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Books & Chat: Short Book Reviews & Literary Discussions

Christina Young - Books and Chat | Short Book Reviews & Literary Discussions

Books & Chat 🎙️from Gloucester Book Club 📚 Your perfect literary companion in two formats: ☕ Bitesize Book Bites 10-minute solo episodes featuring: - Quick, thoughtful book reviews - Standout passages worth revisiting - Personal reflections from our club shelves 📖 Book Club Chats 30-minute community conversations with: -Our book club members and occasionally local authors - Lively discussions about themes and characters Be part of our story! Find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts ~

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00:26:32

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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2021/12/30

Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest release and made it onto Barack Obama’s 2021 Reading List! A speculative story about a robot called Klara and her relationship with her human owner, with big implications about what it means to be human. Read with our book club in 2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:30:44

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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2021/11/26

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets? A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time. --- Send in a voice

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00:23:51

A Colourful Country Escape with author Anita Faulkner

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2021/11/13

In this episode I chat with Anita about her new book to be published next year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:34:42

Winner of the Glass Bell best novel award 2017 (UK)...

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2021/10/08

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? The Heart's Invisible Furies is a deeply engaging and accomplished work. Screamingly funny one minute and heartbreaking the next.' - The Daily Express 'A special read' - BBC Radio 4 Front Row --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:41:56

An Extra Pair of Hands by Kate Mosse

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2021/10/06

An Extra Pair of Hands is beautiful, heartbreaking, honest and ultimately uplifting story of carers, and by carers I mean women. I read it in one sitting, and will be pressing into the hands of everyone I know. A celebration of ageing, womanhood and what love really means.' - Christie Watson --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:27:57

Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Home Fire by Kamila...

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2021/09/17

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she’s accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can’t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. When he resurfaces half a globe away, Isma’s worst fears

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00:28:24

Costa Book Awards Best Novel Normal People by Sally...

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2021/08/20

Normal People is the story of deceptive simplicity, a very accessible narrative of two seemingly mismatched young people who share a profound, inescapable understanding. Beyond that, a study of how one person can forever shape and impact another. In their different ways, Marianne and Connell emerge almost shockingly real and deeply vulnerable. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:27:42

Christopher Bland Prize winner The Salt Path by...

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2021/07/20

This book was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2018 and won the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize. Just days before Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the South West Coastal Path. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:28:35

Amazon’s Best Novel of 2017 Little Fires Everywhere...

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2021/07/06

In this episode we share our thoughts about this fantastic novel by Celeste Ng. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:28:53

Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner Hamnet by Maggie...

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2021/06/22

In this episode we discuss the themes contained in Hamnet which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020. We also talk about the history of the time and some truths about Shakespeare! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:26:48

Aspen Words Literary Prize winner The Beekeeper of...

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2021/05/25

In this episode we discuss the themes in The Beekeeper of Aleppo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:44:31

Women’s Prize for Fiction winner An American Marriage...

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2021/05/11

In this episode we are talking about the themes contained in An American Marriage --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:19:23

Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine...

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2021/04/27

Episode 2 in which we're chatting about the Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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00:00:44

Relax in Book Lounge

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2021/04/12

Brief describes what we do in our podcasts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christina-young31/message

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