Welcome to the final episode of Bookish Blether for 2017! Today Holly and Nicola are sharing their favourite books of 2016 and some reading goals for 2017. After this episode, we’re taking a hiatus and we’ll be gone for a few months. Thank yo

#50 | Books To Give You The Warm & Fuzzies & More! (Q&A)

Dec 14th, 2016 40m 31s

Some BIG NEWS for the end of the year, and answers to your questions!–– What We’re Currently Reading ––HollySee What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (sent by Tinder Press for review) | http://amzn.to/2gNvJ8sNicolaNight Waking by Sarah Moss

#49 | Our Favourite Non-Fiction Books & TBRs

Nov 30th, 2016 34m 9s

As we say goodbye to another Non-Fiction November, we decided to share some of our favourite non-fiction books, as well as many more that are still sitting atop our TBR piles.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––NicolaBluets by Maggie Nelson

#48 | Nice Books for Dark Days

Nov 16th, 2016 35m 9s

Election season has been stressful. It’s getting darker earlier, too. We thought up some nice books to read when the world is feeling dark – literally or figuratively.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––NicolaThe Wangs vs the World by Jade C

#47 | Most Anticipated Book Releases!

Nov 2nd, 2016 31m 32s

We love new book releases! This week, Nicola and Holly embrace the new season and share the books they’re most looking forward to in Autumn (or Fall!) and Winter 2016.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––NicolaThe Road Through the Wall by Shir

#46 | Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge!

Oct 18th, 2016 35m 11s

Love books? Love Gilmore Girls as much (or almost as much) as we do? This episode is for you! Holly and Nicola look at the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge – all 339 books that featured in the show – and we compare notes on how many we’ve read.

#45 | Are the Stories About America true?

Oct 4th, 2016 36m 15s

This week we're answering a listener question about how much our reading informs our sense of a place. In this case, what are the American classics we read, and how did America IRL differ from the country we read about? Plus the usual bookish b

#44 | A Bookish Catch-up

Sep 21st, 2016 34m 51s

It's been a few weeks since we chatted, so this week we're keeping it casual and having a bookish catch-up. Join us to hear about what we've been reading, buying, and otherwise enjoying so far this September.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––

#43 | Sad Books

Sep 6th, 2016 43m 44s

Bookish Blether Episode 43 – Sad BooksNicola and Holly discuss sad books, admit that they don’t often cry at books, and recommend some book that brought us close to tears (if not all the way there)! –– What We’re Currently Reading ––Holly

#42 | Our Favourite Women Authors

Aug 24th, 2016 33m 55s

Nicola and Holly discuss some of their favourite women authors: ones we’ve read devotedly, ones we’re we want to read more from, and a few who we really think we’ll love. *Disclaimer: As far as we are aware these authors identify as female/wo

#41 – Tips For Managing & Decluttering Your Library

Aug 10th, 2016 33m 57s

As Nicola prepares to move abroad, we chat about how we manage our personal libraries. We also share some of our top tips on how to declutter your bookshelves.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––HollySwallows and Amazon's by Arthur Ransome |

#40 | Best Books of 2016 So Far!

Jul 27th, 2016 39m 26s

Bookish Blether Episode 40 – Best of 2016 So Far!It’s more than half-way through the year and so it’s past time we told you about our favourite books of the year so far! What’s your favourite read of the year?–– What We’re Currently Readin

#39 | Place as a Character

Jul 12th, 2016 39m 21s

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 G

#38 | Big Summer Book Haul & Literary Death Match

Jun 29th, 2016 34m 49s

Nicola’s staying with Holly in London so we can record together again! The past week we’ve been taking advantage of Independent Booksellers Week, including a trip to Literary Death Match, and it’s been Holly’s birthday. –– What We’re Currentl

#37 | Our Summer Holiday Reads & Lindy West

Jun 14th, 2016 37m 36s

We have both recently returned from our summer holidays! Listen in to hear about what we’ve been reading lately. We also have a taster of Lindy West talking about her new book Shrill and what it’s like to be a woman on the internet.–– What W

#36 | By the Book

Jun 1st, 2016 40m 56s

This week we decided to quiz ourselves and answer the questions in the New York Times By the Book feature.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––NicolaDaphnis & Chloe by LongusThe Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera – requested for revie

#35 | Most Anticipated Summer Book Releases

May 18th, 2016 32m 36s

Summer is just around the corner, so in this episode, we discuss some our most anticipated summer book releases for 2016.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––Nicola1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Book 3) | http://amzn.to/1ShHq13The Story of My Tee

#34 | Interactive Fiction

May 4th, 2016 37m 24s

Today we’re following our usual reading chat with an exclusive interview! Listen in to hear Holly talking Interactive Fiction with Hannah Flynn from Fail Better Games.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––HollyEligible by Curtis Sittenfeld | ht

#33 | A Bookish Q&A

Apr 20th, 2016 49m 31s

Nicola recently asked for questions for a Q&A session, so we thought it’d be fun to answer them here too! Tune in for our answers about our favourite books, classics, adaptations, and lots more bookish conversation.–– What We’re Currently Re

#32 | How to Talk About Books

Apr 6th, 2016 36m 31s

If you read a lot, people probably ask you awkward questions about what you’re reading. In this episode, we talk about how to talk about reading.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––NicolaGone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell | http://goo.

#31 | How To Read Frugally

Mar 23rd, 2016 33m 29s

We read a lot, and we buy a lot of books. But we can’t always afford to buy everything at full price. So today we’re sharing some tips on how to read frugally! Plus a tiny wee bit of book awards chat.–– What We’re Currently Reading ––Nicola

#30 | Underhyped Book Recommendations

Mar 9th, 2016 31m 15s

It’s a book recommendations episode! This week we’re recommending underhyped – or lesser-known – books that we’ve read and loved.Find our show notes at bookishblether.tumblr.com and chat to us on Twitter @bookishblether!Subscribe to Bookish

#29 | A Deep Dive Into Our TBRs

Feb 24th, 2016 37m 25s

This week we’re talking a deep dive into our Kindles to see what languishes at the bottom of our digital TBR piles.Find our show notes at bookishblether.tumblr.com and chat to us on Twitter @bookishblether!Subscribe to Bookish Blether on So

#28 – Online Book Groups

Feb 10th, 2016 35m 47s

This year we’re super excited about lots of online reading groups – so in this episode we discuss and share our favourites!Find our show notes at bookishblether.tumblr.com and chat to us on Twitter @bookishblether!Subscribe to Bookish Bleth

#27 | What We're Looking Forward To in 2016

Jan 26th, 2016 31m 12s

This week we discuss what we’re looking forward to in 2016 including our TBRs, events, and book-to-film adaptations. Plus a book club update! Find our show notes at bookishblether.tumblr.com and chat to us on Twitter @bookishblether!Subscri