Bookish Blether Episode 39 – Place as a CharacterThis week we’re discussing books in which setting has a big impact, or where a place functions as a character. Plus the usual bookish blether!–– What We’re Currently Reading ––NicolaThe Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley | http://amzn.to/29xyUPFSudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue | http://amzn.to/297aBFCBy Grand Central Station I Sat Down & Wept by Elizabeth Smart | http://amzn.to/29IHyatThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick | http://amzn.to/29xyZTmCat is Art Spelled Wrong by various | http://amzn.to/29xCGU0The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson | http://amzn.to/29xzm0dHollyHot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman | http://amzn.to/292cOPRGet In Trouble by Kelly Link | http://amzn.to/292cAIw–– Books We Recently Acquired ––Holly boughtNothing!NicolaSkating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski | http://amzn.to/29xDGaLSpent her Nectar points on lots of ebooks at http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/ebooksWhat I Don’t Know About Animals by Jenny DiskiIn Gratitude by Jenny DiskiGet In Trouble by Kelly Link | http://amzn.to/292cAIwThe Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry | http://amzn.to/29IIqMfThe Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney | http://amzn.to/29shy1LA General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa | http://amzn.to/29xCSlW–– Books With Places as Characters ––Travel MemoirsWhite Sands by Geoff DyerBill Bryson – e.g. Notes from a Small Island; Notes From a Big CountryA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayPetite Anglaise: In Paris, In Love, In Trouble by Catherine SandersonLove, Nina by Nina StibbeDark & Scary BooksBirdbox by Josh AldermanBedbugs by Ben H. WintersThe Woman in Black by Susan HillWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Secret History by Donna TarttQuickly mentionedA Little Life by Hanya YanigiharaThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Interestings by Megan Fates & Furies by Lauren GroffMore set in the USGone With the Wind by Margaret MitchellValley Fever by Katherine TaylorSwamplandia by Karen RussellSet in the UKFen by Daisy JohnsonDiving Belles and Weathering by Lucy WoodUnder the Skin by Michel FaberLogan McRae series by Stuart MacBrideMorvern Callar by Alan WarnerThanks to Sophie for her listener question!–– Follow us! ––You can subscribe to Bookish Blether on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher, or your podcast app of choice.Love our podcast? Leave us a review and share it with a friend!Twitter: http://twitter.com/BookishBletherInstagram: http://instagram.com/bookishbletherTumblr: http://bookishblether.tumblr.comEmail: [email protected]:http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmithhttp://www.heyhollyjune.co.ukNicola:http://twitter.com/robotnichttp://robotnic.cohttp://youtube.com/robotnichttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6523767.Nicola_Balkind