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  • Top Ten Books - 2021

    In this surprise bonus episode, we're talking about our top ten reads of the year. 

    Our next genre is rom-coms, and we're kicking off the new year with Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli. Send us your thoughts on anything in the book!

    Voicemail: anchor.fm/why-a-book/message

    We have a blog now, or will soon! Our lists will be on there as soon as we recover from the shock of 2021 being over already. 

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    Thanks for listening! Leave us a review, send us your feedback, share with book-lovers, all of that. 

    Happy New Year!

    39 min
  • Recommendations - Murder Mysteries

    This week, we're discussing some murder mysteries we haven't mentioned already. 

    Here's the list of books we recommend:

    • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and the second book, Good Girl, Bad Blood (Holly Jackson) - 14+
    • All the Sherlock Holmes books (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) - 11+
    • The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin) - 11+ 
    • All the Agatha Christie books - 13+
    • The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time (Mark Haddon) - 11+

      • Next, we'll be doing rom-coms, and kicking off the new year with Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli. Read ahead, and send us your thoughts on anything in the book! 

      Voicemail: anchor.fm/why-a-book/message

      Please take the time to leave a review, subscribe, and share with fellow book-lovers. It'll help us out! 

      Theme music: Camagüey - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/qPm0Cq4FUbU

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      Thanks for listening. Happy reading! 

      14 min
    • 2. And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)

      SPOILER ALERT! You have been warned.

      Heads up as well. We talk about death and other dark themes. 

      Please take the time to leave us a review, share with fellow book-lovers, and subscribe. It'll help us out!

      Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on this book, or other murder mysteries you liked: anchor.fm/why-a-book/message

      Or email us: [email protected]

      Theme music: Camagüey - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/qPm0Cq4FUbU

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      Thanks for listening. Happy reading!

      21 min
    • 1. One Of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus)

      SPOILER ALERT! You have been warned.

      Trigger warning too. We talk about suicidal themes and other stuff.

      Please take the time to leave us a review, share with fellow book-lovers, and subscribe for new episodes. It'll help us out!

      Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on this book: anchor.fm/why-a-book/message

      Or email us: [email protected]

      Theme music: Camagüey - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/qPm0Cq4FUbU

      Thanks for listening. Happy reading!

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      29 min
    • Trailer

      A fun book club hosted by two teen girls. Leave us a review! It'll help us out.

      Reach out to us at [email protected].

      Leave us a voice message about One Of Us Is Lying, telling us what you feel! We'll feature you on the podcast. You can send it in anonymously if you want.
      The link: anchor.fm/why-a-book/message

      No hate, please. We're still learning. We do appreciate friendly feedback though!

      Music: Camagüey - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/qPm0Cq4FUbU

      Note: Our first episode on One Of Us Is Lying will be out later than expected. We have to fix some things and apologise for the delay.

      2 min

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    A fun book club hosted by two teen girls. Leave us a review!