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We had the pleasure of  @KeriBooks  joining us on the pod this month to chat all things memoir with  @JennyKing  With a penchant for cults, death, narrative gimmicks and celebrity memoirs, we hope we've lightened the tone with a few dogs thrown in there too! Also, Sarah actually loved Enlightenment by Sarah Perry! Jenny is a fool. Books mentioned Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland All the Dogs of My Life by Elizabeth von Armin Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood Famesick by Lena Dunham A Truce that is Not Peace by Miriam Toevs Don't Let it Break You, Honey by Jenny Evans Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key Unprotected by Billy Porter Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry Vagabond by Tim Curry The Make Believe by Hannah Murray Dogs, Boys and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee Ghost Stories by Siri Hustfedt The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things by Suzanne Joinson Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include 'close friends' feed on Instagram, book club, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode, from February 2023, was a special request from a listener. Sarah and Jenny discuss their experiences with grief and recommend some reads, we promise it's not completely depressing! That being said we do discuss cancer, miscarriage, suicide, sudden death and more, so if you find these topics upsetting then please do give this episode a miss. We hope you enjoy the episode and if you've got any other special requests send them our way! Books mentioned  New Animal by Ella BaxterThe Spare Room by Helen GarnerPast Mortems by Carla ValentineWith the End in Mind by Katherine MannixFrom Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty Sky Burial by XinranTiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedThis I Know: Notes on Unravelling the Heart by Susannah ConwayGrief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter  Links Caitlin Doughty (Ask a Mortician) YouTube Tiny Beautiful Things episodeGrief is the Thing with Feathers episode Griefcast with Kathryn Mannix Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include 'close friends' feed on Instagram, book club, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny, Belle and Sarah share their favourite books of the year so far and a few honourable mentions. Books mentioned The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood Monsters by Emerald Fennell Enlightenment by Sarah Perry Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks Always Home Always Homesick by Hannah Kent I Feel Bad About my Neck by Nora Ephron Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor The Correspondent by Virginia Evans A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include 'close friends' feed on Instagram, book club, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny, Belle and Sarah try to predict the winner of this year's Women's Prize for Fiction. We share our thoughts on each of the shortlisted books and give you our favourites and winning predictions. We've got this episode out ahead of time for once, so will we be right? We also want to give away a Bookcast Club exclusive hoodie to one lucky listener. Listen to April's episode for the answer and fill in this entry form for your chance to win. Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include 'close friends' feed on Instagram, book club, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcome friend of the pod Cobby this month to discuss the classic book Wuthering Heights and how it compares to the 2026 movie "Wuthering Heights" by Emerald Fennell. Are we team Heathcliff or Martin Clunes? We also want to give away a Bookcast Club exclusive hoodie to one lucky listener. Listen to April's episode for the answer and fill in this entry form for your chance to win. Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our very first episode of the year, Jenny, Belle and Sarah are back and we’re kicking things off with a big update! We’re moving away from seasons and switching to a monthly episode format, and in this episode we chat through why the change felt right for us (and hopefully for you too). Alongside that, it’s a proper catch-up - what we’ve been reading, what we’ve been loving, and how our reading year is shaping up so far. Expect plenty of bookish tangents, honest thoughts, and the usual cosy, conversational vibes as we ease into a new year of the podcast. We’ll also be sharing more over on our Patreon each month, alongside the main episodes, if you’d like to support the show and get extra content, you can join us here: https://www.patreon.com/c/bookcastclub Books mentioned in this episode: The Fate of Mary Rose — Caroline O’DonoghueThe Correspondent — Virginia EvansMemorial Day — Geraldine BrooksWild Dark Shore — Charlotte McConaghyThe Rose Field — Philip PullmanAlways Home, Always Homesick — Hannah KentAudition — Katie KitamuraElegy, Southwest — Madeleine WattsLove, Sex and Frankenstein — Caroline LeaDeath in Her Hands — Ottessa Moshfegh Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny and Sarah chat about their favourite reads of 2025, along with some great recommendations from listeners What have your standout reads of 2025 been? Are any of these on your TBR? Books mentioned: Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixAll the Lovers in the Night by Mieko KawakamA Room Above a Shop by Anthony ShaplandThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenThe Good People by Hannah KentThe Dance Tree by Kiran Milwood HargraveMuckle Flugga by Michael PedersenRipeness by Sarah MossMy Good Bright Wolf by Sarah MossBunny by Mona AwadWe Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad Almost Life by Kiran Milwood Hargrave I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdyThe Book of Dust trilogy by Philip Pullman Seascraper by Benjamin WoodAs Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah and Jenny discuss the recent release of Wicked: For Good and how it compares to the book. The book is dark and complex, a strong contrast to the book. They discuss what they loved and hated about the film, and what was gained or lost in the translation from Gregory Maguire's Wicked. Have you read the book and/or seen the film? What did you think? Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is our LIVE recording of our Patreon Book Club, so apologies for sound gremlins. We discuss The Lamb by Lucy Rose with our Patreons. If you would like to join us next time you can sign up here for as little as £2 a month. Books mentioned: Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty LoganFolk by Zoe GilbertEarthlings by Sayaka Murata Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who'd have believed it!? A Laurie Gilmore, Dream Harbour special. Millie joins Jenny to discuss the Dream Harbour series as well as the rise in spicy romance. Books mentioned: Book Lovers by Emily HenryThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandanaYou Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke EmeziThe Winternight Trilogy by Katherine ArdenOnce Upon a Broken Heart Series by Stephanie GarberTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFlawless by Elsie SilverPlaying the Witch Card by KJ Dell'Antonia Podcast mentioned: The Conversation with Laurie Gilmore Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Jenny and her sister Katie take on the epic challenge of comparing the Mary Shelley classic, Frankenstein with Guillermo Del Toro's new movie. We answer all the important questions - did the creature have a brain? Who the f*ck is Catherine? Mia Goth is British!? And what was the milk count? Books mentioned: Poor Things by Alasdair GreyMonstrilio by Gerardo Sámano CórdovaDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. DickLove, Sex and Frankenstein by Caroline LeaA Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock Movies/TV mentioned: The Fly (1986)Tim Burton - The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissor Hands, FrankenweenieBlade RunnerJurassic ParkPenny Dreadful (TV)The Frankenstein Chronicles (TV)Wuthering Heights (2026) Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Belle catches up with fellow Naarm resident and Bookstagrammer, @paulineisreading. They talk bookstagram, ARCs, and some of their favourite Australian authors. Books mentioned: coming soon! Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of our favourite episodes of the year - spooky reads! Belle and Jenny share their latest horror reads, spooky TBRs, quick fire horror genres and tv/movie recs. It's a bumper ep, packed full of horror recs. Happy Halloween! Books mentioned: Hungerstone by Kat DunnThe Silent Companions by Laura PurcellHouse of Splinters by Laura PurcellChildren of Paradise by Camilla GrudovaThe Hotel by Daisy JohnsonPlay Nice by Rachel HarrisonThe September House by Carissa OrlandoItch by Gemma AmorA Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana EnriquezDon't Go to Sleep in the Dark by Celia FremlinWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersNIghtbitch by Rachel YoderMotherthing by Ainslie HogarthWoman, Eating by Claire KohdaAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMereMayra by Nicky GonzalezVictorian Psycho by Virginia FeitoIncidents Around the House by Josh Malerman Movies/TV/Radio mentioned: The Hotel BBC Radio 4The OthersThe AwakeningThe SubstanceMonsters: Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Eric & Lyle Menendez (TV)The Long WalkWeaponsAlice (1988) Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah and Belle get together to talk about about cosy reads. They discuss what kinds of books they read more in Autumn and Winter, and share what they've been reading and watching lately. Books mentioned: The Essex Serpent by Sarah PerryCursed Bread by Sophie MackintoshHelle & Death by Oskar JensenThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood The Wolf Border by Sarah HallShe's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld The Centre by Ayesha Manazir SiddiqiThe Dance Tree by Kiran Milwood HargraveEmily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather ForcettThe Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood The Lamb by Lucy Rose Things mentioned: Bookcast Club episode #102 - The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcome Sarah from Your True Shelf to the pod today to discuss reading challenges and, specifically, #HRCYED - The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever do, Jenny and Sarah take the opportunity to discuss their recent/current reads and TBR's for the challenge. Books mentioned: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinIt Was Always You by Emma CooperThe Things We Lost by Jyoti PatelPop Scars by ANTHONY Kavanagh (not Andrew!)LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Andy Serkis Audiobook)Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie HarperThe Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya BergmanWe Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad Things mentioned: HRCYED 2.0 websiteTBR Spin by Sarah FreshlyRead Good Challenge 2025 by Ben Reads GoodThe Gilmore Book Club Get in touch Instagram | TikTok | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fi | Email | YouTube Support The Bookcast Club You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days. If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi. A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts. Newsletter Sign up to our newsletter on Substack for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.