Reading for Attention
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to Reading for Attention, a weekly podcast where we - bezzy mates Paul and Sarah - ‘discuss’ newly-released books, laugh at our own jokes and overuse the words ‘clever’ and ‘interesting’. This podcast is made for people who like reading on the train, in café windows, sometimes even aloud.Each week we’ll let you know the book we’ve chosen and, more importantly, which drink we think pairs nicely with the prose (which is a fancy way of saying – we want to get a bit pissed and feel really intellectual whilst we do). Make sure to tune in every Friday for some gossip, lols and lots of attention seeking. Oh, and a bit of book chat too if you’re lucky.If you have any requests, complaints, pictures of people reading for attention or messages of adoration send them to us at [email protected] or head to our Instagram @Readingforattention.
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Episodes
BONUS EP: New Year’s Eve Spesh
December 31, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this week's super speshy New Year’s Eve eppy, Paul and Sarah haven't even read a book (and they are buzzing about it). Instead, they talk about their favourite 2021 moments, from Ukrainian bangers to Kim Kardashian serving Met Gala dementor chic. But most importantly, they reminisce about the moments that earned them their biggest dollop of that gorgeous gorgeous attention. See you in the New Year huns!
S01E10: Bookless New Year’s Eve Spesh
December 31, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this week's super speshy New Year’s Eve eppy, Paul and Sarah haven't even read a book (and they are buzzing about it). Instead, they talk about their favourite 2021 moments, from Ukrainian bangers to Kim Kardashian serving Met Gala dementor chic. But most importantly, they reminisce about the moments that earned them their biggest dollop of that gorgeous gorgeous attention. See you in the New Year huns!
Bookless New Year’s Eve Spesh
December 31, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this week's super speshy New Year’s Eve eppy, Paul and Sarah haven't even read a book (and they are buzzing about it). Instead, they talk about their favourite 2021 moments, from Ukrainian bangers to Kim Kardashian serving Met Gala dementor chic. But most importantly, they reminisce about the moments that earned them their biggest dollop of that gorgeous gorgeous attention. See you in the New Year huns! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S01E09: Christmas Spesh - Santa Daddy and Mulled Wine
December 24, 2021 05:01 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Christmas Special episode of Reading for Attention is here! This week, Paul and Sarah snuggle up with a toasty mug of mulled wine and a hunky lumberjack-cum-Santa (pun absolutely intended). Keira Andrews leaves readers tingly in the nether regions and definitely on the naughty list with her tale of Hunter and Nick, an unlikely pair who find themselves snowed in and together on Nick's Christmas Tree farm. Now everyone knows the fastest way to warm up is to strip off, and Nick and Hunter w...
Christmas Spesh - Santa Daddy by Keira Andrews with Mulled Wine
December 24, 2021 05:01 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Christmas Special episode of Reading for Attention is here! This week, Paul and Sarah snuggle up with a toasty mug of mulled wine and a hunky lumberjack-cum-Santa (pun absolutely intended). Keira Andrews leaves readers tingly in the nether regions and definitely on the naughty list with her tale of Hunter and Nick, an unlikely pair who find themselves snowed in and together on Nick's Christmas Tree farm. Now everyone knows the fastest way to warm up is to strip off, and Nick and Hunter w...
S01E08: The Transgender Issue and Filthy Dirty Martini
December 16, 2021 23:13 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBIn episode 8 of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah make their first foray into the world of non-fiction, chatting about Shon Faye's The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice. While most people spent their lockdowns making shit banana bread and crying, Shon Faye penned a Sunday Times bestseller which explores transgender liberation in the UK. The Transgender Issue is as urgent as it is accessible and Paul and Sazza bloody love it, getting so deep in convo they forget to drink their Fi...
The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye with Filthy Dirty Martini
December 16, 2021 23:13 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBIn episode 8 of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah make their first foray into the world of non-fiction, chatting about Shon Faye's The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice. While most people spent their lockdowns making shit banana bread and crying, Shon Faye penned a Sunday Times bestseller which explores transgender liberation in the UK. The Transgender Issue is as urgent as it is accessible and Paul and Sazza bloody love it, getting so deep in convo they forget to drink their Fi...
