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Today it's Alice, Jenny and Chris's (who we're pleased to say will be a regular guest on the pod!) turn to share their reflections on last year's reading. We share a few favourites, chat the dire reading year that was 2021 and set some resolutions for 2022.

Books mentioned
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Wine Girl by Victoria James
Educated by Tara Westover
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Wolf Hall by Hillary Mandell
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Folk by Zoe Gilbert
Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
Sea of Tranquillity by Emily St. John Mandel

Other mentions
Short stories by Karen Russell and Amiee Bender
The Baillie Gifford Prize

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