S4, Chapter 1: 2025 Book Superlatives

Can you believe the end of 2025 is closing in?  This episode is all about our book superlatives (worst, most disappointing, favorite character, etc.).  Join us as we reflect on some of our best and worst reading experiences.  Happiest Holidays to you, too!

Julia's Books

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• The Women by Kristin Hannah
• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J. Maas
• The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
• La Cucina by Lily Prior
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• Codex by Lev Grossman
• Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
• Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

Stephany's Books

• The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
• Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
• That Sounds Fun by Annie F. Downs
• The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Heartless Hunter by Kristin Ciccarelli
• The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
• Foster by Claire Keegan
• Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
• A Nature Poem for Every Autumn Evening edited by Jane McMoreland Hunter
• A Nature Poem for Every Winter Evening edited by Jane McMoreland Hunter
• Emmanuel by Ruth Chow Simons
• Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd
• Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
• The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
• Ella Minnow Pea: a Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway

Other Mentions

• Darling Desi
• The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Liz Nugent 
• The Unselected Journals of Emme M. Lion (Vol 1) by Beth Brower
• Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

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