That's a wrap! 2021 is almost over and that means it's time for Jayne and Paula's favourite episode: when they discuss what they've loved in literature for the year. Ever wonder what other people are reading? Paula counts down Marion Libraries most borrowed books of 2021. Can Jayne guess what they are?

As always, find out the goss plus what to look out for in 2022. Lots of laughs in this episode!

Books they mention:

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

Le Consentement by Vanessa Springora

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

After Story by Larissa Behrendt

Apples Never Fall by Lianne Moriarty

Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan

The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape

Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

So You Think You Know What's Good for You by Norman Swan

Ottolenghi Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi

The Tap-Dancing Knife Thrower by Paul Hogan

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

7 Ways by Jamie Oliver

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

The Fast 800 Easy by Michael Mosley

The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

Becoming by Michelle Obama

My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams

Stranger Country by Monica Tan

Blue Moon by Lee Child

The Champagne War by Fiona McIntosh

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

A Time for Mercy by John Grisham

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

The Godmothers by Monica McInerney

The Survivors by Jane Harper

The Sentinel by Lee Child

Rachel, Again by Marian Keyes

Meshi by Katherine Tamiko Arguile

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Movies:

Persuasion (Netflix)

Where the Crawdads Sing (Hello Sunshine)

TV series:

Inventing Anna (Netflix)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu / Disney+)

Remember our book for January is Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun. Happy reading!