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You're BookedDaisy's Beach Reads: Perfect PlacesFor the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of exciting, far-flung exotic locales (and Cornwall) as we explore some literary Perfect Places. These are books that help you travel to incredible landscapes, both real and imaginary. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her...2025-07-2105 min
LIVRA-TE#180 - A nossa pilha do orgulhoDepois da vergonha, vem o orgulho. Neste episódio, falamos de livros que foram grandes conquistas e que nos orgulham enquanto leitoras, quer seja por simplesmente os termos conseguido ler ou pela forma que chegaram à nossa vida. Partilhem connosco as vossas pilhas para nos emocionarmos todos com os nossos caminhos enquanto leitores!Livros mencionados:- Between Us, Mhairi McFarlane (01:19)- The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong (02:30)- Ensaio sobre a Cegueira, José Saramago (06:05)- Moby Dick, Herman Melville (07:02)- The Great Believers (Os...2025-07-0955 min
Mostly FictionalEp. 116: Pam's Small Book Haul From Across the PondPam has a book haul and is starting what is quite possibly the hardest reading challenge ever.Books mentioned, in order:The God of the Woods by Liz MooreSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyWhere the Lost Wander by Amy HarmonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellEmily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldPrivate Rites by Julia ArmfieldSalt Slow by Julia ArmfieldUp to the Light by Julia Ar...2025-07-0245 min
LIVRA-TE#178 - Livros sobre mulheres à beira de um ataque de nervosComo sabem, este é um dos nossos temas favoritos e já muito se falou por aqui sobre mulheres em espirais de loucura, e foi daí que surgiu esta sugestão de uma ouvinte de lhes dedicarmos um episódio. Fiquem com as nossas recomendações e partilhem também as vossas!Livros mencionados:- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Uma Árvore no Céu de Brooklyn), Betty Smith (00:57)- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (Enterrai os Nossos Ossos no Solo da Meia-Noite), V. E. Schwab (01:11)- Milk Fed, Melis...2025-06-2545 min
LIVRA-TE#169 - Dia do Livro & Os seis tipos de leitorFeliz Dia Mundial do Livro, o nosso preferido de todos. Para o celebrar, fizemos o teste «Read Your Color», do Steven J. Reese, revelámos os nossos resultados e trouxemos também recomendações para cada um dos seis tipos de leitor que este teste define.Podem fazer o teste e descobrir a vossa cor aqui: https://www.readyourcolor.com/.Livros mencionados:- Say You’ll Remember Me, Abby Jimenez (02:00)- Mexican Gothic (Gótico Mexicano), Silvia Moreno-Garcia (06:23)- Verity, Colleen Hover (18:56)- Apneia, Tânia Ganho (19:10)- Gon...2025-04-2356 minMostly FictionalEp. 97: Does Pam Only Read Happy Books Now?Pam read three books and Hallie read NONE!Books mentioned, in order:Table for Two: Fictions by Amor TowlesKillers of a Certain Age by Deanna RaybournDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverAlbatross by Terry FallisThe Savior's Book Café Story in Another World by Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya, Reiko SakuradaCelestial Harmonies by Peter EsterhazyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyTransit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle ChaykaNona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirWhat If It's Us by Adam Si...2025-01-2258 min
Unofficial Book Club PodcastYou Can Pick One…Can it be a Series? with Booktok BookclubIn this Book Club episode some of the ladies from the Booktok Bookclub join me again to discuss their relationship to reading. Welcome Lauren, Sam, Lexi, Haley and Liv.
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Shirley Barber
Catherine Cowles
Riley Sager
Jane Harper
Books Discussed in this Episode:
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Fifty Shades by E...2024-09-121h 17
LIVRA-TE#125 - Memes Portugueses como LivrosBuenos dias, Matosinhos! Olha o episódio com o tema mais caótico lá atrás. Não sabemos como é que ainda não tínhamos chegado aqui, mas o que importa é que já cá estamos e prontas para tornar isto numa série. Digam-nos os vossos memes portugueses favoritos e se gostariam de ouvir mais episódios destes!
Livros mencionados neste episódio:
- Mile High & The Right Move, Liz Tomforde (1:28)
- The Perfect Find, Tia Williams (2:42 & 12:07)
- Autobiografia Não Autorizada 2, Dulce Maria Cardoso (3:07)
- Verity, Colleen Hoover (7:03)
- Done and Dusted, Lyla Sage (7:18)
- Viradas do Avesso, Joana Kabuki (7...2024-05-2237 min
Books Without Borders50. 50 episodes of BWB!! How well do we know each other?Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books!
