This month, we're discussing The Names by Florence Knapp.

Note: The very first section of our podcast is always spoiler-free, for anyone who'd like to get an overall idea of the novels we talk about. Afterwards, we do dive deeper into the plot and also discuss the ending, but we let you know beforehand and include a little interlude to make sure you don't get spoiled by accident.

In our next episode, we will be talking about The Boy From The Sea by Garrett Carr — join our virtual book club and read along! x

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This month, we're discussing The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. We both really enjoyed this – it very much lived up to the hype!

Note: The very first section of our podcast is always spoiler-free, for anyone who'd like to get an overall idea of the novels we talk about. Afterwards, we do dive deeper into the plot and also discuss the ending, but we let you know beforehand and include a little interlude to make sure you don't get spoiled by accident.

In our next episode, we will be talking about The Names by Florence Knapp — join our virtual book club and read along! x

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This month, we're discussing The Coast Road by Alan Murrin. Svenja rated it four and Greta even five stars, so you're in for a treat!

Apologies about the sound quality in this episode – there seems to have been an issue with one of our mikes and there was only so much we could do in editing. We hope you can bear with us, we're working on improving this for future episodes! <3

Note: The very first section of our podcast is always spoiler-free, for anyone who'd like to get an overall idea of the novels we talk about. Afterwards, we do dive deeper into the plot and also discuss the ending, but we let you know beforehand and include a little interlude to make sure you don't get spoiled by accident.

In our next episode, we will be talking about The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden — join our virtual book club and read along! x

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Welcome to the very first episode of booked & busy! Tune in as we introduce ourselves and the podcast and dive into our favourite reads of 2025.

Books we discussed in this episode:

The House in the Cerulean Sea — TJ Klune (10:45)

Soldier Sailor — Claire Kilroy (12:35)

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh — Colwill Brown (13:20)

The List of Suspicious Things — Jenny Godfrey (14:10)

Yellowface — R.F. Kuang (15:30)

The Lamb — Lucy Rose (19:30)

The God of the Woods — Liz Moore (23:40)

We See Buildings Fall Like Lightning — Keiran Goddard (26:10)

Piranesi — Susanna Clarke (29:10)

Acts of Desperation — Megan Nolan (brief mention only)

Ordinary Saints — Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin (32:25)

Blue Sisters — Coco Mellors (35:55)

House of Earth and Blood — Sara J. Maas (42:30)

Sugartown — Caragh Maxwell (brief mention only)

Fruit of Knowledge — Liv Strömqvist (brief mention only)

Intimacies — Lucy Caldwell (brief mention only)

For our next episode, we will be discussing The Coast Road by Alan Murrin — join our virtual book club and read along! x

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