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        <itunes:subtitle>Read Along With Our Book Club</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>Two ex-librarians stay in touch through the power of books.

Each week Claire and Sophie will recap their thoughts on their current book club book. Join in by picking up the book club book from a library or shop.

After they chat about what they&#39;re reading and any book-related news.

Keep in touch over on Twitter @marriscmarris or our Insta @loungingwithbooks</itunes:summary>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Lounging with Books! Join Claire and Sophie, two former librarians, as they reconnect through their shared love of literature. Every week, they dive into discussions about their latest book club read, sharing insights, reviews, and the latest book-related news. Get involved by picking up the current book club selection from your local library or bookstore. Stay connected with us on Twitter @marriscmarris and Instagram @loungingwithbooks. Happy reading!</p>]]></description>
        
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                <itunes:title>Strange Buildings, Cosy Crime &amp; The Beatles #151</itunes:title>
                <title>Strange Buildings, Cosy Crime &amp; The Beatles #151</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we&#39;re discussing our <strong>30th book club pick</strong>, <strong>Christian Kracht&#39;s </strong>&#39;EuroTrash&#39;, translated by Daniel Bowles. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>But that&#39;s not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we&#39;ve been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: <strong>Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue</strong> (fingers crossed for no Returns!).</p><p><strong>This week’s reading highlights include:</strong></p><p>📖<em> John &amp; Paul: A Love Story in Songs</em> by Ian Leslie (6.48)</p><p>📖 <em>Strange Buildings</em> by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion (11.46)</p><p>📖<em> The Mysterious Affairs of Judith Potts</em> by Robert Thorogood (15.03)</p><p>Follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks" rel="nofollow">@LoungingWithBooks</a> for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on EuroTrash. <strong>We will be reading up to &#39;Chapter 9&#39; (page 135)</strong></p><p>Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Eurotrash and Claire’s Challenge #150</itunes:title>
                <title>Eurotrash and Claire’s Challenge #150</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we&#39;re discussing our <strong>30th book club pick</strong>, <strong>Christian Kracht&#39;s </strong>&#39;EuroTrash&#39;, translated by Daniel Bowles. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>After that, we share some interesting stories and facts about Switzerland and finish with Claire’s challenge: who can present the most interesting item beginning with K?</p><p>Follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks" rel="nofollow">@LoungingWithBooks</a> for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on EuroTrash. <strong>We will be reading up to &#39;Chapter 5&#39; (page 77)</strong></p><p>Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: EuroTrash by Christian Kracht #149</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: EuroTrash by Christian Kracht #149</title>

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                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Welcome to our Lounging With Books podcast!</strong></p><p>We’re excited to reveal our next Book Club read: <strong>Christian Kracht&#39;s </strong>&#39;EuroTrash&#39;, translated by Daniel Bowles. Be sure to grab your copy from your local library or bookshop, so you&#39;re ready to read with us.</p><p>Follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks" rel="nofollow">@LoungingWithBooks</a> for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on EuroTrash. <strong>We will be reading up to &#39;Chapter 2&#39; (page 38)</strong></p><p>Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨</p>]]></description>
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                <title>John &amp; Paul: A Love Story #148</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we&#39;re discussing our <strong>29th book club pick</strong>, <strong>C.B Everett&#39;s </strong>&#39;The Other People&#39;. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>But that&#39;s not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we&#39;ve been reading and rate all our reads using our signature system: <strong>Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue</strong> (fingers crossed for no Returns!).</p><p><strong>This week’s reading highlights include:</strong></p><p>📖<em> The Long Shoe</em> by Bob Mortimer (9.26)</p><p>📖 <em>John &amp; Paul: A Love Story in Songs</em> by Ian Leslie (10.26)</p><p>📖<em> Ordinary Saints</em> by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (15.26)</p><p>📖<em> Small Pleasures </em>by Clare Chambers (19.36)</p><p>Follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks" rel="nofollow">@LoungingWithBooks</a> for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on The Other People. <strong>We will be reading to the end!</strong></p><p>Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨</p>]]></description>
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                <title>The Long Shoe and Sympathy Tower Tokyo #147</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Are They in Virtual Reality? #146</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>29</itunes:season>
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                <title>When None of the Books Quite Hit #144</title>

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                <title>We Start Reading: The Other People by C.B Everett #143</title>

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                <title>Our Last Reads of the Year #142</title>

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                <title>From Books to Vessel Cups #141</title>

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                <title>We Start Reading: The Christmas Pudding #140</title>

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                <title>We let AI choose our Christmas read #139</title>

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                <title>Claire meets Miriam Margolyes at Whitby Book Festival #138</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Girl in Pieces, Hotel Avocado, and Murder at the Black Cat Cafe #137</title>

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                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Dracula Meets Carmilla in Whitby #133</title>

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                <title>Two Standout Books You Can’t Ignore #132</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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                <title>The Polari Prize Paused #131</title>

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                <title>I&#39;ve Had Enough of Being a Nice Bear #130</title>

