Wide Sargasso Sea
10/14/22 • 50 min
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 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.
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The Corrections
Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of September’s book, The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen published in 2001 (from Page 325 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 October's is Journey to the end of the Night, The book of disquiet, the wide sargasso sea, The Castle — we’ll be reading up to page 77 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 14th October's. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/
Content Warning: There may be spoilers up to 50% of the book. I don’t use any swear words in this podcast.
This episode will be available until December but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg
Future Reads:
October: Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
November: The Castle, Franz Kafka
Links: https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/5794/
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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.
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