Welcome to the very first episode of booked & busy! Tune in as we introduce ourselves and the podcast and dive into our favourite reads of 2025.

Books we discussed in this episode:

The House in the Cerulean Sea — TJ Klune (10:45)

Soldier Sailor — Claire Kilroy (12:35)

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh — Colwill Brown (13:20)

The List of Suspicious Things — Jenny Godfrey (14:10)

Yellowface — R.F. Kuang (15:30)

The Lamb — Lucy Rose (19:30)

The God of the Woods — Liz Moore (23:40)

We See Buildings Fall Like Lightning — Keiran Goddard (26:10)

Piranesi — Susanna Clarke (29:10)

Acts of Desperation — Megan Nolan (brief mention only)

Ordinary Saints — Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin (32:25)

Blue Sisters — Coco Mellors (35:55)

House of Earth and Blood — Sara J. Maas (42:30)

Sugartown — Caragh Maxwell (brief mention only)

Fruit of Knowledge — Liv Strömqvist (brief mention only)

Intimacies — Lucy Caldwell (brief mention only)

For our next episode, we will be discussing The Coast Road by Alan Murrin — join our virtual book club and read along! x

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