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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, some life affirming advice from British Comedy National Treasure Miranda Hart   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this episode…   I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You W: Miranda Hart N: Miranda Hart L: 10 hrs and 9 mins Release date: 10-10-24 P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom   AudioBookClub.net    #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram

21 Okt 202433min

On this episode of #AudioBookClub, in perhaps the biggest week for new releases in the publishing calendar, we retreat to 2011 to curl  up in a corner with Steve’s favourite ‘comfort audiobook’ of all time.   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this episode…   Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography W: Walter Isaacson N: Dylan Baker, Walter Isaacson (introduction) L: 25 hrs and 3 mins Release date: 24-10-11 P: Little, Brown Audio   Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom   AudioBookClub.net    #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram

17 Okt 202447min

To coincide with the release of 'The Siege', Matt had a conversation with Ben MacIntyre covering his work with particular focus on Colditz and previewing his latest work on the events in London back in 1981. This episode is paired up with our review of 'The Siege' that shold also be showing up on your feed.    Get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom AudioBookClub.net  AudioBookShow on Instagram Audiobook details: The Siege - The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama A: Ben Macintyre N: Ben Macintyre L: 14 hrs and 27 mins R: 12-09-24 P: Penguin Audio

14 Okt 202433min

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This episode sees Matt and Steve go back to 1980, dredging up their memories as sub-10 year olds of the Iranian Embassy siege in London. Ben MacIntryre is back with another epic movie-like recounting of the story from those who were there, taking us from the domestic to the global, with lots of snooker thrown in. What would you like to see him tackle next? Plus - your comfort audiobook suggestions please! Get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom AudioBookClub.net  AudioBookShow on Instagram Audiobook details: The Siege - The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama A: Ben Macintyre N: Ben Macintyre L: 14 hrs and 27 mins R: 12-09-24 P: Penguin Audio

14 Okt 202438min

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode… We Solve Murders A: Richard Osman P: Nicola Walker L: 10 hrs and 33 mins Release date: 12-09-24 P: Penguin Audio On this week’s #AudioBookClub we celebrate the release of Richard Osman’s fourth novel. His first three novels were set primarily in a retirement village in the Kent countryside “where the Waitrose delivery vans clink with wine and repeat prescriptions every time they pass over the cattle grid” Novel number four is set on a slightly larger stage… Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom   AudioBookClub.net    #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram

1 Okt 202443min

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks for discerning punters like you.   On this episode, We are going to review two different audio versions of one original text.   The text under our audio microscope today is “Yellow Face” by Chinese born American hot shot young author R.F. Kuang     Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom   AudioBookClub.net    #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram

25 Sep 202431min

On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub, Steve and Matthew head to Brighton on the UK’s pebbly south coast to talk about a giant fiberglass avocado Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks for discerning punters like you. On this episode, the second in a fruity series of novels from British comedy legend Bob Mortimer…   The Hotel Avocado A: Bob Mortimer N: Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Paul Whitehouse, Julie Maisey L: 9 hrs and 20 mins Release date: 29-08-24 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom   AudioBookClub.net  #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram

9 Sep 202435min

“Oh My God! They shot Churchill…” On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub, Steve and Matthew ask, “What would have happened if the Nazis had won World War II?” SS-GB Penguin Modern Classics a: Len Deighton n: James Lailey l: 12 hrs and 25 mins p: Penguin Audio   The Man in the High Castle a: Philip K. Dick n: Jeff Cummings l: 9 hrs and 58 mins p: Brilliance Audio Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this episode, two books that visit alternative histories where The Axis won the Second World War. Mixed results! And the boys cast an eye over the Sunday Times Top 100 Books of the Last 50 Years from an audiobook perspective. Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom AudioBookClub.net  #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram

29 Aug 202438min