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                <title>We Start Reading: Vanishing World #122</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>24</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <itunes:season>23</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:title>Books That Left Us Unsure #120</itunes:title>
                <title>Books That Left Us Unsure #120</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>27</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <title>Let&#39;sTalk Bloom Town #119</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:title>We Review: &#39;The Five People You Meet In Heaven&#39; #116</itunes:title>
                <title>We Review: &#39;The Five People You Meet In Heaven&#39; #116</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:season>23</itunes:season>
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                <title>The Motorcyle Undertaker #106</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Nine Perfect Strangers #105</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:title>Bookshops &amp; Bonedust #104</itunes:title>
                <title>Bookshops &amp; Bonedust #104</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>21</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:title>Choosing Claire&#39;s Next Book #103</itunes:title>
                <title>Choosing Claire&#39;s Next Book #103</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>21</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>21</itunes:season>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week we review ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson! We have finished our 20th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. &lt;strong&gt;Let us know your final verdict!&lt;/strong&gt; We then let you know what our 21st Book Club book will be – ‘Pippo &amp;amp; Clara’ by Diana Rosie (5.18 ). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Flying Troutmans’ by Miriam Toews (18.19)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn (21.02)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Pippo &amp;amp; Clara’ Join us by reading up to page 56 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>In Memoriam #101</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>20</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We are reading our 20th book club read, ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Flying Troutmans’ by Miriam Toews (8.54)</p><p>·        ‘Glorious Exploits’ by Ferdia Lennon (13.31)</p><p>·        ‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn (14.52)</p><p><br></p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Want’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are reading our 20th book club read, ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Flying Troutmans’ by Miriam Toews (8.54)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Glorious Exploits’ by Ferdia Lennon (13.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn (14.52)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Want’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>Our 100th Episode! #100</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are reading our 20th book club read, ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Late Bloomer ’by Mazey Eddings (8.53)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Too Much Lip’ by Melissa Lucashenko (12.24)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Flying Troutmans’ by Miriam Toews (13.18)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Glorious Exploits’ by Ferdia Lennon (15.40)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return ,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Want’. Join us by reading to the chapter ‘I always have a thing for’ before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>Too Much Lip #99</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>You Can&#39;t Say That On A Podcast #98</itunes:title>
                <title>You Can&#39;t Say That On A Podcast #98</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>20</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 20th book being ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Hello Beautiful’ by Ann Napolitano (11.32)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey (17.11) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books as Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Want’. Join us by reading to the chapter ‘Kink’ before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;Want&#39; by Gillian Anderson #97</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Want&#39; by Gillian Anderson #97</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>20</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 20th book being ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Murder at Everham Hall’ by Benedict Brown (10.07)</p><p>·        ‘The Mother’ by T.M Logan (13.38) </p><p>·        ‘The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill’ by C.S Robertson (17.59)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Want’. Join us by reading to the chapter ‘To be worshipped’ before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 20th book being ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Murder at Everham Hall’ by Benedict Brown (10.07)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Mother’ by T.M Logan (13.38) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill’ by C.S Robertson (17.59)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Want’. Join us by reading to the chapter ‘To be worshipped’ before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Holiday Book Reviews #96</itunes:title>
                <title>Holiday Book Reviews #96</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>19</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>We are back from our summer holiday hiatus! We&#39;ve got lots of reading to catch you up on starting with our wrap-up of &#39;Thrown&#39; by Sara Cox. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 20<sup>th</sup> Book Club book will be – ‘Want’ by Gillian Anderson (19.16). We will be reading an excerpt from the book next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading over the summer! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Night She Disappeared’ by Lisa Jewell (5.08)</p><p>·        ‘The Guest List’ by Lucy Foley (8.20) </p><p>·        ‘Sandwich’ by Catherine Newman (11.07)</p><p>·        ‘Legends and Lattes’ by Travis Baldree (14.59)</p><p>We rate all our books:Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Thrown’. </p>]]></description>
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                <title>We&#39;re Going On Hiatus #95</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>19</itunes:season>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt; Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 19th book being ‘Thrown’ by Sara Cox. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tart (7.48)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·          ‘The Night She Disappeared’ by Lisa Jewell (11.46)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Thrown’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 21 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Thrown&#39; by Sara Cox #93</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <title>A Secret History #92</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>18</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p> Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 18th book being ‘Antarctica’ by Claire Keegan. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ by Richard Osman (9.12)</p><p>·        ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tart (11.41)</p><p>. A Good Girl&#39;s Guide to Murder on BBC iPlayer</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Antarctica’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 12, ‘You can’t be too careful’, before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>The Singing Cashier #91</itunes:title>
                <title>The Singing Cashier #91</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>18</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p> Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 18th book being ‘Antarctica’ by Claire Keegan. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Cook Voyages’ by Janet Davidson (8.12)</p><p>·        ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ by Richard Osman (11.10)</p><p>·        ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt (14.51)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Antarctica’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 10, ‘Men and Women’, before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>What Should We Read Next? #90</itunes:title>
                <title>What Should We Read Next? #90</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>18</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p> Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 18th book being ‘Antarctica’ by Claire Keegan. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett (8.32)</p><p>·        ‘The Cook Voyages’ by Janet Davidson (10.48)</p><p>·        ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (14.15)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Antarctica’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 7, ‘Burns’, before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;Antartica&#39; by Claire Keegan #89</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Antartica&#39; by Claire Keegan #89</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>18</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we review ‘The Dark Portal’ by Robin Jarvis! We have finished our 17th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. We then let you know what our 18<sup>th</sup> Book Club book will be – ‘Antarctica’ by Claire Keegan (8.08). We will be reading up to chapter 4 by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett (14.02)</p><p>·        ‘Big Swiss’ by Jen Beagin (16.36)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Dark Portal’. </p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Big Swiss #88</itunes:title>
                <title>Big Swiss #88</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>17</itunes:season>
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                <title>The Help #87</title>

