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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.

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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.

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

5/3/2024
Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this 50TH EPISODE(!!), Nina’s been travelling again, Emma’s obtained a ridiculous number of books, and we find out how well we really know each other 🤔 Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com Follow Emma on Instagram @emma_jane_reads Follow Nina on StoryGraph ninaevan ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and catch-up chat 00:08:33 Glass Sword 00:09:36 The Poppy War 00:18:23 Old Masters: A Comedy (dnf) 00:21:00 Enter Ghost 00:21:24 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 00:24:52 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me 00:25:19 Once There Were Wolves 00:26:42 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 00:27:25 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 00:29:14 What I’d Rather Not Think About 00:35:27 Crossings 00:39:15 Everything I Know About Love 00:40:18 We Shall Be Monsters 00:42:04 Villette 00:43:23 Mockingjay 00:44:57 Haul/TBR 00:59:53 How Well Do We Know Each Other? 01:28:44 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Glass Sword (Red Queen series) - Victoria Aveyard The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang Old Masters: A Comedy - Thomas Bernhard Enter Ghost - Isabella Hammad The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me - Mariko Tamaki, ill. Rosemary Valero-O’Connell Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid What I’d Rather Not Think About - Jente Posthuma Crossings - Alex Landragin Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton We Shall Be Monsters - Tara Sim Villette - Charlotte Brontë Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins The Lusiads - Luís de Camões Map for Crying Travellers (zine) - Joana Estrela Grapefruits (zine) - originating from students of the master programme Klang und Realität at the Institute for Music and Media at the RSH Düsseldorf The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides The Cat Who Saved Books - Sōsuke Natsukawa Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai Lola in the Mirror - Trent Dalton What You Are Looking For is in the Library - Michiko Aoyama Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel - Mariah Marsden, ill. Brenna Thummler The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet - Bernie Su & Kate Rorick The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet - Kate Rorick & Rachel Kiley Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls - Lauren Graham A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis - Vanessa Nakate Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson American Supernatural Tales - ed. S.T. Joshi Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories - Ray Russell The Raven: Tales and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe Down the Drain - Julia Fox ————————————————— Also mentioned: Nina’s StoryGraph profile: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ninaevan Emma’s Mockingjay post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ARR8fyca5/?igsh=eXFlMzBna2hicXhp Emma’s Penguin Horror Collection post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C57mJVnr7kQ/?igsh=aHY0MW94dTBoeHE5 Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Booksandlala 2024 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/mACoc82jA04? Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Livraria Lello https://www.livrarialello.pt/ —— 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/

Duration:01:30:55

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49. Book speed-dating in Nina World

4/12/2024
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

Duration:01:50:33

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Author Talk: Laurel Black (Lost Kingdom)

3/20/2024
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

Duration:00:58:01

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48. Emma likes Dickens now??

3/8/2024
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

Duration:01:12:43

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

2/11/2024
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/

Duration:01:38:52

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

1/27/2024
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

Duration:01:37:05

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46. Nina went to a Zine fair!

1/10/2024
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

Duration:01:22:35

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

12/30/2023
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

Duration:01:22:18

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44. We have some new things to share!

12/21/2023
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

Duration:01:29:32

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43. Smashing goals and finishing Lapvona!

12/15/2023
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/

Duration:01:28:23

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42. Emma’s finally read The Hunger Games!

11/26/2023
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

Duration:01:24:53

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

11/9/2023
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

Duration:00:58:21

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

10/28/2023
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/

Duration:00:53:40

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

10/10/2023
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/

Duration:01:18:50

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38. Colours, Changes, and Challenges

9/2/2023
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

Duration:00:56:28

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

8/29/2023
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

Duration:01:09:29

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36. We need to talk about Jane Eyre.

8/16/2023
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/

Duration:01:21:11

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

8/4/2023
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/

Duration:01:21:38

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34. Spectrums of bigotry

7/22/2023
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

Duration:01:01:16

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

7/7/2023
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/

Duration:01:05:26