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Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! From Contemporary to Classic, Fantasy to Realism, YA to Dark Horror, Fiction to Non-Fiction, Nina’s and Emma’s reading tastes are wide and varied. And we have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. Whether you’re here for book reviews, reading motivation, movie adaptation discussions, or just the soothing book chat vibes, there’s something for everyone here at Books Without Borders.

Books Without Borders


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    Bye for now

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 2:27


    We've had to make the difficult decision to say goodbye for now, but you can still keep up with what we're reading here if you:
Follow Emma on Instagram: @emma_jane_readsFollow Nina on StoryGraph: ninaevan

    53. The Accidental Month of Fairytale Retellings + pride month reading and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 81:47


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's finally had time to read again, Emma's accidentally read three fairytale retellings and intentionally read a bunch of queer books, and we both have rather hefty hauls! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads Follow Nina on StoryGraph ninaevan ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and chats 00:09:12 The Gilded Mirror 00:14:43 Crystal Clear 00:21:30 Everything Under the Moon 00:23:47 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 00:24:37 The Hobbit 00:27:20 Private Rites 00:29:23 Ash 00:33:37 The Gender Games 00:36:46 Crossings 00:40:35 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date 00:42:16 Some Desperate Glory 00:48:14 Dear Diseased Body 00:49:53 Esio Trot 00:55:59 Of Jade and Dragons 01:00:51 Ulysses 01:03:28 Wicked 01:03:49 Musical theatre tangent 01:06:12 This Time Tomorow 01:08:52 The World at Her Fingertips 01:09:28 Jade War 01:09:52 Nina's Haul 01:17:56 Emma's Haul 01:21:07 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Gilded Mirror – KE Barden A Court of Throne and Roses – Sarah J. Maas Beauty and the Beast – Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Crystal Clear – Lou Nova The Green Bone Saga – Fonda Lee Everything Under the Moon – Michael Earp Homesick for Another World – Ottessa Moshfegh Salt Slow – Julia Armfield Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie Lost Kingdom – Laurel Black Private Rites – Julia Armfield Our Wives Under the Sea – Julia Armfield Ash – Malinda Lo The Gender Games – Juno Dawson Her Majesty's Royal Coven – Juno Dawson Crossings – Alex Landragin Iris Kelly Doesn't Date – Ashley Herring Blake Bright Falls trilogy – Ashley Herring Blake Some Desperate Glory – Emily Tesh Dear Diseased Body – Cara Morgan Esio Trot – Roald Dahl Of Jade and Dragons – Amber Chen Ulysses – James Joyce The Emperor's New Clothes – Hans Christian Andersen Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë Wicked – Gregory Maguire This Time Tomorrow – Emma Straub Landline – Rainbow Rowell The World at Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller – Joan Dash Jade War – Fonda Lee Holding Up the Universe – Jennifer Niven All the Bright Places – Jennifer Niven Midnight Rooms – Donyae Coles A Magical Girl Retires – Park Seolyeon trans. Anton Hur Toward Eternity – Anton Hur Their Divine Fires – Wendy Chen The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley The House of Hidden Meanings – RuPaul The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts – Louis Bayard Briefly Perfect Human: Making and Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End – Alua Arthur The Woman Destroyed – Simone de Beauvoir The Last Sane Woman – Hannah Regel The It Girl – Ruth Ware Black River – Matthew Spencer Creative Differences and Other Stories – Graeme Simsion The Stranger – Kathryn Hore Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks Mythos – Jaysen Headley Mongrel – Hanako Footman A Curious Beginning – Deanna Raybourn ————————————————— Also mentioned: Donate and support Emma in the readathon to raise money for literacy in Cambodia: https://chaptersforchange.org/emma-grey Cara Morgan's chapbook: https://bottlecap.press/products/diseased Cara Morgan can be found on Instagram @caramorganpoet and here is their link tree: https://linktr.ee/CaraLikeCarrot Ekman's Universal Emotions (turns out there's seven now!) https://www.paulekman.com/universal-emotions Abdi Nazemian https://www.abdinazemian.com/ Booksandlala 2024 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/mACoc82jA04?si=rVFt-Z3GLu7YJYj7 Book Roast https://youtube.com/@BookRoast CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 @salboreads on Instagram Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/j-YepeqhKUY?si=__7DPPoVuq1Yzhwz Jaysen Headley - @ezeekat on all socials

    Author Talk: KE Barden (The Gilded Mirror – spoiler free!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 32:17


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, we interview KE Barden, author of YA fantasy novel The Gilded Mirror, the first book in the Finding Ever After series. Kim can be found on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @kebardenauthor Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads Follow Nina on StoryGraph ninaevan ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and The Gilded Mirror blurb 00:01:51 Interview - completely spoiler free 00:31:33 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: ** The Gilded Mirror – KE Barden ** The Little Mermaid – Hans Christian Andersens Cinderella – Charles Perrault Snow White – the Brothers Grimm Jack and the Beanstalk – Joseph Jacobs Hansel & Gretel – the Brothers Grimm Rapunzel – the Brothers Grimm Rumpelstiltskin – the Brothers Grimm The Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling The Elves and the Shoemaker – the Brothers Grimm Reimagined Fairy Tales series – Megan Van Dyke The Lunar Chronicles – Marissa Meyer These Grimm Fates – KE Barden Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien Throne of Glass series – Sarah J. Maas Kingdom of Ash – Sarah J. Maas Letters of Enchantment duology – Rebecca Ross Songbird of the Sorrows – Braidee Otto The Remnant Chronicles – Mary E. Pearson The Bridge Kingdom series – Danielle L. Jensen Crown of Midnight – Sarah J. Maas ————————————————— Also mentioned: Kim can be found on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @kebardenauthor Donate and support Emma in the readathon to raise money for literacy in Cambodia: https://chaptersforchange.org/emma-grey Once Upon a Time https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843230/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Aladdin https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103639/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk The Little Mermaid https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097757/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk The Lion King https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Into the Woods https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180411/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Kindle Direct Publishing https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/ Ingram Spark https://www.ingramspark.com/ Raven Kennedy https://www.ravenkennedybooks.com/ Carissa Broadbent https://carissabroadbentbooks.com/ Etheric Tales https://etherictales.com/ Peter Pan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046183/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    52. Slumping, Soaring, and Starting a Path to Publishing.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 73:12


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's hit a reading slump, Emma has read more than ever, and we talk about Nina's publishing intensive course. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads Follow Nina on StoryGraph ninaevan ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and catch-up chat 00:08:07 Nightbirds 00:10:02 Good Girl, Bad Blood 00:11:26 Soldier Sailor 00:12:53 We Shall Be Monsters 00:14:59 Undiscovered 00:17:25 The Book of the Unnamed Midwife 00:18:41 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 00:21:30 Thunderclap 00:25:00 Birnam Wood 00:27:43 Nina reflects on her reading slump 00:28:35 The Empowering ADHD Workbook for Women 00:31:52 The Beginning of Everything 00:34:52 Piranesi 00:36:02 Terra Nullius 00:37:35 How High We Go in the Dark 00:39:13 The Keeper 00:41:56 The Time Machine 00:44:54 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 00:46:59 Delilah Green Doesn't Care & Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail 00:48:57 Nina's Currently Reading: The Hobbit 00:57:27 Nina's Haul 01:03:06 Cover design/career tangent 01:06:47 Emma's Haul 01:11:45 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Nightbirds – Kate J. Armstrong Good Girl, Bad Blood – Holly Jackson Soldier Sailor – Claire Kilroy Brotherless Night – V.V. Ganeshananthan (Women's Prize for Fiction Winner 2024) We Shall Be Monsters – Tara Sim Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Undiscovered – Gabriela Wiener Kairos – Jenny Erpenbeck (Booker International Prize Winner 2024) The Book of the Unnamed Midwife – Meg Elison Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll Ulysses – James Joyce Thunderclap – Laura Cumming Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World – Naomi Klein (Women's Prize for Non-fiction Winner 2024) Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton The Empowering ADHD Workbook for Women – Estelle Rose Empowered Women with ADHD – Estelle Rose The Beginning of Everything – Robyn Schneider Piranesi – Susanna Clarke Terra Nullius – Claire G. Coleman How High We Go in the Dark – Sequoia Nagamatsu The Keeper (The Current of Her Eye: Book One) – JJ Carpenter The Time Machine – H.G. Wells Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian – Marina Lewycka Delilah Green Doesn't Care – Ashley Herring Blake Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail – Ashley Herring Blake The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings series – J.R.R. Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida – Shehan Karunatilaka Song of Myself – Walt Whitman The Wildest Sun – Asha Lemmie Anxious People – Fredrik Backman The Reappearance of Rachel Price – Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy – Holly Jackson The Survivors – Jane Harper Exiles – Jane Harper The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham – H.G. Wells Dubliners – James Joyce Bright Falls trilogy – Ashley Herring Blake Parade – Rachel Cusk How to Solve Your Own Murder – Kristen Perrin Night of the Living Dummy – R.L. Stine Deep Trouble – R.L. Stine Monster Blood – R.L. Stine R.E.Generation – Michael J. Prewer ————————————————— Also mentioned: Donate and support Emma in the readathon: https://chaptersforchange.org/emma-grey Fantasy Fellowship https://fantasy-fellowship.co.uk/ Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Ulysses listen along https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/post/ulysses-listen-along-16th-june-bloomsday-25th-july-2024 Emma's Birnam Wood review https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Ny4vtyzGY/?igsh=MW52bmt0NWpzc2d0NA== CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 —— Snippets of Women's Prize announcements from PA Media video: https://youtu.be/wCBKcnAVVtk?si=2oR8r4Yv_6y3HdHO

