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Jan 2024
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118: What We Read in December (2023)

SARAH HARTLEY
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Hey friends! Happy New Year! We’re thrilled to be back in your ears after our holiday break. Today, we’re giving you a recap of what we read in December. In case you need a refresher, this means we’re reviewing 5 books each that we read in the month. Here’s to more reading in 2024!

 

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Something Bookish:

[2:17] S: StoryGraph

[3:22] M: The Ultimate Best Books of 2023 list from LitHub

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

 

Books We Read in December:

[6:53] M: Christmas at the Island Hotel by Jenny Colgan

[9:10] S: Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis

[10:59] M: Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

[13:28] S: Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan

[15:15] M: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

[18:24] S: Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

[21:45] M: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

[24:15] S: Reproduction by Louisa Hall

[26:29] M: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

[28:50] S: Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major

 

[30:42] The Rest of the Books We Read in December



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