Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina’s in the middle of finals, Emma’s in the zone with classics, and we discuss a bunch of Zines that Nina got in Japan! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and chats 10:56 Recent Reads 11:04 Equal Rites 14:45 Metamorphosis 20:34 Starbound trilogy 39:13 The Good Soldier 44:53 The Snow Queen 48:38 Currently Reading 49:06 A Doll’s House 50:24 Haul/TBR 50:33 Nina’s Zine haul! 01:00:35 Emma’s haul 01:04:41 Challenge Check-in 01:19:19 Outro ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi Pregnancy Diary - Yōko Ogawa Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Discworld series - Terry Pratchett Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy Starbound trilogy - Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Aurora Rising - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford The Great Gadsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald A Doll’s House - Henrik Ibsen Mustache Rydes - Steven A. Yagyagan Home of her Heart - Tara Goldstein Ballad for Sophie - Filipe Melo & Juan Cavia Learned by Heart - Emma Donoghue A Greek Love: A Novel of Cuba - Zoé Valdés Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins Sheets - Brenna Thummler Delicates - Brenna Thummler Lights - Brenna Thummler Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel The Peace Egg - Juliana Horatia Ewing A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens ————————————————— Also mentioned: Scarf update: https://imgur.com/a/h7lSvIJ Zine artists mentioned: ASIAN_FOOD_DESIGN https://www.instagram.com/asian_food_design?igsh=MWg0em43YXppdHh2Zw== KOSMINEN https://www.instagram.com/kosminenkollektiivi?igsh=encydzVyeHFsdHU0 Speechify https://speechify.com/ Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY Frozen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Room https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Lightfall https://youtu.be/zaSEgLKjxMs?si=ZvkWEcV87qh1aAQQ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8