                <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>17</itunes:season>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt; Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 17th book being ‘The Dark Portal’ by Robin Jarvis. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (6.52)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett (7.42)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Foster’ by Claire Keegan (12.24)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Big Swiss’ by Jen Beagin (14.40)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Dark Portal’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 11 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>No Charles Dickens! #86</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>17</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p> Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 17th book being ‘The Dark Portal’ by Robin Jarvis. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (7.05)</p><p>·        ‘The Adventures of China Iron’ by Gabriela Cabezon Camara and translated by Fiona Mackintosh &amp; Iona Macintyre. (9.33)</p><p>·        ‘Foster’ by Claire Keegan (12.37)</p><p>·        ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett (17.10)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Dark Portal’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 8 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt; Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 17th book being ‘The Dark Portal’ by Robin Jarvis. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (7.05)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Adventures of China Iron’ by Gabriela Cabezon Camara and translated by Fiona Mackintosh &amp;amp; Iona Macintyre. (9.33)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Foster’ by Claire Keegan (12.37)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett (17.10)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Dark Portal’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 8 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Dark Portal&#39; by Robin Jarvis #85</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 09:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Is this Book Getting Good? #84</itunes:title>
                <title>Is this Book Getting Good? #84</title>

                <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>16</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (9.13)</p><p>·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(12.22)</p><p>·        ‘The Last Murder at the End of the World’ by Stuart Turton (15.32)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (9.13)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(12.22)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Last Murder at the End of the World’ by Stuart Turton (15.32)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 09:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Who Was Natalie Barney? #83</itunes:title>
                <title>Who Was Natalie Barney? #83</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>18</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p> Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (11.55)</p><p>·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (13.30)</p><p>·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(15.19)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 17 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt; Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (11.55)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ask No Questions’ by Claire Allan (13.30)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(15.19)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 17 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 09:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>The Three Body Problem #82</itunes:title>
                <title>The Three Body Problem #82</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>16</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (9.52)</p><p>·        ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (13.13)</p><p>·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(16.16)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 13 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 16th book being ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Dinner Guest’ by B.P Walter (9.52)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (13.13)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(16.16)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 13 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Thoughts on Verity #81</itunes:title>
                <title>Thoughts on Verity #81</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>16</itunes:season>
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;After Sappho&#39; by Selby Wynn Schwartz #80</title>

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                <description><![CDATA[<p>This week we review ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason! We have finished our 15th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 16<sup>th</sup> Book Club book will be – ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz (4.38). We will be reading up to chapter 5 by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘None of this is True’ by Lisa Jewell (12.05)</p><p>·        ‘Verity’ By Colleen Hoover (12.45)</p><p>·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(16.15)</p><p>·        ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (17.19)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 5 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;This week we review ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason! We have finished our 15th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Book Club book will be – ‘After Sappho’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz (4.38). We will be reading up to chapter 5 by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘None of this is True’ by Lisa Jewell (12.05)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Verity’ By Colleen Hoover (12.45)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon(16.15)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu (17.19)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘After Sappho’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 5 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>It&#39;s Getting Ghosty #79</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt; Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 15th book being, ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘None of this is True’ by Lisa Jewell (6.05)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        &lt;span&gt;‘Wolf of the Plains’ by Conn Iggulden&lt;/span&gt; (10.04)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Day of Fallen Night’ Samantha Shannon (12.17)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Hiding Place’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>Knock, knock #78</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Person or Pasta? #77</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>15</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:title>Beware Nosy Neighbours #76</itunes:title>
                <title>Beware Nosy Neighbours #76</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>15</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our 15th book being, ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘May We Be Forgiven’ by A.M. Homes (9.31)</p><p>·        ‘The Wolf of the Plains’ by Conn Iggulden (12.36)</p><p>·        ‘Boulder’ by Eva Baltasar and translated by Julia Sanches (13.50)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Hiding Place’. Join us by reading to the end of Chapter 10 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our 15th book being, ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘May We Be Forgiven’ by A.M. Homes (9.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Wolf of the Plains’ by Conn Iggulden (12.36)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Boulder’ by Eva Baltasar and translated by Julia Sanches (13.50)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Hiding Place’. Join us by reading to the end of Chapter 10 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Hiding Place&#39; by Amanda Mason #75</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Hiding Place&#39; by Amanda Mason #75</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we review ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Lauren Black! We have finished our 14th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 15<sup>th</sup> Book Club book will be – ‘The Hiding Place’ by Amanda Mason (4.10). We will be reading up to page 67, chapter 6, by next week. Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or book shop.</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘May We Be Forgiven’ by A.M. Homes (12.55)</p><p>·        ‘The Queen of Posions’ by Robert Thorogood (15.42)</p><p>·        ‘So Late in the Day’ by Claire Keegan (17.00)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content.</p>]]></description>
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                <title>This Book is Bonkers #74</title>

                <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Are Love Stories Believable? #73</title>

