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

Books Without Borders

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! [e-mail] ————————————————— 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