In episode 3 of Books, Baby!'s second season Bev, Ian, Jaime and Alo talk discuss the Woman Prize for Fiction 2023 Longlist historical novel The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Connect with us via email ([email protected]) and on Instagram! Books, Baby! - ⁠@booksbabypod⁠ Jaime - ⁠@jaime.reads⁠ Ian - ⁠@bookish_ian⁠ Bev - ⁠@booksgonewilde⁠ Alo - ⁠@books.swallows.universe

In the second episode of seson 2 of Books, Baby! Bev, Ian, Jaime and Alo talk about award prize season, their favourite books from trans and non-binary author and what they do when they find out the author of a book is problematic. To join the #transrightsreadathon happening from March 20th - March 27th check @molsbymoonlight post in instagram and follow@sim_bookstagrams_badly Connect with us via email ([email protected]) and on Instagram! Books, Baby! - ⁠@booksbabypod⁠ Jaime - ⁠@jaime.reads⁠ Ian - ⁠@bookish_ian⁠ Bev - ⁠@booksgonewilde⁠ Alo - ⁠@books.swallows.universe

Welcome to season 2 of Books, Baby! Where we're reading the rainbow and the ocasional straight white man. In the first episode of the second season Jaime, Ian, Bev & Alo deep dive into the work of American author Elizabeth Strout and her famous character Lucy Barton.  Connect with us via email ([email protected]) and on Instagram! Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod Jaime - @jaime.reads Ian - @bookish_ian Bev - @booksgonewilde Alo - @books.swallows.universe

It's the end of the year and also the end of our first season! To celebrate a year of books and the last episode of season 1 of Books, Baby! 1 Alo, Bev, Ian and Jaime review the books they loved, didn't like and those that surprised them. For the complete list of our choices, connect with us on Instagram - Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod  - where we will be posting the books that we discussed in this episode. You can also connect with us individually: Jaime - @jaime.reads  Ian - @bookish_ian Bev - @booksgonewilde  Alo - @books.swallows.universe Thank you so much for listening to us this first season and we can't wait to be back with more book recommendations next year with Season 2!

For this episode of Books, Baby! Jaime, Ian, Bev & Alo discuss literary awards and the 2022 Booker Prize winner novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida written by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discuses spoilers from the book and themes such as graphic violence, death, suicide, murder and torture. In our next and final episode of season 1, we will be talking about our favourite (and not so favourite) books read this year! We’d love to hear what were your favourite books during 2022! So don’t forget to connect with us via email ([email protected]) and on Instagram!  Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod Jaime - @jaime.reads Ian - @bookish_ian Bev - @booksgonewilde Alo - @books.swallows.universe

On this episode of Books, Baby! Jaime, Ian, Bev & Alo discuss the novel Paradais written by Mexican author Fernanda Melchor and translated to English by Sophie Hughes.  CONTENT WARNING: This episode discuses spoilers from the book and themes such as porn, graphic rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, antigay slurs, incest, murder and torture.  As promised in the episode, here are our favourite books translated to English:  Ian - Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor  Alonso - Lie with me by Philippe Besson  Jaime - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto  Bev - Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante  In our next episode we will be discussing the 2022 Booker Prize winner novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. We’d love to hear what you think of this episode and your thoughts on Paradais! So don’t forget to connect with us on Instagram! Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod  Jaime - @jaime.reads  Ian - @bookish_ian  Bev - @booksgonewilde  Alo - @books.swallows.universe

On the this episode of Books, Baby! Bev, Ian, Jaime & Alo discuss the graphic novel series Alice Osman by British author Alice Oseman, and its Netflix adaptation. WARNING: the episode's discussion may contain spoilers of the graphic novel series and discusses topics like mental health, eating disorders and sex. Connect with us on Instagram! Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod Jaime - @jaime.reads Ian - @bookish_ian Bev - @booksgonewilde Alo - @books.swallows.universe

On this episode of Books, Baby! Jaime and Alo talk about the novel The Guncle by Steven Rowley, and Bev and Ian discuss Louise Erdrich's novel The Sentence.   WARNING: the episode contains some minor spoilers of the books discussed. Connect with us on Instagram! Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod Alo - @books.swallows.universe Bev - @booksgonewilde Ian - @bookish_ian Jaime - @jaime.reads

On the first ever episode of Books, Baby! Jaime, Ian, Bev & Alo discuss the novel Young Mungo written by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart. WARNING: the episode contains spoilers of the book. Connect with us on Instagram! Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod Jaime - @jaime.reads Ian - @bookish_ian Bev - @booksgonewilde Alo - @books.swallows.universe

We are 4 friends that love reading books and enjoy discussing the books we read. Join us in this podcast where we will be discussing a diverse range of books. Follow us in instagram: Books, Baby! - https://www.instagram.com/booksbabypod/ Hosts: Alo - @books.swallow.universe Bev - @booksgonewilde Ian - @bookish_ian Jaime - @jaime.reads