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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’s been exploring Japan, Emma’s body been a pain again, and we have some fun new things happening in our episodes moving forward! Send us an email! [e-mail] ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and chats 03:41 Recent Reads 05:11 The Canterville Ghost 07:20 The Model Millionaire and Other Stories (11:07-17:33 spoilers about The Birthday of the Infanta) 18:55 The Last Lecture 26:31 The Uninhabitable Earth 39:19 Convenience Store Woman 48:10 Moshfegh tangent 50:12 Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens 51:45 Dracula 57:53 Currently Reading 58:19 Dune 01:08:15 The Death of Ivan Ilyich 01:10:29 These Broken Stars 01:13:22 Haul/TBR 01:17:45 Challenge Check-In 01:29:09 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch The Uninhabitable Earth - David Wallace-Wells This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate - Naomi Klein Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism - Aja Barber Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens - Nick Arnold Dracula - Bram Stoker Dune - Frank Herbert The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner This Shattered World - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Artwords - Beatriz M. Robles Toddler-Hunting & Other Stories - Taeko Kōno The Eve Illusion - Giovanna & Tom Fletcher The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Discworld stories - Terry Pratchett A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go - Joanne Greene Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins The Snow Queen - Hans Christian Andersen ————————————————— Also mentioned: Scarf update: https://imgur.com/a/bEg9wO0 Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Randy Pausch Last Lecture https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms The Vlogbrothers https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/c883c525-cad4-47be-af53-9a5f307b091d Gilmore Girls https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238784/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Northanger Abbey https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844794/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk