Tome & Tome Again

Tome & Tome Again

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Tome & Tome Again episodes

  • Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

    In episode 15 we chat about Jessica Townsend's delightful magic and wonder-filled middle-grade book Nevermoor, the first of the Nevermoor series!

    Other books dicussed in this episode:

    • Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
    • Human Rights by Juno Dawson (Her Majesty's Royal Covenant series)
    • Once a Villain by Vanessa Len
    • Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
    • We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
    • If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw

      • Intro and outro music:

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      55 min
    • The Wee Free Men

      In episode 14 we chat about Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men, the first of the Tiffany Aching series within the Discworld. 

      Other books dicussed in this episode:

      • Willow Close by Helena O'Connor
      • Different, Not Less by Chloe Hayden
      • My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
      • Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert
      • Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronica de Ponte
      • The Women Are Not Fine: A Dark History of a Poisonous Sisterhood by Hope Reece
      • A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
      • Assistant to the Villain series by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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        1 hr 6 min
      • Legends & Lattes & Cosy Fiction

        In episode 13 we chat about one of our favourite genres by revisiting one of our favourite books from recent years: Travis Baldree's cosy fiction masterpiece Legends & Lattes!

        Other books dicussed in this episode:

        • The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
        • Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
        • Welcome to the Hyunam Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
        • A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
        • Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
        • Beyond Climate Grief by Jonica newby
        • Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
        • The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo
        • The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
        • The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura
        • Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

          • Intro and outro music:

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          1 hr
        • V for Vendetta

          In episode 12 we discuss the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta, and it's movie adaptation directed by the Wachowski sisters.

          Other books we discuss in this episode include:

          • Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
          • Hearts that Cut by Kika Hatzopolou
          • A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher
          • Made of Steam and Stardust by Bianca Breen
          • The Distance Between Dreams by Emily Paull
          • Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
          • The Language of Trees by Katie Holton
             

            Intro and outro music:

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            1 hr 4 min
          • Uglies

            In episode 11 we discuss the first of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy, titled Uglies, published in 2005.

            Other books we discuss in this episode include:

            • the Murderbot series by Martha Wells
            • Murder by Memory by Olivia Wright
            • The Forcing by Paul E. Hardesty
            • Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
            • The Thinning by Inga Simpson
            • Human Nature by Jane Rawson
            • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
            • Lightfall book 1: The Girl & The Galdurian

              • Intro and outro music:

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              1 hr 14 min
            • Howl's Moving Castle

              In episode 10 we discuss Howl's Moving Castle, both the classic 1986 book by Diana Wynne Jones and the gorgeous 2004 movie by Hayao Miyazaki. 

              Other books we discuss in this episode include:

              • All Systems Red by Martha Wells
              • Wild Dogs by Michael Trant
              • How High we go in the Dark by Sakoya Nagamatsu
              • The Spear That Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
              • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
              • Queer as Folklore by Sasha Coward
              • Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

                • Intro and outro music:

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                1 hr 16 min
              • Hive.

                In episode 9 we discuss A. J. Betts' YA novel Hive. If you haven't read this book and want to avoid spoilers (but still want to come back in and here about our TBR lists!), duck out at 22:36 and come back in at 49:13. These times also have chapters if your music platform supports that. 

                Then read Hive and come back and listen to the middle of the episode!

                Other books we mention in this episode include:

                • Zac & Mia by AJ Betts
                • The House of Rural Realness by Curtis Campbell
                • Sunny at the End of the World by Steph Bowe
                • To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
                • The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld (spiler alert for book 4!)
                • Orbital by Samantha Harvey
                • Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
                • Woman's Law: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi by Sarah Clegg
                • The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang

                  • Intro and outro music:

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                  1 hr 12 min
                • The Godmother

                  In episode 8 we discuss Hannelore Cayre's The Godmother, 'a perfect little slice of French noir'.

                  Intro and outro music:

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                  49 min
                • Mother Tongue

                  In episode 7 we discuss Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue, a humorous non-fiction romp through the English language and how it got that way!

                  Intro and outro music:

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                  1 hr 30 min
                • Spooky Books!

                  In episode 6 we discuss our favourite spooky books for Halloween! These include:

                  • Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein
                • Unreal Alchemy by Tansy Rayner Roberts
                • Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher
                • House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
                • Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
                • Honourable mentions: All the Murmuring Bones and Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter; Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series; Dark Mode by Ashley Kalagian Blunt; Woman Eating by Claire Coder; The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones; Oscar & Alice by Jemimah Brewster

                  • Intro and outro music:

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                  1 hr 5 min

                About Tome & Tome Again

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                Tome & Tome Again podcast brings together Jemimah Brewster (book reviewer for ArtsHub, The AU Review, and Aurealis Magazine) and Jess Gately (freelance publishing professional) to discuss reading…