                <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>14</itunes:season>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (10.02)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan (12.21)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘May We Be Forgiven’ by A.M. Homes (13.43)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Wolf of the Plains’ by Conn Iggulden (19.45)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 42 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>The Weather Girls #72</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>14</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (3.56)</p><p>·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by <span>Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan</span> (5.59)</p><p>·        ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (6.28)</p><p>·        ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde (9.23)</p><p>Before we sign off, Claire shares one of the historical stories she’s been researching this week. This time we are going back to 70’s Whitby. It’s a corker!</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. </p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 35 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (3.56)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by &lt;span&gt;Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan&lt;/span&gt; (5.59)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (6.28)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde (9.23)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before we sign off, Claire shares one of the historical stories she’s been researching this week. This time we are going back to 70’s Whitby. It’s a corker!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 35 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>The Yellow Wallpaper #71</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>14</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (7.38)</p><p>·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by <span>Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan</span> (12.05)</p><p>·        ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (14.38)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. </p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 28 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (7.38)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by &lt;span&gt;Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan&lt;/span&gt; (12.05)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (14.38)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 28 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Cosy Reading #70</itunes:title>
                <title>Cosy Reading #70</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>14</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Sum of Our Days’ by Isabel Allende (8.29)</p><p>·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (9.20)</p><p>·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by <span>Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan</span> (12.19)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. </p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 21 before our next podcast :D</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Sum of Our Days’ by Isabel Allende (8.29)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘California Schemin’ by Gavin Bain (9.20)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Welcome to the Hyum-Dong Bookshop’ by &lt;span&gt;Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan&lt;/span&gt; (12.19)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 21 before our next podcast :D&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Why Has Noone Been Eaten by a Bear? #69</itunes:title>
                <title>Why Has Noone Been Eaten by a Bear? #69</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>14</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Sum of Our Days’ by Isabel Allende (9.45)</p><p>·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.11)</p><p>·        ‘Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop’ by Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan (16.31)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 14 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Sum of Our Days’ by Isabel Allende (9.45)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.11)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop’ by Hwang Bo-reum/ translated by Shanna Tan (16.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 14 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; by Laurel Black #68</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; by Laurel Black #68</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>14</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding (10.23)</p><p>·        ‘The Sum of our Days’ by Isabel Allende (11.52)</p><p>·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.25)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 7 before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our fourteenth book being, ‘Lost Kingdom’ by Laurel Black. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding (10.23)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Sum of our Days’ by Isabel Allende (11.52)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.25)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Lost Kingdom’. Join us by reading to Chapter 7 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Author Interview: Laurel Black #67</itunes:title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>Our new January book club book will be &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; by Laurel Black. Before we get started we are interviewing Laurel and getting the scoop on her debut novel. Interview questions below:</p><ul><li>What is &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; about? (2.44)</li><li>How did you come up with your characters? (3.35)</li><li>How did you build your world? (6.33)</li><li>How did you know &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; was the book you wanted to publish? (8.15)</li><li>Tell us about your publishing journey. (9.59)</li><li>Were you nervous about the fantasy market being saturated? (13.43)</li><li>Do you have any writing traditions? (15.41)</li><li>What advice would you give to those wanting to self-publish? (16.59)</li><li>What are you currently reading? (20.41)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We hope you join us in reading &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; this January. Head over to <a href="https://www.laurelblackbooks.com/" rel="nofollow">Laurel&#39;s website </a>for more information and pick up the book on Amazon.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks/" rel="nofollow"> @LoungingWithBooks</a> for great booky content and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laurelblackbooks/" rel="nofollow">follow Laurel</a> for &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39; updates.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our new January book club book will be &amp;#39;Lost Kingdom&amp;#39; by Laurel Black. Before we get started we are interviewing Laurel and getting the scoop on her debut novel. Interview questions below:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is &amp;#39;Lost Kingdom&amp;#39; about? (2.44)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How did you come up with your characters? (3.35)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How did you build your world? (6.33)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How did you know &amp;#39;Lost Kingdom&amp;#39; was the book you wanted to publish? (8.15)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tell us about your publishing journey. (9.59)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Were you nervous about the fantasy market being saturated? (13.43)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do you have any writing traditions? (15.41)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What advice would you give to those wanting to self-publish? (16.59)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What are you currently reading? (20.41)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We hope you join us in reading &amp;#39;Lost Kingdom&amp;#39; this January. Head over to &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.laurelblackbooks.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Laurel&amp;#39;s website &lt;/a&gt;for more information and pick up the book on Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt; @LoungingWithBooks&lt;/a&gt; for great booky content and &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.instagram.com/laurelblackbooks/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;follow Laurel&lt;/a&gt; for &amp;#39;Lost Kingdom&amp;#39; updates.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>New Year, New Reviews #66</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we fill you in on all the books we have finished in 2024. Can you believe we have finished 4 books in just 4 days!</p><p>·        ‘Fire Witness’ by Lars Kepler (1.19)</p><p>·        ‘Death of a Bookseller’ by Alice Slater (7.07)</p><p>·        ‘The Last Tale of the Flower Bride’ by Roshani Chokski (9.12)</p><p>·        ‘The Christmas Appeal’ by Janice Hallett (11.35)</p><p>·        ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding(14.26)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. </p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. Next week we will be interviewing Laurel Black and talking about her debut novel &#39;Lost Kingdom&#39;. This will be our new Book Club book in January. </p><p>For more information visit Laurel&#39;s <a href="https://www.laurelblackbooks.com/" rel="nofollow">website</a>.</p>]]></description>
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                <title>2023: Our Year in Reading #65</title>

                
                
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We go through our 2023 reading year. How many books did we read, which was our favourite and how do we keep track? Lots of books mentioned that you may want to add to your TBR or avoid!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have some exciting projects in the works for this year so stay tuned for more book club reads and discussions. Happy New Year!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Do you eat Frumenty? #64</itunes:title>
                <title>Do you eat Frumenty? #64</title>

                <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>13</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we review ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou! We have finished our 13th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (5.39)</p><p>·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (9.58)</p><p>·        ‘He Who Drowned the World’ by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.39)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. </p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. Next week we will be looking back on our 2023 reads and letting you know our favs and the ones we weren&#39;t as fussed by.</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Michael&#39;s are the worst #63</itunes:title>
                <title>Michael&#39;s are the worst #63</title>

