Episode Details

Philippa has just received the most exciting email of the year: her holiday hotel has offered to receive a box of books in advance and put them in her room on arrival. The result? An unstoppable 12-book, 4-graphic-novel holiday TBR — and an episode dedicated entirely to sharing it.

In this episode, Philippa runs through every book she's packing (plus the first line of each!), covering a wonderfully eclectic mix of:

• The Confessions – Paul Bradley Carr (AI thriller)
• Roman Mornings – Matson Taylor (historical fiction, Rome)
• The Scandalous Ladies Football Club – Frances Quinn (Victorian women's football)
• It Could Have Been Her – Lisa Jewell (domestic thriller)
• Getting Away – Kate Sawyer (family saga across decades of holidays)
• The Ark – Haruo Yuki (translated Japanese locked-room thriller)
• How to Get Away With Murder – Rebecca Philipson (cat-and-mouse crime)
• The Favourite – Fran Littlewood (family secrets, holiday implosion)
• The Corfe Castle Murders – Rachel McLean (Dorset detective series, book one)
• Against the Tide – G.D. Wright (crime series, book three)
• This Can Never Not Be Real – Sera Milano (YA terrorism survivor testimonies)
• Under the Hammer – Samantha Dooey-Miles (very angry woman, very bad landlords)

Plus four graphic novels — including the only authorised manga adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, The Bad Doctor by Ian Williams, I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner, and Clara and the Devil Vol. 1 by Olivie Blake & Little Chmura — many discovered at Hay on Wye Comics, a brand new graphic novel bookshop in Hay-on-Wye.

💬 Tell Philippa what you think! Should any of these stay at home? Is there a book she's missed? Get in touch: Quick Book Reviews Facebook Group | Instagram | quickbookreviews@outlook.com

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