{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/6a2318d44330c50bd3436e2e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"My Holiday Reading Stack: 12 Books & 4 Graphic Novels I'm Shipping to Greece","description":"<p>Philippa has just received the most exciting email of the year: her holiday hotel has offered to receive a box of books in advance and put them in her room on arrival. The result? An unstoppable 12-book, 4-graphic-novel holiday TBR — and an episode dedicated entirely to sharing it.</p><p>In this episode, Philippa runs through every book she's packing (plus the first line of each!), covering a wonderfully eclectic mix of:</p><ul><li><strong>The Confessions</strong> – Paul Bradley Carr <em>(AI thriller)</em></li><li><strong>Roman Mornings</strong> – Matson Taylor <em>(historical fiction, Rome)</em></li><li><strong>The Scandalous Ladies Football Club</strong> – Frances Quinn <em>(Victorian women's football)</em></li><li><strong>It Could Have Been Her</strong> – Lisa Jewell <em>(domestic thriller)</em></li><li><strong>Getting Away</strong> – Kate Sawyer <em>(family saga across decades of holidays)</em></li><li><strong>The Ark</strong> – Haruo Yuki <em>(translated Japanese locked-room thriller)</em></li><li><strong>How to Get Away With Murder</strong> – Rebecca Philipson <em>(cat-and-mouse crime)</em></li><li><strong>The Favourite</strong> – Fran Littlewood <em>(family secrets, holiday implosion)</em></li><li><strong>The Corfe Castle Murders</strong> – Rachel McLean <em>(Dorset detective series, book one)</em></li><li><strong>Against the Tide</strong> – G.D. Wright <em>(crime series, book three)</em></li><li><strong>This Can Never Not Be Real</strong> – Sera Milano <em>(YA terrorism survivor testimonies)</em></li><li><strong>Under the Hammer</strong> – Samantha Dooey-Miles <em>(very angry woman, very bad landlords)</em></li></ul><p>Plus four graphic novels — including the only authorised manga adaptation of <em>Anne of Green Gables</em>, <em>The Bad Doctor</em> by Ian Williams, <em>I Shall Never Fall in Love</em> by Hari Conner, and <em>Clara and the Devil</em> Vol. 1 by Olivie Blake &amp; Little Chmura — many discovered at <strong>Hay on Wye Comics</strong>, a brand new graphic novel bookshop in Hay-on-Wye.</p><p>💬 <strong>Tell Philippa what you think!</strong> Should any of these stay at home? Is there a book she's missed? Get in touch: Quick Book Reviews Facebook Group | Instagram | <a href=\"mailto:quickbookreviews@outlook.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quickbookreviews@outlook.com</a></p><p><em>Quick Book Reviews: author interviews and book reviews with no spoilers.</em></p>","author_name":"Philippa Hall"}