                <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>13</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our thirteenth book being, ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (9.35)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (12.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (14.49)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Disorientation’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>The Family Upstairs Review #62</itunes:title>
                <title>The Family Upstairs Review #62</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>13</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our thirteenth book being, ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Family Upstairs’ by Lisa Jewell (10.31)</p><p>·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (11.48)</p><p>·        ‘The Honjin Murders’ by Seishi Yokomizo and translated by Louise Heal Kawai (12.42)</p><p>·        ‘The Last Devil to Die’ by Richard Osman (14.24)</p><p>·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (16.51)</p><p>·        ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (17.40)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns. </p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Disorientation’. Join us by reading to page 347; Chapter 19, before our next podcast :D. </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our thirteenth book being, ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Family Upstairs’ by Lisa Jewell (10.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Family Remains’ by Lisa Jewell (11.48)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Honjin Murders’ by Seishi Yokomizo and translated by Louise Heal Kawai (12.42)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Last Devil to Die’ by Richard Osman (14.24)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Five Survive’ by Holly Jackson (16.51)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (17.40)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Disorientation’. Join us by reading to page 347; Chapter 19, before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>The Winter Quarter #61</itunes:title>
                <title>The Winter Quarter #61</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>13</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. We decided to start our own book club with our thirteenth book being, ‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·  ‘The Family Upstairs’ by Lisa Jewell (12.05)</p><p>·   ‘The Honjin Murders’ by Seishi Yokomizo and translated by Louise Heal Kawai (16.12)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns. Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Disorientation’.</p><p>Join us by reading to page 279; the start of Part IV, before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>The Versatility of Tampons #60</itunes:title>
                <title>The Versatility of Tampons #60</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>11</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:season>11</itunes:season>
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Dangers of Smoking in Bed&#39; by Mariana Enriquez #53</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>11</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We decided to start our own book club with our eleventh book being, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Firefly Lane’ by Kristin Hannah (6.37)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Prophet and the Idiot’ by Jonas Jonasson (8.48)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus (12.17)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Priory of the Orange Tree’ by Samantha Shannon (13.29)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Beast in the Shadows’ by Edogawa Rampo (17.59)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’. Join us by reading to page 54 before our next podcast :D. &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Our Book Club Anniversary  #52</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This episode is a special one as it marks our 1 year podcasting anniversary! To celebrate Claire and Sophie go through all 10 book club books they have read so far together! Join us as we summarise our thoughts on these reads.</p><p>·        ‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata &amp; translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori (1.02)</p><p>·        ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin (2.57)</p><p>·        ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn (4.41)</p><p>·        ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama (7.09)</p><p>·        ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin (9.37)</p><p>·        ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung (12.06)</p><p>·        ‘The Humans’ by Matt Haig (13.54)</p><p>·        ‘Nod’ by Adrian Barnes (15.18)</p><p>·        ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf (17.53)</p><p>·        ‘The Machine Gunners’ by Robert Westall (19.56)</p><p>We then reveal our 11<sup>th</sup> book club read which is, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on the books we have read so far. If you have any recommendations let us know. Next week we will be reading from our new book club and letting you know our first impressions.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This episode is a special one as it marks our 1 year podcasting anniversary! To celebrate Claire and Sophie go through all 10 book club books they have read so far together! Join us as we summarise our thoughts on these reads.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata &amp;amp; translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori (1.02)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin (2.57)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn (4.41)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama (7.09)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin (9.37)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung (12.06)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Humans’ by Matt Haig (13.54)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Nod’ by Adrian Barnes (15.18)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf (17.53)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Machine Gunners’ by Robert Westall (19.56)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then reveal our 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; book club read which is, ‘The Dangers of Smoking in Bed’ by Mariana Enriquez.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on the books we have read so far. If you have any recommendations let us know. Next week we will be reading from our new book club and letting you know our first impressions.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Author Interview: Keith Gray #51</itunes:title>
                <title>Author Interview: Keith Gray #51</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>10</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Reading Our Big Books #50</itunes:title>
                <title>Reading Our Big Books #50</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>10</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our tenth book being, ‘The Machine Gunners’ by Robert Westhall. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Priory of the Orange Tree’ by Samantha Shannon (9.16)</p><p>·        ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus (11.21)</p><p>·        ‘Firefly Lane’ by Kristin Hannah (12.25)</p><p>·        Emily Barr book chat (16.05)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Machine Gunners’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Big Book Fear #49</itunes:title>
                <title>Big Book Fear #49</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>10</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We decided to start our own book club with our tenth book being, ‘The Machine Gunners’ by Robert Westhall. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Firefly Lane’ by Kristin Hannah (9.38)</p><p>·        ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus (13.30)</p><p>·        ‘The Priory of the Orange Tree’ by Samantha Shannon (14.04)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Machine Gunners’. Join us by reading to chapter 12, page 151, of the book before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <title>What&#39;s a bogie? #48</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>10</itunes:season>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Machine Gunners&#39; by Robert Westall #47</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Machine Gunners&#39; by Robert Westall #47</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>10</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we review ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf! We have finished our 9th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 10th Book Club book will be – ‘The Machine Gunners’ by Robert Westall (6.16). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or book shop. </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Grey Bees’ by Andrey Kurkov (14.31)</p><p>·        ‘Murdle’ by G.T Karber (16.00)</p><p>To finish we recite some difficult vocabulary we stumbled across during our reading, this week. Do you know what these words mean?</p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘The Machine Gunners’. Join us by reading to chapter 6 before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <title>Minta, Marriage and Mayhem #45</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Trying to Understand Stream of Consciousness #44</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;To The Lighthouse&#39; by Virginia Woolf #43</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;To The Lighthouse&#39; by Virginia Woolf #43</title>

