The Island Library Podcast
A book podcast where two friends talk about the book they've read before deciding whether they'd take it to a desert island if they were stranded. However, to add a twist, the hosts are only able to have ten books each on their shelf at any given time.
Episodes
Welcome to another fun packed week, and this time, we are discussing I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston and With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher!
Will this book be added to the library, or will it make a splash in the ocean?
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Have you read either of these books? Let us know your thoughts on our Instagram or at our email theislandlibrary@gmail.com
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Welcome to another fun packed week, and this time, we are discussing Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan!
Will this book be added to the library, or will it make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurb This Week:
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for...
WE ARE BACK!
And for this episode, we are discussing book club books Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey and The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun.
Will either of these books be added to the library, or make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurbs This Week:
Last Chance Books
Nothing will stop Madeline Moore from taking over her family’s independent bookstore after college. Nothing, t...
IT IS ANOTHER EPISODE.
And for this episode, we are discussing The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Will this book be added to the library, or will it make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurb This Week:
The Spanish Love Deception
A wedding. A trip to Spain. The most infuriating man. And three days of pretending. Or in other words, a plan that will never work.
Catalina Ma...
WOO SEASON THREE!
And for this episode, we are discussing book club books Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim and The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni.
Will either of these books be added to the library, or make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurbs This Week:
Six Crimson Cranes
Shiori'anma, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs in her veins. And on the m...
Where is season three? What have you been up to? All of this and more are answered in this extra special Christmas episode, as well as our opening of a special gift from a good friend, BeesBooksMCR.
Are you excited we are back?
BeesBooksMCR Details:
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What do you want to see more of? Get in touch to let us kn...
It's an extra special episode this week as we read V.E. Schwab's, Vicious and A Darker Shade of Magic in collaboration with Arthur from 2 Cents Critic . If you head to 2CC, we've also read Gallant, (or find this episode here).
Do you think these books will be added to our libraries, or will they make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurbs This Week:
Vicious
Ten yea...
Can you believe it's the end of season two? Neither can we, so to celebrate, here are some books we haven't read for the Island, a special gift from a good friend, BeesBooksMCR and some Fun Questions from one host to the other.
What's your favourite episode from this season? And, what are you hoping we read next season?
BeesBooksMCR Details:
No new book this week, but we have a gift which will hopefully have you in stitches. Season two is coming to a sad end, but we have a couple more special things up our sleeves.
Today we present, Season Two Outtakes from The Island Library Podcast.
So if you've ever been wondering what gets cut from episodes, here you have it.
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Have you read either of these books? Get in touch to ...
This week we discuss the books, House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland & Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin. Will either of these books be added to the library, or make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurbs This Week:
House of Hollow
Iris Hollow and her two older sisters are unquestionably strange. Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to retu...
In this joint book podcast episode, we discuss Ace of Spaces by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé .
Ace of Spades Blurb:
Hello, Niveus High. It's me. Who am I? That's not important. All you need to know is...I'm here to divide and conquer. - Aces
Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is reveal...
In this book club podcast episode, we discuss Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.
Legendborn Blurb:
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on hum...
In this podcast episode, we discuss two fabulous new books: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty and Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney.
As always, will either of these books make it onto the shelf? Or will it split the sand for these two hosts?
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Apples Never Fall:
The Delaney family love one another dearly - it's just that sometimes they want to murder each other. . . Joy Delaney and h...
In this podcast episode, we discuss two fabulous new books: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and The Frequency of Us by Keith Stuart.
As always, will either of these books make it onto the shelf? Or will it split the sand for these two hosts?
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The Inheritance Games:
Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes...
In this book club podcast episode, we discuss books: Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
Small Pleasures:
1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape.
When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is ...
In this podcast episode, we discuss books: Not Like The Movies by Kerry Winfrey and Instructions For Dancing by Nicola Yoon.
Not Like The Movies:
What happens when your life is a rom-com...but you don't even believe in true love?
Chloe Sanderson is an optimist, and not because her life is easy. As the sole caregiver for her father, who has early-onset Alzheimer's, she's pretty much responsible fo...
In this podcast episode, we discuss books: All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue and Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
All Our Hidden Gifts: After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex-best friend, Lily, draws an unsettling card called The Hous...
In this special book club episode, both Laura and Jo read Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar.
Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy-going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship…with a girl,...
In this special joint-bookish episode, both Laura and Jo read The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice, but, will this book make it onto the shelf? Or will it split the sand for these two hosts?
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else b...
In this podcast episode, we discuss the books: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman and A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown.
Anxious People begins on New Year's Eve with 'House Tricks' estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage. For Ana-Lena and Roger, busy buying up apartments to fill the hole i...
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