Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of July’s book, All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld published in 2013 (up to Chapter 15 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - 28th July), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Chapter 15). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for August is Books 1 and 2 of Garguntua and Pantagruel by Rabelais (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: There's no bad language but be aware that there are adult themes in the novel - sexual coercion, prostitution and violence which I may touch upon.
Future Reads:
August: Books 1 and 2 of Garguntua and Pantagruel by Rabelais
September: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
October: The Machine Stops by EM Forster
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