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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we review ‘Nod’ by Adrian Barnes! We have finished our 8th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 9<sup>th</sup> Book Club book will be – ‘To The Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf (3.47). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or book shop. </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’ by Shaun Bythell (12.17)</p><p>·        ‘How High We Go In The Dark’ by Sequoia Nagamatsu (15.48)</p><p>·        ‘War of the Worlds’ by H.G Wells (16.46)</p><p>·        ‘Elektra’ by Jennifer Saint (18.20)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return,Fine, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘To the Lighthouse’. Join us by reading to chapter 9 before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <title>Will Nod Have A Happy Ending? #42</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>8</itunes:season>
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                <title>Who Are The Cat Sleepers #41</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <title>This Book is Crazy #40</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <title>We Discuss Dystopia #39</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Nod&#39; by Adrian Barnes #38</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:title>&#39;The Ideal Castle&#39; #37</itunes:title>
                <title>&#39;The Ideal Castle&#39; #37</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>7</itunes:season>
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                <title>&#39;The Humans&#39; and Mental Health #36</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <title>A Plane Crashed in Claire&#39;s Village #35</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>7</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Humans&#39; by Matt Haig #34</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;The Humans&#39; by Matt Haig #34</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <title>Final Review: Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung #33</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Whose Favourite Colour is Brown? #32</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our sixth book being, ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Impulse Purchase’ by Veronica Henry  (9.11) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Bedlam’ by L.J Ross (11.51)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Notes on an Execution’ Danya Kukafka (14.14)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘I Kissed Shara Wheeler’ by Casey McQuiston (15.15)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Ghost Forest’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>Our First DNF #31</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>6</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our sixth book being, ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘After’ by Anna Todd (8.33) </p><p>·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (12.31)</p><p>·        ‘Notes on an Execution’ Danya Kukafka (15.21)</p><p>·        ‘I Kissed Shara Wheeler’ by Casey McQuiston (19.30)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Ghost Forest’. Join us by reading to page 180 before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our sixth book being, ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘After’ by Anna Todd (8.33) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (12.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Notes on an Execution’ Danya Kukafka (15.21)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘I Kissed Shara Wheeler’ by Casey McQuiston (19.30)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Ghost Forest’. Join us by reading to page 180 before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: &#39;Ghost Forest&#39; by Pik-Shuen Fung #30</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Ghost Forest&#39; by Pik-Shuen Fung #30</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our sixth book being, ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘After’ by Anna Todd (7.54)</p><p>·        ‘Bedlam’ by L.J Ross (11.31)</p><p>·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (12.44)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Ghost Forest’. Join us by reading to page 100 before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Final Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin #29</itunes:title>
                <title>Final Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin #29</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week we review ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin! We have finished our 5th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Book Club book will be – ‘Ghost Forest’ by Pik-Shuen Fung (7.40). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or bookshop. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘After’ by Anna Todd (14.47)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (16.09)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Ghost Forest’. Join us by reading to page 50 before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>She Stole a Smutty Book #28</itunes:title>
                <title>She Stole a Smutty Book #28</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘You don’t know me’ by Imran Mahmood (9.36)</p><p>·        ‘After’ by Anna Todd (14.33)</p><p>·        ‘Imposter’ by L.J Ross (15.18)</p><p>·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (16.40)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tommorow’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘You don’t know me’ by Imran Mahmood (9.36)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘After’ by Anna Todd (14.33)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Imposter’ by L.J Ross (15.18)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (16.40)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tommorow’. Join us by reading to the end of the book before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Do Sam &amp; Sadie Really Know Each Other? #27</itunes:title>
                <title>Do Sam &amp; Sadie Really Know Each Other? #27</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Delilah Green Doesn’t Care’ by Ashley Herring-Blake (9.11)</p><p>·        ‘The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels’ by Janice Hallet (10.03)</p><p>·        ‘Imposter’ by L.J Ross (11.53)</p><p>·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (12.30)</p><p>·        ‘What the World Doesn’t See’ by Mel Darbon (13.22)</p><p>·        ‘You don’t know me’ by Imran Mahmood (15.23)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Join us by reading up to Part 8 – Our Infinite Days (Page 304) before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Delilah Green Doesn’t Care’ by Ashley Herring-Blake (9.11)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels’ by Janice Hallet (10.03)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Imposter’ by L.J Ross (11.53)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad (12.30)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘What the World Doesn’t See’ by Mel Darbon (13.22)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘You don’t know me’ by Imran Mahmood (15.23)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Join us by reading up to Part 8 – Our Infinite Days (Page 304) before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>Work Book Swap #26</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Imran Mahmood (11.08)</p><p>·        ‘Imposter’ by L.J Ross (14.47)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomrrow and Tomorrow and Tommorow’. Join us by reading up to Part 5 - Pivots (Page 211) before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Imran Mahmood (11.08)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Imposter’ by L.J Ross (14.47)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomrrow and Tomorrow and Tommorow’. Join us by reading up to Part 5 - Pivots (Page 211) before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow&#39; by Gabrielle Zevin #25</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Imran Mahmood (9.04)</p><p>·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (11.36)</p><p>·        ‘Hysteria’ by L.J Ross (13.22)</p><p>·        ‘Delilah Green Doesn&#39;t Care’ by Ashley Herring Blake (15.15)</p><p>·        ‘The Mysterious Case Of The Alperton Angels’ by Janice Hallet (15.52)</p><p><br></p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’. Join us by reading up to Part 3 - Unfair Games (Page 125) before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our fifth book being, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Imran Mahmood (9.04)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (11.36)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Hysteria’ by L.J Ross (13.22)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Delilah Green Doesn&amp;#39;t Care’ by Ashley Herring Blake (15.15)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Mysterious Case Of The Alperton Angels’ by Janice Hallet (15.52)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’. Join us by reading up to Part 3 - Unfair Games (Page 125) before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>Final Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama #24</itunes:title>
                <title>Final Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama #24</title>

