Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of March’s book, The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende trans. Magda Bogin published in 1985 (from Chapter 7 "The Brothers" if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for April is Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (152 pages) published in 2021 — we’ll be reading up to Chapter 10 on page 75 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 14th April. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: I have removed any swear words that are in quotations. There are references to rape and violence throughout the novel. Please check the content of the novel before continuing. There are references to a previous book Pedro Paramo that I make reference to throughout the podcast.

Future Reads:

April: Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (152 pages) published in 2021 

May: Light by M.John Harrison (320 pages)

June: The Samuel Beckett Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (418 pages)

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