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After a month off we are back! December's read was Rivals by Jilly Cooper. Come listen! But beware as this episode isn't entirely spoiler free.

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This month we discuss the behemoth that is Alchemised by SenLinYu.

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Join our chaotic episode where we discuss a book that we struggled to understand!

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Back once again with another short stories edition featuring spoiler free thoughts and feelings on the following books:

Sweet Pea / In Bloom - C J Skuse
Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix
The Maidens - Alex Michaelides
The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones
Release The Beast - Bimini Bon Boulash
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura

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WE'RE BACK!

After a few weeks off we are back with a new episode and this week's featured read is True Crime Story by Joseph Knox. This book is essentially a true crime podcast but in book form. If that sounds up your street then we hope you enjoy our chats about it!

This is a completely spoiler free episode.

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A fresh short stories episode featuring our brief thoughts and feelings on all of the following books:

The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman
Watch Her fall - Erin Kelly
The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
And Away... - Bob Mortimer
Drag Queen of Scots - Lawrence Chaney
Rememberings - Sinead O'Connor
Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi
End of Men - Christina Sweeney-Baird
The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary
Yours Cheerfully - AJ Pearce
Nothing I Wouldn't Do - Sara-Ella Ozbek
The Mothers - Brit Bennett
Paradise Block - Alice Ash

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri is a book we have both been keen to read for a while. This month gave us the perfect opportunity and we loved discussing its message of hope. While this episode isn't entirely spoiler free we have managed to talk about it in a way that hopefully doesn't give everything away if you have yet to read it. And you should indeed read it!

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Part two of all the books we've been reading recently. Featuring (pretty much) spoiler free chats on all of the following:

Outlawed - Anna North
The Disaster Tourist - Yun Ko-Eun
Caucasia - Danzy Senna
The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles
With Teeth - Kristen Arnett
The Lock In - Phoebe Luckhurst
Boy On Fire - Mark Mordue
Rock Bottom at the Renaissance - Mike Henneberger

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We're having to split our reading from the past month into two episodes as we got through so many books between us. Here are the books that you can expect to hear about in today's ep:
Acts of Desperation - Megan Nolan
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata
My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell
The Appeal - Janice Hallett
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
The Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewell
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
You and Me on Vacation - Emily Henry
Unsettled Ground - Clare Fuller

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This month's featured read was Bella Mackie's How to Kill Your Family and is the first book we've wildly disagreed on! Tune in to find out more.

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Today's NO SPOILERS episode features our brief thoughts and feelings on all of the following books:
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enriquez
Ana - Joanne Louise Hardy
Know My Name- Chanel Miller
More Than A Woman - Caitlin Moran
The Comfort Book - Matt Haig
The Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex and Love Addict - Brianne Davis
The Five Wounds - Kirstin Valdez Quade 
Marilou is Everywhere - Sarah Elaine Smith
Miss Benson's Beetle - Rachel Joyce
Away With The Penguins - Hazel Prior
Threadneedle - Cari Thomas

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This week we have a Madeline Miller special as we dive into the world of Greek mythology retellings.

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Another bumper edition of our spoiler free short stories episodes. This week we cover the following books:

The Guest List - Lucy Foley

The Memory Wood - Sam Lloyd

City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert

Mostly Dead Things - Kristen Arnett

Detransition Baby - Torrey Peters 

Cwen - Alice Albinia 

Skyward Inn - Aliya Whiteley 

The Glass House - Eve Chase

Layla - Colleen Hoover

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

A Promised Land - Barack Obama 

The Housewives - Brian Moylan

This Is Going To Hurt - Adam Kay 

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This week we have spoiler free discussions on the following:

Unravelling Oliver - Liz Nugent

The Death Of Us - Abigail Dean

Redemption - Jack Jordan

The Housemaid - Frieda McFadden

The Ministry Of Time - Kaliane Bradley

The Safekeep - Yale van der Wouden

A Little Trickerie - Rosanna Pike

Best Summer Ever - Heidi Swain

Palm Meridian - Grace Flahive

Deep End - Ali Hazelwood

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This week we delve into a very interesting book - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. And this was our first episode ever where we recorded together in person!

