It's a Charlie Thing

In which we chat about all the books we've been reading recently. Books Mentioned: Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark Strange Houses by Uketsu Graveyard Shift by ML Rio Potato by Rebecca Earle White Spaces by Elvin James Mensah The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge Hosted o...

In which we talk about our recent trip to London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In which one Charlie is frazzled after a weekend away, and the other has been reading recent popular books and sharing his unpopular opinions. Books Mentioned: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro Maurice by EM Forster Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon Hosted on Ac...

In which the Charlies look back on their first book haul. Books Mentioned: An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten An Elderly Lady Must Not be Crossed by Helen Tursten The Cat Prince and Other Poems by Michael Pedersen The Angel of Redemption by Nikita Gill Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 17 The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleano...

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In which we have a very welcome visitor. Pre-order An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon here: Out 4th June: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/An-Unlikely-Visitor-by-Joanna-Cannon/9780008255077 Charlie’s video on Joanna’s books: https://youtu.be/W7_Fa-R-qEU?si=dj7EYjbKRgybs-8N https://youtu.be/reEpKBSXyYY?si=yAh9NY-XYOYQLLFB https://youtu.be/OM4_o4WKsoM?si=DOimmJC3rU0Lj8ob https://youtu.be/...

Today we're seeing if our favourite books from 2018 - the year we first discovered one another's existence - are still favourites today. Books Mentioned: Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb The Hoarder by Jess Kidd The Management Style of the Supreme Beings by Tom Holt Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile Driven by Dane Cobain The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce Don't Call Us Dead by Dane...

Charlie and Charlie catch up with each other and chat about the books they've hauled. Hear about all the celebrations for Mrs Heathcote's birthday, and how Charlie B saved a bird at a car boot sale. Books Mentioned: Like a Cat Loves a Bird by James Bailey The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart The Echoing Grove by Rosamund Lehmann Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio No Future by Paul Cornell The English Way o...

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This week, the Charlies tested themselves to see what colour readers they are. However, they might not have agreed with the findings. Books Mentioned: My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Long Island by Colm Toibin The Whisperwicks: The Vanished Key by Jordan Lees To Be Young, Gifted and...

In which we talk about expectations in books, and how blurbs can be deceptive. Books Mentioned: The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson The Little Friend by Donna Tartt Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli Limberlost by Robbie Arnott The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson The Whisperwicks: The Vanis...

In which we give recommendations of the poetical kind. Books Mentioned: Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris Stolen Rowan Berries by Joy Winkler The Orange by Wendy Cope Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney Postcolonial Banter by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan The Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams The Perserverance by Raymond Antrobus The Fellowship of the R...

In which Charlie really doesn't like a book. Books Mentioned: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan The Correspondent by Virginia Evans The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien Dominion by Addie E. Citchens Artists Siblings Visionaries by Judith Mackrell To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Our quarterly check-in. Books Mentioned: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman Loss by Donna Ashworth A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor The Mare by Angharad Hampshire Murder in a Mill Town by Helen Cox The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie has an interesting rant about baked goods. We also recommend five Irish novels and share a couple we want to try. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsacharliethingig/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jAuYvvxw Books Mentioned: Dracula by Bram Stoker Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor The works of Molly Keane Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Small Things Like These by Clare Keegan Family Matters by Cl...

In which we highlight some of our favourite female authors, and both of us are quite stressed. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsacharliethingig/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jAuYvvxw Books Mentioned: Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark Playing Games by Huma Qureshi The Weekend by Charlotte Wood Maame by Jessica George...

In which we talk book awards with Eric. However, the bigger question remains: will we ever give him chance to drink his brew? https://lonesomereader.com/ Books Mentioned: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have new releases and some very hefty currently reading. Books Mentioned: Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami Hooked by Asako Yuzuki A Far Flung Life by ML Stedman Strange Pictures by Uketsu To Exist as I am by Grace Spence Green A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot Finding Albion by Zakia Sewell Doctor Who: Genocide by Paul Leonard The Examiner by Janice Hallett Death Awaits in Durham by Helen Cox...

In which we chat about all we've been reading and doing over the last week. Books mentioned: Murder by the Minster by Helen Cox A Body in the Bookshop by Helen Cox Murder on the Moorland by Helen Cox Death Awaits in Durham by Helen Cox A Witch Hunt in Whitby by Helen Cox A Body by the Lighthouse by Helen Cox Murder in a Mill Town by Helen Cox A Body in the Borderlands by Helen Cox A Body at the Ch...

We invited Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo, who was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction in 2025 to come and talk to us about her work, researching the life of Elzbieta Zawacka and her initial thoughts on this year's prize. Clare's Books: The Woman Who Saved the Children The Spy Who Loved The Women Who Flew for Hitler Agent Zo Clare's author photo is used with permission. Photo credi...

This week, the Charlies are talking book to screen adaptations, recommending Cinderella retellings and books on class because of the new season of Bridgerton, and one Charlie might just be reaching a new stage of grumpiness. Books Mentioned: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Cinder by Marissa Meyer Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Trouble with Mrs Montgo...

In which we are rather rushed but somehow manage to talk about crocheting family members into blankets, new reading initiatives and David Bowie. Books Mentioned: Crux by Gabriel Tallent Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash Jean by Madeleine Dunnigan Floodlines by Saleem Haddad Strange Buildings by Uketsu Women and Power by Mary Beard Citizen by Claudia Rankine The Beginner's Goodbye...

In this episode, we interview the Booktuber Keri Books about all things self-care. She has some brilliant book recommendations and great insight. Books Mentioned: (video version available on YouTube) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're chatting how to combat the January blues and sharing the comfort reads that help us through. Books Mentioned: 10 Poems About Happiness Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson Hogfather by Terry Pratchett The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Instagram: itsacharliethingig Discord: https://discord.gg/z...