Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of September’s book, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin published in 2022 (up to Chapter 5 'Pivots' on page 211 if you're reading alongside). The idea is that I split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - $Part2EpisodeDate$ September), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Chapter 5 'Pivots' on page 211). 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 youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for October is The Machine Stops by EM Forster (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: There are adult themes throughout the first half: suicide, violence, sexism and misogyny. I don't use any foul language in this podcast. Please check the content of the novel before proceeding.

Article "The Unquenchable Thirst to Understand" by Yvonne Merritt http://itech.fgcu.edu/&/issues/vol2/issue2/rabelais.htm Youtube video of Simon McBurney discussing Rabelais http://itech.fgcu.edu/&/issues/vol2/issue2/rabelais.htm

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