    51. The passing of time + Totally Should've Book Tag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 91:56


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's finishing school, Emma's joined more book clubs and readathons, and we so the Totally Should've Book Tag! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads Follow Nina on StoryGraph ninaevan ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and catch-up chat 00:06:05 Mockingjay 00:12:01 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster 00:13:25 The Invocations 00:13:58 River East, River West 00:15:48 Villette 00:20:52 Learning Humility 00:24:43 Crossings 00:32:41 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 00:33:10 Nightbirds 00:37:19 Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents 00:42:15 Haul/TBR 00:49:51 Totally Should've Book Tag 01:28:44 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster – Mirinae Lee The Invocations – Krystal Sutherland River East, River West – Aubrey Rey Lescure Villette – Charlotte Brontë Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue – Richard J. Foster Crossings – Alex Landragin Cain's Jawbone – E. Powys Mathers Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll Nightbirds – Kate J. Armstrong Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank Brave New World – Aldous Huxley Meditations – Marcus Aurelius A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Shadow Falls – Wendy Dranfield Where Lost Girls Go – B.R. Spangler Seven Sins – Miguel Estrada Bad to the Bones – James Harper The Little Grave – Carolyn Arnold Ties That Bind – Carolyn Arnold She and Her Cat – Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa It's Not About Me – Sally Hetherington House of Many Ways – Diana Wynne Jones The Last Tale of the Flower Bride – Roshani Chokshi If I Have To Be Haunted – Miranda Sun Feed – M.T. Anderson Munmun – Jesse Andrews Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins The Carls series – Hank Green The Bandit Queens – Parini Shroff Shadow and Bone trilogy – Leigh Bardugo Broken Things – Lauren Oliver Mindwalker – Kate Dylan Heartstopper – Alice Osemam Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling Game of Thrones series – George R.R. Martin Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Dune – Frank Herbert The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis We Were Liars – E. Lockhart The Winner's Curse series – Marie Rutkoski The Office of Historical Corrections – Danielle Evans Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut Light from Uncommon Stars – Ryka Aoki Our Wives Under the Sea – Julia Armfield Divergent – Veronica Roth Go Set a Watchman – Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee ————————————————— Also mentioned: Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Chapters for Change: @chaptersforchange on Instagram https://chaptersforchange.org Donate and support Emma in the readathon: https://chaptersforchange.org/emma-grey Emma's special editions reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6G60ezyUpM/?igsh=MWczcWloYWNjbTlnNQ== Source video for Totally Should've Book Tag: https://youtu.be/hij7lxWcBAY?si=-UqmKLM8pBF7ymss

    50. 50 episodes of BWB!! How well do we know each other?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 90:55


    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

    49. Book speed-dating in Nina World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 110:33


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's gone off the rails, Emma's stayed firmly on them, and we've got a whole bunch of books to catch up on! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and catch-up chat 00:06:33 Lost Kingdom 00:08:26 Bliss and Other Stories 00:10:15 Any Human Heart 00:13:18 Unusual Stories from Many Lands 00:16:33 There is No Dog 00:19:14 Normal People 00:25:34 Ramayana 00:33:28 Myths of Mesopotamia 00:38:58 Mindwalker 00:41:34 Light from Uncommon Stars 00:47:21 Learning Humility 00:58:17 John Keats poetry 01:00:37 First Lie Wins 01:03:19 Evolve Your Brain 01:12:04 Born a Crime 01:16:27 Everything I Know About Love 01:17:51 Jade City 01:21:05 Red Queen / Glass Sword 01:28:41 The Wren, the Wren 01:30:47 Crossings 01:34:43 Cain's Jawbone 01:37:30 The Bluest Eye 01:40:56 The Remains of the Day 01:42:53 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 01:43:50 Enter Ghost 01:45:21 Haul/TBR 01:49:46 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Lost Kingdom - Laurel Black Bliss and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf Any Human Heart - William Boyd Unusual Stories from Many Lands - Arlo T. Janssen There is No Dog - Meg Rosoff Normal People - Sally Rooney Ramayana - Vālmīki Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others - Anon trans. Stephanie Dalley Mindwalker - Kate Dylan Mindbreaker - Kate Dylan Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki Ballad for Sophie - Filipe Melo & Juan Cavia Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue - Richard J. Foster The Cloud of Unknowing - Anon Selected Poetry - John Keats First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind - Joe Dispenza Born a Crime - Trevor Noah Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton Jade City / The Green Bone Saga - Fonda Lee Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard The Selection - Kiera Cass Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard The Wren, the Wren - Anne Enright Crossings - Alex Landragin Cain's Jawbone - Torquemada & E. Powys The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Enter Ghost - Isabella Hammad Extinction - Thomas Bernhard Letter to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe - Bill Bryson On Love: Lysis/Symposium/Phaedrus/Alcibiades/Selections from Republic & Laws - Plato ed. C.D.C. Reeve Il sole e la cometa - Sergio Bambarén A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle Edenglassie - Melissa Lucashenko Howl's Moving Castle trilogy - Diana Wynne Jones A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus At Night All Blood is Black - David Diop The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy ————————————————— Also mentioned: John Keats poetry post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C362QlKrz_e/?igsh=MWFmNjUxdHBqYml4Yw== Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Juliet Stevenson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliet_Stevenson Darren Boyd https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Boyd Booksandlala 2024 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/mACoc82jA04?si=rVFt-Z3GLu7YJYj7 Dominic West https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_West

    Author Talk: Laurel Black (Lost Kingdom)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 58:01


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, we interview Laurel Black, debut author of YA fantasy novel Lost Kingdom. Laurel can be found online at www.laurelblackbooks.com or on Instagram @laurelblackbooks Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Lost Kingdom blurb 02:58 Spoiler-free questions 31:02 Spoiler questions 56:31 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: ** Lost Kingdom - Laurel Black ** The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman The Remnant Chronicles - Mary E. Pearson The Shadow Between Us - Tricia Levenseller The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski ————————————————— Also mentioned: Laurel can be found online at www.laurelblackbooks.com or on Instagram @laurelblackbooks Lost Kingdom book trailer https://youtu.be/oP7smPjUC2Q?si=vAPaejct77gQa34i

    48. Emma likes Dickens now??

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 72:43


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's having a non-fiction moment, Emma's had some serious ups and downs in reading, and we have a secret project to tell you all about! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Chats 12:54 Recent Reads 13:07 Masters of Death 19:45 Wild Swans 23:13 Down the Drain 38:12 Great Expectations 43:30 The Railway 54:34 Atomic Habits 59:07 Currently Reading 59:11 Bliss and Other Stories 01:01:31 Lost Kingdom 01:10:06 Haul/TBR 01:12:14 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Odyssey - Homer The Iliad - Homer The Ramayana - R.K. Narayan Mahabharata - C. Rajagopalachari Inferno - Dante Alighieri Masters of Death - Olivie Blake Atlas Six - Olivie Blake Wild Swans - Jung Chang Down the Drain - Julia Fox I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Great Expectations - Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens The Railway - Hamid Ismailov Atomic Habits - James Clear Bliss and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf Lost Kingdom - Laurel Black The Shepherd King duology - Rachel Gillig Selected Poetry - John Keats Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan: A Journey of Hope - Nazila Sawhney ————————————————— Also mentioned: Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards Anton Lesser https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504320/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Juliet Stevenson https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828980/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    Special Episode: 2023 Reading Wrap-Up + 2024 Reading Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 98:52


