We Read THE UNSELECTED JOURNALS OF EMMA M. LION by Beth Brower

Hi Deadliners

We hope you enjoy this latest edition of Reading Between Deadlines.

This episode’s pick: THE UNSELECTED JOURNALS OF EMMA M. LION by Beth Brower is a historical fiction novella, the first in a series. It was originally self-published in 2019 before recently taking BookTok by storm and being picked up by a traditional publisher earlier this year. Set in Victorian London in 1883, the book follows a young woman navigating family, friendship and (maybe?) romance through her diary entries.

We hope you enjoy and lets us know what you think in the comments.

Happy Listening and Love lots,Rach and Anthea

PS. If you want to watch rather than listen, scroll down.

In this episode, we cover:

Whether we’d have read this purely on the blurb.

Publishing rip-off or total genius?

The purpose of windows and walls.

Which covers did it better (vote below).

All the potential storylines and love interests…

The future of the podcast.

💋 And, of course, we rate it: Kiss, Kill, or Marry

⏰ Timestamps

1.0 Welcome to Olde World London

1.31 The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion. Good things come in small packages – or DO they..?

2.58 Tik Tok seduces us, yet again… Emma’s tiny journal goes BIG.

5.56 Judging a book by it’s boring green cover. A must.

7.32 The genius of the short books – and plenty of ‘em.

8.54 Bio – apparently windows are for light? Who knew? (Rach, that’s who!)

13.55 Rach bemoans the length of her manuscript – she’s basically written 5 novellas… and she’s only half-way through!

18.20 Kiss, Kill, Marry – we judge Emma’s private journals… (spoiler- no sex bits)

21.26 Book length. Attention span, and manipulation…

23.55 Did anything happen yet?? (I paid my money - bring on the ghost!)

26.14 Hang on.. is this like Bridget Jones’ Diary? But without the alcohol?

28.55 Serialisation of novels. It was alright for Dickens…

31.46 Rachael finds a bit she likes about a cat. (Dumb cat) (Sorry cat people)

33.21 Rach becomes Serial-curious. Anthea remains Hetro-novel-ative.

36.06 Beth – crossing the Atlantic from the US to London in a Victorian Clipper.

38.05 Bad reviews (and not for us, so we find them entertaining.)

39.10 Rachael is pissed off, people!

40.10 What we are reading next… Sandwich! (With fabulous Victoria Purman!)

42.08 Rachael makes an important announcement! (Anthea writes it down in case she forgets later..)

43.45 Bye!