It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author Rachel Parris! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group Austentatious, alongside former YB guests Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter Murray, her first novel, Introducing Mrs Collins, is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up

Rachel Parris - Introducing Mrs Collins

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen - Persuasion

Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

Monique Roffey - Mermaid of Black Conch

Jennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious Things

Ambrose Parry - The Way of all Flesh: A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1

George Eliot - Middlemarch

Julie Owen Moylan - Elizabeth and Marilyn

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary

Jilly Cooper - Rivals

Jackie Collins - Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge

Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys

Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day

Nikki May - This Motherless Land

Jane Austen - Mansfield Park

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible

Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep

Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife

Graydon Carter - When the Going Was Good

Tina Brown - The Vanity Fair Diaries

Andrew O'Hagan - Caledonian Road

Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead

Louise Candlish - Our House

Adele Parks - Just Between Us

Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party

Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You

J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - S

Janet and Allan Ahlberg - The Jolly Postman

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It's the final episode of our Beach Reads series and we're finishing style... and snot. As this week Daisy has selected a collection of books designed to have you blubbing in your deckchair and drying your tears with a towel. These are titles with a passionate edge, a tragic element or just a feeling of sheer joy that will have you reaching for your hankie as fellow beachgoers worry about your emotional state. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Jack London - Call of the Wild

Emily Henry - Beach Read

AJ Pearce - Dear Mrs Bird

Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life

Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

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We're turning up the heat for this week's selection of beach reads! Daisy has selected some holiday books with a distinct side of raunch. These are titles to make you blush, gasp and get even hotter under the collar (if your swimsuit happens to have a collar). There are books with an erotic edge, and some that are flat out filth. But which one has a character that makes 'Christian Grey look like Dougal from Father Ted'? You'll have to listen to find out. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Tom Bissell and Greg Sestero - The Disaster Artist

Susi Wyss - Guess Who is the Happiest Girl in Town

Balli Kaur Jaswal - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Jilly Cooper - Polo

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

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It's holiday time! And over the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of dreamy, memorable adventures as we experience some Holiday Escapism. Sit by the pool and let your mind travel to some extraordinary locations. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Emma Forrest - Cherries in the Snow

Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved

Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital

Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere

Georgina Moore - River of Stars

Nikki May - This Motherless Land

Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake

Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There

Ingrid Persaud - Love After Love

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

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For the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of exciting, far-flung exotic locales (and Cornwall) as we explore some literary Perfect Places. These are books that help you travel to incredible landscapes, both real and imaginary. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club

Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface

Maeve Binchy - Evening Class

Shirley Conran - Lace

Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia

Sarah Winman - Tin Man

David Nicholls - Us

Jess Walter - Beautiful Ruins

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Margaret Kennedy - The Feast

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

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We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of thrilling, gripping crime-related greats. Books that will have you on the edge of your seat, or possibly your sun lounger. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds

Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time

Julia Raeside - Don't Make Me Laugh

Kate Weston - How To Make a Killing

Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train

Elizabeth Bowen - The Heat of the Day

Caroline Corcoran - Tiny Daggers

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

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We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. We're kicking off with some saucy, spicy, swooning romantic favourites to slip into your luggage. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Lucy Vine - Book Boyfriend

Freya North - Fen

Lauren Bravo - Probably Nothing

Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack

Jojo Moyes - We All Live Here

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

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You're Booked is on its travels! Here's a very special live episode recorded at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona with with the wonderful Donna Freitas! Donna resides in Barcelona and is the author of many books including Stefi and the Spanish Prince (set in the city), The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano and Wishful Thinking. She interviewed Daisy to celebrate the release of Read Yourself Happy and they discussed conquering difficult reads, childhood library etiquette and we discover what books the residents of Barcelona can't live without. Thanks to the Grand Hotel Central for hosting us during our stay. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

Donna Freitas - Wishful Thinking

Donna Freitas - The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano

Donna Freitas - Stefi and the Spanish Prince

Daisy Buchanan - Limelight

Ann M Martin - Babysitters Club

Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility

Enid Blyton - Famous Five

Dick King Smith - The Sheep Pig

Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Mysteries

Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events

Beverley Cleary - Beezus and Ramona

Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes

Noel Streatfeild - Curtain Up

Samuel Richardson - Pamela

Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life

Jilly Cooper - Rivals

Laurent de Brunhoff - Babar's World Tour

Nikki May - Wahala

Nikki May - This Motherless Land

Jane Austen - Mansfield Park

Min Jin Lee - Pachinko

Alexander Chee - Queen of the Night

Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle

Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary

Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

Alberto Moravia - Contempt

Alberto Moravia - Time of Indifference

Ann Morgan - Reading the World

Ann Morgan - Unlearning to Read

David Whitehouse - Saltwater Mansions

Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels

Joyce Carol Oates - Book of American Martyrs

F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby

Chris Whitaker - All The Colours of the Dark

Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind

Natasha Lunn - Conversations on Love

Niall Williams - This is Happiness

Olga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Henri Cole - Orphic Paris

Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere

Samantha Harvey - Orbital

Alice Winn - In Memoriam

Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

Susan Morrison - Lorne

Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love

Charles Baudelaire - Collected Poems

Rebecca Stead - When You Reach Me

Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl

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