What Page Are You On?

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6: Reading habits Nov 27, 2017

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In this episode, Alice and Bethany interrogate each other about what they read, how they read it, who they listen to when they want recommendations and how they treat the books in their possession. You probably won't get too many new book ideas from this episode, but it'll make you laugh.

5: The Eighties Nov 13, 2017

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Alice and Bethany were both born in the eighties, so while we're riding the Stranger Things nostalgia wave, we decided to take it back and do an episode on literature of the 1980s.

We discuss

Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis Beloved - Toni Morrison The White Hotel - DM Thomas Tiger Eyes - Judy Blume A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins Perfume - Patrick Suskind Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson Mort - Terry Pratchett The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood

4: Ghost Stories for Hallowe'en Oct 30, 2017

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Alice and Bethany celebrate the most wonderful time of the year by chatting about ghost stories, classic and contemporary.

The books discussed: The Woman In Black - Susan Hill The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell The Upstairs Room - Kate Murray-Browne Thornhill - Pam Smy

And, not a ghost story but a gothic banger we wanted to talk about- Such Small Hands by Andres Barba

The Travelling Bag - Susan Hill

3: Book to Film Adaptations Oct 16, 2017

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In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk through their favourite film adaptations of great books, adaptations they feel missed the mark, and what we're looking forward to coming out in cinemas.

2: Contemporary True Crime Oct 01, 2017

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In this episode, Alice and Bethany wrestle with ethical questions around how much they enjoy true crime books, what makes true crime fiction good or bad, and whether fiction inspired by real crimes is any different to non-fiction marketed as true crime.

The books we discuss are:

The Fact of a Body - Alexandria Marzano Lesnevich

The Red Parts - Maggie Nelson

The Adversary - Emmanuel Carrere

Forensics - Val McDermid

See What I Have Done - Sarah Schmidt

Little Deaths - Emma Flint

The Girls - Emma Cline

1: Fat Books Sep 17, 2017

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This is the first episode of the new books podcast What Page Are You On! In this episode, Alice and Bethany talk about books that have a high fat content, both fiction and non-fiction.

The books we discuss are: Hunger - Roxane Gay Shrill - Lindy West Dumplin' - Julie Murphy Girls Series - Jacqueline Wilson Just As Long As We're Together / Here's To You Rachel Robinson - Judy Blume Butter - Erin Lange The Cat Ate My Gym Shorts - Paula Danziger Daisy In Chains - Sharon Bolton The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris

Introduction Sep 15, 2017

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We give you a super brief flavour of what you'll hear on What Page Are You On.

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