Join us for this interim episode between book reviews, discussing audiobooks and the unwritten rules of reading that should be broken.

We don't always see 'eye to eye' about audiobooks, who do you agree with?

Books mentioned:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Audiobook narrated by Dan Stevens)

Terrortome by Garth Merenghi (Audiobook narrated by Garth Marenghi)

The Beano & The Dandy published by DC Thomson

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Lamb by Lucy Rose (Audiobook narrated by Emma Rydal)

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Audiobook narrated by Ilyana Kadushin)

Daughter of Chaos by AS Webb

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Yellowface by R F Kuang

Sweetpea by CJ Skuse (Audiobook narrated by Georgia Maguire)

This episode we are reviewing a beautiful, heart wrenching debut book; The Names by Florence Knapp.

Please be warned we do discuss this book with spoilers as well as dark themes such as domestic violence, death, trauma and the pandemic.

Books discussed:

The Names by Florence Knapp

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

His & Hers by Alice FeeneyAlso discussed, the art installation “With the Name of a Flower” by Vera Hadzhiyskahttps://aspex.org.uk/residencies/vera-hadzhiyska/

Questions: Is your name special to you? How do you believe your life would differ if you had a different name?

In this new episode we are chatting about book covers - "never judge a book by it's cover", the popular phrase - do we agree or disagree?

Books mentioned:

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Yellow Face by RF Kuang

Question: Would you read a book without a cover or blurb?