A Novel Review Book Podcast

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlught unfolds with a swift and unflinching frankness. The story of a widowed woman trying to understand and find her place in this new found world, while also trying to distance herself from her past. Difficult to outrun who you were when it is the path that lead you to where you are.
 
Painting: Today I painted some blur florals
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlught
The Assault by Harry Mulisch
The Evenings by Gerard Reve
Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins: Return, Rebellion and the Rise of the Mockingjay | Book Review

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Catching Fire, the burning sequel to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, ignites the spark of rebellion in this near perfect sequel. We are back in Panem and Katniss has survived the Hunger Games. But, in that survival, the seeds of rebellion have been sown as Katniss understands that the real game has only just begun.
 
Painting: Today I painted Katniss rising to be the Mockingjay
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
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The Assault by Harry Mulisch: Consequence, Memory, and the Shadows of War | Book Discussion

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Harry Mulisch’s The Assault is our first Dutch novel for the book world tour that explores guilt, memory, and moral ambiguity in post-World War II Netherlands. Following Anton Steenwijk’s haunting past, the story unravels the devastating consequences of war and silence. Perfect for literature lovers, this summary delves into Mulisch’s masterful storytelling, and psychological depth as Anton learns that trauma ripples out from the initial assault to touch more than just him.
 
Painting: Today I painted some Dutch buildings
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
The Assault by Harry Mulisch
Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlugt
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
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Non-Fiction November 2025 | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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Non-fiction November rolls around and with it, a fresh stack of non-fiction books. No dragons to slay, no murders to solve and detectives to help us. Nothing but truth and fact to guide us as we turn from the usual fiction. From wandering the streets of Italy to the making of the western mind, campaigns through the Middle East and the history of books themselves, this non-fiction November is stacked with hard truths.
 
Painting: Today I painted a vase in honour of Vincent
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland
Papyrus by Irene Vallejo
Notre Dame: The Soul of France by Agnes Poirier
In Italy by Cynthia Zarin
Journey to the End of the Earth by Norman F. Cantor
Vincent Van Gogh: A Life in Letters
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
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Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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Predating Dracula by 25 years, Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla is the dark Sapphic vampire novel that kickstarted the blood sucking villain of horror in fiction. The perfect book to sink your teeth into, this bite sized chunk of a novella is ethereal as it is indulged. Laura is a young girl, isolated with her father in the Styrian mountains when the enigmatic Carmilla ends up staying with them. Laura and Carmilla’s friendship develops quickly and descends into something more sinister with every page
 
Painting: Today I drew and painted Carmilla and a castle
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker
Hop-Frog by Edgar Allen Poe
The Stalls of Barchester Cathederal by M.R. James
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
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Watership Down by Richard Adams | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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A question I wondered as I started reading Richard Adam’s ‘Watership Down’ was – how affecting will a book about rabbits be?
It turns out that a story, that was originally orally comprised for the entertainment of his children, journeying for a better life across fields can sweep you along a great Odyssean tale of hardship, friendship, endurance and belief. It turns out rabbits can ask deep, fundamental truths to the human experience along their journey to a better life with all the subtlety of a sweeping masterpiece
 
Painting: Today I painted a rabbit
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Bookshop by Penelope Lively
Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt
The Assault by Harry Mulisch
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – I volunteer as tribute to read these books for you. The duality of power on display amongst the gross pageantry of the upper class exercising their abusive ‘right’ to control the citizens of Panem. Katniss Everdeen volunteers for the the annual Hunger Games. 24 children enter the arena and only 1 will come out…  all televised as sport. The real lives of these children, the reality tv show for the rich. May the odds be ever in your favour
 
Painting: Today I painted a the three finger salute
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The word for World is Water by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
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The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald has all the making of an idyllic dream coming to fruition. A lifelong dream of opening in a quaint English town is something everyone should like. But what happens when not everyone wants a bookshop? Seen as an outsider, Florence and her bookshop don’t quite fit into the puzzle of this small town and so she finds herself as an odd piece, out of place and suddenly in a fight for her dream against the reality of a world she doesn’t fully understand.
 
Painting: Today I painted a bookshop
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Trees by Percival Everett
A Life in Letters by Vincent Van Gogh
Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt
The Assault by Harry Mulisch
The Evenings by Gerard Reve
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
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The Midnight Project by Christy Climenhage | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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Christy Climenhage’s ‘The Midnight Project” is a sci-fi exploration of our own humanity. The world on the verge of ecological collapse, A billionaire thinks our survival will come through the mutation of the human species with marine life to live under the ocean. The morals and ethics are as murky as the depths the life would exist as, as gene editing scientists Rainer and Cedric navigate the tenuous situation. The pressure of a billionaire footing the bill against the backdrop of vast ecological collapse – Rainer and Cedric start to make headway against such a project, but what are they really creating?
 
Painting: Today I painted an octopus
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
The Midnight Project by Christy Climenhage
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
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Solaris by Stanisław Lem | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

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Stanisław Lem’s Solaris is less a tale of interstellar exploration than a cosmic therapy session gone awry. A planet covered by a sentient ocean toys with the psyches of visiting scientists, dredging up their deepest regrets in all-too tangible form. Instead of offering enlightenment, Solaris holds up an alien mirror that no one wants to peer into for long. Lem slyly suggests that humanity’s greatest unknown may not be outer space, but the dark abyss within ourselves
 
Painting: Today I painted a view of the planet Solaris
 
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
 
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
The Midnight Project by Christy Clemenhage
 
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
 
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
 
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
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