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this special episode, we go through our 2023 stats, our worst and best books of 2023, review our 2023 goals, and set our 2024 goals. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Overall stats (books/pages/hours) 20:25 Book length stats 24:10 Other book attribute stats 41:22 Book community stats 50:42 StoryGraph Plus stats 56:36 Worst Books of 2023 01:04:46 Best Books of 2023 01:19:04 2023 goal review 01:26:07 2024 goals 01:38:20 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Lore Olympus series - Rachel Smythe The Book Thief - Markus Zusak Heartstopper - Alice Oseman The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde The Peace Egg - Juliana Horatia Ewing Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami - Akiko Yosano Dune - Frank Herbert Little Men & Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson Our Violent Ends - Chloe Gong Astral Season Beastly Season - Tahi Saihate Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse The King's Speech - Mark Logue Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi Educated - Tara Westover The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Sheets trilogy - Brenna Thummler I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson Exiles - Jane Harper The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You - Matthew Inman Imagine Me - Tahereh Mafi The Confabulations of Toulouse Lechat - Richard Trebilcock Damsel - Elana K. Arnold (DON'T EVER READ THIS) Landline - Rainbow Rowell Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie This is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences - Sarah Hill Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others - Stephanie Dalley ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/PiY9J0N The StoryGraph https://www.thestorygraph.com/ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Julia Whelan https://jmwhelan.com/narrator/

    47. We're back!! Catching up on a bunch of reading updates!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 97:05


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's been travelling again, Emma's FINALLY cleared the editing backlog, and we catch up on the rest of our 2023 reading! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and chats 06:05 Recent Reads 06:07 A Doll's House 08:55 The Peace Egg 11:00 These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends 16:18 Artwords 24:17 Asian Art 28:39 Learned by Heart 32:49 Catching Fire 35:17 A Christmas Carol 38:44 Horrorstör 42:21 Sheets trilogy 54:40 A Greek Love 56:21 Ballad for Sophie 58:49 Educated 01:04:44 The Storyteller 01:06:09 The Lido 01:07:56 Dune 01:12:34 Currently Reading 01:12:43 Great Expectations 01:15:24 Myths from Mesopotamia 01:19:58 Masters of Death 01:25:23 Oriana. Una donna libera 01:28:24 Haul/TBR 01:28:41 Emma's haul 01:31:35 Nina's haul 01:36:01 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen The Peace Egg - Juliana Horatia Ewing Dracula - Bram Stoker These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong Our Violent Ends - Chloe Gong The Poppy War trilogy - R.F. Kuang Starbound trilogy - Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner Artwords - Beatriz M. Robles A Quokka's Guide to Happiness - Alex Cearns Asian Art - Lara Blanchard, Marika Sardar, & Dorinda Neave Learned by Heart - Emma Donoghue Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series - Ransom Riggs Sheets trilogy - Brenna Thummler Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel - Mariah Marsden & Brenna Thummler A Greek Love: A Novel of Cuba - Zoé Valdés Ballad for Sophie - Filipe Melo & Juan Cavia Educated - Tara Westover Educating - LaRee Westover The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - Dave Grohl The Lido - Libby Page Dune - Frank Herbert Great Expectations - Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Myths of Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others - Stephanie Dalley The Egyptian Book of the Dead - E.A. Wallis Budge Masters of Death - Olivie Blake The Atlas series - Olivie Blake Oriana. Una donna libera - Giuseppe Galeani & Paola Cannatella Prophet Song - Paul Lynch Hammer the Sky (and Other Wonder Tales) - LL Rose The Song of Kieu: A New Lament - Nguyen Du Kurt Vonnegut: Letters - Kurt Vonnegut Kabuki: Metamorphosis - David W. Mack Women's Bodies, Wisdom's Wisdom - Christiane Northrup Museums from the Inside: 60 years of CIMAM Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype - Clarissa Pinkola Estés When I Sing, Mountains Dance - Irene Solà Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doer All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doer Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell ————————————————— Also mentioned: Emma's blog post: https://redphoenixpublishing.com.au/blog-1/f/authentic-expression-with-chronic-illness Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Fantasy Fellowship https://fantasy-fellowship.co.uk/ Speechify https://speechify.com/ Lightfall https://youtu.be/zaSEgLKjxMs?si=ZvkWEcV87qh1aAQQ stitch. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/stitch/id1581052096 Jessica Kellgren-Fozard's video on Gentleman Jack (Anne Lister) https://youtu.be/q46K0xwg0I0?si=IlUzZWwWIpny40b2 Gentleman Jack BBC show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7211618/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Maid https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11337908/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    46. Nina went to a Zine fair!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 82:35


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's in the middle of finals, Emma's in the zone with classics, and we discuss a bunch of Zines that Nina got in Japan! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and chats 10:56 Recent Reads 11:04 Equal Rites 14:45 Metamorphosis 20:34 Starbound trilogy 39:13 The Good Soldier 44:53 The Snow Queen 48:38 Currently Reading 49:06 A Doll's House 50:24 Haul/TBR 50:33 Nina's Zine haul! 01:00:35 Emma's haul 01:04:41 Challenge Check-in 01:19:19 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi Pregnancy Diary - Yōko Ogawa Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Discworld series - Terry Pratchett Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy Starbound trilogy - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Aurora Rising - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford The Great Gadsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen Mustache Rydes - Steven A. Yagyagan Home of her Heart - Tara Goldstein Ballad for Sophie - Filipe Melo & Juan Cavia Learned by Heart - Emma Donoghue A Greek Love: A Novel of Cuba - Zoé Valdés Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins Sheets - Brenna Thummler Delicates - Brenna Thummler Lights - Brenna Thummler Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel The Peace Egg - Juliana Horatia Ewing A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens ————————————————— Also mentioned: Scarf update: https://imgur.com/a/h7lSvIJ Zine artists mentioned: ASIAN_FOOD_DESIGN https://www.instagram.com/asian_food_design?igsh=MWg0em43YXppdHh2Zw== KOSMINEN https://www.instagram.com/kosminenkollektiivi?igsh=encydzVyeHFsdHU0 Speechify https://speechify.com/ Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY Frozen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Room https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Lightfall https://youtu.be/zaSEgLKjxMs?si=ZvkWEcV87qh1aAQQ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

    45. Wandering, pondering, and trying to remember character names. + Book-Song Pairings!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 82:18


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina just keeps starting more books, Emma's struggling with character names, and we have a go at pairing books with songs. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and chats 07:28 Recent Reads 07:42 The Eve Illusion 15:52 The Death of Ivan Ilyich 26:35 These Broken Stars 35:11 Station Eleven 42:32 Currently Reading 42:58 The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 49:59 Breasts and Eggs 52:17 Equal Rites 53:57 This Shattered Light 54:45 Moody Bitches 01:02:22 Haul/TBR 01:07:43 Book-Song Pairings 01:22:00 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Astral Season, Beastly Season - Tahi Saihate Kokoro - Natsume Sōseki The Eve Illusion - Giovanna & Tom Fletcher The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins Her Majesty's Royal Coven series - Juno Dawson The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy Siddartha - Herman Hesse These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien The Temple of the Golden Pavilion - Yukio Mishima Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Discworld series - Terry Pratchett This Shattered World - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, The Sleep You're Missing, The Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy - Julie Holland M.D. This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences - Sarah Hill Loverless Love - Christopher Guerin Lights - Brenna Thummler Sheets - Brenna Thummler Delicates - Brenna Thummler Persuasion - Jane Austen The Wrath & the Dawn - Renée Ahdieh Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman ————————————————— Also mentioned: Nina at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion: https://imgur.com/a/WNJnVXv McFly https://www.mcfly.com/ Carrie Hope Fletcher https://www.youtube.com/carrie Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Songs: Satellite by Maggie Rogers https://youtu.be/FxhaT1hgBp4?si=6cU4gZeL54f9yB2Q The Longest Wave by Red Hot Chili Peppers https://youtu.be/HWOblzU6-hM?si=HMK_2ECRcdepJLuw exile (feat. Bon Iver) by Taylor Swift https://youtu.be/osdoLjUNFnA?si=24xTiaDeA81sK5Dq Sick of Losing Soulmates by dodie https://youtu.be/8qGFAkyfjDU?si=apmYikEwCIrMC5RL Bloom by Troye Sivan https://youtu.be/41PTANtZFW0?si=hh5sm287yOKGRRbl Dreams by The Cranberries https://youtu.be/Yam5uK6e-bQ?si=X3-qya3bcyP1bFBA

