A state lockdown almost prevented a normal recording of this month's very meta episode with Jayne and Paula discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Spoilers, they DON'T agree on this one.
Trigger warning: This episode includes brief mentions of suicide. If you'd like to avoid them please skip to 30:50.
Neither of the ladies got much else read this month but Paula delivers some intriguing literary goss about a celebrity chef getting cancelled and Jayne tells us what's new and hot including another book derived from a podcast.
Books they mention:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Last Family in England by Matt Haig
Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig
The Radleys by Matt Haig
The Humans by Matt Haig
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Olive, Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter
Treasury by Maeve Binchy
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
Tell Me Lies by J.P.Pomare
Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
Certain American States by Catherine Lacey
Films they mention:
Mr Magorium's Wonder Imporium
The glowing spheres that Jayne mentions are from the Hall of Prophecy in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
Links:
About Pete Evans
https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/pete-evans-controversial-social-media-post-results-in-backlash-publisher-cutting-ties-c-1591778
Olive and Mabel's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/mrandrewcotter
Our book for January is Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan. Don't forget to catch our special End of Year Round Up episode in a couple of weeks! Happy reading!
