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Jan 2024
1h 19m

Tea or Books? #124: Our Favourite Reads ...

Simon and Rachel
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Our favourite books from 2023 – or reads, because of course we mostly read ‘backlisted’ titles. Always a fun one to record – this time with the added bonus that we were each going to choose one from the other’s 
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