In this week's episode we take a look at my "hopefuls" before the end of the year. I hope to read The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson; A Long Day At The End of The World: A Story of Desecration and Revelation In The Deep South by Brent Hendricks; A House At The Bottom Of The Lake by Josh Malerman; Dear Mr. M by Herman Koch and A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler.