Slightly messing up the timing of Season 2, here is your end of season bonus episode, a little early! We sit down to talk about 2021, and answer a few more of the listener's questions as a continuation from the Season 1 bonus.

Episode Timepoints:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:33 - A look back at 2021

00:04:30 - Goals for 2022

00:07:35 - Our favourite books of the year

00:15:45 - Our least favourite books of the year

00:21:30 - Books to look forward to in 2022

00:23:50 - Our goals for the podcast in 2022

00:28:25 - Questions from the listeners

00:55:05 - Season 3 books

Books mentioned in this episode:

Our top books of 2021

A Court of Thorns and Roses (series) - Sarah J. Maas

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata

The Windsor Knot - S. J. Bennet

The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

The Morning and the Evening - Ken Follett

Pillars of the Earth (series) - Ken Follett

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary

Aurora Burning - Amie Kaufman

Aurora Cycle (series) - Amie Kaufman

The House in the Cerulean Sea - T. J. Klune

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez

Our Least Favourite Books

Heavily caveated with these are our personal opinions and each book is a work of art in its own right!

Foundation - Isaac Asimov

The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly

Dead Boys - Gabriel Squalia

Normal People - Sally Rooney

The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

Daughter of Dreams and Dread - Clare Kae

Books to read in 2022

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City - Sarah J. Maas

The House of Sky and Breath - Sarah J. Maas

The Cruel Prince - Holly Black

Book of Night - Holly Black

The Prison Healer - Lynette Noni

Prompted by Questions from the Listeners

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

Fun With Food - Sarah Michelle Geller

Ministry of Food - Jamie Oliver

Made in India - Meera Sodha

Walking the Nile - Levison Wood

Mikhail Gorbachev: Memoirs

What Happened - Hilary Clinton

Casual Vacancy - J. K. Rowling

The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas

Books Coming Up

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo

Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

The Wind on Fire - William Nicholson

Book Lovers - Emily Henry

Links:

Reading Materials website

Reading Materials on Goodreads

Lucia on Goodreads

Corrie on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!)