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This week we are welcoming podcast, comedy and writerly royalty to the show. It's the amazing Cariad Lloyd! Cariad is the host of the podcasts Weirdos Book Club, alongside former guest Sara Pascoe, and the award-winning Griefcast, plus a book based on the podcast You Are Not Alone. She is an actor, comedian and improviser and has just released her first children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe (plus another one soon - revealed exclusively during the show!) We talked to her about helpful reading habits, the importance of a great booklight, good books about grief and a surprising literary obsession (with a former guest). Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyCariad Lloyd - You Are Not AloneCariad Lloyd - The Christmas WishtastropheLili Anolik - Didion and BabitzJRR Tolkien - Lord of the RingsJRR Tolkien - The HobbitBrian Jacques - MossflowerNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesAA Milne - Winnie the PoohBrothers Grimm - Fairy TalesLynne Reid Banks - Fairy RebelAnne Fine - Diary of a Killer CatTerry Pratchett - Colour of MagicTove Jansson - Tales from MoominvalleyAstrid Lindgren - Pippi LongstockingNadia Shireen - GrimwoodNadia Shireen - Billy and the BeastNadia Shireen - BumblebearDouglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJill Murphy - Worst WitchPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsJeffrey Archer - As the Crow FliesRoger Lewis - Erotic VagrancyLucy Ellmann - Ducks NewburyportGeorge Saunders - Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders - Swim in the Pond in the RainGuadalupe Nettel - Still BornMadeline Linford - Out of the WindowTessa Hadley - Free LoveJoe Heap - Rules of SeeingHilary Mantel - Mirror and the LightCharles Darwin - Bleak HouseGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeDouglas Stuart - Young MungoJohn Ransom - The Whale TattooJohn Ransom - The GallopersCariad Lloyd - Where Did She GoTom Percival - Ruby's WorryTom Percival - Meesha Makes FriendsTom Percival - Perfectly NormanJulia Donaldson - Paper DollsOliver Jeffers - Heart and the BottleFrances Hodgson Burnett - Secret GardenNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Mansfield ParkNikki May - WahalaAnn Patchett - Tom LakeAnn Patchett - Bel CantoOctavia Butler - Kindred Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're delighted to bring you this delicious and delectable conversation with the amazing Rukmini Iyer! Rukmini is the visionary behind the multi-million-selling Roasting Tin series of cookbooks with the latest being the Green Roasting Tin. She is also a voracious and wide-ranging reader. We talked to her about Jilly Cooper, early, eye-popping reads, life-changing food writing and she reveals her secret, and surprising passion. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyRukmini Iyer - The Roasting TinRukmini Iyer - The Green Roasting TinMiye Lee - Dallergut Dream Department StoreGabrielle Zevin - Storied Life of AJ FikryGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowTS Eliot - Waste Land FacsimileMuch Ado BookshopTaffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman is in TroubleRobert Lowell - ImitationsHomer (Trans: Emily Wilson) - Odyssey Donna Tartt - The Secret HistoryRoberto Bolano - 2666Paul Beatty - The SelloutPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsFrancesa Segal - Welcome to Glorious TugaJilly Cooper - RivalsJohn Lanchester - The Debt To PleasureMFK Fisher - Gastronomical MeBee Wilson - Consider the ForkBee Wilson - The Way We Eat NowTim Spector - Food For LifeChris van Tulleken - Ultra Processed PeopleSanjana Modha - Sanjana FeastsLucy Mangan - BookwormEve Garnett - Family At One End StreetDavid Niven - Moon's a BalloonCaitlin Moran - How To Be a WomanStewart Granger - Sparks Fly UpRoger Lewis - Erotic VagrancyKate Andersen Brower - Elizabeth Taylor Stefan Zweig - Beware of PityVarious - Book Lovers Journal 2025Noel Streatfeild - SaplingsNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryNoel Streatfeild - A Vicarage FamilyDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleLizzy Stewart - AlisonJane Oliver - Business as UsualDorothy Whipple - High WagesMin Jin Lee - Free Food for MillionairesMin Jin Lee - PachinkoLaurie colwin - Home CookingLaurie Colwin - More Home CookingLaurie Colwin - Happy all the TimeIndia Knight - DarlingNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveRukmini Iyer - Quick Roasting TinRukmini Iyer - Green BarbecueTime Life Editors - PatisserieHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryRukmini Iyer - Sweet Roasting TinBee Wilson - SwindledRukmini Iyer - Roasting Tin Around the WorldRuby Tandoh - Cook as You AreRuby Tandoh - Eat UpDiana Vreeland - DVDiana Vreeland - Memos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we welcome another publishing legend onto the podcast. It's the amazing Liane Moriarty! Liane has sold over 20 million books worldwide and her novels have been translated into forty languages. Her blockbusters Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall and Nine Perfect Strangers have been adapted into hugely successful TV shows. Her latest novel is the gripping, mysterious Here One Moment. We talked to her about her fellow novelist sisters, extended literary universes, the first book to make her cry and a particularly disturbing sex scene from Jaws. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyLiane Moriarty - Nine Perfect StrangersLiane Moriarty - Big Little LiesLiane Moriarty - Here One MomentAnna Quindlen - After AnnieBarbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From WoolworthsEthel Turner - Seven Little AustraliansPL Travers - Mary PoppinsPeter Benchley - JawsMichael Coleman - One, Two, Three, Oops! LM Montgomery - Anne of Green GablesLM Montgomery - Emily of New MoonJoanna Trollope - The ChoirAlice Winn - In MemoriamRebecca Makkai - Great BelieversHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeCatherine Newman - SandwichMaeve Binchy - Light a Penny CandleMichelle Gallen - Factory GirlsClaire Lombardo - Same as it Ever WasClaire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever HadAnne Tyler - Accidental TouristShelia Heti - MotherhoodOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableKaren Joy Fowler - BoothMary Wesley - A Sensible LifeMary Wesley - Camomile LawnDaisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyLizzy Stewart - AlisonBarbara Trapido - Noah's ArkBarbara Trapido - Traveling HornplayerBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackMarian Keyes - My Favourite MistakeMarian Keyes - Rachels HolidayMarian Keyes - Again RachelMarian Keyes - Anybody Out ThereNicola Moriarty - You Need To KnowJaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the ThingJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceKate Atkinson - Life After LifeAudrey Niffenegger - Time Traveler's WifeDorothy Whipple - High WagesBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenNina Stibbe - Love NinaJane Harper - The DrySally Hepworth - The Family Next DoorPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainPatricia Highsmith - DiariesKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationLionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About KevinSally Rooney - IntermezzoEmma Forrest - Father FigureMatt Haig - Midnight LibraryCesca Major - Maybe Next TimeBella Mackie - What a Way to GoMary Beth Keane - The Half MoonMary Lawson - Crow LakeElizabeth Berg - Say WhenJo Jo Moyes - Someone Else's Shoes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast we're entertaining one of our favourite writers and one of our favourite people. The brilliant Holly Williams! Holly is a journalist and author who writes about books and theatre for everyone from The Observer to the New York Times and is the author of two fantastic novels, What Time is Love and The Start of Something. We traveled to Holly's wonderful Sheffield home and talked to her about the Tolstoy family dynasty, cosy planning. life lessons from Marian Keyes, generating a poetry habit and books so engrossing you miss your train connection. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Preorder your copy of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy.BOOKSHolly Williams - What Time is LoveHolly Williams - Start of SomethingLeo Tolstoy - War and PeaceHolly Williams - Living With LeoAli Smith - WinterAli Smith - How To Be BothZadie Smith - On BeautyTed Hughes - Selected PoemsSeamus Heaney - Selected PoemsPaul Muldoon - Selected PoemsDon Paterson - Selected PoemsJulia Cameron - Artist's WayOcean Vuong - Time is a MotherOcean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousHelen Mort - Illustrated WomanHannah Sullivan - Three PoemsSharon Olds - Stag's LeapRoss Gay - The Book of DelightsJB Priestly - DelightRC Sherriff - Fortnight in SeptemberLauren Bravo - PrelovedClaire Keegan - Small Things Like TheseClaire Keegan - So Late in the DayDaisy Buchanan - LimelightBernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherKatherine Heiny - Games and RitualsKatherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, MellowKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreMarian Keyes - This Charming ManMarian Keyes - Again RachelMarian Keyes - Rachel's HolidayCelia Paul - Self-PortraitGary Shteyngart - Super Sad True Love StoryDaisy Buchanan - CareeringArthur Schnitzler - La RondeVictoria Wood - ChunkyJesse Armstrong - Succession scriptsJB Priestly - An Inspector CallsChristopher Marlowe - Doctor FaustusTimberlake Wertenbaker - The Love of the NightingaleTimberlake Wertenbaker - Our Country's GoodPeter Barnes - The Ruling ClassVirginia Woolf - Mrs DallowayVirginia Woolf - DiariesVirginia Woolf - LettersCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseVarious - Weird WalkJilly Cooper - RidersKathryn Scanlan - Kick the LatchRita Bullwinkel - HeadshotOttessa Moshfegh - LapvonaJen Calleja - VehicleAkwaeke Emezi - You Made a Fool of Death With Your BeautyLizzy Stewart - Alison Adrian Tomine - New York DrawingsElla Frears - GoodlordPhilip Pullman - Book of DustPhilip Pullman - Northern Lights Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.