                <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>This week we review ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama! We have finished our 4th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 5<sup>th</sup> Book Club book will be – ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin (6.41). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or bookshop. </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Paper Cup’ by Karen Campbell (9.18)</p><p>·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (13.13)</p><p>·        ‘Hysteria’ by L.J Ross (14.22)</p><p>·        ‘Delilah Green Doesn&#39;t Care’ by Ashley Herring Blake (15.20)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 4 (Page 46) before our next podcast :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our Monday morning podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week we review ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama! We have finished our 4th Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Book Club book will be – ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin (6.41). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or bookshop. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Paper Cup’ by Karen Campbell (9.18)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (13.13)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Hysteria’ by L.J Ross (14.22)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Delilah Green Doesn&amp;#39;t Care’ by Ashley Herring Blake (15.20)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’. Join us by reading up to Chapter 4 (Page 46) before our next podcast :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>A Little Book Break #23</itunes:title>
                <title>A Little Book Break #23</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. </p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fourth book being, ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! </p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Purple Hearts’ by Michael Grant (8.46)</p><p>·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (11.26)</p><p>·        ‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake (12.14)</p><p>·        ‘Hysteria’ by L.J Ross (13.22)</p><p>·        ‘Paper Cup’ by Karen Campbell (14.12)</p><p>·        Ross Sayers books (16)</p><p>·        Marcus Sedgewick books (17)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Becoming. Till next time! Remember to finish the book! :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our fourth book being, ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Purple Hearts’ by Michael Grant (8.46)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (11.26)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake (12.14)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Hysteria’ by L.J Ross (13.22)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Paper Cup’ by Karen Campbell (14.12)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        Ross Sayers books (16)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        Marcus Sedgewick books (17)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Becoming. Till next time! Remember to finish the book! :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Our First Return #22</itunes:title>
                <title>Our First Return #22</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fourth book being, ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘Purple Hearts’ by Michael Grant (9.49)</p><p>·        ‘Open Water’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson (14.27)</p><p>·        ‘Hare House’ by Sally Hinchcliffe (16.00)</p><p>·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (17.32)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Becoming. Till next week! Remember to get to page 323 in the book! :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our fourth book being, ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Purple Hearts’ by Michael Grant (9.49)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Open Water’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson (14.27)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Hare House’ by Sally Hinchcliffe (16.00)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (17.32)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Becoming. Till next week! Remember to get to page 323 in the book! :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>New Books We Want! #21</itunes:title>
                <title>New Books We Want! #21</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our fourth book being, ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>This week we discuss books on our wanted list:</p><p>·        ‘Until the Road Ends’ by Phil Earle (10.43)</p><p>·        ‘The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels’ by Janice Hallett (13.23)</p><p>·        ‘Somebody Else’s Shoes’ by Jojo Moyes (15.21)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Becoming. Till next week! Remember to get to page 250 in the book! :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Bookshop PR Disaster? #20</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <title>We Start Reading: &#39;Becoming&#39; by Michelle Obama #19</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:title>Final Review: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn #16</itunes:title>
                <title>Final Review: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn #16</title>

                <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>This week we review <strong>‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn!</strong> We have finished our 3rd Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 4th Book Club book will be – <strong>‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama </strong>(7.13). Make sure to grab yourself a copy from your local library or bookshop. We will be starting this in the New Year.</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·       <strong> ‘Carrie Soto is Back’ by Taylor-Jenkins Reid</strong> (12.17)</p><p>. <strong>&#39;Goodnight Steve McQueen&#39; by Louise Wener</strong> (15.05)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loungingwithbooks/" rel="nofollow">@LoungingWithBooks</a> for great booky content. Next week we will be reflecting on our favourite books of 2022!</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:48:20 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Down The Rabbit Hole #15</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
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                <title>Between The Covers #14</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Do You Remember The Sheep? #12</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn #11</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn #11</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>This week we review ‘Truth Be Told’ by Sue Divin! We have finished our 2nd Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict. We then let you know what our 3rd Book Club book will be – ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn (2.51). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or bookshop. We would love you to join in and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·       ‘ ‘The Boy Who Dared’ by Rachel Coverdale (11.23)</p><p>·        ‘Death and Croissants’ by Ian Moore (13.13)</p><p>·         ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (18.13)</p><p>·        ‘The Paris Apartment’ by Lucy Foley (18.06)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to read to page 50 :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>We&#39;re Back! #10</itunes:title>
                <title>We&#39;re Back! #10</title>

                <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p><strong>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</strong></p><p>·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (8.21)</p><p>·        ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (9.29)</p><p>·        ‘Death and Croissants’ by Ian Moore (10.57)</p><p>·        ‘The Bullet That Missed’ by Richard Osman (12.49)</p><p>·        ‘The Boy Who Dared’ by Rachel Coverdale (14.18)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram <strong>@LoungingWithBooks</strong> for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to finish the book :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (8.21)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (9.29)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Death and Croissants’ by Ian Moore (10.57)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Bullet That Missed’ by Richard Osman (12.49)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Boy Who Dared’ by Rachel Coverdale (14.18)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Lets hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram &lt;strong&gt;@LoungingWithBooks&lt;/strong&gt; for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to finish the book :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:43:55 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>Spoilers Ahead! #9</itunes:title>
                <title>Spoilers Ahead! #9</title>

