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Things We Read Instead

Things We Read Instead

By: Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
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A monthly podcast where two distractable nerds spend their time chatting bubbles about the enjoyment of something unintended but fabulous, while also trying to get their to be read piles under control.

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Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
Episodes
  • What Vic Read Instead of Deathscent - Part 1
    May 12 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's take on Deathscent by Robin Jarvis and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird by Mike Ashley

    The Familiars by Stacey Hall

    Circe by Madeline Miller

    Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll

    Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert


    Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the War Bore will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.


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    41 mins
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Snapper - Part 2
    Apr 28 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Snapper. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle

    Mapp and Lucia by E F Benson

    Less by Andrew Sean Greer


    To Watch Instead

    The Commitments (1991)

    Good Vibrations (2012)


    We will see you in May for our next episode and you can find out what Vic thought about next months read and what else she read instead.


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    36 mins
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Snapper - Part 1
    Apr 14 2025


    Hello Readers.


    Here's Chris' in depth take on The Snapper and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    The Snapper by Roddy Doyle

    The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle

    The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

    I, Claudius by Robert Graves

    History of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

    I, Claudius (1976 TV series)

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    39 mins

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