S01E07: The Promise and Amarula White Russian
December 09, 2021 23:01 - 50 minutes - 41.6 MBIn episode 7 of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah discuss Damon Galgut’s The Promise, winner of the 2021 Man Booker Prize. The novel follows the Swarts family through four decades, beginning in 1986, and maps the trickle-down effects of societal and cultural changes in South Africa. Galgut packs a helluva lot into this family saga including death, racism, dark humour and an unexpected line about a fart. Get ready for Sarah to gush over this one - hooray, she finally likes one of the book...
The Promise by Damon Galgut with Amarula White Russian
December 09, 2021 23:01 - 50 minutes - 41.6 MBIn episode 7 of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah discuss Damon Galgut’s The Promise, winner of the 2021 Man Booker Prize. The novel follows the Swarts family through four decades, beginning in 1986, and maps the trickle-down effects of societal and cultural changes in South Africa. Galgut packs a helluva lot into this family saga including death, racism, dark humour and an unexpected line about a fart. Get ready for Sarah to gush over this one - hooray, she finally likes one of the book...
S01E06: The Other Black Girl and Spicy 50
December 02, 2021 23:01 - 56 minutes - 46.3 MBIn episode 6 of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah discuss Zakiya Dalila Harris’s hotly anticipated debut novel, The Other Black Girl. Nella is the only black employee at the esteemed publishing house, Wagner Books. A young and ambitious assistant editor, she endures daily racist microaggressions from her white colleagues. When Hazel - another black woman - joins the company, Nella is thrilled. Hazel might just been the ally and confidante Nella needs to move up the ranks and move stuff...
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris with Spicy 50
December 02, 2021 23:01 - 56 minutes - 46.3 MBIn episode 6 of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah discuss Zakiya Dalila Harris’s hotly anticipated debut novel, The Other Black Girl. Nella is the only black employee at the esteemed publishing house, Wagner Books. A young and ambitious assistant editor, she endures daily racist microaggressions from her white colleagues. When Hazel - another black woman - joins the company, Nella is thrilled. Hazel might just been the ally and confidante Nella needs to move up the ranks and move stuff...
S01E05: The Midnight Library and Death in the Afternoon
November 25, 2021 23:01 - 52 minutes - 55 MBOn this week’s episode of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah ramble on about Matt Haig’s 2020 smash hit, The Midnight Library, which captured the world’s collective heart, selling 2 million copies in less than a year. Join Nora Seed in The Midnight Library, a magical realm betwixt life and death where it is possible to undo all the regrets you want. This would be helpful for Paul and Sarah who have bloody loads of regrets. (Well, Paul does.) Now, what drink pairs beautifully with a boo...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig with Death in the Afternoon
November 25, 2021 23:01 - 52 minutes - 55 MBOn this week’s episode of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah ramble on about Matt Haig’s 2020 smash hit, The Midnight Library, which captured the world’s collective heart, selling 2 million copies in less than a year. Join Nora Seed in The Midnight Library, a magical realm betwixt life and death where it is possible to undo all the regrets you want. This would be helpful for Paul and Sarah who have bloody loads of regrets. (Well, Paul does.) Now, what drink pairs beautifully with a boo...
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead with The Harlem
November 18, 2021 23:01 - 53 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this week's episode of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah dive into the mobster-ruled world of Harlem in the late 1950s. Colson Whitehead's eighth novel, Harlem Shuffle, is a story divided into three parts, woven together through deliciously detailed settings, complex characters, and sociopolitical issues that still bear true almost seventy years later. Despite the heavy themes, Paul and Sarah decided to wash this one down with The Harlem, a delightfully fruity cocktail of gin, pinea...
S01E04: Harlem Shuffle and The Harlem
November 18, 2021 23:01 - 53 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this week's episode of Reading for Attention, Paul and Sarah dive into the mobster-ruled world of Harlem in the late 1950s. Colson Whitehead's eighth novel, Harlem Shuffle, is a story divided into three parts, woven together through deliciously detailed settings, complex characters, and sociopolitical issues that still bear true almost seventy years later. Despite the heavy themes, Paul and Sarah decided to wash this one down with The Harlem, a delightfully fruity cocktail of gin, pinea...