We had plenty to say about this book because it covers so much. This episode does include a few spoilers.

Discussion topics include: the broad history of Koreans in Japan, the meaning of Pachinko and our inability to think of the right words at the right time.

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We couldn't resist! After seeing both of these books everywhere we figured that we just had to sit down and have a good old natter about them. A Taylor Jenkins Reid special if you will.

The first 30 minutes focus on Daisy Jones, with the remainder being our chat on Malibu Rising.

Conversation topics include sex, drugs, rock n roll and general debauchery.

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As always, here we are giving a spoiler free overview of all the books we've read over the past few weeks. 

Books featured include Pine, Frost in May, Little Scratch, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Starve Acre, The Authenticity Project, The Arsonists' City, The Switch, A Burning and The Sanatorium.

A real mix of genres which we had great fun discussing.

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This month's featured read is Kazuo Ishiguro's most recent novel, Klara and the Sun.

Discussion topics include: what it is to be human, social class and mobility, and we also have a special guest appearance by Boo the dog.

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NO SPOILERS and a lot of kick ass females featured this week as well as a spot of Matthew McConaughey and a little dose of self help.

Books Featured: The Mermaid of Black Conch - Monique Roffey
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewell
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
Before The Ruins - Victoria Gosling
The Beauty of Living Twice - Sharon Stone
Betty - Tiffany McDaniel
Libertie - Kaitlyn Greenidge 
Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey
Finlay Donovan is Killing It - Elle Cosimano
Notes on a Nervous Planet - Matt Haig

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For our tenth episode we're discussing a thoroughly feel good book. Highly recommend this if you need a bit of a pick me up.

Discussion topics include: warm fuzzy feelings, found families, an amorphous green blob and our trip to a real life book shop!

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We weren't planning on recording a full length ep on this book, but after reading it we knew there would be a lot to say.

This we we are joined by our first very special guests Emma (@bookmarkedbeers) and Flo (@floandherbook) and we had some great chats. Thanks for coming on girls!

Discussion topics include: the patriarchy, breeding machines and Aunt Lydia!

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This jam packed episode contains chats on the following:

The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner 
The Mothers - Brit Bennett
The Mountains Sing - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 
Just As I Am - Cicely Tyson 
Adults - Emma Jane Unsworth 
Boy Parts - Eliza Clark
The Familiars - Stacey Halls 
The Manningtree Witches - A.K Blakemore
The Lamplighters - Emma Stonex 
The Sanatorium - Sarah Pearse
Shiver - Allie Reynolds 
Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes

Discussion points include: pretty covers, historical fiction, female protagonists and dual timelines!

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Our seventh episode sees us discussing this month's featured read, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. A fun episode! 

Discussion topics include: sexuality, feminism, fabulous dresses and Hannah's inability to drink 2 beers responsibly.

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Time for another roundup of all of our recent reads. 

This week we feature a couple of books that both of us have read,  ACOTAR and The Briarmen, and a few individual reads too. 

Books covered:
Such A Fun Age
If I Can’t Have You
Girl A
So Lucky
Small Pleasures
Hamnet 
The Vanishing Half 
ACOTAR 
The Briarmen

Discussion topics include:  Women’s Prize for Fiction, naughty books & coordinating our outfits. 

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This month we discuss The Names by Florence Knapp. Tune in for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings!

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This month's featured read was chosen by the lovely people of Bookstagram. And what an amazing book they chose! We loved reading and discussing this one and we hope you enjoy listening to our musings.

Discussion topics include: loneliness, nature, what a crawdad is and Hannah's tears.

A few small spoilers included (but no big ones!)


Music by Rhiannon James

Instagram - @twogirlsonebookpod

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A brief chat and round up of all of our reads over the last couple of weeks. Spoiler free apart from the very end of the podcast where we give you a warning!

Discussion topics include: child loss, the dating scene, brief feelings, buddy reads and Hannah's distaste for hardbacks.

