Welcome to the final episode of Bookish Blether for 2017! Today Holly and Nicola are sharing their favourite books of 2016 and some reading goals for 2017. After this episode, we’re taking a hiatus and we’ll be gone for a few months. Thank you SO MUCH for listening to Bookish Blether! We’ll be updating our Twitter with news about our return. In the meantime, please do keep us in your podcast feeds and we’ll be popping up sometime in 2017. Happy New Year and lots of bookish love from us both x –– What We’re Currently Reading –– Nicola Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | http://amzn.to/2huy1XG The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis | http://amzn.to/2hqIvtk Also mentioned: Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante | http://amzn.to/2huvYCQ Holly See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (sent by Tinder Press for review) | http://amzn.to/2gNvJ8s Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner | http://amzn.to/2hO1VW8 –– Books We Recently Acquired –– Nicola Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller | http://amzn.to/2iF1cL5 (Out 7 February from Tin House in the USA, out 26 January from Fig Tree in the UK) Sign up to Book of the Month club here | https://www.mybotm.com/76q1bdfcgx5stt9 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante | http://amzn.to/2htJisH Also mentioned: Max from Well Done Books | https://www.youtube.com/welldonebooks Moth Box | http://mothbox.weebly.com/ Curated by Mercedes | https://www.youtube.com/user/MercysBookishMusings Trio by Sue Gee | http://amzn.to/2htxJ4R Call of the Undertow by Linda Cracknell | http://amzn.to/2ihL7ds Holly The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty (sent for review by Michael Joseph) | http://amzn.to/2hNTt9v Also mentioned: Pretty Little Liars –– Our Top Books of 2016! –– Refresh your memory about our Best Books of the Year (So Far) from half-way though 2016! Nicola’s Favourites Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell Stranger on a Train by Jenny Diski The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride Also mentioned: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride Night Waking by Sarah Moss Also mentioned: The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss Holly’s Favourites The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes Rain by Melissa Harrison The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebank The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ullman –– Follow us! –– You can subscribe to Bookish Blether on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher, or your podcast app of choice. Love our podcast? Leave us a review and share it with a friend! Twitter: http://twitter.com/BookishBlether  Instagram: http://instagram.com/bookishblether  Tumblr: http://bookishblether.tumblr.com  Email: bookishblether@gmail.com Holly:  http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmith  http://instagram.com/hollyjunesmith  http://www.heyhollyjune.co.uk Nicola:  http://twitter.com/robotnic  http://robotnic.co http://youtube.com/robotnic https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6523767.Nicola_Balkind

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#51 | Best Books of 2016 & Reading Plans for 2017!

Some BIG NEWS for the end of the year, and answers to your questions! –– What We’re Currently Reading –– Holly See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (sent by Tinder Press for review) | http://amzn.to/2gNvJ8s Nicola Night Waking by Sarah Moss | http://amzn.to/2huqhot The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante | http://amzn.to/2huvYCQ Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | http://amzn.to/2huy1XG –– Books We Recently Acquired –– Holly There Was A Wee Lassie Who Swallowed A Midgie by Rebecca Colby | http://amzn.to/2gXNqyF Link to the original poem: http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/activities-games-and-crafts/there-was-an-old-lady Nicola The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis | http://amzn.to/2hqIvtk Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple | http://amzn.to/2hjyNJ1 –– As to your Qs! –– Our most anticipated reads Previous episode about anticipated reads | http://bookishblether.tumblr.com/post/152626085310/bookish-blether-episode-47-most-anticipated-book The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson The Animators Kayle Rae Whittaker Hold Back The Stars by Katie Khan (hear our review in episode 46 | http://bookishblether.tumblr.com/post/151999599800/bookish-blether-episode-46-the-rory-gilmore) Abandon Me by Melissa Febos Women Looking at Men Looking at Women by Siri Hustvedt Books that give us the warm and fuzzies Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl Books from our childhoods such as Judy Blume Our favourite comfort reads Holly likes anything by or about The Mitford Sisters and food writing such as works by Calvin Trillin, AA Gill, Nigel Slater Nicola likes to revisit lighter reads such as David Sedaris' New Yorker articles, or By The Book articles. Books to read on audiobook One Summer, American 1927 by Bill Bryson An Astronauts Guide to Life by Chris Hadfield Yes Please by Amy Poehler Between the World and Me by Ta Scribble Scribble by Nora Ephron The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman Breakfast at Tiffany's - read by Michael C Hall Anne of Green Gables - read by Rachael McAdams Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - read by Lin-Manuel Miranda Little Lies by Liane Moriarty One book we wish more people would read Nicola picked The Other Typist by Susanne Martel Holly picked Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum Books to read over Christmas break The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan Also mentioned Dad voiceover makeup tutorial | https://twitter.com/htxkaytie/status/807979071695179776?s=15 –– Follow us! –– You can subscribe to Bookish Blether on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher, or your podcast app of choice. Love our podcast? Leave us a review and share it with a friend! Twitter: http://twitter.com/BookishBlether  Instagram: http://instagram.com/bookishblether  Tumblr: http://bookishblether.tumblr.com  Email: bookishblether@gmail.com Holly:  http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmith  http://instagram.com/hollyjunesmith  http://www.heyhollyjune.co.uk Nicola:  http://twitter.com/robotnic  http://robotnic.co http://youtube.com/robotnic https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6523767.Nicola_Balkind

