Dec 28, 2023
Christmas is over and we've got some time to relax (especially
since no one gave Hannah any books for Christmas, though she bought
herself "Mistletoe Malice," not "Mistletoe Mayhem," as she says on
the pod, as a present to herself). That means, we've got our lists
ready — 12 books each, and maybe some more — of favorite books of
the past year! We start with literary novels (we're not going to
list them all here in the description;
see the pod home page for the full list) and then move into
sort-of genre books, which can be literary (is "Chain Gang
All-Stars" dystopian? Um, yes). That leads to some books that are
funny and literary and satisfying, which are fun, with smaller
problems. Then we finish up with historical fiction (which is
probably literary, as well, to be honest) and YA (which is probably
the most literary of the YA we read), before finishing up with some
non-fiction, since we felt like we had to include some. In all, we
talk about more than 30 books!