Episodes

  • Two Standout Books You Can’t Ignore #132
    Sep 8 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 26th book club pick, 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' by TJ Klune. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (7.10)

    📖 Locomotion by Wendy Laws (8.25)

    📖 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (10.57)

    📖 Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (12.53)

    📖 Can't Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (15.41)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'The House in the Cerulean Sea'. We'll be reading to the end of the book and reviewing it next week!

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

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    23 mins
  • The Polari Prize Paused #131
    Aug 25 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 26th book club pick, 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' by TJ Klune. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (8.19)

    We then chat about book news:

    📖 The Salt Path ongoing investigation (16.55)

    📖 Polari Prize Pause (19.10)

    📖 Whitby Literature Festival (22.35)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'The House in the Cerulean Sea'. We'll be reading up to Chapter 15 next week!

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

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    26 mins
  • I've Had Enough of Being a Nice Bear #130
    Aug 11 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 26th book club pick, 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' by TJ Klune. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (9.20)

    📖 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (12.18)

    📖 Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis (18.55)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'The House in the Cerulean Sea'. We'll be reading up to Chapter 11 next week!

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

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    24 mins
  • Bright Seas, Big Tops & Queer Hearts #129
    Aug 4 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 26th book club pick, 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' by TJ Klune. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (5.50)

    📖 Dream on, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake (10.15)

    📖 Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner (12.20)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'The House in the Cerulean Sea'. We'll be reading up to Chapter 7 next week!

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

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    16 mins
  • We Start Reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea #128
    Jul 28 2025

    Welcome to our Lounging With Books podcast!

    We’re excited to reveal our next Book Club read: TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. Be sure to grab your copy from your local library or bookshop so you're ready to read with us.

    But that's not all; we chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads with our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 Where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (7.44)

    📖 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (9.26)

    📖 Taste by Stanley Tucci (16.40)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on The House in the Cerulean Sea. We will be reading up to Chapter 4 (page 50)

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

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    21 mins
  • The Salt Path Controversy #127
    Jul 14 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we review our 25th book club pick, 'Vanishing World' by Sayaka Murata. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book.

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 Where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (13.21)

    📖 Dream on Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake (16.55)

    We also touch upon one of the latest book controversies about 'The Salt Path' by Raynor Winn. (20.37)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'Vanishing World'. We'll be taking a break for a week and will return on 28 July with our new read, 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' by TJ Klune.

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨

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    32 mins
  • What Does Family Even Mean? #126
    Jul 7 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 25th book club pick, 'Vanishing World' by Sayaka Murata. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 Where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (7.01)

    📖 Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (13.47)

    📖 Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (17.44)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'Vanishing World'. We'll be reading to the end of the book by next week!

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨


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    20 mins
  • Why I'm obsessed with Godkiller by Hannah Kaner #125
    Jun 30 2025

    We're two friends keeping in touch through the power of books. This week, we're discussing our 25th book club pick, 'Vanishing World' by Sayaka Murata. Join us as we share our thoughts on the book. Grab your copy from your local library and read along with us!

    But that's not all. Every episode is packed with bookish goodness. We chat about what we've been reading, share exciting book-related news, and rate all our reads using our signature system: Return, Fine, Renew, or Overdue (fingers crossed for no Returns!).

    This week’s reading highlights include:

    📖 Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton (7.01)

    📖 Where'd you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (8.11)

    📖 Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood (13.28)

    📖 Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (15.58)

    Follow us on Instagram @LoungingWithBooks for more bookish content and to share your thoughts on 'Vanishing World'. We'll be reading up to Part 3 next week!

    Let’s make every week a great week for books. Happy reading! 📚✨


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    23 mins