Discussing wanker aesthetics and toxic soft boys, LP opens the first episode of 2025 by firmly positioning the itself as the book podcast for writers. BFL followed up on end-of-year promises to read Nick Hornby and Murakami, whereas Derek shares his love for music references in literature. Then, both are very outraged by reviews attacking their favourite books on Goodreads.

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00:00 Music

01:58 Remote Recording Setup

04:36 Table of Contents

05:34 Barnes and Noble and other DC bookshops

09:43 Librarie Avant-Garde in Nanjing, China

12:25 RU: Sputnik Sweetheart

21:27 RU: Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki

29:03 RU: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

42:56 RU: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Hartman

47:19 Funny One Star Reviews on Goodreads

49:30 Whiny Wanker in High Fidelity

56:16 Ready Player One and Two

01:05:36 Piranesi

01:11:35 Area X Series by Jeff VanderMeer

01:17:21 Interlude Eslite Bookshop in Hong Kong

01:20:19 Die Orwell Die

01:25:41 The Vegetarian

01:34:29 Conclusion

01:36:32 Blooper