(Footnote: Rhiannon's childhood obsession was The Mystery Club, not Mystery Kids. Told you her memory was bad!)

Music by Rhiannon James

Instagram: @twogirlsonebookpod

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Our February featured read sees us discussing a classic for the first time - Jane Austen's Emma. 

Discussion topics include: feminism, historical context, our childhood reading habits and a love for candles.

Listen-along Drinking Game: Take a shot every time we refer to this novel as Victorian... we know, it’s Georgian! 


Music by Rhiannon James 

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In our first episode we discussed one book that we had both read. This episode we will be talking about the other books that we have been reading in the last couple of weeks.

Discussion topics include: mental health, true crime, punctuation and our wish to learn more.


Music by Rhiannon James 

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TW: mental health, depression, anxiety, suicide

In our first episode we introduce ourselves and discuss our very first book of the month, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

Discussion topics include: suicide, mental health, philosophical quotes, libraries vs Kindles and sheds. 

Full synopsis is at the end of the podcast to avoid spoilers.

Music by Rhiannon James 

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Today’s short stories episode features spoiler free chats on the following:

When The Cranes Fly South - Lisa Ridzén

Waist Deep - Linea Maja Ernst

So Thrilled For You - Holly Bourne

All The Other Mothers Hate Me - Sarah Hartman

I Found A Body - Becky C. Brynolf 

Fruit Of The Dead - Rachel Lyon

Slags - Emma Jane Unsworth

Probably Nothing - Lauren Bravo 

The Artist - Lucy Steeds

Fundamentally - Nussaihbah Younis

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April's buddy read was Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley. Have a listen to our spoiler free thoughts and feelings. We love a book that we have differing opinions on!!

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This week we are featuring all the books we have read in preparation for Bloomsbury's Big Night In 2025.

Tickets can still be purchased here if you manage to catch this episode before April 10th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloomsburys-global-night-in-tickets-1258006464199

And here are all the books:

Aftertaste - Daria Lavelle

Julie Chan Is Dead - Liann Zhang

A Dance of Lies - Brittany Arena

Boudicca's Daughter - Elodie Harper

The Pretender - Jo Harkin

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March's featured read is The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. This epic family saga made for a great conversation so tune in for spoiler free chats!

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Welcome to this month's short stories episode. Today we willl be having spoiler free chats on all of the following books:

The Animals In That Country - Laura Jean McKay

The Favourites - Layne Fargo

Test Kitchen - Neil D. A. Stewart

Adelaide - Genevieve Wheeler

All Fours - Miranda July

The Garnett Girls - Georgina Moore

Fledging - Rose Diell

The Impossible Thing - Belinda Bauer

The Paris Trilogy - Colombe Schneck

Sociopath - Patric Gagne

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Our February featured read is The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson. Spoiler free chats as always.

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Spoiler free discussions on all of the following:

Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie

You Are Fatally Invited - Ande Pliego

Sweat - Emma Healey

Victorian Psycho - Virginia Feito

Notes on An Execution - Danya Kukafka

New Animal - Ella Baxter

The Wedding People - Alison Espach

The South - Tash Aw

Variation - Rebecca Yarros

Water Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao

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As always, a quick fire round up of all the books we've been reading lately, Hannah has powered through the whole of the Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist so listen up if you want to find out if any of them are up your street!

Spoiler free chats on all of the following:

Audition -Katie Kitamura

Our Hideous Progeny - C.E. McGill 

Flashlight - Susan Choi

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah 

The Land In Winter - Andrew Miller

Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas 

Flesh - David Szalay

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai

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Our first official buddy read for 2025 was Want, a collection curated by Gillian Anderson. An interesting discussion that contains adult themes but that we managed to keep somewhat PG!

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Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Wicked fever has been everywhere for the last couple of months, so we thought it the perfect time to pick up the book and see what it's all about!

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A long awaited short stories edition to chat about some of our most recent reads!

