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Novel-lity
by Alanna
TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@novellitypodcastHey! I’m Alanna. This podcast is about books, life and just general conversations that need to be had about some of the themes in the books. Listen to me and my friends laugh, discuss and play games surrounding amazing books I have read. Try and have a great day if reading this! 😊
Episodes
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A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings - Anxiety and The Student
This book was in a way so accurate to how medical school is, and also about how anxiety can cripple students. And so through the lens of Harper, our protagonist, I analyse my experience in medical school with anxiety, other people around me and just how important it is to be curious and not...
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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover - Anger, Forgiveness and Resilience with Salma
Now this book was quite heartbreaking and as usual Colleen Hoover knew just how to turn the tap onto my emotions and get the water flowing. But in this book, I found catharsis not only in the tragedy in the book, but in the anger and frustration of the characters in how they tried their best to...
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Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan - Understanding Yourself Through Others.
This book reignited an interest in neurology and also really made me interested in what “yourself” really is and what truly encompasses it. So listen to me talk about my thoughts on what our blind spots are to ourselves, and how grateful I am to have control over myself where Ms Cahalan didn’t....
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The Rose by Tiffany Reisz - The Smut Phenomenon and Cringe with Etta
This author is extremely talented at writing smut. And lately I’ve been thinking about smut as a concept and how it sits in today’s society. So listen to myself and Etta speak about smut, erotica, why it’s demonised and how this book specifically has great writing despite being smut. Goodreads...
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The Martian by Andy Weir - What is True Intelligence?
So reading this book and the film, made me realise I had some personal misconceptions or preconceived ideas about my intelligence that just don’t sit right with me. So listen to me speak in awe about the ingenuity of Mark Watney and how that manifests into my life and how the education system...
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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - Sacrifice vs Compromise with Catherine
This book and movie really moved me and made me evaluate how I made decisions in my life. Was I sacrificing my happiness? Or compromising? Am I settling? Or accepting? Well listen to Catherine and I talk and differentiate between the terms and discuss how this manifested in Lou as a character....
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - Languages and Silence
This book was an astounding novel of verse, about a young woman grappling with her identity as a Christian, a teenager and a daughter of an immigrant. Hear me speak about how I related to her when it comes to language learning as someone who doesn’t know their mother tongue, and how silence can…
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It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover - Cycles and Profiting Off Trauma with Agape
TW: Discussion surrounding Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault and gun violence It Ends With Us is a VERY popular booktok book that I ATE up when I first read it. But when I discussed the book further with others I realised there was much depth to the discussions raised about the topics in this book…
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On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi - Friendships and Attachment Styles
Reading this romance was quite cathartic as I was vicariously experiencing a story where things turn out right with a protagonist that shared so many characteristics with myself (black, West African, medical student, struggling 😅). Besides that, something else that stuck out to me was how...
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - Escapism and Mother/ Daughter Relationships with Omonye
TW: (in the episode we briefly mention gender dysphoria - which we mistakenly mispronounced as dysmorphia, apologies - so just a heads up) KEEP SAFE GUYS The Vanishing half is an amazing book about the consequences and opportunities that follow if you decide to abandon an integral part of your...
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Maybe you Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb - Death, Memento Mori and Stoicism in Therapy
So I read this book quite a while back and it sort of coincided with me watching a video about Stoicism. I could see how there were multiple bridges between this philosophy and Gottlieb’s book. After some consideration, I thought it would be perfect to talk briefly about both and how each...
