Description
We continue our Books on the Nightstand tradition in the final episode of The Nerve for this semester. However, while we normally invite staff from other departments to give their recommendations, we had to improvise a little in these abnormal times. Instead, this episode comes to you from the sitting room of Dr. Jenny O’Connor, who is joined by her husband Rob O’Connor from the Department of Computing and Mathematics, and their four daughters Sophie, Elise, Wendy and Stella. From science fiction to modernist literature, adventure stories to rhyming books about naughty musical notes, there is something here for everyone.
Books discussed
Dune by Frank Herbert
Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf
A Slanting of the Sun by Donal Ryan
Ratburger by David Walliams
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
The Diddle that Dummed by Kes Gray and Fred Blunt
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Published 11/11/24
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