This week we discussed:

Girl In Pieces - Kathleen Glasgow

Baby Teeth and Dear Hanna - Zoje Stage

Things In Jars - Jess Kidd

Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden

North Woods - Daniel Mason

Maybe Perhaps Possibly - Joanna Glen

Falling Animals - Sheila Armstrong

The Life Impossible - Matt Haig 

The Wren, The Wren - Anne Enright 

Kairos - Jenny Erpenbeck 

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How is it that time of year already?

Here we have our top picks from 2024!

Rhiannon's Top Three:

Friendaholic - Elizabeth Day (Also discussed in Episode 86)
Talking At Night - Claire Daverley (Also discussed in Episode 94)
Kala - Colin Walsh (Also discussed in Episode 86)

Honourable Mention:
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent (Also discussed in Episode 92)

Hannah's Top Three:

Rouge - Mona Awad (Also discussed in Episode 88)
A Thousand Feasts - Nigel Slater
The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden (Also discussed in Episode 98)

Honourable Mention:
Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy

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In this episode we discuss Sally Rooney's much hyped novel, Intermezzo.

Long time listeners will know we haven't particularly gotten on with Rooney's writing in the past, so tune in to see what we made of her newest novel.

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We made it! 100 episodes in to our podcast and we're still going strong.

Rather than our usual Short Stories ep we thought we would each do a round up of our favourite books that we've read since starting Two Girls One Book pod.

Below is a list of our top tens! We're also including episode numbers of past podcasts where we discuss each of these books in more detail.

Rhiannon's Top Ten:
10. Talking At Night (Episode 94)
9. We All Want Impossible Things (Episode 79)
8. The Mountains Sing (Episode 8)
7. House Of Earth And Blood (Episode 59)
6. Kala (Episode 86)
5. A Man Called Ove (Episode 47)
4. Ready Player One (Episode 76)
3. The Great Alone (Episode 78)
2. Know My Name (Episode 18)
1. The Paper Palace (Episode 40)

Hannah's Top Ten:
10. The Vegetarian (Episode 31)
9. The Lost City Of Z (Not Featured Previously)
8. Faith, Hope And Carnage (Episode 79)
7. Hamnet (Episode 6)
6. This Is Where We Live (Episode 80)
5. Rouge (Episode 88)
4. In The Dream House (Episode 36)
3. The Safekeep (Episode 98)
2. Starve Acre (Episode 13)
1. A Little Life (Episode 35)

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Welcome to Episode 99! Congratulations on making it this far!

This month's featured read is Butter by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton).

Listen on for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings.

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Today's mammoth podcast is fairly varied in content with something for everyone - non fiction, Booker Prize nominees and small town romance aplenty!! Here's what we talked about:

How To Leave A Group Chat - Louise Guise

The Search - John Henry Phillips 

Beethoven - Laura Tunbridge

The Most of Nora Ephron - Nora Ephron

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

Big Swiss - Jen Beagin

Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner

What Lies Between Us - John Marrs 

Listen For The Lie - Amy Tintera

Benevolence Series: Pretend Your Mine, Finally Mine, Protecting What’s Mine - Lucy Score

Everyone Is Still Alive - Cathy Rentzenbrink

Wild Eyes - Elsie Silver

The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

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For September’s featured read we chose to read Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful with a  MAMMOTH buddy read group! 

Listen in for spoiler free chat about the book, whet your appetite if it’s something you may fancy adding to your TBR lists, and laugh at us trying not to spoil it if you’ve read it already! 😂

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Another spoiler free chat on all of the following:


100 Years of Lennie and Margot - Marianne Cronin

We Prescribe You A Cat - Syou Ishida

The Full Moon Coffee Shop - Mai Mochizuki

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

James - Percival Everett 

The Hypocrite - Jo Hamya 

Scenes of a Graphic Nature - Caroline O’Donoghue

Her Body Among Animals - Paola Ferrante 

Silver Pines Series - Paisley Hope

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This week we discuss Booker Prize shortlist nominee, The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits. Spoiler free chats as per usual!

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August's featured read was Babel by R F Kuang, which offered plenty of discussion points. 

As ever, this episode is spoiler free!