Bookmarks and Booze

Bonus Episode: Gals chat

And that's a wrap! To round off Season 1 we've recorded a bonus episode that's just chat with us gals including personal anecdotes and drink recommendations. Watch this space for Season 2 episodes coming soon!

Freed, E. L. James

We review the third instalment in E. L. James' latest series, which tells the story of the bestselling Fifty Shades of Grey series from the perspective of Christian Grey.

The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

We review Sarah Penner's much anticipated debut and New York Times Bestseller, The Lost Apothecary.

Rotten Apple: Volume One - Shagger, Miss Marilyn

This week we cover the first of three mini-memoirs written by much-loved professional Dominatrix Miss Marilyn, focusing on her personal experiences with sex and her career as a sex worker. 

The German Experiment that Placed Foster Children with Pedophiles, Rachel Aviv (The New Yorker)

We discuss the shocking 2021 article from Rachel Aviv, originally published in The New Yorker, which uncovered the German scandal of professor and psychologist Helmut Kentler who, beginning in the late 1960s, placed foster children under the care of pedophiles with the support of the Berlin State Senate.

Wake Up: Why the World Has Gone Nuts, Piers Morgan

This week we pick apart the 2020 Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, 'Wake Up: Why the World Has Gone Nuts' by journalist and TV personality Piers Morgan. 

Men Who Hate Women, Laura Bates

Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists, the Truth about Extreme Misogyny and how it Affects Us All, is the latest book from Laura Bates, the bestselling author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project.

The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

We dive into the record-breaking debut novel from the much-loved game show host Richard Osman.

Troubled Blood, J. K. Rowling

For our first ever episode we are reviewing Troubled Blood, the controversial 2020 release by Robert Galbraith (aka. J. K. Rowling) and the fifth novel in the Cormoran Strike series.