2023 in Review
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
1- Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland (Rec by Ritu Mukerji)
2- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)
3- The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)
4- Working by Robert Caro (Rec by Rachel M. Harper)
5- The Seven Moons by Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Rec by Mel Joulwan of Strong Sense of Place Podcast)
6- A Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel (Rec by David Humphries of Strong Sense of Place Podcast)
7- The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club)
8- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club)
9- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Rec by Kika Hatzapoulou)
10- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby (Rec by Katrina Kittle)
11- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Rec by Katrina Kittle)
12- Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century by Dana Stephens (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious Podcast)
13- River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and the Curious Podcast)
14- If We Were Villains by ML Rio (Rec by Katrina Monroe)
15- The Wanderers by Meg Howrey (Rec by Lydia Welker of the Appalachian Prison Book Project)
16- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Rec by Kelsey Madges, middle school librarian)
Carrie's Favorite Books of the Year
1- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
2- Atomic Family by Ciera Horton McElroy
3- Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan
4- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
5- We All Wants Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Amy's Favorite Books of the Year
1- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
2- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
3- Martin Marten by Brian Doyle
4- Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donahue
5- The Keeper by Kelcey Ervick
6- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Other Recommendations:
1- American Murderer by Gail Jarrow
2- Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and 500 Miles Across Spain by Andrew McCarthy
3- These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
4- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
5- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
6- The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
7- Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby
8- Wool by Hugh Howey (and the TV adaptation on Apple + called Silo)
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