Bonus Episode: A Look Back At 2021
Episode Timepoints:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:33 - A look back at 2021
00:04:30 - Goals for 2022
00:07:35 - Our favourite books of the year
00:15:45 - Our least favourite books of the year
00:21:30 - Books to look forward to in 2022
00:23:50 - Our goals for the podcast in 2022
00:28:25 - Questions from the listeners
00:55:05 - Season 3 books
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Slightly messing up the timing of Season 2, here is your end of season bonus episode, slightly early! We sit down to talk about 2021, and answer a few more of the listener's questions as a continuation from the Season 1 bonus.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Our top books of 2021
A Court of Thorns and Roses (series) - Sarah J. Maas
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata
The Windsor Knot - S. J. Bennet
The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
The Morning and the Evening - Ken Follett
Pillars of the Earth (series) - Ken Follett
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab
A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary
Aurora Burning - Amie Kaufman
Aurora Cycle (series) - Amie Kaufman
The House in the Cerulean Sea - T. J. Klune
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez
Our Least Favourite Books
Heavily caveated with these are our personal opinions and each book is a work of art in its own right!
Foundation - Isaac Asimov
The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly
Dead Boys - Gabriel Squalia
Normal People - Sally Rooney
The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon
The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
Daughter of Dreams and Dread - Clare Kae
Books to read in 2022
Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
Crescent City - Sarah J. Maas
The House of Sky and Breath - Sarah J. Maas
The Cruel Prince - Holly Black
Book of Night - Holly Black
The Prison Healer - Lynette Noni
Prompted by Questions from the Listeners
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
Fun With Food - Sarah Michelle Geller
Ministry of Food - Jamie Oliver
Made in India - Meera Sodha
Walking the Nile - Levison Wood
Mikhail Gorbachev: Memoirs
What Happened - Hilary Clinton
Casual Vacancy - J. K. Rowling
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood
The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas
Books Coming Up
The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff
The Wind on Fire - William Nicholson
Book Lovers - Emily Henry
Links:
Reading Materials on Goodreads
Lucia on Goodreads
Corrie on Goodreads
Reading Materials on Instagram