• We Start Reading: 'The Dark Portal' by Robin Jarvis #85
    May 20 2024

    This week we review ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz! We have finished our 16th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 17th Book Club book will be – ‘The Dark Portal’ by Robin Jarvis (6.15). We will be reading up to chapter 4 by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (13.37)

    · ‘The Last Murder at the End of the World’ by Stuart Turton (14.51)

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

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    18 mins
  • Is this Book Getting Good? #84
    May 13 2024

    Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

    We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (9.13)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(12.22)

    · ‘The Last Murder at the End of the World’ by Stuart Turton (15.32)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D.

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    21 mins
  • Who Was Natalie Barney? #83
    May 6 2024

    Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

    We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (11.55)

    · ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (13.30)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(15.19)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 17 before our next podcast :D.

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    25 mins
  • The Three Body Problem #82
    Apr 29 2024

    Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

    We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (9.52)

    · ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (13.13)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(16.16)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 13 before our next podcast :D.

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    20 mins
  • Thoughts on Verity #81
    Apr 22 2024

    Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

    We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘Verity’ By Colleen Hoover (10.23)

    · ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (12.55)

    · ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (14.03)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon (17.30)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 9 before our next podcast :D.

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    22 mins
  • We Start Reading: 'After Sappho' by Selby Wynn Schwartz #80
    Apr 15 2024

    This week we review ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason! We have finished our 15th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 16th Book Club book will be – ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz (4.38). We will be reading up to chapter 5 by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘None of this is True’ by Lisa Jewell (12.05)

    · ‘Verity’ By Colleen Hoover (12.45)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(16.15)

    · ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (17.19)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 5 before our next podcast :D.

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    23 mins
  • It's Getting Ghosty #79
    Apr 8 2024

    Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

    We decided to start our own book club with our 15th book being, ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘None of this is True’ by Lisa Jewell (6.05)

    · ‘Wolf of the Plains’ by Conn Iggulden (10.04)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon (12.17)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Hiding Place’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D.

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    22 mins
  • Knock, knock #78
    Apr 1 2024

    Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.

    We decided to start our own book club with our 15th book being, ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!

    We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:

    · ‘None of this is True’ by Lisa Jewell (8.51)

    · ‘Boulder’ by Eva Baltasar and translated by Julia Sanches (13.13)

    · ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon (15.36)

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

    Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Hiding Place’. Join us by reading to the end of Chapter 18 before our next podcast :D.

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    21 mins