    44. We have some new things to share!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 89:32


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's been exploring Japan, Emma's body been a pain again, and we have some fun new things happening in our episodes moving forward! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and chats 03:41 Recent Reads 05:11 The Canterville Ghost 07:20 The Model Millionaire and Other Stories (11:07-17:33 spoilers about The Birthday of the Infanta) 18:55 The Last Lecture 26:31 The Uninhabitable Earth 39:19 Convenience Store Woman 48:10 Moshfegh tangent 50:12 Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens 51:45 Dracula 57:53 Currently Reading 58:19 Dune 01:08:15 The Death of Ivan Ilyich 01:10:29 These Broken Stars 01:13:22 Haul/TBR 01:17:45 Challenge Check-In 01:29:09 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch The Uninhabitable Earth - David Wallace-Wells This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate - Naomi Klein Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism - Aja Barber Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens - Nick Arnold Dracula - Bram Stoker Dune - Frank Herbert The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner This Shattered World - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Artwords - Beatriz M. Robles Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories - Taeko Kōno The Eve Illusion - Giovanna & Tom Fletcher The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Discworld stories - Terry Pratchett A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go - Joanne Greene Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins The Snow Queen - Hans Christian Andersen ————————————————— Also mentioned: Scarf update: https://imgur.com/a/bEg9wO0 Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Randy Pausch Last Lecture https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms The Vlogbrothers https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/c883c525-cad4-47be-af53-9a5f307b091d Gilmore Girls https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238784/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Northanger Abbey https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844794/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    43. Smashing goals and finishing Lapvona!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 88:23


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's been busy with mid-terms, Emma's done lots of reading, and we're both making excellent progress on our reading goals! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman Fortunately, the Milk - Neil Gaiman Tangled Hair - Akiko Yosano The Happiest Refugee - Anh Do Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Grace - Morris Gleitzman Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler We Should Hang Out Sometime - Josh Sundquist The Shepherd King series - Rachel Gillig Her Majesty's Royal Coven series - Juno Dawson The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde The Portrait of Mr W.H. - Oscar Wilde Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde Astral Season, Beastly Season - Tahi Saihate If I Had Your Face - Frances Cha Pachinko - Min Jin Lee The Vagrants - Yiyun Li Dracula - Bram Stoker Les Misérables - Victor Hugo Moby Dick - Herman Melville Dune series - Frank Herbert Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens - Nick Arnold Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Kate Beaton Derrick of Death - Malvina Lerma The Rich - Rachel Lynch By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go - Joanne Greene Girls Against God - Jenny Hval ————————————————— Also mentioned: Fantasy Fellowship https://fantasy-fellowship.co.uk/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Ottessa Moshfegh Guardian interview https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/13/ottessa-moshfegh-im-not-brainstorming-ways-to-freak-people-out-lapvona-paperback Dune https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Dune: Part Two https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201607/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Quirine Brouwer https://www.instagram.com/quirinebrouwer?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== —— Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

    42. Emma's finally read The Hunger Games!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 84:53


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's made more books, Emma's had her wisdom tooth removed, and we have a lot of catching up to do. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Phoenix series - Osamu Tezuka Black Jack series - Osamu Tezuka Jungle Emporer series - Osamu Tezuka The Confabulations of Toulouse LeChat - Richard Trebilcock I Am a Cat - Natsume Sōseki Botchan - Natsume Sōseki Kokoro - Natsume Sōseki The Reader on the 6.27 - Jean-Paul Didierlaurent Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi The King's Speech - Mark Logue & Peter Conradi The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling CHERUB series - Robert Muchamore Skulduggery Pleasant series - Derek Landy A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage - Helen Ellis Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh Damsel - Elana K. Arnold Astral Season, Beastly Season - Tahi Saihate The Eve Illusion - Giovanna and Tom Fletcher Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Sign Here - Claudia Lux Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens - Nick Arnold The Portrait of Mr W.H. - Oscar Wilde Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde Dracula - Bram Stoker Grace - Morris Gleitzman Two Twisted Crowns - Rachel Gillig The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher - Doug MacLeod The Happiest Refugee - Anh Do The Uninhabitable Earth - David Wallace-Wells ————————————————— Also mentioned: Reading scarf update https://imgur.com/a/ChZ8tpj CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10545296/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Romeo + Juliet (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117509/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Fantasy Fellowship https://fantasy-fellowship.co.uk/ Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms No Books on a Dead Planet https://open.spotify.com/show/5cGclAfob2CYlcCaZVcn4I?si=BnuBTov0SH-V_JMvqK_UXg

    41. Emma's got a considerable birthday book haul (incl. ltd. ed. Pride & Prejudice)!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 58:21


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's living her best live in Japan, Emma's got a huge birthday haul, and we discuss several reflective reads, among others. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Zona: The Forbidden Land - Fred G. Baker https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=366830 Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Siddartha - Herman Hesse Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi Sign Here - Claudia Lux Botchan - Natsume Sōseki Kokoro - Natsume Sōseki Unusual Stories from Many Lands - Arlo T. Janssen The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins - Caroline Taggart A Little Book about Books: Quotes for the Bibliophile in Your Life - Marcus Leaver A Little Book about Music: Quotes for the Melophile in Your Life - Marcus Leaver A Little Book about Movies: Quotes for the Cinephile in your Life - Marcus Leaver All Cats Are Introverts - Francesco Marciuliano The Little Instruction Book for Cats - Dannyboy and Kate Freeman The Little Book of Cats: Purrs of Wisdom Jacob's Room - Virginia Woolf I Am a Cat - Natsume Sōseki Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/3UiTEHL Zona review: https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=366830 CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 T2 https://www.t2tea.com/en/au

    40. Nina made her first book! + Yellowface Book Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 53:40


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's had her first book making class, Emma's started taking CBD oil, and we have a discussion about Yellowface. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut Siddartha - Herman Hesse Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger Yellowface - R.F. Kuang The King's Speech - Mark Logue and Peter Conradi The Reader on the 6.27 - Jean-Paul Didierlaurent Boy Swallows Universe - Trent Dalton Drop Bear - Evelyn Araluen The Happiest Refugee - Anh Do Marrying Ameera - Rosanne Hawke Sign Here - Claudia Lux Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby Babel - R.F. Kuang The Poppy Wars trilogy - R.F. Kuang ————————————————— Also mentioned: Emma's blog post: https://redphoenixpublishing.com.au/blog-1/f/i-have-complicated-feelings-about-r-u-ok-day Scarf photo: https://imgur.com/a/auI4xg2 R.F. Kuang Yellowface article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/rebecca-f-kuang-who-has-the-right-to-tell-a-story-its-the-wrong-question-to-ask With Cindy video: https://youtu.be/JUdFkRdgPDU?si=M0WHj8qsyUEXvHTn Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Straya September https://youtu.be/UKhwP7W-u_Y Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ —— Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

    39. Someone gave Nina a book at a bar??

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 78:50


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's had some seriously interesting adventures, Emma's got a lot of reading done, and we have a lot to catch up on. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You - Matt Inman The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry First Survivor: The Impossible Childhood Cancer Breakthrough - Mark Unger We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story - Josh Sundquist The Liar - Stephen Fry The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Wayfarers series - Becky Chambers To Be Taught, If Fortunate - Becky Chambers Landline - Rainbow Rowell Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Ada Calhoun Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Attachments - Rainbow Rowell Carry On series - Rainbow Rowell Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie Love-Shy - Lili Wilkinson Exiles - Jane Harper The Dry - Jane Harper Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut The Truth Together - Kelly Rodgers Against the Glass - Linda M. Habib The Stellar Snow Job - Marie Howalt Siddartha - Herman Hesse Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi Tokyo Ueno Station - Yu Miri Astral Season, Beastly Season - Tahi Saihate ————————————————— Also mentioned: Degrassi: The Next Generation https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288937/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Heartstopper https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Eighth Grade https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7014006/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk The Dry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