In this 50TH EPISODE(!!), Nina’s been travelling again, Emma’s obtained a ridiculous number of books, and we find out how well we really know each other 🤔
Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com
Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads
Follow Nina on StoryGraph
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro and catch-up chat
00:08:33 Glass Sword
00:09:36 The Poppy War
00:18:23 Old Masters: A Comedy (dnf)
00:21:00 Enter Ghost
00:21:24 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
00:24:52 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
00:25:19 Once There Were Wolves
00:26:42 A Good Girl’s Guide to Mu...2024-05-031h 30
Espresso EpiloguesSpecific book recommendations for any occasionWelcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. You guys asked us for very specific book recommendations - and we're here to deliver.
Here are all the books mentioned in this episode:
Perfume - Patrick Süskind
We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio
Babel - R. F. Kuang
Good Material - Dolly Alderton
R...2024-04-0954 min
Licensed Poetics3. 2023 Reading Wrapped! Life-changing Books & Insufferable Books! ft. CadyRevealing our most adored, hated, and traumatising books of the year! We went through a thorough list of fantastical, socialist and ArCadyan books with unsolicited but highly personal and emotional verdicts! What’s your favourite read in 2023? Do you have any objections to our reviews?? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00 Introducing Cady
02:17 How many books did you read/DNF this year
10:27 How many Chinese books did you read
13:52 Which country did you read from the most (Author’s country of origin)
19:22 What is your most/ least...2024-01-211h 09
LIVRA-TE#94 - Livros que sabem a… (edição Outono)Agarrem-se à caneca de chá mais próxima e acendam todas as velas que o episódio de hoje é todo sobre sensações de Outono. Recomendações de livros que ajudam a intensificar o quentinho desta que é a estação preferida do Livra-te e da maioria das pessoas que gostam mesmo é de ficar em casa a ler.
Livros mencionados neste episódio:
- Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan (1:25)
- These Precious Days, Ann Patchett (2:48)
- Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano (3:10)
- Talking at Night, Claire Daverley (6:20)
- Me Before You, Jojo Moyes (6:27)
- Open Water, Caleb Azumah Nelson (7:40)
- The House in the Cerulea...2023-10-1850 min
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksBe Not Afraid: For I Am With You in Your SpeakingJoin us for our next sermon in our Be Not Afraid series. This Sunday, Shirley will be sharing about what it means to be not afraid in our speaking. Come and hear more!- Series Description -Scripture records variations of this phrase so many times. Be Not Afraid. Fear not. Do not be afraid for God is with you. God says it. Angels say it. Jesus says it. People say it. Why is it such a repeated exhortation and encouragement? Because we can struggle so mightily with fear. We can have a lack of...2023-08-1427 min
Bubbly BibblyBook HaulsThis is going to be a celebration of the “book haul”! In this episode, Carmen and Rachel are going to talk about some of our book hauls. Let us know which titles you have picked up on your latest book hauls. And, be sure to let us know if you added any of the titles we bought to your never-ending TBR! Please continue to keep a check on our social media pages, and keep that interaction going – we love it! Bubbly Bibbly Facebook GroupSmoke and Ember Candle CompanyYellowface by R F Kuang2023-07-1328 min
Lorem Ipsum. Se tenía que leer y se leyóT01E19: El Terror Contemporáneo | Mes Herencia AAPI parte 2Hoy nos adentraremos en un género literario que ha evolucionado de manera fascinante a lo largo de los años: el terror. Pero no solo exploraremos el terror clásico, sino también las nuevas tendencias que han surgido, como la mezcla de humor y terror o el enfoque innovador de autores como Mariana Enriquez y Grady Hendrix.
Prepárense para una experiencia escalofriante y llena de sorpresas.
Algunos libros mencionados en el episodio:
Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego, de Mariana Enríquez
Nuestra parte de noche, de Mariana Enríquez
Alguien camina sobre tu tumba, de Mariana...2023-05-3049 min
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksWalking With Jesus: Who's the Greatest?Last week, we talked about what it looks like to live with an expectation of the Cross. Join us today as we look at what it means to be great.- Series Description -This Lent, we are going to practice simply walking with Jesus. We will do this as we look at the gospel of Mark chapters ten, eleven, and sixteen.2023-03-1923 min
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksHome: Gospel PassagesThis Sunday, in the last installment of our three-part sermon series on Home, Shirley will be sharing about how we can make Homes with Jesus even while not yet in our eternal Home. Join us as we continue to discover God's heart for home with us.- Series Description -What does that home feel like? Are we returning there or heading home for the first time? In this teaching series called Home, we explore God’s big picture of Home throughout the scriptures. Along the way, we will navigate the tensions of the now an...2023-02-2027 min
Between The StacksLittle Saint Vic's Personalized Book RecommendationsListen till the end to hear another side of Little Saint Vic... On this month's episode, host Victoria Horn answers listener requests for personalized book recommendations, shares Odell happenings, highlights the December book order, and reads her original poem, "Portrait of Christmas Eve."
