Hannah celebrated her birthday this week with a trip to London to visit the Samurai Exhibition at the British Museum and a wander around Covent Garden’s stationery shops. Meanwhile, Nikki has been busy assembling her miniature Book Nook model…although she still hasn’t managed to find a suitable home for her Jonathan Bailey cut-outs (!).

Upcoming Buddy Read

H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald (Autobiography pick)

Book Blurb:

An instant international bestseller and prize-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising a goshawk has soared into the hearts of millions of readers. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel's temperament mirrors Helen's own state of grief after her father's death, and together raptor and human discover the pain and beauty of being alive.

We’ll be discussing H is for Hawk in Episode 7 (available 30th April), so why not read along with us and share your thoughts?

Book Talk

This week we dive into the great debate: e-readers versus real books. Hannah explains why she struggles to warm to e-readers, while Nikki shares why her Kindle has become a favourite.

In this episode we chat about:

• How the experience of reading on an e-reader differs from reading a physical book

• What books - and how we display and collect them - might reveal about us

• Whether men and women approach book collecting differently

• The ever-growing “to-be-read” pile: Does it matter if we buy books we never get around to reading?

• The influence of social media and book influencers on our reading habits

• When books become more than reading material - decor, identity, or even companions

• Bookshops versus the rise of digital reading

• When Kindle Direct Publishing is the only way to access work by certain writers

We’d love to hear where you stand in the e-reader vs real books debate. Join the conversation and let us know your thoughts!

Current Reading

Hannah Reads

Seed to Dust – Marc Hamer

Hannah shares why this reflective memoir has been the perfect calming read at the end of a busy day.

Nikki Reads

Nobbled at Christmas – Helen Golden (Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing)

After finishing The Lamb in Episode 5, Nikki needed a palate cleanser and this light, frothy cosy crime was just the thing.

She Speaks: What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said – Harriet Walter

Nikki has recently finished this one and loved its imaginative approach - revisiting Shakespeare through the voices and inner lives of his female characters.

The Great When – Alan Moore

Nikki initially found this novel challenging to get into, but is now fully immersed and enjoying its strange, inventive ideas and unusual style.

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