Two Lit Chicks

It's the final Book Bites of the season, and we have a quiz AND a competition.

The challenge? Answer 6 questions on the episodes of this season. Will you remember, or will you have to listen again? We shall see.

To enter the competition, simply send us your answers, numbered in order 1 to 6. All correct answers will be entered into a random draw for one overall winner. The prize is Ed’s Pre-Loved Book Collection of a selection of books from season 3 AND (as if that’s not enough to tickle your fancy), Ed will also name a PEASANT VAMPIRE after you in his book, Lightfall.

See you in a month for a new season and a new series of authors ready to tell us about the books that changed their lives.

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It's the penultimate Book Bite of the season, and the final Wednesday Bite of the season... so it's entirely appropriate that we look back at the bests of the season... the best moments, our favourite books, and the lessons we're taking away from it all.

Of course this all had to happen by way of a long tangent about swearing, a weird tangent about method acting, an odd tangent about... you get the point.


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Nicola May is a romcom superstar and the author of 16 romantic comedies, all of which have appeared in the Kindle Bestseller Chart. Two of them won awards at the Festival of Romance and another was named eBook of the week in The Sun. The Cornershop in Cockleberry Bay became the bestselling Kindle book in the UK across all genres in January 2019 and was Amazon's third best selling novel in that year. Nicola campaigned successfully for the introduction of eBook charts in the publishing trade press and was described by Winifred Robinson of BBC Radio 4's You and Yours as "the invisible bestselling author". And why is that? It's because Nicola is fabulously self-published.   

Nicola's Book Choices
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
The Prophet by Kahil Gibran
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

Other Books Mentioned

Nicola's Books Mentioned:

The Cornershop In Cockleberry Bay
The Hub
Star Fish (dating the 12 signs of the Zodiac)
Love Me Tinder

Head to nicolamay.com to find out more about her books

Listener of the week (our very own producer Jeremy Chapman!)
Why We Kneel, How We Rise by Michael Holding

Julia’s Book Shooters (third week since launch)

Don’t forget you can still order Julia’s romcom Shooters  on Amazon here.  Help keep it high in the charts! No pun this time.
Julia on Instagram
Julia on TikTok

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Friday Quiz time! Ed has written a quiz that you can technically get 100% on without knowing anything due to the magic of multiple choice. But of course you won't need that...

All you have to do is pick the book which you think has sold the most. See Tolkien and Christie do battle with Dan Brown and Charles Dickens and, uh, the Thesaurus. Who will emerge victorious?

Figures from this table

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In today’s Book Bite, Julia and Ed wax lyrical about book signings and the things that people inscribe in books. And Julia does a dramatic reading from Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier.

Website mentioned
Dedicated to… website
And W.B. Gooderham has also written a  book about it.

Here are some photos from Julia's first book signing on Instagram.

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In retrospect it's surprising it's taken so long for us to do a fantasy quiz given Ed's bona fides in this area. But here it is.

But don't worry. We know you're not all fantasy fans. So Ed has done a quiz that book lovers who aren't obsessed with elves and dragons and mages can tackle with your general book knowledge. But if you are a proud nerd, then we expect you to get 10/10 on this one. No excuses.

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Authors are known for their weird writing rituals; the strange obsessive practices that make them more productive... or at least that's what they tell themselves. We take a look at some of them. And Ed goes on a detour about invisibility cloaks.

Link
Ed is right, invisibility cloaks are real! (kind of)

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Fonda Lee is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of the modern epic fantasy Green Bone Saga, consisting of Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy. She is also the author of the acclaimed young adult science fiction novels Zeroboxer, Exo and Cross Fire. Fonda is a winner of the Locus Award, a four-time winner of the Aurora Award, and a finalist for the Nebula Award and Hugo Award. The Green Bone Saga has been translated into a dozen languages and named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time. A black belt martial artist and former corporate strategist, she resides in the Pacific Northwest. Her next book, Untethered Sky, a fantasy novella, releases on April 11th. 

 Fonda’s Book Choices
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Book and the Sword by Jin Yong (pen name Louis Cha; translated by Graham Earnshaw
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern series)


Ed’s Book Review

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee – Out 11th April , pre-order here.

Other Books Mentioned

(Some of) Fonda Lee’s oeuvre:

Jade City

Jade War

Jade Legacy

Untethered Sky

Listener of the week (Tess Bentley)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Julia’s Book Shooters

Don’t forget you can order Julia’s romcom Shooters in paperback on Amazon here – digital version is out tomorrow (Tuesday 14th March) for just 99p on Kindle. If this podcast has bought you any joy then help Julia shoot up the charts! (pun intended). Look out for her big reveal on launch day too…
Julia on Instagram
Julia on TikTok
Please share her video and see whether Ed was close with his guesses.

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Ever been to Julia's house? It's okay if you haven't. This general knowledge quiz has a little of something for everyone, all based on the books on Julia's bookshelf.

As ever, let us know how you did.

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Are you concerned about Chat GPT and Bing? So are Julia and Ed. Listen to their discussion about how AI-writing tools are already affecting us.

Special Guest: Chat GPT

Links
The Hot Sheet
AI-Made Books on Amazon (Reuters article)
How to Navigate the AI Apocalypse as a Sane Person
Why Chat GPT Should Be Considered a Malevolent AI -- and Destroyed

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