Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of December’s book, Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang trans. Ken Liu published in 2020 (from 'Medal' on page 332 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the youtube.com/@BookShook (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for January is Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (trans. Margaret Sayers Peden) (139 pages) — we’ll be reading up to page 72 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 13th January. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerAll episodes can be listened and discussed at youtube.com/@BookShookFuture Reads:January: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (trans. Margaret Sayers Peden) (139 pages) February:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn trans. Ralph Parker(143 pages)I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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