We think the whole world is probably looking forward to the end of 2020 but Jayne and Paula have fun taking a glance back at what they read and loved (and didn't love!) over this crazy year. They also look at what our borrowers were borrowing this year, both fiction and non-fiction, and then discuss what they are excited to read in 2021.

The duo also announce that in 2021 they want YOU to be a part of the show! Post on our library Facebook page or in the Literary Anything Facebook group all of your burning questions, comments or suggestions and they'll read them out and talk about them on the podcast. Or record yourself using your phone app and email it to us at [email protected]

Books they mention:

The Spill by Imbi Neeme

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper

The Things She Owned by Katherine Tamiko Arguile

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Bunny by Mona Awad

My Friend Anna by Rachael Deloche Williams

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

When She Was Good by Michael Robotham

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

Blue Moon by Lee Child

Stranger Country by Monica Tan

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Barefoot Invester by Scott Pape

Women and Leadership by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L Trump

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Honeybee by Craig Silvey

The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

Our book for January is Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan. Don't forget to send us your questions/comments! Merry Christmas everyone and see you in 2021. Happy reading!