BookShook

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of January’s book, Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (trans. Margaret Sayers Peden) published in 1955 (from page 71 "The weather must be changing up there." if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for February is Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life fo Ivan Denisovich (143 pages) — we’ll be reading up to Page 72 "The shop was quiet." (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 10th February. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: I have removed any swear words. Their are adult themes of sexuality, abuse of power and death/dying throughout the novel.

Future Reads:

February: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life fo Ivan Denisovich (143 pages)

March: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende trans. Magda Bogin (491 pages)

April: Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (152 pages)

I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/

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Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of October’s book, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys published in 1966 (from page 77 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for November is The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages) — we’ll be reading up to Chapter 14 'Frieda's Reproach' (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 11th November. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: It is assumed that you have read the first half of the novel so their may be spoilers up to 50%. I also read Jane Eyre in preparation for this podcast, and although I’ve tried to alert to any possible spoilers where possible, if you hate spoilers, my advice would be to read that book before listening. There are references to the following topics in the book: arson, mental illness, racism. I don’t use any swear words in this podcast. The n-word is used widely throughout the novel and any quotations from the novel that contain this word have been replaced with the phrase “n-word”. Also, apologies for not pronouncing Jean correctly. If there is anything I have missed, do let me know. This podcast as always, is a learning process for me. I’m learning from the novels , and also learning how to communicate effectively the ideas in the novels. Thanks.

All episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg

Future Reads:

November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages)

December: Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (trans. by Ken Liu) 642 pages

I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of October’s book, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys published in 1966 (up to page 77 beginning "After I had waited half an hour" if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - $Part2EpisodeDate$ October), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from page 77). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for November is The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages) (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: It is assumed that you have read the first half of the novel so their may be spoilers up to 50%. I also read Jane Eyre in preparation for this podcast, and although I’ve tried to alert to any possible spoilers where possible, if you hate spoilers, my advice would be to read that book before listening. There are references to the following topics in the book: arson, mental illness, racism. I don’t use any swear words in this podcast. The n-word is used widely throughout the novel and any quotations from the novel that contain this word have been replaced with the phrase “n-word”. If there is anything I have missed, do let me know. This podcast as always, is a learning process for me. I’m learning from the novels , and also learning how to communicate effectively the ideas in the novels. Thanks.

All episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg

Future Reads:

November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages)

December: Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (trans. by Ken Liu) 642 pages

January: $ThisMonth+3Book+Author+PageCount$

I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of August’s book, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by The Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones published in 2009 (from Chapter 9 on page 138 to the end if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for September is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp) — we’ll be reading up to page 325 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 9th September. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.

This episode will be available until November but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg

Future Reads:

September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp)

October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp)

November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280pp)

I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of August’s book, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by The Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones published in 2009 (up to Ch.9 ‘The Largest in the Smallest’ if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 26thAugust), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Chapter 9 on page 138 to the end). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for September is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp) (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.

This episode will be available until November but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg

Future Reads:

September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp)

October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp)

November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280pp)

I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.