• 98. Short Stories Edition - Wild Eyes, The Safekeep, Big Swiss, Creation Lake and a whole host of other varied reads
    Sep 30 2024

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    Today's mammoth podcast is fairly varied in content with something for everyone - non fiction, Booker Prize nominees and small town romance aplenty!! Here's what we talked about:

    How To Leave A Group Chat - Louise Guise

    The Search - John Henry Phillips

    Beethoven - Laura Tunbridge

    The Most of Nora Ephron - Nora Ephron

    Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

    Big Swiss - Jen Beagin

    Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner

    What Lies Between Us - John Marrs

    Listen For The Lie - Amy Tintera

    Benevolence Series: Pretend Your Mine, Finally Mine, Protecting What’s Mine - Lucy Score

    Everyone Is Still Alive - Cathy Rentzenbrink

    Wild Eyes - Elsie Silver

    The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 97. Hello Beautiful
    Sep 17 2024

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    For September’s featured read we chose to read Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful with a MAMMOTH buddy read group!

    Listen in for spoiler free chat about the book, whet your appetite if it’s something you may fancy adding to your TBR lists, and laugh at us trying not to spoil it if you’ve read it already! 😂

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    48 mins
  • 96. Short Stories Edition - The Poisonwood Bible, James, the 100 Years of Lenni and Margot and more...
    Sep 2 2024

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    Another spoiler free chat on all of the following:


    100 Years of Lennie and Margot - Marianne Cronin

    We Prescribe You A Cat - Syou Ishida

    The Full Moon Coffee Shop - Mai Mochizuki

    The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

    James - Percival Everett

    The Hypocrite - Jo Hamya

    Scenes of a Graphic Nature - Caroline O’Donoghue

    Her Body Among Animals - Paola Ferrante

    Silver Pines Series - Paisley Hope

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    52 mins
  • 95. Babel
    Aug 19 2024

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    August's featured read was Babel by R F Kuang, which offered plenty of discussion points.

    As ever, this episode is spoiler free!

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    39 mins
  • 94. Short Stories Edition - Talking At Night, Jaded, Once More From The Top & more...
    Aug 5 2024

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    Spoiler free chats on some of the books we've read recently:

    Talking At Night - Claire Daverley

    I’m F*cking Amazing - Anoushka Warden

    Jaded - Ela Lee

    The Chain - Chimene Suleyman

    Gold Rush - Olivia Petter

    Monsters - Claire Dederer

    Once More From The Top - Emily Layden

    Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll

    Imposter Syndrome - Joseph Knox

    Behind Closed Doors - B.A Paris

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    50 mins
  • 93. Martyr!
    Jul 22 2024

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    This week we are discussing our July featured read - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Spoiler free as always.

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    27 mins
  • 92. Short Stories Edition - Strange Sally Diamond, The Women, Magma & more...
    Jul 15 2024

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    Welcome to a bonus short stories edition containing spoiler free chats on all of the following:

    The Wilds - Sarah Pearse

    The Eyes Are The Best Part - Monika Kim

    Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent

    The River Within - Karen Powell

    His & Hers - Alice Feeney

    The Mermaid of Black Conch - Monique Roffey

    The Women - Kristin Hannah

    Magma - Thora Hjörleifsdóttir

    Chestnut Springs Series - Elsie Silver

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    51 mins
  • 91. (Short) Short Stories Edition - featuring Teddy, Sandwich and a whole host of new releases!
    Jul 1 2024

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    Today's episode is a little shorter than we intended due to some technical issues. However, we still had plenty to say (spoiler free of course) on all of these fabulous new releases:

    Teddy - Emily Dunlay

    Love Letters To A Serial Killer - Tasha Coryell

    The Love of My Afterlife - Kirsty Greenwood

    Sandwich - Catherine Newman

    Goodbye Birdie Greenwing - Ericka Waller

    How To Age Disgracefully - Clare Pooley

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    34 mins