Bookish Blether Episode 51 – Our Favourite Books of 2016 and Reading Plans for 2017
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
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