Well, listeners, this week title says it all! Or... does it? ;)

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Books mentioned:

Lin Anderson book series with forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod.

Joy Ellis - book series with DI Nikki Galena.

"The Beasting" by Paul Murray.

"The Mars House" by Natasha Pulley

"Blood over Bright Heaven" by M.L. Wang

Book series about Long Earth by Steven Baxter and Terry Pratchett.

"The adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi" Shannon Chakraborty.

"Gideon The Ninth" by Tamsin Muir.

briefly - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling; Frodo by J.R. Tolkien; trilogy Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. Kuang and Don Quixote by M. de Cervantes.

"L Word: Generation Q" (TV Series)

"Tell Me Who You Are" by Louisa Luna

Time code:

Rina's Apology

07:40 Toschka's experience of being examinatoress!

14:00 TAXIDO CAT INTERRUPTION!

16:40 Toschka's current DNF (did not finish).

17:45 book about colonizing Mars and naturalizing earthlings.

29:00 "Gideon The Ninth" is... good?

50:00 does sarcasm stand on the way of connecting with characters?

53:50 another thriller reading attempt from Rina.

59:40 we MADE it to 50th episode!

So Rina finished another long crime book series and we use this occasion to take a glance back and rank some of her most favourite crime authors. Toschka was completely awestruck by Bewilderment and is starting another big book again...

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Books mentioned:

Playground by Richard Powers

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Echoes on the Fens by Joy Ellis *there was a confusion: "The Fens" series was written by Joy Ellis, Rhona MacLeod-series was written by Lin Anderson*

Honourable crime-mentions: Ian Rankin, Anne Cleeves, Helen Fields, Adrian McKinty

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Bee sting by Paul Murray

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Any Woman's Blues: Stories by Contemporary Black Women Writers by

This episode is a very special one because yours truly just turned 1 year old! Celebrate by listening about language based misunderstandings; a satire book we plan about ugliness; Toschka's hot take on different animals' tongues. And also, more traditionally, review of a crime novel, supernatural romance, Irish womanhood and woman-pirate adventures.

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01:15 favorite "MM" quirks dedicated to ONE YEAR

02:40 "Blood over bright haven" M.L. Wang (more about this book in EP--)

04:20 attics vs ethics; book is "The Power of Ethics" Susan Liautaud (more about it in EP27)

05:13 Toschka's observations of German dialects

09:00 book-showing of "Gideon the Ninth" Tamsyn Muir

13:00 "Fear on the Fence" Lin Anderson (#13 Nikki Galena)

20:30 "The Elements" John Boyle

20:47 "Notes on an Execution" Danya Kukafka

22:20 "Wolfsong" T.J. Klune

31:30 tv series "gilmore girls"

34:40 "The Amendments" Niahm Mulvey

46:25 "Bewilderment" Richard Powers

47:00 "Playground" Richard Powers

48:00 "The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi" Shannon Chakraborty

48:18 "Hope and Red" Kelley Skovron (#1 Empire of Storms)

We are back from our summer break! Toschka has festival-talk and was fooled by an old Romantasy-classic behind a new cover (Tumblr girlies of the 2010s, beware!). Rina just founded a new crime genre: Crime novels without animal harm.

Note: Sadly, Toschkas mic did not connect correctly so we are having a rather wild audio this episode. Apologies!

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Books mentioned:

Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Thieves on the Fens by Joy Ellis

Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

Bewildered by Richard Powers

Home Fire by Kamila Schamsie

Darkness of the Fens by Joy Ellis

This week features two major disappointments but also some surprising newcomers! And, as always, a big genre-mix!

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Books mentioned:

01:44 "Die Rückseite des Lebens" ⁠Yasmina Reza⁠

08:20 ⁠"The Great When"⁠ Alan Moore

09:40⁠ "The Dream Hotel"⁠ Laila Lalami

14:22 "All that is solid melts into air" ⁠Carole Giangrande⁠

32:50 "⁠Strange pictures⁠" by Uketsu

38:22 "Backlash" Susanne Kaiser

42:57 "Picture Her Dead" Lin Anderson (#8 Rhona MacLeod)

This week features two major disappointments but also some surprising newcomers! And, as always, a big genre-mix!

You can follow us on Instagram: @⁠messy_margins_pod⁠

Want a personal book recommendation? Or to comment on our work? Write us an email: verymessymargins@gmail.com

Books mentioned:

01:44 "Die Rückseite des Lebens" Yasmina Reza

08:20 "The Great When" Alan Moore

09:40 "The Dream Hotel" Laila Lalami

14:22 "All that is solid melts into air" Carole Giangrande

32:50 "Strange pictures" by Uketsu

38:22 "Backlash" Susanne Kaiser

42:57 "Picture Her Dead" Lin Anderson (#8 Rhona MacLeod)

Rina may have entered some kind of a reading slump and tries to find crime novels which can blow her away! Meanwhile, Toschka has found a new favourite novel!

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Books:

Crime on the fens by Joy Ellis

Singled out by Virginia Nicholson

Sisters in yellow by Mieko Kawakami

Lula dean's little library of banned books by Kirsten Miller

Watching you by Helen Fields

Toschka is close to finishing books again and could not help herself having a little journey to the bookstore and returning with three new books! Rina takes us on the journey of a investigator and her exiting, harsh and troublesome life...

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Books:

What the dead know by Barabara Butcher

Sisiters in yellow by Mieko Kawakami

Lula dean's little library of banned books by Kirsten Miller

The sunlit man by Brandon Sanderson

Antarctica by Claire Keegan

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

Novel (korean history) mentioned: Beasts of a little land by Juhea Kim