Parody of "Little Saint Nick" by the Beach Boys: written, performed, and produced by Victoria Horn
Victoria's poetry Instagram
Odell Public Library website
Odell Kids' Area Amazon Wishlist
Books mentioned:
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
One by One and The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Wa...2022-12-301h 10
StoryshapedGetting Storyshaped With Sharon GoslingWe have the splendid pleasure of speaking with Sharon Gosling this week on the podcast - yes, only the author of one of our absolute favourite books of 2022, The Extraordinary Voyage of Katy Willacott! The stories that shaped Sharon are wide-ranging and exciting, and our chat with her was fun, informative, and full of brilliant books. Come along with us as we take a walk through Sharon's Storyshaped life, and who knows? You might find she's Storyshaped in just the same way as you.Books mentioned in this episode include some of Sharon's own:2022-12-151h 00
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksNear and Far, An Advent Series: HomeThis Sunday, Shirley reflects on the story of Mary & Elizabeth and what it means to follow and proclaim God's story when it appears in our homes.- Series Description -Together, we'll look at the story of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus to see how God is at work close to us, far from us, and everywhere in between.2022-12-0525 min
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksAllegiance: Allegiance of ResourcesShirley Kuang continues our Allegiance series with a message on the allegiance of our resources.- Series Description -Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life vying for our attention, fidelity, and energy. As people reading a church newsletter, we can give a Sunday school answer to this question of commitment: Jesus! Or we can also examine our mind, citizenship, resources, and heart. With that more careful study, where does our allegiance truly lie and how do we put our trust - and our everything - more faithfully in the hands of...2022-11-0729 min
Le Salon Literary DiscussionsS1:E5 | Sub-genres of Gothic LiteratureThere are many rabbit holes we could go down when looking at the subgenres or new areas spawned from Gothic literature. But, with the aim of keeping these episodes informational but not more than 30 minutes, we’re going to look at three key ones: the haunted house, Southern Gothic, and dark academia. [4:46] “The Haunting of Hill House is considered a perfect example of this trope—Stephen King even said so!” [11:42] “Much like the early English Gothic novels that placed their scary settings in hot climates, like Italy and Spain, Southern Gothic includes this ‘heat’ for the same reaso...2022-11-0119 min
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksCelebration: For and With OthersThis week, Shirley Kuang teaches that celebration is a discipline we can practice.- Series Description -Celebration!Birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries (shout out to ECV) are all occasions for celebration. But what if celebration is a spiritual discipline we can rely on far more than a few special days out of the year? God commands us to rejoice. Why and what for? It tuns out that in the Church, we have have something to celebrate anytime, every day, and even in hard times.2022-10-1722 min
On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)Ep. 69- The Worst Couple at a Restaurant (The Burning God)Send us a textThis week Hannah and Laura are covering part 1 of The Burning God by R.F. Kuang! It's actually happening. But first! Laura loves the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, but Hannah and Laura question the casting of the movies. She also did a buddy read-a-thon of a graphic novel favorite. Hannah watched a really cute movie starring Nick Offerman, and read a short book that is perfect for Halloween and gave her some scary dreams. She was also slightly let down by the ending of a science-fiction book that she really enjoyed.2022-09-211h 40
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksGod Meets Our Hunger // Life in the Body // Shirley KuangThis Sunday, Shirley shares about how God meets our hunger both personally and communally.2022-06-2830 min
Ellissinema PodcastEpisode 216: Chinatown KidAfter getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of one gang, and eventurally decides to play them against each other in order to clean up the town.Starring Alexander Fu Sheng, Sun Chien, Meng Lo, Phillip Kwok, Wang Lung-Wei, Shirley Yu, Susan Shaw, Jenny Tseng, and more.Music by Chen Yung-YuCinematography by Kung Mu-ToStory by James WongScreenplay by Chang Cheh and I KuangDirected by Chang Cheh2022-03-3130 min
Broken Spines at the End of the WorldEp. 25: February Reading Wrap-upHello! And welcome to our february reading wrap-up.
We were both feeling a bit under the weather but still managed to get excited about the books we’ve read.
So get cozy, we’ve got quite a few things to talk about!
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Books mentioned in this episode:
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue – VE Schwab
She fits inside these words – R.H. Sin, Robert M. Drake
Piranesi – Susanna Clarke
Galatea – Madeline Miller
The Lottery – Shirley Jackson
The Poppy War – RF Kuang
Sweet Nightmares – Rosanna Leone
Faserland – Christian Kracht
The Bookshop on the corn2022-03-1642 min
Elm City Vineyard Church TalksGrateful and Hungry: Lament and Celebration // Shirley KuangThis Sunday, Shirley Kuang shares about a life lived in light of the already and not yet kingdom of God-- in which we lament that which is broken even as we celebrate God's intervention, healing, and good gifts.2021-12-0122 min