Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.

We discuss the first 50 pages of ‘Convenience Store Woman' by Sayaka Murata. Our initial thoughts on the book, characters, and where we think it's going.

We then chat about what we’ve been reading:

• ‘Should We Stay Or Should We Go’ by Lionel Shriver (9.30)
• ‘Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke. (12.36)

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know if you spot a yellow cover of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ in the wild! Till next week! Remember to read up to page 100 :D.

We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let's hope we don’t get too many returns.