Happy Halloween!
It’s Spooky Season!! Listen to us chat all about E Nesbit’s short story collection ‘Grim Tales’
Bonus points to anyone who can tell us how many times we say ‘spooky’ 👻🎃
Come join the party!
This week we're talking all about The Great Gatsby Musical (spoiler alter we loved it)
Put our party shoes on and listen to us gush about all our favourite bits, and experiences watching across the pond!
Tune in to hear us talk about our recent reads:
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- Picture Imperfect
- Throne of Glass
- The Light Years
In our next installment of our The Novel Without Men series, we look at the sensational Victorian Novel: East Lynne by Ellen Wood.
Remember us mentioning this last episode? We’re back with a full discussion of the recent Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’.
Listen to find out our differing options and what the message of the film even is.
01.08- what we’ve been consuming
05.37 - synopsis
13.42 - general discussion
Join us as we chat about one of our favourite books for the year, Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall.
To sum up our thoughts, add it to your TBR now!! and get reading
Episode Details:
03.46- What We've Been Consuming
06.44- Synopsis
08.40- General Discussion
Tune in to hear our thoughts on one of the most anticipated films of 2025...
The Novel Without Men is back! and in out latest instalment we are heading to 19th century France for George Sand's Valentine.
We hope you get inspired to read a new (old) novel!
Episode details:
1:13- intro to Valentine
4:40- short summary
6:40- overall impressions/rating
10:36- textual analysis
19:28- Valentine and St Valentines.
20.18- female characters and agency
23:20- textual analysis
27:18- critical reception
28:16- textual analysis
30:23- final thoughts
We're back discussing one of our favourite movies of the year... Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy!
Listen in to hear our thoughts on one of the most intriguing books we've read this year - Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su.
Whilst we may have had a technical glitch in the beginning nothing was going to stop us talking about We Live in Time starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
Let us know what you thought!
Join us as we catch up on some of the books we've been reading recently!
5:20- Alec by William di Canzio
9:57- The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
14:54- Green Dot by Madeline Gray
18:23- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
22:46- Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
27:50- The First Ten Years by Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink
32:07- current read, How to Belong by Holly Bourne
33:34- current read, Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
We're back with a sparkling new season! What better way to kick off than chatting all things Gladiator 2 & Wicked...
We're back with our thoughts on three of Netflix's finest Xmas films: Hot Frosty, A Paris Christmas Waltz & Christmas in Notting Hill.
In our final episode of the season, we discuss the wonderful Hadestown (West End, 2024). Special guest Georgina joins us :)
Find out what musicals we want cast recordings of asap and what musicals are coming to theatres soon...
One of the most anticipated book turned film adaptation is here. Join us and out special guest Tilly to chat all about the film and the press surrounding the release!
TW: discussions of domestic violence and abuse.
Episode Details:
02.43-Initial thoughts
05.34- The romance/conflicted feelings
15.28- Female friendship
20.02- Careful depictions of abuse and manipulation
22.37- Atlas
29.54- Casting
30.45- Press tour
39.25- Final thoughts
As promised in our last extra brew, today we read each other's tarot cards to help answer questions which are puzzling us.
Enjoy!
Join us as we discuss our latest read 'Are You Happy Now'. a novel which follows a group of friends and lovers in New York as they deal with an unexplained catatonic illness spreading across the globe.
Episode details:
01.15- What we’ve been consuming
08.26- Initial thoughts
11.21- Brief summary
14.03- Are You Happy Now discussion
We're back with another Extra Brew dating episode! Hear us talk about our missed connections and how difficult it is to shot your shot nowadays :/
