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In this episode, Simon and Thomas have a big catch up how their year is going so far as they take part in a slight twist of the YouTube Mid Year Freak Out Tag.

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The Mid Year Freak Out Edition ()Simon and Thomas discuss how they are getting on with their year of reading so far. They discuss the highs and the lows and everything in between.

Books Discussed on the Show ()

Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for Her by Sylvia Brownrigg, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Ben in the World by Doris Lessing, The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, The Madadam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Christodora by Tim Murphy, Carol Shields Anthology, The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble, The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble, Sugar Money by Jane Harris, The Observations by Jane Harris, Gillespie and I by Jane Harris, The Three Lives of Elsie by Joanna Cannon, Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh, Fear by Dirk Kirbjuwiet, The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Dear Mr M by Hermann Koch, Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo, Atlantic Hotel by Joao Gilberto Knowle, The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill, The Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, The Dark Circle by Linda Grant, Angela Thirkell, House of Names by Colm Toibin, Giant of the Senate by Al Frankin, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier, The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan, The Nix by Nathan Hill, How To Survive A Summer by Nick White, Tin Man by Sarah Winman, Capital by John Lancaster, Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter.

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You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

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In this episode, Simon and Thomas have a big catch up how their year is going so far as they take part in a slight twist of the YouTube Mid Year Freak Out Tag.

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

The Mid Year Freak Out Edition ()Simon and Thomas discuss how they are getting on with their year of reading so far. They discuss the highs and the lows and everything in between.

Books Discussed on the Show ()

Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for Her by Sylvia Brownrigg, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Ben in the World by Doris Lessing, The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, The Madadam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Christodora by Tim Murphy, Carol Shields Anthology, The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble, The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble, Sugar Money by Jane Harris, The Observations by Jane Harris, Gillespie and I by Jane Harris, The Three Lives of Elsie by Joanna Cannon, Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh, Fear by Dirk Kirbjuwiet, The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Dear Mr M by Hermann Koch, Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo, Atlantic Hotel by Joao Gilberto Knowle, The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill, The Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, The Dark Circle by Linda Grant, Angela Thirkell, House of Names by Colm Toibin, Giant of the Senate by Al Frankin, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier, The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan, The Nix by Nathan Hill, How To Survive A Summer by Nick White, Tin Man by Sarah Winman, Capital by John Lancaster, Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

Simon is joined by special guest (and listener) Russell from Ink and Paper blog, as Simon and Thomas’ diaries crashed, but he is back next episode promise. Russell and Simon talk about what makes a modern classic and the joys of giving and receiving books.

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

What Makes a Modern Classic () Simon and Russell debate what makes a modern classic, which was a topic that Russell has wanted to be discussed on The Readers for a while. They look at some books which have been called modern classics and ponder why they became so and if they should have become so. They also contemplate some books they think should be modern classics.

The Joys of Giving and Receiving Books () As two people who like to send each other books, Simon thought it would be nice to chat with Russell about why they enjoy giving books and receiving books and why giving can be better than receiving books, imagine.

Other Books Discussed on the Show () Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, Tin Man by Sarah Winman, Christodora by Tim Murphy, How To Survive A Plague by David France, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, The Beguiled by Thomas P. Cullinan, Funny Girl by Nick Hornby, The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow, Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for Her by Sylvia Brownrigg, Stoner by  John Williams, Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Buddha for Suburbia by Hanif Kureshi, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, I’m The King of the Castle by Susan Hill, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, Trespass by Rose Tremain, Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood, The Proof of Love by Catherine Hall, The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon, Instructions for a Heatwave by  Maggie O’Farrell, The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, Ill Will by Dan Chaon, Theft By Finding by David Sedaris, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis – Benn, A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, How To Survive a Summer by Nick White

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it viawww.patreon.com/thereaders

Simon is joined by special guest (and listener) Russell from Ink and Paper blog, as Simon and Thomas’ diaries crashed, but he is back next episode promise. Russell and Simon talk about what makes a modern classic and the joys of giving and receiving books.

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

What Makes a Modern Classic () Simon and Russell debate what makes a modern classic, which was a topic that Russell has wanted to be discussed on The Readers for a while. They look at some books which have been called modern classics and ponder why they became so and if they should have become so. They also contemplate some books they think should be modern classics.

The Joys of Giving and Receiving Books () As two people who like to send each other books, Simon thought it would be nice to chat with Russell about why they enjoy giving books and receiving books and why giving can be better than receiving books, imagine.

Other Books Discussed on the Show () Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, Tin Man by Sarah Winman, Christodora by Tim Murphy, How To Survive A Plague by David France, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, The Beguiled by Thomas P. Cullinan, Funny Girl by Nick Hornby, The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow, Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for Her by Sylvia Brownrigg, Stoner by  John Williams, Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Buddha for Suburbia by Hanif Kureshi, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, I’m The King of the Castle by Susan Hill, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, Trespass by Rose Tremain, Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood, The Proof of Love by Catherine Hall, The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon, Instructions for a Heatwave by  Maggie O’Farrell, The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, Ill Will by Dan Chaon, Theft By Finding by David Sedaris, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis – Benn, A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, How To Survive a Summer by Nick White

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it viawww.patreon.com/thereaders

In the latest episode of The Readers Simon and Thomas discuss their summer plans and the summer reads in their second Summer Spectacular

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. 