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Regret and Learning with Salma
This book is one of those few books that made me reflecting on what life can be like, if I just made a few different choices. Evelyn Hugo is iconic, she is a strong bisexual woman who, made a lot of choices that grew her fame, broke some relationships, got her married seven times and ultimately…
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The Comfort Book by Matt Haig - Recapturing Optimism, Toxic Positivity and Ted Lasso
This book was the first self-help book that I already know I will re-read and enjoy for the rest of my life. This ignited my mission to recapture some of my old optimism and curiosity in human nature for the new year as well as watching the fantastic TV show Ted Lasso. I also appreciate that…
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How to Win Friends by Dale Carnegie - Manipulation vs. Persuasion and Self-Help Books with Agape
Self help books are very popular nowadays with people trying to grow and find happiness and one of the most popular is How to Win Friends and Influence People. I’ll get straight to the point and say I found it quite manipulative at times BUT it had it’s good moments. So hear Agape and I speak…
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - Privileges and the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Alia
A friend recommended this book and I’ll be honest it frustrated me a little. It was a caveat that fire safety is very important 😅, and secondly that you should always check your privilege and interrogate the story you tell yourself. Hear me and my friend Alia discuss privilege both…
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Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory - Spontaneity, Impulsivity and Planning
Guys, this romance appealed a lot to my strict time-oriented planner self. I was able to recognise (with the help of tick, tick BOOM!), my relationship with time and the greatness of being spontaneous. Hear me discuss all of the above as well as think of the distinction between spontaneity and...
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Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie - Being Child Free and the “Typical” Romantic Arcs/Tropes with Hafsah
Now I read this book just looking for a simple romance that will help me relax on the weekend. But I noticed a few different things here - these guys are child free?, she’s plus sized?, this is actually funny? 😅. But after those revelations I then went on a deep dive on the internet (mainly...
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn - Inter-racial Relationships, Why Representation is Important with Salma
YA fantasy has finally levelled up. Representation has improved and being integrated into literature without eclipsing a larger plot - just like this amazing debut novel by Tracy Deonn. Without taking the colour blind approach it also includes amazing historical context in the magic system with a...
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They Never Learn by Layne Fargo - Anti-Heroes, Why We Root for Them and What Makes Them
Now this book was twisted, BOTH because it had a great plot twist but also because every character had something dark about them, especially our serial killer protagonist who has such interesting morals in regards to the men she killed. This book reignited my obsession with anti-heroes (who will...
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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman - Academic Identity, How it Changed for Me and Accepting it.
This book was very sweet, it’s about friendship and career changes and also having the strength to go on different route than expected. But what I really wanted to talk about in this book was identity, how school (especially medical school 😓) can mould a big part of that sometimes, and how I...
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Macbeth by Shakespeare - How the Education System make it BORING with Etta
Now for anyone in the UK doing their GCSEs you had to do over 20 exams at 16 years old from languages to English lit and one thing that has always irritated me about the school system is how they ruin reading for you. Macbeth, looking back at least, is an interesting tragedy that looks at greed...
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid, Loneliness and Maladaptive Daydreaming
TW: suicide and depression. This book was such a surreal fever dream. It was confusing, then frightening, then immediately tragic. Loneliness can conjure many harrowing mental illnesses, one of those is Maladaptive Daydreaming, which is how I decided to interpret this book. In this episode I’ll...
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - The Power of a Plot Twist and Communication with Etta
The Silent Patient for me was a book that initiated a immense appreciation for mystery novels and great plot twists, but it had me thinking. What even makes a good plot twist? I also had to talk about communication with a game called “Speak Up or Shut Up”, where I give my friend scenarios to…
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and the History and Mystery of Marriage and Domestic Thrillers
I’ve recently gone through a mystery book binge and a very prominent running theme is that they all involved a messed up marriage that turns dark and twisted. And the thing is it got thinking why is this even the case? And why is this a recurrent twisted thing people can conjure in their minds?...
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Verity By Colleen Hoover, Duality of Truth, Brutal Truths and Lying with Nusrat!
Hello! Verity is a dark and page turning read. But it had me thinking about the Duality of truth. So here I bring a fellow med student friend called Nusrat to discuss lying, brutal truth, the duplicity of other medical students and more! (SKIP to ~ 20 minutes to get into discussion of the book...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@novellitypodcastHey! I’m Alanna. This podcast is about books, life and just general conversations that need to be had about some of the themes in the books. Listen to me and my friends laugh, discuss and play games surrounding amazing books I have read. Try and have a great day if reading this! 😊
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TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@novellitypodcastHey! I’m Alanna. This podcast is about books, life and just general conversations that need to be had about some of the themes in the books. Listen to me and my friends laugh, discuss and play games surrounding amazing books I have read. Try and have a great...
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