    38. Colours, Changes, and Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 56:28


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's got a birthday book haul, Emma's got a new tattoo, and we have a big scarf update. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie Not Dead Yet! - Mark Fletcher (https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=332931) A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman The Midnight Library - Matt Haig The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh Carry On - Rainbow Rowell I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson Salt Slow - Julia Armfield Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Yellowface - R.F. Kuang Dune - Frank Herbert Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Jane Austen's Table: Recipes Inspired by the Works of Jane Austen - Robert Tuesday Anderson So. Many. Planner Stickers. The Secret History - Donna Tartt We are the Weather Makers - Tim Flannery On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You - Matt Inman The Liar - Stephen Fry A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Love-Shy - Lili Wilkinson The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/hbfRMmY Not Dead Yet! review https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=332931 CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Barbie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ The Lizzie Bennet Diaries https://m.youtube.com/user/LizzieBennet StarKid Productions https://www.teamstarkid.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Magical Readathon Autumn Equinox 2023 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxe_ZP6kflk Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ

    37. The largest rating discrepancy we've ever had.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 69:29


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's read a new highly rated book, Emma's found a new favourite graphic novel, and we have an in-depth discussion about our very differing opinions of Peter Pan. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Swimming in a Sea of Stars - Julie Wright (https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=343359) On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden Scott Pilgrim series - Bryan Lee O'Malley One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig Dune - Frank Herbert Carry On series - Rainbow Rowell A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh Salt Slow - Julia Armfield Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others - Anonymous The Truth Together - Kelly Rodgers The Romantic Manifesto - Ayn Rand Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi ————————————————— Also mentioned: Swimming in a Sea of Stars review https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=343359 CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Barbie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Peter Pan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046183/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Pinocchio https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032910/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 1924 Peter Pan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015224/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    36. We need to talk about Jane Eyre.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 81:11


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's experienced some bookstore brain freeze, Emma's managed a new level of injury, and we have an in-depth discussion about Jane Eyre. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie Dune - Frank Herbert Happily: A Personal History-With Fairy Tales - Sabrina Orah Mark Pageboy - Elliot Page I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen ————————————————— Also mentioned: Puzzle app: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/jigsaw-puzzles-for-adults-hd/id642831690 A Man Called Otto https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Jessethereader video https://youtu.be/23bP2LK11C4 Harry Potter and the Sacred Text https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/ Vanessa Zoltan https://vanessazoltan.com/ Hot & Bothered https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/ On Eyre https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/on-eyre Live from Pemberley https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/live-from-pemberley Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Reading Jane Eyre While Black https://lithub.com/reading-jane-eyre-while-black/

    35. As weekly as possible… + Mid-year Book Freakout Tag!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 81:38


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again again again again (no, seriously!), Emma's in catch up mode while doing secret side reading, and we do the Mid-year Book Freakout Tag! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell A Career in Books - Kate Gavino Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson The Neapolitan Quartet series - Elena Ferrante Attack on Titan, Volume 2 - Hajime Isayama Scott Pilgrim series - Bryan Lee O'Malley 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf Hamlet - William Shakespeare Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare Peter Pan - J.M. Barry Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change - Tim Flannery On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden The Weeds - Katy Simpson Smith Broad Band - Claire L. Evans My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh The Book Thief - Markus Zusak Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby Yellowface - R.F. Kuang The Crane Husband - Kelly Barnhill When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill The Death I Gave Him - Erm X. Liu Rouge - Mona Awad Damsel - Elana K. Arnold Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences - Sarah Hill The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakrabortry The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Emma - Jane Austen A Country of Eternal Light - Paul Dalgarno Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - Dave Grohl Horns - Joe Hill ————————————————— Also mentioned: Mid-year Book Freakout Tag (slightly modified) Originally created by ReadLikeWildfire and Earl Grey Books https://youtu.be/X_Wh0rPGfRg 1. The best book you've read so far this year. 2. A new release from the first half of this year that you want to read. 3. A highly anticipated new release for the second half of the year. 4. Biggest disappointment so far. 5. Biggest surprise so far. 6. Favourite new author (debut or new to you). 7. A book that made you cry. 8. A book that made you happy. 9. The most beautiful book you've acquired so far this year. 10. A book you need to have read by the end of the year. —— Our most beautiful books: https://imgur.com/a/LMiIUvA?s=wa OnlineBookClub.org —— Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

    34. Spectrums of bigotry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 61:16


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again again again and is also the sick one this week, Emma's got a new five-star book to report on, and we discuss the spectrum of intolerance with relation to race and religion, as well as gender identity. Y'know… the light stuff! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik Yellowface - R.F. Kuang Pageboy - Elliot Page The Other Side of Beautiful - Kim Lock The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Attack on Titan - Hajime Isayama Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson We Are the Weather Makers - Tim Flannery We Are the Weather - Jonathan Safran Foer Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Salt Slow - Julia Armfield The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig ————————————————— Also mentioned: Scarf photos: https://imgur.com/a/MUf2lXb Contrapoints https://youtube.com/@ContraPoints Genderflux https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Genderflux Nomadland https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Andy Serkis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Attack on Titan anime https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2560140/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Mia Wasikowska https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985859/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Jane Eyre (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229822/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    33. Getting to the bottom of our opposing taste in Fantasy books

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 65:26


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again again, Emma's been sick again, and we discuss the differences between fantasy and mythology/folklore, and finally work out why our tastes in Fantasy novels rarely overlap. AND SO MUCH MORE! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Lord of the Rings series - J.R.R. Tolkien The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas Yellowface - R.F. Kuang Babel - R.F. Kuang This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare Hamlet - William Shakespeare The Tempest - William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare The Fault in our Stars - John Green Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby Pageboy - Elliot Page I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf Turtles All the Way Down - John Green The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell A Career in Books - Kate Gavino ————————————————— Also mentioned: Andy Serkis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/ Game of Thrones https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/ 10 Things I Hate About You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/ Shakespeare in the Park https://publictheater.org/programs/shakespeare-in-the-park/free-shakespeare-in-the-park/ Nanette: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8465676/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

    32. Nina's had a reading revelation!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 58:34


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again, Emma's been sick, and we discuss bookshelf organisation and whether or not reading challenges really serve our reading styles. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna Heaven - Mieko Kawakami The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley Little Men & Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott Babel - R.F. Kuang The Secret History - Donna Tartt Yellowface - R.F. Kuang How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty When We Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak Circe - Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller All Our Shimmering Skies - Trent Dalton Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Other Side of Beautiful - Kim Lock The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton Emma - Jane Austen The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/FCAuFHI Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Make Emma Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d70c3a54-b24e-4f64-8775-5cebebd64652 Make Nina Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/437561dc-2769-47de-a239-fa940f85a3ce Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

    31. Disabled people can never be happy…? + Book Talk on Emma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 66:49


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's survived some harrowing travel difficulties, Emma talks about ableism in Jo's Boys as well as two new five-star reads, and we discuss Jane Austen's Emma. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery Dracula - Bram Stoker The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare The Tempest - William Shakespeare The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton Little Men & Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott Little Women - Louisa May Alcott The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Home Before Night - J.P. Pomare Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna Emma - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen ————————————————— Also mentioned: Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Pretty Shakespeare collection examples: https://www.ebay.com/itm/134522464841?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=134522464841&targetid=1529493973182&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9004338&poi=&campaignid=19851828444&mkgroupid=145880009014&rlsatarget=pla-1529493973182&abcId=9307249&merchantid=6337084&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9VHOn5PuNQd4L6sxGBFhyky&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7PCjBhDwARIsANo7Cgmf7RxvVAXNcgWN9bpc3yEmF8KGWZWif54-gwcy1QsAE--4tN5EkIkaAkZ4EALw_wcB Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Emma movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214832/

    30. TRAGEDY Strikes in Nina's Shelves! + we make a book cake

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 59:23


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has finally read a good book, Emma has read a proper stinker, and we discuss the tragedy that is shoddy book craftsmanship. PLUS we do the Book Cake Book Tag! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill The Power - Naomi Alderman Damsel - Elana K. Arnold The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark The Dead Djinn Universe - P. Djèjí Clark Little Men & Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott Emma - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society - Eleanor Janega The Stationery Shop - Marjan Kamali The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs The Secret History - Donna Tartt Beautiful Creatures series - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Home Before Night - J.P. Pomare In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari - Fabio Geda The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley The Emperor of Any Place - Tim Wynne-Jones Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling The Book Thief - Markus Zusak ————————————————— Also mentioned: Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Leena Norms' Women's Prize Longlist video: https://youtu.be/VhA6kz7aBbo A Clockwork Reader https://youtube.com/@AClockworkReader Book Cake Book Tag FLOUR: A book that was slow to start but picked up as it went along BUTTER: A book that has a rich plot EGGS: A book you thought was going to be bad but was quite enjoyable SUGAR: A sweet, sugary book ICING: A book that covers every single element that you enjoy about a book SPRINKLES: A book series that you turn to for a pick-me-up when you are feeling down CHERRY ON TOP: Your favourite book of the year so far Tag credit to https://youtube.com/@suddenlylorna