S01E03: Memorial and Lychee Sake Martini
November 11, 2021 23:01 - 45 minutes - 48 MBEpisode 3 of Reading for Attention is here! Paul and Sarah chat about Bryan Washington’s debut novel, Memorial, which earned him critical acclaim AND the Stonewall Book Award 2021. Talk about attention-seeking. Memorial is partly set in Japan so the drink this week is a mega-classy Lychee Sake Martini. Delicious. (And dangerous, because there’s no mixer.) When the book chat and cocktails run dry, Paul looks forward to his upcoming 30th birthday and all the attention it will bring him. Foll...
Memorial by Bryan Washington with Lychee Sake Martini
November 11, 2021 23:01 - 45 minutes - 48 MBEpisode 3 of Reading for Attention is here! Paul and Sarah chat about Bryan Washington’s debut novel, Memorial, which earned him critical acclaim AND the Stonewall Book Award 2021. Talk about attention-seeking. Memorial is partly set in Japan so the drink this week is a mega-classy Lychee Sake Martini. Delicious. (And dangerous, because there’s no mixer.) When the book chat and cocktails run dry, Paul looks forward to his upcoming 30th birthday and all the attention it will bring him. Foll...
S01E02: Klara and the Sun and Tequila Sunrise
November 04, 2021 22:01 - 51 minutes - 36 MBEpisode 2 of Reading for Attention is here! This week Paul and Sarah discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's newest novel Klara and the Sun. The eighth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author is a dystopian sci-fi set in a sometimes horrifying close future but with a sunny outlook. So sunny, in fact, that Paul and Sarah decide to wash it down with a tequila sunrise and some questionable imaginings of the main character's physical appearance. If you're sentient - enjoy! Follow Reading For Attention on I...
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro with Tequila Sunrise
November 04, 2021 22:01 - 51 minutes - 36 MBEpisode 2 of Reading for Attention is here! This week Paul and Sarah discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's newest novel Klara and the Sun. The eighth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author is a dystopian sci-fi set in a sometimes horrifying close future but with a sunny outlook. So sunny, in fact, that Paul and Sarah decide to wash it down with a tequila sunrise and some questionable imaginings of the main character's physical appearance. If you're sentient - enjoy! Follow Reading For Attention on I...
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney with Spiked Tea
October 27, 2021 15:12 - 48 minutes - 51.2 MBThe first episode of Reading for Attention is here! This week Paul and Sarah discuss Sally Rooney's latest release Beautiful World Where Are You. Widely considered as one of the first writers to really capture the 'millenial voice', Rooney skyrocketed to the top of national and international bestseller lists with her second novel Normal People. Released in September Beautiful World demonstrates once more Rooney's clean and cool style that her fans have come to know and love. Listen in as P...
S01E01: Beautiful World, Where Are You and Spiked Tea
October 27, 2021 15:12 - 48 minutes - 51.2 MBThe first episode of Reading for Attention is here! This week Paul and Sarah discuss Sally Rooney's latest release Beautiful World Where Are You. Widely considered as one of the first writers to really capture the 'millenial voice', Rooney skyrocketed to the top of national and international bestseller lists with her second novel Normal People. Released in September Beautiful World demonstrates once more Rooney's clean and cool style that her fans have come to know and love. Listen in as P...
Reading for Attention: Sally Rooney‘s Beautiful World Where Are You
October 27, 2021 15:12 - 48 minutes - 51.2 MBThe first episode of Reading for Attention is here! This week Paul and Sarah discuss Sally Rooney's latest release Beautiful World Where Are You. Widely considered as one of the first writers to really capture the 'millenial voice', Rooney skyrocketed to the top of national and international bestseller lists with her second novel Normal People. Released in September Beautiful World demonstrates once more Rooney's clean and cool style that her fans have come to know and love. Listen in as P...