In this first in-person (!!!) episode, Milly and Amy catch up and discuss how 2025 has been so far, before getting into our favourite books of the year and what we’ve been enjoying/listening to.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Milly:

Books

Things I Don’t Want to Know: Living Autobiography 1 by Deborah Levy (2014)

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (1995)

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (1933)

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O’Farrell (2017)

All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (2024)

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion (1970)

The Year of the Cat: A Love Story by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (2023)

A Life’s Work by Rachel Cusk (2014)

The Lost by Claire McGowan (2013)

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Music

It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be by Olivia Dean (single, 2025)

Live at Eventim Apollo by Olivia Dean (2024)

eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead by Ariana Grande (2025)

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Amy:

Books:

Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023)

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958)

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (2024)

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (2001)

Having and Being Had by Eula Biss (2023)

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (2023)

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Music

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay (2024)

Forever Is A Feeling by Lucy Dacus (2025)

What Was That by Lorde (single, 2025)

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Thank you for listening!

Recorded on 26th April 2025