    29. Surprises, announcements, and updates galore!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 80:27


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has completed her Shatter Me saga, Emma has read some excellent things, and we catch up on our monthly challenges… with a twist! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Lore Olympus series - Rachel Smythe Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi A Very Large Expanse of Sea - Tahereh Mafi Furthermore series - Tahereh Mafi This Woven Kingdom series - Tahereh Mafi Little Men & Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott Emma - Jane Austen The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Love Stories - Trent Dalton Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil Birnam Wood - Eleanor Cotton Flowerheart - Catherine Bakewell The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton We Were Liars - E. Lockhart A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt The Binding - Bridget Collins ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album https://imgur.com/a/PG5S4gL Make Emma Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d70c3a54-b24e-4f64-8775-5cebebd64652 Make Nina Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/437561dc-2769-47de-a239-fa940f85a3ce Webtoon https://m.webtoons.com/en/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Dan Stevens https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1405398/ House of the Dragon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198330/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/

    28. Scattered and Shattered… + Who Am I?: Literary edition.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 61:26


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Emma has a surprising update about her reading this week, Nina's rollercoaster journey with the Shatter Me series continues, and we play a hilarious game of literary Who Am I? Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses series - Sarah J. Maas Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar - Robert Lebling Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined - Dahlia Adler Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll The Giver series - Lois Lowry CHERUB series - Robert Muchamore A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket Percy Jackson and the Olympians series - Rick Riordan An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green ————————————————— Also mentioned: Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ

    27. Emma's read HOW MANY BOOKS???

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 84:33


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's read a lot, and Emma's read A LOT! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country - Ann Morgan Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson The Silver Donkey - Sonya Hartnett Let There Be Light - Liana Finck Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi The Selection series - Kiera Cass The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins Before the Coffee Gets Cold series - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses series - Sarah J. Maas The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart - Holly Ringland It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover Love Stories - Trent Dalton North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Drown - Junot Díaz Home Before Night - J.P. Pomare No One Else - R. Kikuo Johnson A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Book Thief - Markus Zusak ————————————————— Also mentioned: Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Spring Equinox 2023 https://youtu.be/ROcPDsqmurs Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4

    26. Secrets, Questions, and New England Mysteries

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 68:31


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Emma's read The Secret History, Nina's read I Have Some Questions for You, and we catch up on our monthly reading challenges! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Secret History - Donna Tartt Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt Paper Towns - John Green I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country - Ann Morgan Good Wives - Louise Alcott Carry On - Rainbow Rowell I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare The Fault in our Stars - John Green The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins A Country of Eternal Light - Paul Dalgarno (thanks Harper Collins Australia!) One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Márquez The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Love Stories - Trent Dalton An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill Damsel - Elana K. Arnold The Silver Donkey - Sonya Hartnett The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart - Holly Ringland Let There Be Light - Liana Finck North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell Emma - Jane Austen ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album: https://imgur.io/a/RHu04yC?s=fbm Chat GPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt Alabaster Bookshop New York https://g.co/kgs/azfEFR Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Spring Equinox 2023 https://youtu.be/ROcPDsqmurs

    25. Nina's created a book game!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 87:49


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, we've both had rough weeks, but we get cheered up quickly by playing a brand new game invented by our very own Nina. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Carry On - Rainbow Rowell Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott Catboy - Benji Nate Hell Phone - Benji Nate Reading the World: How I Read a Book From Every Country - Ann Morgan Cold People - Tom Rob Smith I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai The Secret History - Donna Tartt The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis Adult Fantasy: searching for true maturity in an age of mortgages, marriages, and other adult milestones - Briohny Doyle The Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer You're the One That I Want - Giovanna Fletcher The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Ann Brashares The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Dirk Gently series - Douglas Adams Walden - Henry David Thoreau The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry - Jon Ronson So You've Been Publicly Shamed - Jon Ronson The Selection - Kiera Cass We All Looked Up - Tommy Wallach It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover We Were Liars - E. Lockhart ————————————————— Also mentioned: The Book Assumptions Game Choose 5 books from the other person's read list that you haven't read before and judge each based on one of the following: 1. Book Cover 2. Title 3. Author 4. Reputation 5. Blurb The other person gets a chance to confirm or (more likely) correct any assumptions you made. Hilarity ensues. The Hunger Games movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/ Heartstopper TV show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/ Audrey https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Webtoon https://m.webtoons.com/en/ Dead Poets Society https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/ Grease https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/ The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403508/ Rick and Morty https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2861424/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Don't Look Up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/

    24. Are We Book Addicts?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 71:06


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina dives into some Rainbow Rowell, Emma reviews Hamnet, and we do the Book Addiction Tag. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Emma - Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky David Copperfield - Charles Dickens Homesick for Another World - Ottessa Moshfegh Hell Phone - Benji Nate Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O'Farrell The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Too Much Lip - Melissa Lucashenko Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Carry On - Rainbow Rowell Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country - Ann Morgan Cold People - Tom Rob Smith The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan Looking for Jane - Heather Marshall Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar - Robert Lebling Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi Les Misérables - Victor Hugo Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin The Chronicles of Narnia Collection - C.S. Lewis Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Serious Men - Manu Joseph The Birthday of the World and Other Stories - Ursula K. Le Guin At the Edge of the Universe - Shaun David Hutchinson ————————————————— Also mentioned: Book Addiction Tag by Always Trust in Books https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/book-addiction-tag-needtoread-stackedshelves-bookproblems-tbroverload/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Benji Nate merch store https://store.silversprocket.net/collections/benji-nate Cinema Story Origins podcast https://cinemastoryorigins.com/ —— Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

    23. Books they are better, down where it's wetter, Under the Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 63:10


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's had an unusually slow reading week, Emma's read two excellent sea-themed books, and it's time for our February reading challenges recap! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Horns - Joe Hill The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh Wintersong - S. Jae-Jones Uprooted - Naomi Novik The Wrath & The Dawn - Renée Ahdieh Homesick for Another World - Ottessa Moshfegh Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh McGlue - Ottessa Moshfegh Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell Little Women (and sequels) - Louisa May Alcott Anne of Green Gables series - L.M. Montgomery The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas David Copperfield - Charles Dickens Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Emma - Jane Austen Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift It's Lovely at the Centre of the Earth - Zoe Thorogood Are You Happy Now - Hanna Jameson I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Ada Calhoun Spells for Forgetting - Adrienne Young The Secret History - Donna Tartt Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley Cold People - Tom Rob Smith The Birthday of the World and Other Stories - Ursula K. Le Guin The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country - Ann Morgan Hamlet - William Shakespeare The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur Album: https://imgur.com/a/LINPv0v Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards Booksandlala https://youtube.com/@BooksandLala Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Spirited Away https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/ Audrey https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Cinema Story Origins https://cinemastoryorigins.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

    22. Thoroughly Mixed Reviews + Can We Guess Books Based on Their 1-Star Reviews?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 78:39


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma have had some very mixed reads, PLUS we do Book Riot's “Can You Guess These Acclaimed Books By Their 1-Star Reviews?” quiz. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir - Kai Cheng Thom The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories - Ursula K. Le Guin Paradise Lost - John Milton The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan The Crane Husband - Kelly Barnhill Looking for Jane - Heather Marshall Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Ada Calhoun Young Jane Young - Gabrielle Zevin The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Homesick for Another World - Ottessa Moshfegh Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield The Diving Pool - Yōko Agawa Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh The Seeker - Liz Valasco Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 1984 - George Orwell The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Where the Crawdad Sings - Delia Owens The Fault in Our Stars - John Green Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston The Color Purple - Alice Walker Hop on Pop - Dr. Seuss Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls The Great Gadsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien The Godfather - Mario Puzo The Martian - Andy Weir The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Macbeth - William Shakespeare The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McClosekey Lord of the Flies - William Golding Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown Maus - Art Spiegelman Watchmen - Alan Moore Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? - Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle ————————————————— Also mentioned: Book Riot Quiz: QUIZ: Can You Guess These Acclaimed Books By Their 1-Star Reviews? Mutiny Comics, Denver https://www.mutinyinfocafe.com/index.php/comic-book-shop Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Booksandlala https://youtube.com/@BooksandLala

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    21. Death, the Afterlife, and I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 81:08


