The Bert's Books Podcast
By Bert's Books
The Bert's Books PodcastOct 27, 2021
There's No Semi-Colon In This Podcast
Michael takes a curve-ball and talks about a whole host of books this week, while Bert and Sally are discussing The Ministry of Time
There's No Such Thing as Jetpacks in the Future
Michael's been reading The Body by Bill Bryson and Bert's talking about The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
PLUS, a sneak preview of the new episode of Shelf Life with Nadine Matheson...
Totes Amazing
In this week's podcast, Sally is talking about The Appeal by Janice Hallett and Bert's on The Household by Stacey Halls
Michael is Falling Apart
Michael has been reading Fair Rosaline, a retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story, while Bert has gotten his hands on a copy of the new David Nicholls novel, You Are Here.
A Little Bit of Pedro
Bert is joined by a guest Keith this week to talk about Once Upon a River and Sally is chatting Bert about The Night in Question
Cute Boys Only
THREE book reviews in this podcast! Bert and Sally are discussing Ruskin Park and Oracle, while Michael joins them to find out why The Other Valley might just be Bert's favourite book of the year... so far!
And Then There Were Three
In this Easter Special (it's Easter, and we're always special) Michael, Sally and Bert are discussing And Then There Were None and Nikki's popped in to talk about The Great Golden
Every Book Needs a Gorgeous Lizard
This week, we're all talking about The Last Murder at the End of the World and Bert is talking to Sally about Other Women...
Sex? Before Lunch?!
Bert is joined by Reverend Rev to discuss Same Time Next Year by Heidi Stephens and Michael and Bert are arguing about Fourteen Days
Oh, THERE'S The Skillet
Newbie Nikki joins Bert on the podcast this week to talk about Babel while Sally is talking about The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
Don't Call Her Big Sally
Sally joins Bert this week to discuss Christ on a Bike and The Eyre Affair
Fluffed Right Up
Michael's talking about Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi and Bert's reviewing Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson
Lil' Sally Is My Rapper Name
Bert's chatting about Artezans by LD Lapinski while Maddie joins the podcast family to talk about her latest read Station Eleven!
Introducing... Helen Death
Michael has been reading Helle and Death by Oskar Jensen, while Bert's catching up on The Actor by Chris MacDonald
It's Been 84 Years...
On the podcast this week, it's FINALLY time for Bert and Michael to read Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
Meanwhile, Sally's been catching up on On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Waterstones? Never heard of 'em
This week, we have special guest DMan1504 aka AriesBibliophile aka Dan who is talking about a recent favourite read of his - The Beholders by Heather Musson
Meanwhile, Bert is talking to Sally about Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Live from the Igloo
In this episode Bert reviews Fearless by MW Craven while Michael talks about The Lure of Atlantis, a collection of short stories compiled by the British Library
Where's That Skillet?
Sally joins Bert this week to talk about Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree and The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
Do You Sell Wallpaper?
Michael and Bert are BACK! With reviews of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and Nine Lives by Peter Swanson - plus, of course, an update on the latest bestseller charts!
Tiny Pieces of Books
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Ooh, I Could Crush a Grape
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The Queens of Crime
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The Vikings Are Better Armed Than We Are
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Alices in Wonderland
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Are There Seagulls in Honolulu?
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An Exotic Name... Like Malcolm
Michael's back - and he's bringing reviews of the Left Handed Booksellers of London with him! Plus reviews from Bert of We All Want Impossible Things and Curtis Sittenfeld's latest Romantic Comedy.
Michael, How You've Changed!
In this episode, Bert is reviewing Only at the Weekends and special guest Julianne is talking about Small Things Like These
Gays, Gays Everywhere (And Not a Drop to Drink)
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Full of NYPLs
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Sucking up to Agatha
Just a quick one this week - Bert has read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and Michael's Agatha Christie book for January was The Crooked House
A Podcast Buried Under Snow-Like Prose
In the first episode of 2023, Bert has finally read A Secret History by Donna Tartt and Michael's been reading Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis and Fever Knights by Adam Ellis
The Column of Crap
Michael's on the Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heap and The Stranger Times - Bert is chatting about The Trees and Dashboard Elvis is Dead - find out their verdicts inside!
The Only Bookshop in the World
In this episode Michael's reviewing Dear Child, while Bert revisits one of his previous LGBTQ+ Book Club titles - My Policeman - and debates the merits of reading on a screen vs real life with They're Going to Love You
Agatha All Along
Michael's been reading Agatha Christie again - along with Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale, which really sets Bert off...! Bert's been reading his own books too Limberlost and the new Janice Hallett - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Michael Masquerading as Matilda (BOING)
In this episode, Bert reviews The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley and The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier and Michael gives his thoughts on The Colours of Death by Patricia Marques and Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs.
Jelly Snakes Across the Desert
On the Bert's Books Podcast this week, Bert reviews The Cat Who Saved Books and The Satsuma Complex
Horrible Rich People
Bert reviews Convenience Store Woman and the latest Laura Purcell novel The Whispering Muse and Michael looks head to The Things We Do To Our Friends.
Bacon Jam, Hobbits and Yellow Sauce
In this episode of the Bert's Books podcast, Michael has been reading Lucy Wolsley's Agatha Christie biography and Red Sauce, Brown Sauce by Felicity Cloake. Meanwhile Bert is talking about The Bleeding by Johanna Gustawsson and The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore.
Potato Shaped Objects
In this episode Bert reviews The Bullet that Missed, the latest in the Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman and shares the Bert's Books Book Club thoughts on The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Meanwhile, Michael's been reading The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Giving up on Garlic Bread
Michael wants to know if you should ever give up on a book? And Bert is reviewing Mercury Pictures Presents and Maror.
Podcasts for the End of the World
Bert chats with author Cole Haddon about his debut novel Psalms for the End of the World
Recorded Contemporaneously
Michael is back on the Agatha Christie train with Death Comes as the End and Bert is exploring the Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty.
Plus both Michael and Bert are looking at life after the apocalypse with The Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift and All That's Left in the World by Erik J Brown
The Fact Womble Returns
Michael is back from his travels and with him brings reviews of two books - At Home by Bill Bryson and Q by Christina Dalcher. Meanwhile, Bert has read Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Bert and Bobby and Issac and the Egg
Bert chats to Bobby Palmer about his debut novel, Isaac and the Egg
Agatha Christie is a Middle Aged Man
More book chat from Bert & Michael
Wonderful, Wonderful
Bert finally tries Agatha Christie with the first Hercule Poirot story - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Boris's Books
In the latest episode, Boris - I mean, Bert - has read The Guncle by Steven Rowley and Michael finally gets around to reading The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Harriet Evans
Bert has a book-y chat with Harriet Evans about her latest novel The Beloved Girls
A Race Against the Battery
As the battery quickly depletes on Bert's laptop, Michael reviews 75% of The Plot and Bert talks about The Beloved Girls and The Last Day
All of these books are available to order at bertsbooks.co.uk
How to Defecate in Space
This week, Bert is Tasting Sunlight and reminiscing about one of his favourite books, while Michael is learning all about space...