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A long awaited short stories edition to chat about some of our most recent reads!

This week we discussed:

Girl In Pieces - Kathleen Glasgow

Baby Teeth and Dear Hanna - Zoje Stage

Things In Jars - Jess Kidd

Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden

North Woods - Daniel Mason

Maybe Perhaps Possibly - Joanna Glen

Falling Animals - Sheila Armstrong

The Life Impossible - Matt Haig 

The Wren, The Wren - Anne Enright 

Kairos - Jenny Erpenbeck 

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How is it that time of year already?

Here we have our top picks from 2024!

Rhiannon's Top Three:

Friendaholic - Elizabeth Day (Also discussed in Episode 86)
Talking At Night - Claire Daverley (Also discussed in Episode 94)
Kala - Colin Walsh (Also discussed in Episode 86)

Honourable Mention:
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent (Also discussed in Episode 92)

Hannah's Top Three:

Rouge - Mona Awad (Also discussed in Episode 88)
A Thousand Feasts - Nigel Slater
The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden (Also discussed in Episode 98)

Honourable Mention:
Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy

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In this episode we discuss Sally Rooney's much hyped novel, Intermezzo.

Long time listeners will know we haven't particularly gotten on with Rooney's writing in the past, so tune in to see what we made of her newest novel.

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We made it! 100 episodes in to our podcast and we're still going strong.

Rather than our usual Short Stories ep we thought we would each do a round up of our favourite books that we've read since starting Two Girls One Book pod.

Below is a list of our top tens! We're also including episode numbers of past podcasts where we discuss each of these books in more detail.

Rhiannon's Top Ten:
10. Talking At Night (Episode 94)
9. We All Want Impossible Things (Episode 79)
8. The Mountains Sing (Episode 8)
7. House Of Earth And Blood (Episode 59)
6. Kala (Episode 86)
5. A Man Called Ove (Episode 47)
4. Ready Player One (Episode 76)
3. The Great Alone (Episode 78)
2. Know My Name (Episode 18)
1. The Paper Palace (Episode 40)

Hannah's Top Ten:
10. The Vegetarian (Episode 31)
9. The Lost City Of Z (Not Featured Previously)
8. Faith, Hope And Carnage (Episode 79)
7. Hamnet (Episode 6)
6. This Is Where We Live (Episode 80)
5. Rouge (Episode 88)
4. In The Dream House (Episode 36)
3. The Safekeep (Episode 98)
2. Starve Acre (Episode 13)
1. A Little Life (Episode 35)

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Welcome to Episode 99! Congratulations on making it this far!

This month's featured read is Butter by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton).

Listen on for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings.

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Today's mammoth podcast is fairly varied in content with something for everyone - non fiction, Booker Prize nominees and small town romance aplenty!! Here's what we talked about:

How To Leave A Group Chat - Louise Guise

The Search - John Henry Phillips 

Beethoven - Laura Tunbridge

The Most of Nora Ephron - Nora Ephron

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

Big Swiss - Jen Beagin

Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner

What Lies Between Us - John Marrs 

Listen For The Lie - Amy Tintera

Benevolence Series: Pretend Your Mine, Finally Mine, Protecting What’s Mine - Lucy Score

Everyone Is Still Alive - Cathy Rentzenbrink

Wild Eyes - Elsie Silver

The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

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For September’s featured read we chose to read Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful with a  MAMMOTH buddy read group! 

Listen in for spoiler free chat about the book, whet your appetite if it’s something you may fancy adding to your TBR lists, and laugh at us trying not to spoil it if you’ve read it already! 😂

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Another spoiler free chat on all of the following:


100 Years of Lennie and Margot - Marianne Cronin

We Prescribe You A Cat - Syou Ishida

The Full Moon Coffee Shop - Mai Mochizuki

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

James - Percival Everett 

The Hypocrite - Jo Hamya 

Scenes of a Graphic Nature - Caroline O’Donoghue

Her Body Among Animals - Paola Ferrante 

Silver Pines Series - Paisley Hope

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August's featured read was Babel by R F Kuang, which offered plenty of discussion points. 

As ever, this episode is spoiler free!

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Spoiler free chats on some of the books we've read recently:

Talking At Night - Claire Daverley

I’m F*cking Amazing - Anoushka Warden

Jaded - Ela Lee

The Chain - Chimene Suleyman

Gold Rush - Olivia Petter

Monsters - Claire Dederer

Once More From The Top - Emily Layden

Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll

Imposter Syndrome - Joseph Knox

Behind Closed Doors - B.A Paris

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