Summer Plans () Thomas and Simon discuss what they have lined up over the summer months outside of reading, where are they going on holiday, or what are they doing if they don’t go on holiday this summer. They also discuss how they read in the summer.

Summer Recommendations () Thomas and Simon share five books each that they would recommend you lovely listeners check out over the forthcoming months…

Thomas’ five:

1. The Good House by Ann Leary

2. Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster

3. Six Days of the Condor by Paul Grady/A Kind of Anger by Eric Ambler

4. The Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

5. The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas

Simon’s five:

1. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

2. The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan

3. Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

4. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

5. See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Books Mentioned On The Readers () Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, The Magician’s Assistant by Anne Patchett, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Next time on the Readers () The Readers will be back in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter. Simon has sadly ended You Wrote The Book however you can go back and listen to all the episodes with some wonderful authors.

In the latest episode of The Readers Simon and Thomas discuss their summer plans and the summer reads in their second Summer Spectacular

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. 

Summer Plans () Thomas and Simon discuss what they have lined up over the summer months outside of reading, where are they going on holiday, or what are they doing if they don’t go on holiday this summer. They also discuss how they read in the summer.

Summer Recommendations () Thomas and Simon share five books each that they would recommend you lovely listeners check out over the forthcoming months…

Thomas’ five:

1. The Good House by Ann Leary

2. Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster

3. Six Days of the Condor by Paul Grady/A Kind of Anger by Eric Ambler

4. The Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

5. The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas

Simon’s five:

1. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

2. The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan

3. Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

4. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

5. See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Books Mentioned On The Readers () Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, The Magician’s Assistant by Anne Patchett, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Next time on the Readers () The Readers will be back in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter. Simon has sadly ended You Wrote The Book however you can go back and listen to all the episodes with some wonderful authors.

After a small break, due to things going on with Simon, Thomas and Simon return to talk bookish places they have been and would love to go as well as their thoughts on something they have never discussed properly... poetry!

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

Catching Up () Having not caught up in a while, Simon and Thomas share their news. Thomas has been off gallivanting on another podcast, Reading Envy, which you can hear here. Simon has some very exciting news as he will be judging the Costa Book Awards 2017 which is going to take over his summer…. And his autumn.

Poetry () In the second section of the show they discuss a topic suggested by Carl Anthony Morries who wanted to know what their thoughts were on poetry, which amazingly is something that they have barely talked about before on the podcast.

Bookish Places () Listener Louise Edwards asks Simon and Thomas to discuss their favourite bookish places that they have been and some of the bookish places that they would like to go to in the future… and she doesn’t mean bookshops. Can you guess some of the places that they might wish to venture if they haven’t already?

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter in a Summery Special.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

After a small break, due to things going on with Simon, Thomas and Simon return to talk bookish places they have been and would love to go as well as their thoughts on something they have never discussed properly... poetry!

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

Catching Up () Having not caught up in a while, Simon and Thomas share their news. Thomas has been off gallivanting on another podcast, Reading Envy, which you can hear here. Simon has some very exciting news as he will be judging the Costa Book Awards 2017 which is going to take over his summer…. And his autumn.

Poetry () In the second section of the show they discuss a topic suggested by Carl Anthony Morries who wanted to know what their thoughts were on poetry, which amazingly is something that they have barely talked about before on the podcast.

Bookish Places () Listener Louise Edwards asks Simon and Thomas to discuss their favourite bookish places that they have been and some of the bookish places that they would like to go to in the future… and she doesn’t mean bookshops. Can you guess some of the places that they might wish to venture if they haven’t already?

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter in a Summery Special.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

After Thomas forgets that he and Simon were recording, Simon managed to find two fabulous guests to discuss BookTube and Daphne Du Maurier with. Who on earth could they be?

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

BookTube () Simon is joined by two of his lovely friends and fellow booktubers Mercedes, from MercysBookishMusings and Lauren from Lauren and the Books, who also spookily have their own book podcast too, Books and Blankets. In the first part of the show they talk about the world of booktube, how they got involved with it and how it has changed their lives.

Daphne Du Maurier () In the second part of the show Simon, Mercedes and Lauren talk about one of their other mutual loves, the wonderful Daphne Du Maurier. They discuss how they came to read her, why they love her and have a natter about some of her books including Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, The Birds and Other Stories and Jamaica Inn.

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it viawww.patreon.com/thereaders

After Thomas forgets that he and Simon were recording, Simon managed to find two fabulous guests to discuss BookTube and Daphne Du Maurier with. Who on earth could they be?

Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter, Good Reads and Facebook now as well as subscribing to us on iTunes here. You can also support The Readers if you feel like it via www.patreon.com/thereaders

BookTube () Simon is joined by two of his lovely friends and fellow booktubers Mercedes, from MercysBookishMusings and Lauren from Lauren and the Books, who also spookily have their own book podcast too, Books and Blankets. In the first part of the show they talk about the world of booktube, how they got involved with it and how it has changed their lives.

Daphne Du Maurier () In the second part of the show Simon, Mercedes and Lauren talk about one of their other mutual loves, the wonderful Daphne Du Maurier. They discuss how they came to read her, why they love her and have a natter about some of her books including Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, The Birds and Other Stories and Jamaica Inn.

Next time on the Readers () Simon and Thomas will be reunited in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter.

Get the RSS link for the podcast by clicking here.

You can subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes here.

You can also support The Readers if you feel like it viawww.patreon.com/thereaders