Things We Read Instead

Things We Read Instead

By Victoria Cargill-James & Chris SimpsonSociety & CultureArtsBooks
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Things We Read Instead episodes

  • What Vic Read Instead of Dominion - Part 1

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's take on Dominion and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    Handling The Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist

    Feeding The Monster by Anna Bogutskaya

    Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

    The Boys From Brazil by Ira Levin

    Bird King by Daniel Freedman

    Who Goes There by John W Campbell

    Finders Keepers by Stephen King


    Make sure you are subscribed for part two when Chris will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.


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    51 min
  • What Chris Read Instead of A Head Full of Ghosts - Part 2

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of A Head Full of Ghosts. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at [email protected].


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

    The Shining by Stephen King

    The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

    A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 years of hunting for proof by Roger Clark


    To Watch Instead

    The Awakening (2011)

    The Enfield Haunting (2015)

    The Battersea Poltergeist (2021)

    Poltergeist (1982 and 2015)

    The Haunting (1963)


    We will see you in March for our next episode and you can find out what Vic thought about next months read and what else she read instead.


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    31 min
  • What Chris Read Instead of A Head Full of Ghosts - Part 1

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Chris' in depth take on A Head Full of Ghosts and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama by Ben Macintyre 

    Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King by Michael Livingston

    How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix


    Make sure you are subscribed for part two when Vic will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.


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    57 min
  • What Vic Read Instead of The Kraken Wakes - Part 2


    Hello Readers.


    Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Kraken Wakes, along with an extended trivial argument. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected].


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    War of The Worlds by H G Wells

    Whisper in the Darkness by H P Lovecraft

    Annihilation by Jeff Van Deer Meer

    Deathscent by Robin Jarvis


    To Watch Instead

    Farmaggedon

    District 9

    Nope


    We will see you in a couple of weeks for our next episode and you can find out what Chris thought about next months read and what he read as well as or instead.


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    1 hr 13 min
  • What Vic Read Instead of The Kraken Wakes - Part 1

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's take on The Kraken Wakes and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at [email protected], follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    The Terror by Dan Simmons


    How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

    Swamp Thing by Alan Moore

    Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe

    Graveyard Shift by M L Rio



    Come back in two weeks when Chris will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.


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    47 min
  • The Things We Read Instead Christmas Special

    Hello Readers.


    Welcome to the final part of our Christmas Special. So far we've waxed lyrical about Rivals, lambasted Bridgerton and gone to town about our top books of the year. After all that we thought it was time for a little bit of silliness before wrapping up the first season with a great big Christmas bow! So get ready for a few rounds of Shag, Marry, Kill with our beloved Girly Swot and the War Bore.


    From all of us at the Quackcave, We've had a blast with season 1 and have loved receiving so many fantastic messages and comments. We all hope you have a fantastic Christmas and we will be back in the New Year with more fantastic content for you to listen to. Make sure you have are subscribed wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you get the new episodes as soon as they drop!


    Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected].


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    17 min
  • The Things We Read Instead Christmas Special

    Hello Readers.


    Welcome to Part 3 of our Christmas Special. We've got arrived at Bridgerton and both the Girly Swot and our War Bore have thoughts about the book, the universe and the Netflix Series. Hold onto your hats ass there is a veritable waddling of loud quacking ducks passing through this episode!


    Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected],


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    Bridgerton - The Duke & I Julia Quinn

    Bridgerton the TV Series


    We will see you very soon for the final part of our Christmas Special, for a last gasp of mirth before the new year.


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    55 min
  • The Things We Read Instead Christmas Special

    Hello Readers.


    Welcome to Part 2 of our Christmas Special. Grab a sherry and a couple of generously sized mince pies and enjoy Chris & Vic unleashing their thoughts about the TV adaptation Rivals TV series on Disney Plus. We've also got the added bonus of their personal top three books of the year, there are a few surprises in there!


    Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected],


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast, in no particular order


    Rivals the TV Series

    Winter King Bernard Cornwell

    Titanic Lives Richard Davenport Hines

    The Boys In The Boat Daniel James Brown

    The Crime At Black Dudley Margery Allingham

    Mosquito Rowland White

    The Custom Of The Country Edith Wharton



    We will see you very soon for the next part of our Christmas Special, where we will be find out what the talent thought about the Rivals TV series on Disney Plus, stay tuned and have a mince pie at the ready.


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    42 min
  • The Things We Read Instead Christmas Special


    Hello Readers.


    Welcome to Part 1 of our Christmas Special, covering Rivals by Jilly Cooper, hold onto your baubles as Chris & Vic cover the ups and downs of this 1980s bonkbuster and what they thought of it.


    Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected],


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    Rivals by Jilly Cooper

    Rivals the TV Series


    We will see you very soon for the next part of our Christmas Special, where we will be find out what the talent thought about the Rivals TV series on Disney Plus, stay tuned and have a mince pie at the ready.


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    38 min
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Crimson Petal and The White - Part 2

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Crimson Petal and The White, along with an extended trivial argument. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at [email protected].


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber


    The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

    The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

    Silent Companions by Laura Purcell


    Hardy Candy (2005)

    Promising Young Woman (2020)

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) 2020

    The Hunt (2020)


    We will see you soon for our very special December episode and you can find out what Vic and Chris thought about what they have read in the run up to Christmas.


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    54 min

About Things We Read Instead

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A monthly podcast where two distractable nerds spend their time chatting bubbles about the enjoyment of something unintended but fabulous, while also trying to get their to be read piles under…