#AudioBookClub

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:   THE SMELL OF DEATH!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this week’s episode we are casting an ear over the first new novel in eight years from the author of The Da Vinci Code   The Secret of Secrets Robert Langdon Book 6 A: Dan Brown N: Paul Michael L: 22 hrs and 50 mins R: 09-09-25 P: Penguin Audio   #Literature #Fiction Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Clown Town Slough House, Book 9 A: Mick Herron N: Sean Barrett R: 11-09-25 L: 12 hrs and 6 mins P: Baskerville #Mystery #Thriller #Suspense  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub: The first novel from international best-selling author - and former junior doctor - Adam Kay. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this week’s episode we are casting an ear over 'A Particularly Nasty Case' - by  Adam Kay A Particularly Nasty Case A: Adam Kay N: Andy Serkis R: 28-08-25 L: 10 hrs and 9 mins P: Orion #Literature #Fiction Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   The Secret of Secrets Robert Langdon Book 6 A: Dan Brown N: Paul Michael L: 22 hrs and 50 mins R: 09-09-25 P: Penguin Audio #Literature #Fiction

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:   ‘Their trousers all fell down!”   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this week’s episode we are casting an ear over Andrew Lownie’s joint biography of The Duke and Duchess of York.   Entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York A: Andrew Lownie N: Andrew Lownie R: 14-08-25 L: 11 hrs and 40 mins P: William Collins #Biographies & #Memoirs Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   A Particularly Nasty Case A: Adam Kay N: Andy Serkis R: 28-08-25 L: 10 hrs and 9 mins P: Orion #Literature #Fiction

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:   THE SMELL OF DEATH!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this week’s episode we are casting an ear over the first new novel in eight years from the author of The Da Vinci Code   The Secret of Secrets Robert Langdon Book 6 A: Dan Brown N: Paul Michael L: 22 hrs and 50 mins R: 09-09-25 P: Penguin Audio   #Literature #Fiction Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Clown Town Slough House, Book 9 A: Mick Herron N: Sean Barrett R: 11-09-25 L: 12 hrs and 6 mins P: Baskerville #Mystery #Thriller #Suspense  

On the latest episode of #AudioBookClub - the audiobook review and recommendation podcast - Steve and Matthew fail to listen to each other’s recommendations   t: Green Wing: Resuscitated - https://amzn.eu/d/f6eUNNU a: Victoria Pile, James Henry, Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling, Robert Harley, c: Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Pippa Haywood, Mark Heap, Michelle Gomez, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Karl Theobald p: Audible Originals l: 4h 17m   t: Mad Woman - https://amzn.eu/d/2UtJYiG  a: Bryony Gordon n: Bryony Gordon  p: Headline Publishing l: 6h 51m   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Two recommendations for you this week:   Matthew has brought along Bryony Gordon’s mental health memoir ‘Mad Woman’ while Steve serves up the audio revival of a cult comedy TV show show ‘Green Wing:   Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom   AudioBookClub.net    #AudioBookClub on facebook, twitter or instagram   Coming up on #AudioBookClub…   t: On His Majesty’s Secret Service’ - https://amzn.eu/d/09v7gI2s  a: Charlie Higson n: Charlie Higson   p: Ian Fleming Publications L: 4h 25 m  

Steve Phillips presents the first full-length episode of #AudioBookClub - the world's only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. In this episode Steve talks to regular contributors Cheryl Monkhouse and Matthew Layton about "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor." by former junior doctor/now comedian and writer Adam Kay. Get involved in the conversation on the #AudioBookClub forum or on facebook, instagram or twitter Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton introduce #AudioBookClub - the world’s only interactive audiobook review and recommendation podcast. They invite you to take part by listening to and expressing your views on the audiobook of Adam Kay’s “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” Watch the video... ...or listen to the podcast on Google, Spotify or Apple Podcasts... ...then get involved in the conversation: In the #AudioBookClub forums -  On our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AnAudioBookClub Or use the hashtag #AudioBookClub  On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/audiobookshow/ Or on twitter - https://twitter.com/stevekphillips https://twitter.com/whingeingpom    -- “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” Written and narrated by Adam Kay   Available on Audible:   https://amzn.to/3BAn9zW   https://amzn.to/3kNCszE   https://amzn.to/3kJdaT7   https://amzn.to/3eJcPfi [The links above are Amazon affiliate links. If you happen to sign up for Audible or renew your subscription after clicking on one of them, #AudioBookClub may or may not be awarded a bounty of some sort. Thank you for your support!] -- If you want to take part in next month's show, we'll be listening to Hollywood heart-throb Rob Lowe's "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" which you can get hold of on Audible - https://amzn.to/2OwydpG   

On this episode of #AudioBookClub: As the band Pulp release their first new music in 25 years, we join frontman Jarvis Cocker for a rummage around his attic Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. On this week’s episode we heartily recommend Jarvis Cocker’s new audiobook ‘Good Pop, Bad Pop'.   Good Cop, Bad Cop A: Jarvis Cocker N: Jarvis Cocker R: 26th May 2022 L: 6hrs and 39 mins P: Jonathan Cape Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X  On the next episode of #AudioBookClub: I Love You, Byeee Rambles on DIY TV, Rockstars, Kids and Mums A: Adam Buxton N: Adam Buxton R: 22-05-25 L: 10 hrs and 13 mins P: Mudlark

