Series 7
Lessons in Chemistry
Oh gorgeous humans - the girls are back and they are COVID free! (Note: there is still a slight sinus infection within the group but that's not what we're here to talk about is it?!)
What we are we're here to talk at length about Bonnie Garmus's luminous "Lessons in Chemistry" and man alive we have much to say
Points of note include:
- Respect = Love. You can't have one without the other
- The idea of being with someone and never running out of something to talk about is goals...
Mad About You
Oh people, this episode of CL4L was supposed to be all sunshine and rainbows, discussing Mhairi McFarlane's sparkling "Mad About You", but somehow it ended up with Katie getting super upset about something her bloke Dave said, but it all getting twisted and her thinking Chloe and the girls think she's dumb or something for being with him in the first place? It was super weird, but luckily, that was only one small, weird-ass part of the show
We did get to talk about lovely book related things, including but not limited to:
- The energy Harriet puts into not allowing her past to define her being equal parts inspiring and sad-making...
Last Night At The Telegraph Club
You guys, do you have any idea - any idea - how romantic and compelling Malinda Lo's "Last Night At The Telegraph Club" is? Seriously, I hope you have all had your coffee because this is a WHIRLWIND of fangirling - including, but not limited to:
• The super intense level of grossness McCarthyism introduced for immigrant communities in the US in the 1950s (and what is McCarthyism anyway?*)
• Contradictory expectations of womanhood - what people want from you sexually vs what they want you to be in public...
Christmas At The Borrow A Bookshop
You guys - it's the last show of 2022! We were able to get one last book into the year - Kiley Dunbar's SPARKLING "Christmas at the Borrow A Bookshop"!
Eagle-eyed listeners will know we've covered this book's predecessor in Series 6, and this second installment in the series is JUST as gorgeous!
Topics covered include (but are not limited to)...
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Crochet Collective
We are back! Even a weird & confusingly specific increase in LC's normal job work couldn't keep us from finally getting our episode on Kate Solly's Tuesday Evenings at the Copeton Crochet Collective together!
What do the girls get into? Well, we've got:
- Crochet and it's power to bring people together - no seriously we've seen it - LC's Mam yarnbombs with her knitting club. It's serious shit
- Racism, particularly as it pertains to people migrating from war or famine. A very timely issue in Ireland in 2023
- How having a bunch of young kids seems like the scariest thing in human existence, and Katie & Sersh get into the whole biological countdown they do be feeling...
