Alice discuss their feelings on The Mermaid of Black Conch by Trinidadian author Monique Roffey. They also discuss their holiday plans and the other books they're currently enjoying. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

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Other books mentioned:
Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo byTaylor Jenkins Reid  
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Sunset by Jesse Cave
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Piranesi bySusanna Clarke
Peace Talks by Tim Finch
The Less Dead by Denise Mina
 Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker
Normal People bySally Rooney
 Reservoir 13 by John McGregor
Home Fire by Kamilla Shamsie
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
A God In Ruins by Kate Atkinson 
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud

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Sarah K and Alice chat about how they feel about classics. They talk about some of their favourites and discuss what they had to read at school and whether they think classics are worth reading. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

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You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at just $2 a month and rewards include, early access, bonus episodes and tailored book recommendations.  If you are happy to donate for no reward you can do so on our website.  A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media or review us on iTunes. You can also buy your books through the Bookshop.org links below, where we earn a small commission.

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Books mentioned:
The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Amnesty by Aravind Adiga
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
The Yield by Tara June Winch (discussed in episode 50!)
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harper
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
1984 by George Orwell
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Emma by Jane Austen
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Passing by Nella Larsen
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmon
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
1984 by Goerge Orwell
The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse
The Transit of Venus by Shirly Hazzard
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

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Alice and Jenny share they favourite reads of the year so far.  The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

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Books mentioned:
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
The Worst Street in London by Fiona Rule
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell
Small Pleasures by Claire Chambers
The Hoarder by Jess Kidd
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiney
The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
A Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson
The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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Links mentioned:
Gothic Fiction Book Club
The Worst Street in London episode
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Sarah K and Jenny have spent the last three months reading all the short listed Women's Prize for Fiction books. We chat through each of the nominees, reveal our favourites and least favourites and predict the winner.  The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.

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Books mentioned:
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Piranesi by Susannah Clarke
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
Passing by Nella Larson
Lanny by Max Porter
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

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