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Books Without Borders

Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has completed her Shatter Me saga, Emma has read some excellent things, and we catch up on our monthly challenges… with a twist! Send us an email! [e-mail] ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Lore Olympus series - Rachel Smythe Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins An Emotion of Great Delight - Tahereh Mafi A Very Large Expanse of Sea - Tahereh Mafi Furthermore series - Tahereh Mafi This Woven Kingdom series - Tahereh Mafi Little Men & Jo’s Boys - Louisa May Alcott Emma - Jane Austen The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Love Stories - Trent Dalton Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil Birnam Wood - Eleanor Cotton Flowerheart - Catherine Bakewell The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton We Were Liars - E. Lockhart A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt The Binding - Bridget Collins ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album https://imgur.com/a/PG5S4gL Make Emma Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d70c3a54-b24e-4f64-8775-5cebebd64652 Make Nina Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/437561dc-2769-47de-a239-fa940f85a3ce Webtoon https://m.webtoons.com/en/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Dan Stevens https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1405398/ House of the Dragon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198330/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie’s books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Orilium Magical Readathon https://youtu.be/CtBWB6ATEdQ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/