#50 | Books To Give You The Warm & Fuzzies & More! (Q&A)

As we say goodbye to another Non-Fiction November, we decided to share some of our favourite non-fiction books, as well as many more that are still sitting atop our TBR piles. –– What We’re Currently Reading –– Nicola Bluets by Maggie Nelson | http://amzn.to/2fH0vhL Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys | http://amzn.to/2gxfcBw Night Waking by Sarah Moss | http://amzn.to/2fH5Sx5 Holly Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple | http://amzn.to/2fUK0fA See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (sent by Tinder Press for review) | http://amzn.to/2gNvJ8s –– Books We Recently Acquired –– Nicola The Givenness of Things by Marilynne Robinson | http://amzn.to/2gAAbV9 Also mentioned her novels, Gilead & Housekeeping Essays of E.B. White | http://amzn.to/2gxfzMt A Woman Looking At Men Looking At Women by Siri Hustvedt (sent by Simon & Schuster for review) | http://amzn.to/2gxdWhx Holly The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante | http://amzn.to/2gxe14P Winter: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons by Melissa Harrison | http://amzn.to/2gmdQKj Notes From No Man’s Land by Eula Biss | http://amzn.to/2gAHD2q His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet | http://amzn.to/2g8F9KD –– Our Non-Fiction Favourites & TBRs –– In order mentioned… Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty Also mentioned: her YouTube channel, Ask a Mortician | https://www.youtube.com/user/OrderoftheGoodDeath Election / death video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSdNvm16Fg The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison Also mentioned Tender Points by Amy Berkowitz  New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 edited by Teresa Carpenter The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton The Moth: 50 True Stories edited by Catherine Burns The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson How to Travel Without Seeing by Andrés Neuman –– Follow us! –– You can subscribe to Bookish Blether on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher, or your podcast app of choice. Love our podcast? Leave us a review and share it with a friend! Twitter: http://twitter.com/BookishBlether  Instagram: http://instagram.com/bookishblether  Tumblr: http://bookishblether.tumblr.com  Email: bookishblether@gmail.com Holly:  http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmith  http://instagram.com/hollyjunesmith  http://www.heyhollyjune.co.uk Nicola:  http://twitter.com/robotnic  http://robotnic.co http://youtube.com/robotnic https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6523767.Nicola_Balkind

#49 | Our Favourite Non-Fiction Books & TBRs

Election season has been stressful. It’s getting darker earlier, too. We thought up some nice books to read when the world is feeling dark – literally or figuratively. –– What We’re Currently Reading –– Nicola The Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang Swing Time by Zadie Smith Holly Nothing :( –– Books We Recently Acquired –– Nicola East of Eden by John Steinbeck State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Brain on Fire: My Month of by Susannah Cahalan The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros And a few others – check out her library book sale haul here | Holly Nothing :( –– Our Recommended Books for Dark Days –– All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple The Harry Potter series Roald Dahl books A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley The Princess Bride by William Goldman Winter, an anthology curated by Melissa Harrison Bonkers by Jennifer Saunders Dear Fatty by Dawn French Heartburn by Nora Ephron Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell Agatha Christie novels Anything by David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs Also books by Simon Rich and Jesse Eisenberg Everything's Perfect When You're A Liar by Kelly Oxford Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (also Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir) Happy by Derren Brown Paranormality and Night School by Richard Wiseman The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert The Antidote: Happiness for People who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman  –– Follow us! –– You can subscribe to Bookish Blether on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher, or your podcast app of choice. Love our podcast? Leave us a review and share it with a friend! Twitter: http://twitter.com/BookishBlether  Instagram: http://instagram.com/bookishblether  Tumblr: http://bookishblether.tumblr.com  Email: bookishblether@gmail.com Holly:  http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmith  http://instagram.com/hollyjunesmith  http://www.heyhollyjune.co.uk Nicola:  http://twitter.com/robotnic  http://robotnic.co http://youtube.com/robotnic https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6523767.Nicola_Balkind

#48 | Nice Books for Dark Days

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