Well, look. I did not manage to get this podcast edited and release in January. As it’s going to probably be our second-to-last podcast (more to come on that), I was truly hoping to have it out earlier in the year, but then life got in the way, and I had to settle for having it out before the Super Bowl. (Bengals!!!!) We chatted about alllllllll the books we acquired over the holiday break, discuss some superlatives in our 2021 reading years, and then the rest of the podcast is just FISH FACTS. Which is honestly very on brand for us. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to take with you on the go!
Here are the time signatures if you want to skip around!
1:18 – What we’re reading
8:04 – What we’re cooking
11:27 – PRESENTS
19:00 – Superlatives of 2021
35:12 – The Brilliant Abyss, by Helen Scales
57:08 – What we’re reading for next time!
What We Talked About
“Secret Santa,” by TrickPhotography (link)
An Eternal Audience of One, Rémy Ngamije
Wordle (link)
“What to Do When Playing Wordle Isn’t Enough” (link)
Bon Appetit – Spiced dal with fluffy rice and salted yogurt (link)
Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘n’ Thread (link)
Firebreak, Nicole Kornher-Stace
The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in a Fractured World, Loretta Napoleoni
Amy Herzog’s Ultimate Sweater Book: The Essential Guide for Adventurous Knitters
A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske
Spoiler Alert and All the Feels, Olivia Dade
The Wife in the Attic, Rose Lerner
The Thief on the Winged Horse, Kate Mascarenhas
The Robber Bride, Franny Billingsley
Antigonick, Anne Carson
How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century, Lydia Edwards
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad, Michela Wrong
Oscar Wilde: A Life, Matthew Sturgis
Sugar Town Queens, Malla Nunn
The Death of Jane Lawrence, Caitlin Starling
The Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern, Mary Beard
A Royal Pain, Rhys Bowen
Reprieve, James Han Mattson
The Space between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson
The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Oseman
Plain Bad Heroines, Emily Danforth
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
The Chosen and the Beautiful, Nghi Vo
The Heroine with 1001 Faces, Maria Tatar
The Library of the Dead, T. L. Huchu
Murder in G Major, Alexia Gordon
Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki
Fireborne and Flamefall, Rosaria Munda
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life, and Selling the Seabed, Helen Scales
Anish Kapoor and Vanta Black, an explainer (link)
Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim
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Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Theme song by: Jessie Barbour
Transcripts by Sharon of Library Hungry