Chatting Books

we are NOT like other girls we are like ALL of them

on this episode of our show we talk about unlikeable female characters and it is ground breaking and has never been done before. also, FINALLY, amy gets to talk about twilight x here's all the books we mention in detail: romantic outlaws the extraordinary lives of mary wollstonecraft and mary shelley by charlotte gordon the uncommon reader by alan bennett emma by jane austen my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh boy parts by eliza clark twilight by stephenie meyer this is not who i am our authenticity obsession by emily bootle neon roses by rachel dawson with a touch of sparkle, mia and amy x P.S. pls follow us on instagram @chattingbooks ! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

february books & a little age related existential crisis x

hiya pals ! please pretend you didn't notice how long we were gone for and instead admire this BIG reading round up. truly a treat for your ears and your want to read list. featuring an interruption from amy's lovely friend and housemate, isabel. we're surprised it took this long to be interrupted. here's every book we (and isabel!) talk about: my cousin rachel by daphne du maurier amazing grace adams by fran littlewood these precious days: essays by ann patchett small fires: an epic in the kitchen by rebecca may johnson (amy's housemate isabel is currently reading the secret history by donna tartt and all the blood we share by camilla bruce) the things we lost by jyoti patel king kong theory by virginie despentes foster by claire keegan kitchen by banana yashimoto orlando by virginia woolf fire rush by jacqueline crooks walking distance by lizzy stewart mcglue by ottessa moshfegh the mermaid of black conch by monique roffey a horse at night: on writing by amina cain transistional by munroe bergdorf i love you but ive chosen darkness by claire vaye watkins send nudes by saba sams infinite country by patricia engel empireland by sathnam sanghera flâneuse by lauren elkin this is not who i am: our authenticity obsession by emily bootle the death of francis bacon by max porter sundamage by sabine durant my phantoms by gwendoline riley windmill hill by lucy atkins berlin by bea setton love and kisses, mia and amy p.s. please get in touch and follow us on instagram @chattingbooks x ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

minisode no. 1 ! Foster by Claire Keegan

today we talk about one book and ONE BOOK ONLY in this our first minisode-- foster by claire keegan. you should read it too and let us know what you think! yours sincerely, amy & mia p.s. follow us @chattingbooks on insta x ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

will we keep our reading goals for the year? who can say x

new year, new books, new goals, same gorls !! welcome to season two of chatting books, where we chat about some of our reading goals for the year <3 here are the books we chat about: a horse at night on writing by amina cain the mermaid of black conch by monique roffey the goldfinch by donna tartt sun damage by sabine durrant the wolf hall trilogy by hilary mantel the late americans by brandon taylor yellowface by r.f. kuang transitional by munroe bergdorf i love you but ive chosen darkness by claire vaye watkins send nudes by saba sams lots of love and thinking of you always, mia and amy x p.s. please follow us on instagram @chattingbooks xxxxx ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

BEST books of the year !! let's go !!!!

would you believe it it's the end of the year. 2022 was a really good for our reading and we're going to talk about our fave books in this ep. it's a little bit of a party because we eat a load of sweets throughout the recording and do NOT stick to our top five picks-- hope it doesn't bother you xx what was your favourite book of the year? let us know over on instagram @chattingbooks ! and, as ever, here's all the books we talk about: kick the latch by kathryn scanlan my cousin rachel by daphne du maurier push by sapphire priestdaddy by patricia lockwood the idiot and either/or by elif batuman cold enough for snow by jessica au motherhood by sheila heti pond and checkout 19 by claire-louise bennett sorrow and bliss by meg mason permafrost by eva balthasar beautiful world were are you by sally rooney childhood, youth, dependency (the copenhagan trilogy) by tove ditlevsen a little life by hanya yanagihara indelicacy by amina cain isaac and the egg by bobby palmer wolf hall and bring up the bodies by hilary mantel the secret history by donna tartt betty by tiffany mcdaniel conversations on love by natasha lunn lapvona by ottessa moshfegh the island of missing trees by elif shafak american psycho by bret easton ellis detransition, baby by torrey peters maps of our spectacular bodies by maddie mortimer essays in love by alain de botton kitchen by banana yashimoto these precious days by ann patchett the wall by maelen haushofer i am, i am, i am by maggie o'farrell our wives under the sea by julia armfield lots of love and new year wishes, amy & mia xxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.