Broken Spines at the End of the World

In this episode, we are talking about the new book releases we’re most excited for in the first half of 2026. Here are the books that have somehow made it onto our radar. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

The year is almost over and that means we reflect on the books we picked up over the past 12 months. There were some highs and there were some lows. Some books made us lose our minds, others made us cry our little hearts out. If you want the rundown of our reading year, you'll want to listen to this episode! We rant about the worst books we read and praise the ones we loved. Follow us on Insta...

Guys... I don't know what to tell you... 2025 has been such a chaotic and busy year. That's why you're getting this end of summer wrap-up now... in November. In this episode, Sarah talks about author Baek Se-hee's second book: I want to die but I still want to eat Tteobokki. This episode was recorded before her death in October. It feels weird to dedicate a podcast episode to someo...

What happens when you get swamped with work? Well, you forget that you were editing a podcast episode. Here's the reading wrap-up we recorded after Sarah went back to Switzerland. The good news is that we already recorded an end-of-summer episode as well! So you won't have to wait long for the next reading update... that is, if I don't forget that I'm supposed to finish that one to...

Sarah visited Ellen in Belgium! We spent a lot of our time either shopping for books or reading those books. Just like last time, when Ellen went to Switzerland, we decided to record our thoughts and opinions on what we were reading. Enjoy our rambling! Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendof...

First episode of the year! We talk about the books we managed to read in January and February. We also share our new little reading project for 2025. Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

The one where we wrap up our reading year for 2024 and talk about new releases we're excited for, Christmas movies and some tentative reading plans for next year. Happy Holidays, and all the best for 2025! Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

Ellen went to visit Sarah in Switzerland and they decided to spend a day reading. An impromptu read-a-thon ensued. Enjoy! Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

So what did we read over the summer? Here's a super long wrap up for you where we talk about all the books we read and whether we'd recommend you read them too! Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

How are July and August already over? This is an episode we recorded just before the summer holidays started. Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

Buckle up and settle down, it's a long one! Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

The one where we share some really important advice on dead doves and where we talk about the books we read in January, what we're in the middle (not really middle middle but you get the idea) of and what we've especially enjoyed that's not books. Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesatth...

The one where we talk about what we're currently reading and the books we want to read this year. IT IS NOT A TBR! ;-) Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

Just as 2023 is about to end, we look back at what we read this year. Links: All about the podcast: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

In this episode, we tell you about the books we read in the month of August in between travelling to Wales and just chaotic life in general. Links: All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/books-mentioned-on-the-podcast/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

In this episode, we discuss the best, worst, most disappointing books we've read so far this year + so much more. The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag was originally created by two BookTubers in 2012, Chami and Earl Grey Books. Links: All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/books-mentioned-on-the-podcast/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

Sooooo.... it's been a while, but today we share with you some books we're in the middle of and the top 5 books we'd like to read in 2023. Links: All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/books-mentioned-on-the-podcast/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

In this episode we share with you our New Year's Resolutions, our hopes and dreams for 2023. We discuss our goals for the podcast and go into our writing and reading resolutions. If you have goals for 2023, please share them with us on our Instagram! Thank you for listening! Links: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenspinesattheendoftheworld/

In this episode we look back at 2022. Which books did we manage to read during the Reindeer Readathon? Which books disappointed us or made us downright angry? And, most importantly, which books were the best ones we read in 2022? Links: All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://brokenspinesattheendoftheworld.com/books-mentioned-on-the-podcast/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagra...

In the month of December, we're participating in the Reindeer Readathon (read all about it here). We thought we'd share our TBRs with you! Also, were on Team Nutcracker ;-) DASHER   E: A Psalm for the wild-built - Becky Chambers S: Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia DANCER   E & S: Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo PRANCER  E: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers S: Magic Les...

In this episode: I'm glad my mom died - Jennette McCurdy I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber The Ballad of Never After - Stephanie Garber If we were villains - M.L. Rio My Plain Jane - Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows Mother for dinner - Shalom Auslander Tender is the flesh - Agustina Bazterrica with Sarah Moses (Translator) Devotion - Hann...

Hi **awkward little wave** So, we've been away and now we're back. We definitely won't be uploading on a weekly basis but here's a super long episode where we talk about where we've been, what we've read while we were gone and what books we're taking with us on our vacation. We also take a look at our pile of shame progress and tell you what we're currently reading. We will be recording our next e...

Woops! Long time no hear. It’s been a bit intense these past couple of weeks. Sarah came to Belgium as you may have seen on our Insta. Then work got crazy and life just got away from us for a little bit. But we’re back now with a sweet and short episode where we talk about some books we really want to finish in the next two months. They’re books we’ve been in the middle of for some time. Time to g...

Hi! Another month has gone by. It both felt like an eternity and no time at all. Ellen got 6 books read, probably the only time ever she’ll have more books to talk about than Sarah who read 2 books in March. In other words, she’ll need to enjoy it while she can. You can subscribe to our podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Books mentioned in this episode: 📚 Heaven by Mieko Kawakami 📚 Cyrano de...

Hi! Welcome to another bookish episode. You may have noticed that we took a little bit of a break. Both of us were pushed out of our normal structure by a covid positive husband and roommate. We wouldn’t have been able to record properly so we decided to push the episode back. And here it finally is! It was Sarah’s turn to pick a card and she drew the 9 of swords. We went in different directions,...