    TW - The final 9 minutes of this podcast contain in-depth discussions of suicide and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma happen to both have read enjoyable South Asian books with themes of death and the afterlife, PLUS an in-depth discussion about I Want to Die But I Want ti Eat Tteokbokki. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka The Many Deaths of Laila Starr - Ram V with Filipe Andrade Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Sheets - Brenna Thummler Guerilla Green - Ophelie Damblé with Cookie Kalkair Spells for Forgetting - Adrienne Young Holes - Louis Sachar Lord of the Flies - William Golding Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan The Birthday of the World and Other Stories - Ursula K. Le Guin Coraline - Neil Gaiman Love as Always, Kurt: Vonnegut as I Knew Him - Loree Rackstraw I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Sehee I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy ————————————————— Also mentioned: The Conjuring https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/ The Mist https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/ Holes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/ Stutz https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21819228/

    20. Wisdom of the elders + the good reads just keep coming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 53:59


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's discovering a new interest in books with older characters, Emma‘s run of good reads continues, and we have a check in on our monthly reading challenges. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin The Hole We're In - Gabrielle Zevin Young Jane Young - Gabrielle Zevin Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin Margarettown - Gabrielle Zevin Anya's Ghost - Vera Brosgol Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Ada Calhoun Silver in the Wood - Emily Tesh Walden - Henry David Thoreau Beauty is a Wound - Eka Kurniawan The Emperor of Any Place - Tim Wynne-Jones Death in her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson Spells for Forgetting - Adrienne Young The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah Himawari House - Harmony Becker When I Sing, Mountains Dance - Irene Solà Before the Coffee Gets Cold The Birthday of the World and Other Stories - Ursula K. Le Guin Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/JPqORFl CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

    19. Library Chaos and the Contradictions Book Tag

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 76:16


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's reading is in full chaos mode, Emma‘s extra fatigued but still managed to finish two excellent books, and we do the Contradictions Book Tag. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley When I Sing, Mountains Dance - Irene Solà Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Babel - R.F. Kuang The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Divergent - Veronica Roth Insurgent - Veronica Roth Allegiant - Veronica Roth These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner This Shattered World - Annie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Their Fractured Light - Annie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell Landline - Rainbow Rowell Attachments - Rainbow Rowell Carry On - Rainbow Rowell This Song Will Save Your Life - Leila Sales Everything That Makes You - Mariah McStay Passing - Nella Larsen Pachinko - Min Jin Lee The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg The Binding - Bridget Collins According to Yes - Dawn French Love Poems - Pablo Neruda Gods, Demigods & Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology - Bernard Evslin Broken Things - Lauren Oliver Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness The Emperor of Any Place - Tim Wynne-Jones Persuasion - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Vanishing Girls - Lauren Oliver Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green No Sex in the City - Randa Abdel-Fattah ————————————————— Also mentioned: Original Contradictions Book Tag video by Only For If A Page https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FnvfT_27ScU 10 Things I Hate About You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/ Paradise analysis video referred to https://youtu.be/tdiHUeDxaow CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Booksandlala https://youtube.com/@BooksandLala Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards

    18. The worst book to ever receive an Honorary Printz Award

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 61:23


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has lost all faith in the American Library Association, Emma reviews Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and we talk about our bookish crochet projects. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Bryan Lee O'Malley Just Like Home - Sarah Gailey Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Damsel - Elana K. Arnold (DO NOT READ THIS) Asexual Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Hopkins Looking For Alaska - John Green I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Kate Beaton No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood ————————————————— Also mentioned: CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Star Stitch https://www.crochet365knittoo.com/crochet-star-stitch/ MUSIC FEATURED: Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

    17. A NEW FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2022 + a super-sized reading update!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 91:36


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has a new favourite book of 2022, Emma's already read a 5 star book in 2023, and we have read so many books in the last four weeks! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Still Life - Sarah Winman The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley Walden - Henry David Thoreau Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Sehee The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation - Liana Finck The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare Guerilla Green - Ophelie Damblé & Cookie Kalkair Homesick for Another World - Ottessa Moshfegh Delicates - Brenna Thummler Sheets - Brenna Thummler You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Himawari House - Harmony Becker This Is Your Brain on Birth Control - Sarah E. Hill No One Else - R. Kikuo Johnson The Girl from the Sea - Molly Knox Ostertag Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden Ballad for Sophie - Filipe Melo Anne of Green Gables series - L.M. Montgomery Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela This is Going to Hurt - Adam Kay Best Foot Forward - Adam Hills Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Secret History - Donna Tartt Penny - Karl Stevens Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir - Dolly Alderton ————————————————— Also mentioned: Audrey https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Book Roast https://youtube.com/@BookRoast Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 A Midsummer Night's Dream https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140379/ Shameless Book Club https://www.shamelessmediaco.com/shameless-book-club

    16. Top Books of 2022 and Our End of Year Reading Wrap Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 78:08


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma discuss their least and most favourite reads of 2022, compare their 2022 reading stats, and set goals / make plans for their reading in 2023. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh Horns - Joe Hill The Fireman - Joe Hill Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Educated - Tara Westover Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Root - Deborah Feldman The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer Constellation Route: Poems - Matthew Olzmann The Many Deaths of Laila Starr - Ram V with Filipe Andrade When I Sing, Mountains Dance: A Novel - Irene Solà Shady Hollow - Juneau Black The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century - Kim Fu The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern The Graces - Laura Eve Letters From Father Christmas - J.R.R. Tolkien Vanishing Girls - Lauren Oliver If It Fits I Sits - Various Authors Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna The Anthropocene Reviewed - John Green Bargain Bin Rom-Com - Leena Norms This Modern Love - Will Darbyshire Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman ————————————————— Also mentioned: Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Mindhunter https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5290382/ You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7335184/ Horns https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528071/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V3 https://youtu.be/P0uGtQlxb2E iCarly https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972534/ iCarly reboot https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13657062/ The Cozy Podcast https://cozyclubpodcast.com Monica Kim https://youtube.com/@cozymonica PeruseProject https://youtube.com/@PeruseProject Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339

    15. Book vs Movie: The Perks of Being a Wallflower edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 95:49


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma discuss StoryGraph challenge features, more Shakespeare plays, and I'm Glad My Mom Died, plus a special Movie vs Book segment on Perks of Being a Wallflower Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Horns - Joe Hill Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost - William Shakespeare I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Light Bringer - Pierce Brown Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return - Zeina Abirached Too Much Lip - Melissa Lucashenko The Daughters of Izdihar - Hadeer Elsbai These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald - Therese Anne Fowler ————————————————— Also mentioned: The Perks of Being a Wallflower https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659337/ Rosaline movie (not Rosalind, whoops!) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1777606/ iCarly https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972534/ iCarly reboot https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13657062/ Book Roast 2023 Anticipated Reads https://youtu.be/IhmjKJLwHjc Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Buzzword StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ccbb5b2c-5d1f-4ba2-8315-0a6a5fd8129d Nina's Shakespeare challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/9fca1df2-85aa-44aa-ab22-eb1e83162d75 Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Read Around the World StoryGraph Challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/af1c0db9-a64b-4808-a1dc-18d8d23e485a

    14. Plays, Witches, and The Midnight Library

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 98:21


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's read a bunch more Shakespeare, Emma's got a new five-star read, and we share our final thoughts on The Midnight Library. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Horns - Joe Hill The Fireman - Joe Hill The Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare As You Like It - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare The Seagull - Anton Chekhov The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne Letters from Father Christmas - J.R.R. Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Sehee The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales: From Burns to Buchan - Gordon Jarvie The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Mona - Pola Oloixarac The Sentence - Louise Erdrich Between the Acts - Virginia Woolf The Piano Tuner - Daniel Mason The English Understand Wool - Helen DeWitt The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell Brother - David Chariandy A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky ————————————————— Also mentioned: William Shakespeare Complete Works Second Edition https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11jg1v_w_y&hl=en-AU&q=William+Shakespeare+Complete+Works+Second+Edition&kgs=f042117933360528&shndl=17&source=sh/x/kp/osrp/3&entrypoint=sh/x/kp/osrp Arkangel Shakespeare Network audiobook playlist https://youtu.be/qU2FsgLn6-I CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V3 https://youtu.be/P0uGtQlxb2E Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Specific Jack Edwards video about books that made him cry https://youtu.be/J0LPb6vRaec Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/ The Perks of Being a Wallflower https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659337/

