Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of April’s book, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner published in 2021 (from Chapter 10 (page 75) if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for May is Light by M. John Harrison (320 pages) — we’ll be reading up to Chapter 18 "The Circus of Pathet Lao" on page 161 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 5th May. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger Content Warning: I've removed all swear words. There is a sexual reference and a reference to murder in the next book, Light, which I introduce towards the end of the podcast. Future Reads: May: Light by M. John Harrison (320 pages)  June: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett (418 pages) July: All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (229 pages) I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.