BBC Sounds   On last week’s episode of #AudioBookClub…   Our guest Tom Phillips, author of ‘A Brief History of the End of the Fucking World’ suggested an audiobook for us to review and recommend.   And he did so incredibly eloquently..   Piranesi A: Susanna Clarke N: Chiwetel Ejiofor R: 15-09-20 L: 6 hrs and 58 mins P: Bloomsbury   Unfortunately both Steve or Matthew failed to do their homework.   However, on this episode of #AudioBookClub…   In a week when the BBC are facing a bit of an online storm as listeners complain about the fact that ads have appearing on the BBC Sounds app.   Matthew and Steve, who met while they were both working for the BBC, discuss the unique nature of the UK’s public broadcaster, their love for the BBC Sounds app and their feelings about the idea that their listener experience might be tainted by the appearance of vulgar commercial messages.   Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   The Accidental Soldier Dispatches from Quite Near the Front Line A: Owain Mulligan N: Owain Mulligan R: 10-04-25 L: 9 hrs and 29 mins P: Hodder & Stoughton

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    “The end of the world is nigh!”   (And always has been).   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   On this week’s pod, Steve and Matthew speak to Tom Phillips the author of ‘A Brief of the End of the F*cking World’   This is a book about the end of the world - and our relationship with our impending doom A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World Brief Histories Series A: Tom Phillips N: Tom Phillips R: 27-02-25 L: 12 hrs and 39 mins P: Wildfire Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Piranesi A: Susanna Clarke N: Chiwetel Ejiofor R: 15-09-20 L: 6 hrs and 58 mins P: Bloomsbury  

'Why We Sleep’ - by Matthew Walker On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    Sleep   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Why We Sleep The New Science of Sleep and Dreams A: Matthew Walker N: John Sackville R: 07-12-17 L: 13 hrs and 31 mins P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World Brief Histories Series A: Tom Phillips N: Tom Phillips R: 27-02-25 L: 12 hrs and 39 mins P: Wildfire  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  For one week, we're trying something new - Audiobook Clubber - where you come on and evangelise about an audiobook you love and recommend why we should all 'ear read' it. Our first Audiobook Clubber, Claire, joins Steve to discuss the brilliant 'James' by Percival Everett from the world of Mark Twain's  Huckleberry Finn.   'James' A: Percival Everett N: Dominic Hoffman Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins Publisher: Mantle Release date: 11-04-24 Read more of Claire's reviews at wordywitterings.com   Want to come on the pod and recommend an audiobook?  Get in touch below! @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X 

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    The book of the moment!   Shocking revelations from the highest echelons of The Metaverse from Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams    Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Careless People A story of where I used to work A: Sarah Wynn-Williams N: Sarah Wynn-Williams R: 13-03-25 L: 13 hrs and 16 mins P: Macmillan Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Why We Sleep The New Science of Sleep and Dreams A: Matthew Walker N: John Sackville L: 13 hrs and 31 mins R: 07-12-17 L: English  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    We head to a parallel universe, forty years in the future, where Sherlock Holmes roams the gas-lit streets of a post-apocalyptic, future London…   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton and Anthony Horowitz N: Alfred Enoch R: 13-01-25 L: 9 hrs and 17 mins P: Storytel Original Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Want Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous A: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous N: Gillian Anderson R: 05-09-24 L: 12 hrs P: Bloomsbury Publishing  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:    The most modern of historians!   YouTube and TikTok sensation Jenny Draper joins Steve and Matthew to talk about her first audiobook ‘Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits’   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.   Mavericks Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits A: Jenny Draper P: Jenny Draper R: 11-02-25 L: 8 hrs and 21 mins P: Watkins Publishing   Please get involved in the conversation   @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X    On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:   Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle Becoming Sherlock, Book 1 A: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz P: Alfred Enoch R: 13-01-25 L: 9 hrs and 17 mins P: Storytel Original  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  William Henry Gates III. Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, ‘Source Code’, a memoir from the world’s first tech billionaire, Bill Gates  Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  The aliens are coming!   Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. This week, rather than reviewing a single title, Matthew and Steve take a dive into the world of Big Finish - the loving family of audio craftspeople most famous for lovingly keeping Doctor Who alive. They produce high quality dramas that are the audio equivalent of a fine malt whisky - a highquality refined product best consumed by people who really appreciate the good stuff. We shall be listening to and recommending their reimagining of 80s sci-fi classic V… V UK: Visitation …and their ‘free-to-air’ back catalogue, now available in podcast form… Into the TARDIS  Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X  

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  The television interview that marked the beginning of the end for Margaret Thatcher Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Matthew’s mid-life crisis continues Steve reveals how he was traumatised by Brian Walden as a small child Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me? Searching for the Truth on Political TV A: Rob Burley N: Rob Burley L: 13 hrs and 8 mins P: HarperCollins   Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram, Bluesky or X

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  We unleash our inner Don Drapers with the help of avuncular adman Rory Sutherland    Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. Alchemy The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense A: Rory Sutherland N: Rory Sutherland L: 9 hrs and 38 mins P: Penguin Audio Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  We head to New York in the roaring twenties, where we shall drink hooch in speak-easies with fairies and flappers Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. The Masquerades of Spring A: Ben Aaronovitch N: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith L: 4 hrs and 34 mins P: Orion Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:  A minke whale, a kung-fu chicken and the rabbit equivalent of Jason Statham, Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks. My Animals, and Other Animals A memoir of sorts A: Bill Bailey N: Bill Bailey L: 5 hrs and 03 mins P: Querkus Please get involved in the conversation @SteveKPhillips and @WhingeingPom #AudioBookClub.net #AudioBookClub on facebook, instagram or X