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Out of Order Book Club
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A podcast about reading random books from random series 'out of order'. An avid reader and aspiring writer, plus a fan of #books, #podcasts and #libraries. Crime fiction is my particular addiction! Website: https://outoforderbookclub.alitu.com/
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This Saturday's podcast looks at 'Wash this blood clean from my hand' by Fred Vargas translated by Sian Reynolds. Yes, I'll be continuing to challenge your listening skills with my French pronunciation, but it's a great follow up episode to last week's 'Rosy and John' by Lemaitre!
The image shows the front cover of Fred Vargas' 'Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand'. It is grey and shows a slightly blurred image of a three pronged gardening fork with a wooden handle. It is lying on a worn surface with the prongs pointing in the direction of the bottom of the book.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Saturday's podast is a bitesize one looking at 'Rosy and John' by Pierre Lemaitre translated by Frank Wynne. It is the fourth book in the Camille Verhoeven series that includes 'Alex' which was the focus of an earlier episode this season. Thanks @terribleman.com for suggesting I give it a try!
The front cover of 'Rosy and John' by Pierre Lemaitre. This cover is grey and in the centre is a silhouetted image of a person, possibly a woman, looking out from the barred window of a jail. Around that silhouette, is the cloud and flames from explosion with a faint image of a digital timer in the top right corner.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Saturday's podcast will take a look at 'Queen B' by Juno Dawson, the prequel to the Her Majesty's Royal Coven series. I'll be talking about whether this is a good place to start with the series, and going on a tangent about places to visit in Yorkshire if you're interested!
This is the front cover of 'Queen B' by Juno Dawson. On a black background, there is a portrait of Anne Boleyn (black on yellow) surrounded by a light purple ornate frame. Underneath the portrait is a yellow pentangle with the tag line 'Bow down witches'.
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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On this Saturday's podcast, I'm looking at 'Death Shall Overcome' by #EmmaLathen. I didn't know anything about the 'Agatha Christie of Wall Street' before I found this on a book sale table in the Church of the Holy Rude Stirling, just a few metres from where James VI of Scotland was crowned.
The front cover of Emma Lathen's novel 'Death Shall Overcome. On a white background there is drinking glass lying on it's side. It has the remains of tomato juice spilling out of it.
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Saturday's podcast looks at 'The Obsidian Throne' by J.D. Oswald aka @jamesoswald.scot. Listeners will know, I haven't read many fantasy series, so in the 'out of order' spirit of reading widely, I jumped right into the final book in a five book series. Did I get as lost as Errol and Sir Benfro?
The front cover of 'The Obsidian Throne' by J. D. Oswald. The cover is a pale grey, and in the centre is a black throne. Intertwined around the throne is a dragon with it's wings half open looking off to the left.
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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On Saturday, I'll be posting my bitesize 25 min. episode on 'Save the Cat' by Blake Snyder. It was mentioned several (total = 3, maybe 4!) times by novelists at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival this year, so I decided to give it a read. Can a screenwriting book really help a wannabe novelist?
The front cover of the non-fiction book 'Save the Cat - The last book on screenwriting that you'll ever need' by Blake Snyder. On a plain white background an orange cat is holding on to a rope with it's front paws.
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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On Saturday, we'll be taking a look at 'Smoke and Ashes' by @radiomukhers.bsky.social. It's a journey! Starting with me going on about my history curriculum (e.g. Is it possible to get too much Tudor history? Yes, yes it is!) Ending with how much the story reflects the state of the UK in 2025.
The front cover of the novel 'Smoke and Ashes' by Abir Mukherjee. The cover has a reddish tint and shows and man running down a street towards us. Behind him there are signs of an explosion with smoke coming out of various buildings. Judging by the man's clothes and those of the people nearby and the man's colonial pith helmet, this is not a modern day image.
October 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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This Saturday, the podcast will take a look at 'The Loo Sanction' by #Trevanian. I'd never heard this or the author before I found it on 'bookswap' bookshelf. It's truly bonkers with gruesome deaths, strange characters (with one called 'Strange' - subtle!) and the usual 1970s content warnings.
The front cover of Travanian's novel 'The Loo Sanction'. The cover is simple. There is a Marino Marini sculpture of a man on a horse on the front with a white background. In the bottom left hand corner is the quote, 'The spy story carried to its ultimate'.
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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On Saturday, I'll be talking about 'Full Dark House' by #ChristopherFowler from the #BryantandMay series. It's the first book in this series, so am I breaking the 'out of order' rules? Nope, as Fowler himself argued this book wasn't necessarily the best place to start, so I'm testing his theory!
The front cover of the novel 'Full Dark House' by Christopher Fowler. It is a stylised drawing, not a photo. In the foreground are two male figures looking in different directions. One is in a coat, suit and tie and the other in a coat with a scarf, hat and smoking a pipe. Behind them is a large, ornate red brick building and flying over it in the night sky are World War 2 bombers. The sky is lit up by floodlights.
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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In the podcast on Saturday I'll be looking at 'I Only Killed Him Once' by @adamchristopher.me. Not since Lucy Snowe in Villette have I so identified with a lead character, which is a concern since Ray Electromatic is a not only a robot but a PI and a hitman. Best not dwell on that...
The front cover of 'I Only Killed Him Once' by Adam Christopher. The cover shows a the face of a robot dressed in the clothes of a 1950s/1960s private eye e.g. a mac, a shirt, a tie and a fedora hat. The face is humanoid with eyes, nose and mouth. The eyes are large circular lights like headlights. The mouth is like a grill.
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Saturday's podcast looks at 'The Witch of Lagg' by Ann Pilling. To be honest, I'm revisiting my childhood with this and my pre-teen reading habits surprised me. Apparently, I can read serial killer novels without any issues, but one disembodied hand tapping at a kid's window and I'm a wreck.
The front cover of the book 'The Witch of Lagg' by Ann Pilling. The tagline is 'The power of evil is unleashed'. The front cover shows a small ruined tower in the middle of the lake. Next to the tower there is the ghostly form of a girl and a goat staring out at us.
September 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Memories are funny things! This week's podcast isn't about 'The Pit' but another book in the series. I read this as a child and again 10 years ago. For some reason, it always surprises me how terrified the boy looks. I guess I think books from my childhood won't have mortal terror on the front!
The front cover of the novel 'The Pit' by Ann Cheetham. The top half of the cover is the face of a boy screaming. The lower half of the book is a pile of bodies with a horse and cart and two men, one with a hook, standing over them. Behind them is a row of house which look medieval.
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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On Saturday's podcast, we're looking at 'Alex' written by Pierre Lemaitre and translated by Frank Wynne - @terribleman.com. A novel that was actually published in the UK out of order, so it's a fitting choice. Sadly, I need to give another health warning about my pronunciation, though!
The front cover of the novel 'Alex' by Pierre Lemaitre (translated by Frank Wynne). It is the black and white photo of a young woman's face, half of it has been torn away showing the title 'Alex' beneath.
August 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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On Saturday, the first episode of Out of Order Book Club will be out! I'm starting with the fourth book in the Cainsville series 'Betrayals' by @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social. In this episode, I try not to insult Welsh speakers with my pronunciation and face down my fear of love triangles. Join me!
The book cover of international bestseller Kelley Armstrong's 'Betrayal' with the tagline 'Trust is a dangerous game'. The atmospheric cover is mainly red and black with the female figure in a red coat running towards some trees and a very large black rook, or perhaps a crow, in the back ground.
August 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM