Literature Done Juicy

22/04/2024

Share your favourite from season two with us! If you haven't listened yet, the link is in our bio or you can find the show wherever you listen to podcasts.

21/04/2024

Here's some background for the video. It was sweltering, and my room didn't have air conditioning. I waited for about half an hour before I finally got up to turn my fan on. Oh, and to make matters worse, my room is upstairs. FML.

You might be wondering about that Google Doc. Well, to collaborate, we created a Google Doc with our notes and shared it within the group to add comments. Then, we had it up during recording for reference. Pretty neat, huh?

You can find the Mona Awad episode on both the Literature Done Juicy Podcast and .gethit podcast.

19/04/2024

7 Facts About Mona Awad!
Are there any that took you by surprise?

Don't forget to tune into our latest episode, link in bio or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

19/04/2024

Mona Awad in Memes!
Check out our latest collab episode with .gethit

Tell us your favourite Mona Awad book below :)

18/04/2024

Have you listened to our latest ep?
Here's a little sneak peak intro!

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17/04/2024

Women supporting women!
It's always awkward staring at yourself in a camera 🙃

It was an absolute pleasure collaborating with Bridget, Eryn and Laura from the .gethit podcast.

In this episode we discuss author Mona Awad, beauty industry standards, cliches and much more!

You can listen on both my show and theirs wherever you listen to your podcasts!

06/03/2024

Have you listened to our latest ep?
Here's a little sneak peak into our intro. We discuss The Passage by Justin Cronin which contains themes of religion, mortality and hope. The juicy topics discussed are apocalyptic predictions, Shakespeare and U.S. government mishaps!

Links for the episode and show can be found in our bio.

Have you read the trilogy? Or the watched the T.V show? Tell us your thoughts.

29/01/2024

In S02E02 we discussed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland!
Here are ten lesser known facts surrounding young Alice, Lewis Carroll and Wonderland.

1) Alice isn't actually blonde. Based on a real girl named Alice Liddell, she was a brunette. Carroll, the author, was said to be quite infatuated with her.
2) Wonderland got shade when it first dropped in 1865! But by Carroll's death in 1898, it was the hottest children's book in England.
3) The real Alice? She was Carroll's boss's daughter.
4) The book was NEARLY called Alice's Hour in Elfland
5) Mock turtle soup is real. It was popular during Victorian times and contained calf head and organ meats. It was created after the green turtles used to make the original dish were nearly hunted to extinction.
6) Before Wonderland, surrealism stuck to canvas. Alice busted the doors open, bringing the weird and dreamy to life in text.
7) Lights, camera, Wonderland! The first movie drop was in 1903, a snappy 12-minute film you can catch on YouTube.
8) The rabbit hole? Dive in; it's a metaphor for the wild unknown and the depths of your own mind.
9) Wonderland characters as mental conditions? Absolutely! Think EDs, anxiety, borderline personality disorder – Carroll was weaving more than just whimsy.
10) There's even a real syndrome named after the story, and rumour has it Carroll might've danced with it too.

Comment below any facts we've missed.
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25/01/2024

NEW EP HAS DROPPED 💜
Welcome to another episode of Literature Done Juicy! Today in our ninth instalment of the second season, we're diving deep into the ocean of Yann Martel's Life of Pi.

In this literary voyage, we explore the intricate layers of Martel's storytelling, from the shipwreck narrative to the profound relationships between humans and animals. The novel, claiming to make you believe in God, takes us on a journey with Pi Patel, a young Indian polytheist who survives 227 days on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

We unravel the novel's themes of faith, survival, carnivalesque, ethical implications of animal captivity, freak shows and Pi's struggle to maintain his humanity in the face of isolation. Oh and we sprinkled a Titanic fact in there too.

Will Martel's tale truly make you believe in God? Tune in to find out!
Episode link is in bio or can be found on our website at www.watermelonprose.com

24/01/2024

We're nearing the end of the first month of 2024 and I feel like there are a lot more newbies to the pod. So here's a reintroduction and the

Favourite genre?
Literary fiction, classics and horror

Favourite format to read?
Let's get physical. Audiobooks are okay but physical has my heart

Favourite reading spots?
Summer: Tanning
Winter: Bath
In-between: Chair outside, undercover

Morning or night reader?
Both, depends when I can fit it between work and my spawns

Books that got you into read?
Goosebumps and Harry Potter. Sadly Twilight sparked my interest in reading as a teenager, embarrassing I know

A book that people associate with you?
The Bell Jar and Blood Meridian - Do with that what you will

A reading habit you have?
Reading multiple books at once and scribbling my entire life story as annotations

A book goal you're setting for 2024?
Less pressure but read 24 books minimum or you're dead

I've tagged a few, but if you've missed out consider yourself tagged anyway 🧡🧡

19/01/2024

Tell us your favourite 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9?
Comment below with the number of your favourite carousel slide and let us know which Oliver Twist makes you want more.

If you want more listen to our latest episode, link in bio.

12/01/2024