    13. As You Like It

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 50:31


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's finished The Name of the Wind, Emma has mixed feelings about Cleopatra and Frankenstein, and we take a deep-dive into Shakespeare's As You Like It. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Midnight Library - Matt Haig As You Like It - William Shakespeare Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales: From Burns to Buchan - Gordon Jarvie The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson Letters from Father Christmas - J.R.R. Tolkien The Complete Works - William Shakespeare All's Well - Mona Awad All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare ————————————————— Also mentioned: Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards Kit Griffiths https://www.kitgriffiths.com/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Arkangel Shakespeare https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkangel_Shakespeare

    12. Life, Choices, and Which Book Characters Are We?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 98:07


    CW: This episode contains discussions about suicidal ideation. Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma have some initial discussions about The Midnight Library and we learn a lot about each other while taking quizzes to determine which book characters we are. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— The Quizzes: Playbuzz, Which Famous Book Character Are You? https://www.playbuzz.com/alliahcortez10/which-famous-book-character-are-you Penguin Random House, Which Classic Character Are You? https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/which-classic-character-are-you/ Quizony, What Female Book Character Are You? https://www.quizony.com/what-female-book-character-are-you/index.html ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales: From Burns to Buchan - Gordon Jarvie The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Jo & Rus - Audra Winslow Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan The Maze Runner series - James Dashner Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Shadow Hunters - Cassandra Clare and others The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins As You Like It - William Shakespeare Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Shadow and Bone series - Leigh Bardugo Macbeth - William Shakespeare Hamlet - William Shakespeare Othello - William Shakespeare Richard III - William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare ————————————————— Also mentioned: Nina's teenage bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/read.everywhere/ It's A Wonderful Life https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/ Groundhog Day https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Jack in the Books video https://youtu.be/nK9QW2WtNog Heartstopper show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/ Shadow and Bone series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403776/

    11. So… We Watched Persuasion…

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 71:13


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has interesting thoughts about The Power by Naomi Alderman, Emma finally finished Billy Connolly's autobiography, and we both watched the 2022 Persuasion adaptation. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Persuasion - Jane Austen The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling The Power - Naomi Alderman The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales: From Burns to Buchan - Gordon Jarvie More Asexual Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Hopkins A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine The Lessons - Naomi Alderman Disobedience - Naomi Alderman The Liars' Gospel - Naomi Alderman Everything I Know About Love: a Memoir - Dolly Alderton If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times - Katherine May The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano Nightcrawling - Leila Mottley README.txt: A Memoir ————————————————— Also mentioned: Persuasion movie (seriously, don't watch it) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13456318/ Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/ A Clockwork Reader https://youtube.com/c/AClockworkReader Bridgerton https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/ Pride and Prejudice movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/ Pride and Prejudice show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112130/

    10. We've Been Questioning our Rating Systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 80:38


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's reading plans have changed, Emma's Alice Oseman binge-read is finalised, and we discuss the CAWPILE rating system. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— CAWPILE videos: CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V3 https://youtu.be/P0uGtQlxb2E ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Graces - Laure Eve A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine The Power - Naomi Alderman I Was Born For This - Alice Oseman More Asexual Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Hopkins Loveless - Alice Oseman The ABC's of LGBT+ - Ash Hardell Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales: From Burns to Buchan - Gordon Jarvie Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return - Zeina Abirached Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi The Midnight Library - Matt Haig The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders The Promise - Damon Galgut I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Se-hee Exiles - Jane Harper The Love Con - Seressia Glass Loathe at First Sight - Suzanne Park Eve of Man trilogy - Tom & Giovanna Fletcher Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas ————————————————— Also mentioned: Heartstopper show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/ Lighthouse Book Shop https://www.lighthousebookshop.com/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Jesse the Reader https://youtube.com/c/jessethereader Jack in the Books https://youtube.com/channel/UC0dx1Fa4nt3FRWWG5IcdOEQ Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/c/thejackexperience Shameless podcast https://shamelessmediaco.com/ Book Roast https://youtube.com/c/BookRoast

    9. Titles and Vibes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 105:32


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma discuss book clubs, BookTok, The End of The Year Book Tag, and so much more! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly Radio Silence - Alice Oseman Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Solitaire - Alice Oseman Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman This Winter - Alice Oseman The Heartstopper Yearbook - Alice Oseman I Was Born For This - Alice Oseman Loveless - Alice Oseman The Graces - Laure Eve The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Scott Pilgrim series - Bryan Lee O'Malley Tales From Outer Suburbia - Shaun Tan Too Much Lip - Melissa Lucashenko More Than This - Patrick Ness Chaos Walking trilogy - Patrick Ness The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery Still Life - Sarah Winman The British Surrealists - Desmond Morris The Power - Naomi Alderman Wanderlust: A History of Walking - Rebecca Solnit Cinderella Liberator - Rebecca Solnit Whose Story Is This? - Rebecca Solnit Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell The Idiot - Elif Batuman Penny - Karl Stevens The Twilight Saga - Stephanie Meyer New Moon - Stephanie Meyer Horns - Joe Hill Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan Heart of the Sun Warrior - Sue Lynn Tan The Odyssey - Stephen Fry A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin Delicates - Brenna Thummler Sheets - Brenna Thummler A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor - Hank Green An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen The Sky is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson Turtles All the Way Down - John Green The Time Machine - H.G. Wells An Abundance of Katherines - John Green The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin ————————————————— Also mentioned: Welcome to Night Vale https://www.welcometonightvale.com/ Heartstopper show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/ Alice Oseman timeline https://aliceoseman.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline House of the Dragon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198330/ Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13207736/ The Stolen Generations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/c/thejackexperience Specific Jack Edwards TikTok referenced https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRGLuTXy/ Little Book Owl https://youtube.com/c/LittleBookOwl The End of The Year Book Tag https://youtu.be/wlKiCFTVmXI Turtles All the Way Down movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7737224/ TBR Tarot Cards https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1262464387/

    8. Flip The Page Challenge - Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 98:58


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma discover other unexpected hobbies we have in common, PLUS the exciting conclusion of the Flip The Page Challenge! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson Radio Silence - Alice Oseman The Neapolitan Novels series - Elena Ferrante Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Troy - Stephen Fry Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly When - Victoria Laurie The Impossible Knife of Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson The Graces - Laure Eve At the Edge of the Universe - Shaun David Hutchinson Before We Disappear - Shaun David Hutchinson The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza - Shaun David Hutchinson A Complicated Love Story Set in Space - Shaun David Hutchinson We Are the Ants - Shaun David Hutchinson Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan Inkheart - Cornelia Funke She and her Cat - Makoto Shinkai Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata The Travelling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa Penny - Karl Stevens Mika in Real Life - Emiko Jean The Odyssey - Stephen Fry Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Beezus and Ramona - Beverly Cleary Fifteen - Beverly Cleary We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver The Hollow Heart - Marie Rutkoski The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster - Sarah Krasnostein Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together - Bryan Lee O'Malley Athena the Brain - Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir - Kai Cheng Thom Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews The Stranger - Albert Camus How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life - Dalai Lama XIV A Spy in the House of Love - Anaïs Nin The Lost Man - Jane Harper ————————————————— Also mentioned: Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/c/thejackexperience Jack in the Books https://youtube.com/channel/UC0dx1Fa4nt3FRWWG5IcdOEQ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Monica Kim https://youtube.com/c/shemightbemonica Book of the Month https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ StoryGraph https://www.thestorygraph.com/ GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/ Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en Jessethereader https://youtube.com/c/jessethereader Flip the Page Book Challenge https://youtu.be/tLh4H8afgN8 Simply Nailogical https://youtube.com/c/simplynailogical Our Shared Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179584-our-shared-shelf

    7. Flip The Page Challenge - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 92:44


    Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma discuss All's Well by Mona Awad (and more!) and continue the Flip The Page Challenge. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Impossible Knife of Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson All's Well - Mona Awad Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - Billy Connolly Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Solitaire - Alice Oseman Radio Silence - Alice Oseman The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer The Wife - Meg Wolitzer A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik Blink - Malcolm Gladwell A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins How to be a Normal Person - TJ Klune Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Story of a New Name - Elena Ferrante Love Poems - Pablo Neruda Morning Star - Pierce Brown The Twits - Roald Dahl Force of Nature - Jane Harper Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling Homecoming - Kass Morgan Troy - Stephen Fry ————————————————— Also mentioned: Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en Heartstopper show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/ Book of the Month https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ Flip the Page Book Challenge https://youtu.be/tLh4H8afgN8 Dear Hank & John https://g.co/kgs/PLZUXm Brainsparker app https://brainsparker.com/brainsparker_app/

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