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Reading Roundup: Books that Bring Us Joy
Edward, Amy, and Jessica round up the books that have been bringing them joy this year . . . ‘joy’ veering very occasionally into malevolent glee, and Edward and Amy face off in a festive literary quiz. The audiobooks (or plays!) bringing Edward joy Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout Right Ho, Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse The audiobooks bringing Amy joy Short Stories by Roald Dahl, especially ‘The Way Up to Heaven’ Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Pérez Anything by Caitlin Moran! The Descent of Man, Grayson Perry Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman The Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick Crooked Heart, Lissa Evans The Midnight Library, Matt Haig A Streetcat Named Bob, James Bowen The audiobooks bringing Jessica joy Light a Penny Candle, Maeve Binchy Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy The Frayed Atlantic Edge, David Gange (You can hear Jess’s conversation with David in an earlier episode) When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr (You can hear Jess’s conversation with narrator Helen Barford in an earlier episode) Who Are We? Edward Herring is Membership Support Officer at Listening Books. Amy Flinders is Publisher Relations Manager. And Jessica Stone is Audio Producer, and of course, host of The Listening Books Podcast. For more information about Listening Books, whether you’re interested in our Sound Learning initiative or our collaboration with PressPreader, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership We’d love to hear from you! Here’s a good place to review the podcast. You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks, Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks, Or Facebook, And we also have some content on YouTube.
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