                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (8.50)</p><p>·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (11.46)</p><p>·        ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (13.35)</p><p>·        ‘The Man Who Died Twice’ by Richard Osman (15.45)</p><p>·        ‘This Green and Pleasant Land’ by Ayisha Malik (18.49)</p><p>Shoutout to The Tea Time Bookshop - @teatimebookshop (18.49)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 250 :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (8.50)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (11.46)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘A Memory Called Empire’ by Arkady Martine (13.35)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Man Who Died Twice’ by Richard Osman (15.45)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘This Green and Pleasant Land’ by Ayisha Malik (18.49)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shoutout to The Tea Time Bookshop - @teatimebookshop (18.49)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 250 :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 07:00:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>The Rosie Project, Rebecca, and The Boy Who Couldn&#39;t #8</itunes:title>
                <title>The Rosie Project, Rebecca, and The Boy Who Couldn&#39;t #8</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (7.08)</p><p>·        ‘My Sister the Serial Killer’ by Oyinkan Braithwaite (9.42)</p><p>·        ‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake (11.25)</p><p>·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (12.59)</p><p>·        ‘The Boy Who Couldn’t’ by Rachael Coverdale (15.10 &amp; 16.31)</p><p><br></p><p>Shoutout to School Librarian Association - @uksla (19.15)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 200 :D.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Rosie Project’ Graeme Simsion. (7.08)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘My Sister the Serial Killer’ by Oyinkan Braithwaite (9.42)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake (11.25)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier (12.59)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;·        ‘The Boy Who Couldn’t’ by Rachael Coverdale (15.10 &amp;amp; 16.31)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shoutout to School Librarian Association - @uksla (19.15)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your thoughts on ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember read up to page 200 :D.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>Books and Beer #7</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:title>We Start Reading: Truth Be Told by Sue Divin #5</itunes:title>
                <title>We Start Reading: Truth Be Told by Sue Divin #5</title>

                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our second book being, ‘Truth be Told’ by Sue Divin. In today&#39;s podcast, we read the first 4 pages! Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘The Last Library’ by Freya Sampson. (13.26 &amp; 20.25)</p><p>·        ‘Neverending Summer’ by Emma Kennedy (13.40)</p><p>·        ‘She Who Became the Sun’ by Shelley Parker Chan (16)</p><p>. &#39;Malibu Rising&#39; by Taylor Jenkins Reid (17.12)</p><p>. &#39;Circe&#39; by Madeline Miller (18.38)</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know your first impressions of ‘Truth be Told’. Till next week! Remember to read up to page 50 :D.</p>]]></description>
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                <itunes:title>Final Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #4</itunes:title>
                <title>Final Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #4</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>This week we review ‘<em>Convenience Store Woman</em>’ by Sayaka Murata! We have finished our 1<sup>st</sup> Book Club book. Thanks for reading along with us. Let us know your final verdict.</p><p>We then let you know what our 2<sup>nd</sup> Book Club book will be – <em>‘Truth Be Told’</em> by Sue Divin (5.59). Make sure to grab yourself a copy before next week from your local library or book shop.</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss:</p><p>·        ‘<em>The Last Library’ </em>by Freya Sampson. (7.02)</p><p>·        <em>‘The Mad Women&#39;s Ball</em>’ Victoria Mass. (10)</p><p>·      <em>  ‘Never-Ending Summer’ </em>by Emma Kennedy. (13.30)</p><p>. <em>&#39;The Midnight Library</em>&#39; by Matt Haig (16.06)</p><p>Shoutouts to - @forumbookscorbridge (12.26) and @northyorkscc (12.46).</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. Till next week!</p>]]></description>
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                <title>Books, Boats &amp; Gaga #3</title>

                <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We discuss the first 100 pages of ‘Convenience Store Woman&amp;#39; by Sayaka Murata. Our initial thoughts on the book, characters, and where we think it&amp;#39;s going.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We then chat about what we’ve been reading:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;‘Should We Stay Or Should We Go’ by Lionel Shriver (6.52)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;#39;Little Beach Street Bakery&amp;#39; by Jenny Colgan (7.20)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;#39;Sweet Crime, Sweet Justice&amp;#39; by Gabriella Gordon (8.43)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;‘Bright Ray of Darkness&amp;#39; by Ethan Hawke. (10.42)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;#39;Islands of Mercy&amp;#39; by Rose Tremain (11.40)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;#39;She Who Became The Sun&amp;#39; by Shelley Parker-Chan (13.43)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know if you spot a yellow cover of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ in the wild! Till next week! Remember to finish the book :D.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&amp;#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>We Start Reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #2</title>

                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <title>The Ex-Librarian Book Club #1</title>

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                <itunes:author>Claire and Sophie</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Convenience Store Woman</itunes:subtitle>
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We have decided to start our own book club with our first book being, ‘Convenience Store Woman&#39; by Sayaka Murata. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us! 

We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss, ‘In the Wild Light’ by Jeff Zentner and ‘How To Kill Your Family’ by Bella Mackie.

We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.

Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know if you spot a yellow cover of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ in the wild! Till next week! Remember to read up to page 50 :D.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our podcast! We are two ex-school librarians staying in touch through the power of books.</p><p>We have decided to start our own book club with our first book being, ‘Convenience Store Woman&#39; by Sayaka Murata. Each week we’ll be letting you know our thoughts on the book. We would love you to join in and get involved so pick this book up from your local library and read along with us!</p><p>We then chat about what we’ve been reading and our book-related news! This week we discuss, ‘In the Wild Light’ by Jeff Zentner and ‘How To Kill Your Family’ by Bella Mackie.</p><p>We rate all our books: Return, Renew, or Overdue. Let&#39;s hope we don’t get too many returns.</p><p>Head over to our Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for great booky content. And let us know if you spot a yellow cover of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ in the wild! Till next week! Remember to read up to page 50 :D.</p>]]></description>
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