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Louise and Virginia thought it might be fun to do an episode on books that they feel a bit embarrassed to have never read (until now). There were a lot of books to choose from, but they discuss four in this conversation.  
  
During this chat they also create an Ick Register for authors who use words that give the ick, so that readers can be warned in advance (kind of like a trigger warning, but more basic).  

 
Books  

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro  

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin  

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote  

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson  

   
Television Shows  

Scrublands - Stan  

Boy Swallows Universe – Netflix  

 
Podcasts  

The Children of Rutherford County – Serial  

The Queen’s Reading Room

Helen is back and she has brought in the experts to help us get the most out of 2024. Starting off with fitness expert Keith O'Malley-Farrell from the Physical Training Company & alifeofeducation.com. Then we chat to Beth Clay from Finance Her Well, who is on a mission to help women achieve their financial goals one step at a time through coaching and guidance. Finally, Dr Neil Hopkin Director of Education at Fortes Education is helping us get our kids into reading! 

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Ready for a literary adventure? Buckle up as we, your hosts Abigail Hewins and Emily Rojas, invite you to remanence about 2023's year of books, featuring our dear friend and book-lover, Hannah (@dollhousebooks on IG!). 

A soon-to-be librarian and an active bookstagrammer, Hannah adds an enriching perspective to our animated discussion on our top reads, reading experiences, and the books we are eagerly awaiting. 

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Louise and Virginia have finally had a conversation about six literary controversies/hoaxes/scandals and it’s a lot of fun! This is  a Topic they both find fascinating so it was great to select three stories each and dive in. 
 
Authors 
 
Norma Khouri 
John Hughes 
Carmen Mola 
Antonio Mercero 
Agustin Martinez 
Jorge Diaz 
Harold Stewart 
James McAuley 
Dawn Dorland 
Sonya Larson 
Helen Demidenko/ Darville 
 
Books

The Dogs by John Hughes
Forbidden Love by Norma Khouri
The Hand that Signed the Paper by Helen Demidenko/Helen Darville 
 
Article  

Who is the Bad Art Friend? by Robert Kolker – The New York Times Magazine 2021

For today's episode we're deep-diving the newest celeb memoir release - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears.

Join us as we discuss the things you've already read from the headlines about this book, and the parts that haven't made as big of a splash. We surprisingly really loved this book, and found it heartbreaking, devastating and insightful.

Read Britney's memoir, or just listen to us talk about it. 

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Do the words, YA books, complex plots, and lovable characters make your heartbeat faster? Brace yourselves as we plunge into the eerie world of our favorite books, perfect for those autumn nights. 

Join us as we take you down these chilly paths with our second annual spooky season book draft! 

This year's draft picks:
Emily

• The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris 
• The Raven Cycle (Book #1 The Raven Boys) by Maggie Stiefvater 
• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Abigail

• I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid 
• Night of the Living Queers
• Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

Honorable Mentions:

• You Can Run Series by Rebecca Zanetti 
• The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer

And if you want a good laugh, here's the teacher TikTok inserting himself into the Twilight universe.

Follow us on instagram @redirectpodcast! And stay tuned for exciting things coming later this fall... Like Brittney's book and the Hunger Games prequel. 

Hello! Hi! Welcome to episode 6 of the Medium Lady Reads podcast. This week Erin and Jillian are going to be discussing Fourth Wing, their thoughts on the book and whether it’s worth the huge amount of hype that it’s receiving. 

In This Episode:

• Jillian and Erin check-in with each other to see how things are going in reading land for them. 
• Erin shares an intro to the episode and why they chose to discuss Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
• Then the ladies dive into the synopsis of the book, and remind their readers that the episode is SPOILER FREE. So, anyone and everyone can listen freely.
• This book provides a punch when it comes to its emotional impact, both Erin and Jillian discuss this.
• One thing that’s important to note about Fourth Wing, is that it takes place in a whole different world. Building that world up is important – Jillian and Erin take time to discuss the world building in this book.
• There are some pretty important characters in this book, some you’ll love, some you’ll grow to hate. The ladies discuss character development and the role it played.
• They discuss some content warnings that readers should be aware of before picking up Fourth Wing.
• When it comes to the book, Jillian and Erin share some opinions, and differ with others. Plus, they share their favorite moments of the book.
• Erin shares her thoughts on why she believes everyone is crazy for this book.
• Jillian and Erin discuss this week’s hot take; Do you obey your library’s return dates? To learn where the ladies stand on this, you’ll have to tune in to episode 6 of Medium Lady Reads.
• They end with discussing their hold’s lists. 

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison
• Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
• The Librianist by Patrick DeWitt
• You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

If you enjoyed this episode we would love it if you recommended us to a friend or loved one!  Be sure to take a screenshot and share on Instagram stories, and tag both Jillian (@jillianfindinghappy) and Erin (@medium.lady) so that they can reshare the love! 

Thanks for listening and if you enjoyed what you heard, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Tune in on September 4, 2023, for the next episode of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast.

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Today's episode is a fantastic conversation with overnight cosy fantasy success and all-round nice guy, Travis Baldree. This is a great, rambling chat. We talk about Travis's arc from writing Legends and Lattes for NaNoWriMo to it becoming an international mega-hit, how focusing on the small things in life is important and everything in between. 

This is an excellent conversation with an author who has had multiple successful careers while still keeping his feet firmly on the ground. The fact that it's a whole lot of fun too is an added bonus! 

Travis's next novel, Bookshops and Bonedust is coming out on the 9th of November 2023 and is a must-read. You can learn more at https://www.travisbaldree.com/

Music by WhatFunk.com.

Today we're diving deep into the newest Emily Henry release, Happy Place! 

