Lisa ranks the books she read in December 2024 from least favorite to most favorite. She read a number of young adult books this month and ranked those and then ranked the adult books. This eposide doesn't contain any spoilers of books. 

Books discussed on this episode: 

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary 

Ramona and her Mother by Bevery Cleary

Ramona Quimby Age Eight

Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: A Christmas holiday book for kids by Barbara Robinson 

To all the boys I loved before

 The Hurting Kind by Ada Limon 

 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan 

 The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum 

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman 

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics  by Daniel James Brown

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Lisa discusses her five favorite and least favorite books she read in 2024. There are no spoilers discussed for any books in this episode. 

 Books discussed. 

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Finding Me by Viola Davis
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos
James by Percival Everett.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

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Lisa discusses several books that could be on the screen in 2025. These are all extraordinarily popular. It’s not guaranteed that these onscreen adaptations will come out in 2025. But they are in the works. 

Books discussed: 

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

 Verity by Colleen Hoover.

 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

 I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

 Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score


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 Lisa discusses one of the most popular books of 2024 – James by Percival Everett. This book is a retelling of Huckleberry Finn. 

 Other books discussed: 

 The Sellout by Paul Beatty

 The Intuitionist b Colson Whitehead

 
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 Lisa discusses the books she read in November and ranks them from worst to best. She doesn’t share any spoilers on these books, but instead offers up a synopsis for each book and shares what readers might like about each one. 

 James by Percival Everett just won the National Book Award for fiction. It is a retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of James. 

Books Discussed 

 Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe 

The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly Bishop 

James by Percival Everett. 

On this episode, Lisa discusses Salem's Lot by Stephen King. This was the second book he wrote and is about what transpires when residents in the small town of Salem’s Lot in Maine become vampires. 

 In this blog, the reviewer writes about how much they love the book. 

Books discussed: 

Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach


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 Lisa discusses The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition by Agatha Christie

 The New York Times discusses how riveting this book is even though it doesn’t have the gruesome details of some murder mystery books. Another article in the LA Review - Getting Fooled Again, rereading Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd in the Age of Trump – highlights how Christie focuses on people’s stereotypes of men and women. 

 Books discussed: 

 Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

 The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

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 Lisa discussed the books she read in October and ranked them from worst to best. 

Books Discussed:

 Sandwich by Catherine Newman

 The Night in Question by  Susan Fletcher 

 Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim 

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young 

 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition by Agatha Christie

 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 

 Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

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Lisa discusses Sandwich by Catherine Newman, published June 18, 2024. It’s been described as the perfect beach book. It highlights Rocky, who is in her mid-50s and struggling with menopause, anger and grief. 

 The Washington Post discusses the witty banter and the issues that Rocky faces, thanks to Menopause. 

 Books Discussed: 

 Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott 

 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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 Lisa discusses Anne of Green Gables by Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. This book was written more than 100 years ago and Lisa talks about Anne’s personality and some of the themes in the book. Lisa talks about the strong female friendships. She also discusses how some of Anne's extreme reactions are likely a result of her earlier trauma in life. 

 Books discussed: 

 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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