Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' in depth take on The Snapper and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

The Snapper by Roddy Doyle

The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

History of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

I, Claudius (1976 TV series)

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Dominion. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

Crusaders by Dan Jones

The Borgias by Christopher Hibbert

Christ's Samurai by Jonathan Clements

Book Of Fire: William Tyndale, Thomas More and the Bloody Birth of the English Bible by Brian Moynahan

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Silence by Shizuka Ando

To Watch Instead

Silence (2016)

The Book of Eli (2010)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Dogma (1997)

Firebrand (2023)

We will see you in April for our next episode and you can find out what Chris thought about next months read and what else she read instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's take on Dominion and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

Handling The Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Feeding The Monster by Anna Bogutskaya

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

The Boys From Brazil by Ira Levin

Bird King by Daniel Freedman

Who Goes There by John W Campbell

Finders Keepers by Stephen King

Make sure you are subscribed for part two when Chris will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of A Head Full of Ghosts. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Shining by Stephen King

The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 years of hunting for proof by Roger Clark

To Watch Instead

The Awakening (2011)

The Enfield Haunting (2015)

The Battersea Poltergeist (2021)

Poltergeist (1982 and 2015)

The Haunting (1963)

We will see you in March for our next episode and you can find out what Vic thought about next months read and what else she read instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' in depth take on A Head Full of Ghosts and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama by Ben Macintyre

Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King by Michael Livingston

How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Make sure you are subscribed for part two when Vic will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Kraken Wakes, along with an extended trivial argument. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

War of The Worlds by H G Wells

Whisper in the Darkness by H P Lovecraft

Annihilation by Jeff Van Deer Meer

Deathscent by Robin Jarvis

To Watch Instead

Farmaggedon

District 9

Nope

We will see you in a couple of weeks for our next episode and you can find out what Chris thought about next months read and what he read as well as or instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's take on The Kraken Wakes and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

The Terror by Dan Simmons

How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Swamp Thing by Alan Moore

Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe

Graveyard Shift by M L Rio

Come back in two weeks when Chris will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Welcome to the final part of our Christmas Special. So far we've waxed lyrical about Rivals, lambasted Bridgerton and gone to town about our top books of the year. After all that we thought it was time for a little bit of silliness before wrapping up the first season with a great big Christmas bow! So get ready for a few rounds of Shag, Marry, Kill with our beloved Girly Swot and the War Bore.

From all of us at the Quackcave, We've had a blast with season 1 and have loved receiving so many fantastic messages and comments. We all hope you have a fantastic Christmas and we will be back in the New Year with more fantastic content for you to listen to. Make sure you have are subscribed wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you get the new episodes as soon as they drop!

Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

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