Tune in to hear us recap the book, read some of our favorite quotes, and fancast the movie we're already dreaming of (ahem, Miles Teller as Wyn). 

Books we've read recently: 
Emily: The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand 
Abigail: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

As always, be sure to follow us on Instagram @readirectpodcast for more fun. 

Thriller author and guest host Rae Cairns chats to debut author Kerryn Mayne about her new release Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder

Kerryn is an author, former wedding photographer, current police officer and terrible (but enthusiastic) tennis player. When not at work attempting to solve crime, she is writing about it or preparing an endless stream of snacks for her four children. Kerryn lives in the bayside suburbs of Melbourne with her husband, children and a highly suspect lovebird. She only owns 11 copies of The Hobbit (for now).

Rae Cairns writes crime with heart: thrillers featuring everyday people facing extraordinary circumstances. Her debut novel The Good Mother was shortlisted for Best Debut Crime Fiction in the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards and longlisted for the 2021 Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards. Dying to Know, Rae’s second novel, is a standalone Sydney based thriller and centres around a woman’s determination to uncover what happened to her missing sister. 

Kerryn shares the inspiration for Lenny Marks, her path to publication and more as she and Rae chat on the Writes4Women Convo Couch.

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Join Maria as she discusses the fourth and final book in The Getting Lucky Series by Meghan Quinn. See how she equates it to the start of her relationship with her husband.

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Welcome back to another episode of everyone's favorite, Book Club! No, you didn't miss an announcement of a book, we just like to get together every few months and chat about books :)

// MENTIONS //

Loren's Bookstagram 

Loren's Fall Books Recommendations

• Daisy Darker
•  Rock Paper Scissors
•  A Court of Thorns and Roses series (Book #1)
• From Blood and Ash Series (Book #1)
•  The Inheritance Games Series (Book #1) 

Alyson's Fall Book Recommendations  

• The Maidens
• Pride and Prejudice 
• The Guest List 

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Welcome back to Book Club No. 4! And yes, we accidentally said this was the third book club episode, but it's actually the fourth.

We want to keep you all updated on our reading journey once a quarter this year, to to keep the book recommendations fresh.

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// All the Books We Discussed //

ALYSON:
21 Truths About Love, Matthew Dicks
The Unsinkable Greta James, Jennifer E. Smith
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

LOREN:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
A Court of Thorns and Roses (series)
Crescent City (series)
The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood
The Inheritance Games, Jennifer Lynn Barnes (series)
Tokyo Ever After, Emiko Jean (series)

// Previous Book Club Episodes //
Book Club No. 1
Book Club No. 2
Book Club No. 3

// Join Book of the Month for just $5! //

The '1' of the Week
Alyson: BTS Concert
Loren: Ube Pretzels from Trader Joe's + Her New Job!

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Can you believe it's the end of season two? Neither can we, so to celebrate, here are some books we haven't read for the Island, a special gift from a good friend, BeesBooksMCR and some Fun Questions from one host to the other. 

What's your favourite episode from this season? And, what are you hoping we read next season? 

BeesBooksMCR Details:

• BeesBooksMCR Website
• BeesBooks Etsy 
• BeesBooks Instagram
• BeesBooks Twitter

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Have you read either of these books?  Get in touch to let us know your thoughts or if you have any book recommendations you'd love to see us tackle, let us know on any of the below as we're always looking to expand our library.

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If you fancy joining us at our virtual book club,  you can find more information at theislandlibrary.com and click the tab 'Book Club'. We meet once a month on a Sunday at 4 pm  (London Timezone).

We have a Buy Me A Coffee link below if you fancy supporting us, or saying thanks, and a  Patreon if you fancy joining our monthly book club. 

Welcome to Book Club Pt. 2!

And no, you did not miss an announcement of a book we're reading this month. This is just a virtual gathering of book-ish friends, talking about book-ish things.

Little Free Library 

Browse the reads we discuss in the episode below!

// M E N T I O N S //

Try out Book of the Month

Loren's Book Mentions:

The Silent Patient
People We Meet on Vacation
Finlay Donovan is Killing It
Firefly Lane
The Giver of Stars

Alyson's Book Mentions:

The Nightingale
Twilight
The Maidens

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Evie Wyld discusses her novel “The Bass Rock”, winner of the 2021 Stella Prize

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Nicole Abadee

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Facebook: @nicole.abadee

Twitter: @NicoleAbadee

Instagram: @nicoleabadee

Evie Wyld 

Website: http://www.eviewyld.com

Penguin "The Bass Rock": https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/evie-wyld

Facebook: @EvieWyld

Twitter: @eviewyld

Instagram: @eviewyld

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Welcome to book club! Instead of picking a new book each month, we're going to host regular virtual fangirl sessions surrounding one of our common interests- books and reading!

Tune in to get your reading fix when you're just not able to actually curl up with a good book. We're happy to have you in our virtual book club. 

M - E - N - T - I - O - N - S

Loren's Reading Tips + Alyson's 2020 in Books

Book Resources We're Obsessed With—
Goodreads
Book of the Month

Books We Mentioned—

Historical Fiction:
The Four Winds, The Nightingale, The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
Outlander
All the Light We Cannot See
The Huntress, The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)
Lighthearted/Spoof/Modern Remakes:
One to Watch
My Lady Jane (Henry VIII spin off)
My Plain Jane (Jane Eyre spin off)
YA/Fantasy:
Twilight
Harry Potter
The Selection Series 
A Darker Shade of Magic
The Hunger Games
Shadow and Bone
The Front Lines (Michael Grant)
American Royals
One of Us is Lying, One of Us is Next (Karen McManus)
Classics:
Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice
Mystery:
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Guest List
Audiobooks:
The Dutch House
Daisy Jones and the Six

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A conversation with Nomadland author Jessica Bruder from February 2020.  

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