Year in Review Archives - Reading the End

Episode 154 – 2021 in Review

Gin Jenny — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:00:12 +0000

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!

Episode 154

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

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Reading the End Bookcast, Ep. 95: 2017 in Review

Gin Jenny — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:00:28 +0000

It’s the start of the New Year, which means Whiskey Jenny and I get to do one of our very favorite podcasts: The year in review! We look back at what we read for podcast and what we read for pleasure; run down some of our bests and worsts of the year; revisit our 2017 resolutions to see how we did; and make awesome new resolutions for 2018. You can listen to the podcast using the embedded player below, or download the file directly to take with you on the go!

Episode 95

Here are the time signatures if you want to skip around.

1:02 – What we’re reading
3:55 – Polar explorer update: Fridtjof Nansen
11:13 – Podcast reading stats
18:36 – Superlatives from our 2017 reading
32:37– Status update on 2017 resolutions
41:05 – 2018 resolutions
47:23 – Our next podcast read

If you want to learn more about the musical Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, you can do so here (it sounds amaze). If you want to learn more about serious badass Fridtjof Nansen, you can do so here.

THIS IS A REAL MUSICAL BECAUSE GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY

Get at me on Twitter, email the podcast, and friend me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Goodreads. Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good rating! We appreciate it very very much).

Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Theme song by: Jessie Barbour

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Reading the End Bookcast, Ep.53: 2015 Year in Review

Gin Jenny — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:00:26 +0000

The Jennys return in 2016 to recap our year in reading in 2015, highlight some bests and worsts among our podcast reads, and discuss our past and present New Year’s Resolutions. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go.

Episode 53

Books discussed (in order of appearance)
(and not counting books we read for podcast)

Witches of America, Alex Mar

Books We Unexpectedly Loved

Moneyball, Michael Lewis (Whiskey Jenny)
Barbarian Days, William Finnegan (Whiskey Jenny)
Funny Girl, Nick Hornby (Gin Jenny)
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (Gin Jenny)

Books We Unexpectedly Hated

Grave Mercy, Robin LaFevers (Whiskey Jenny)
ODY-C, Matt Fraction (Gin Jenny)

Books We Wish Had Gotten More Attention

Barbarian Days again! (Whiskey Jenny)
How It Went Down, Kekla Magoon (Gin Jenny)

The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon
Shadows of Sherwood, Kekla Magoon)
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
Carry On, Rainbow Rowell
Nimona, Noelle Stevenson
The Hole the Fox Did Make, Emily Carroll (webcomic)
Through the Woods, Emily Carroll
Check Please, Ngozi Ukazu (webcomic)
Beauty and the Beast, Megan Kearney (webcomic)

My Africa Reading Project

A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James

Here’s where Marlon James talks about his next project. Here’s Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan discussing their excitement for Marlon James. And also here they are angrily recapping The Slap and making fun of Jeremy Renner.

For next time: Leaving the Atocha Station, Ben Lerner

Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Song is by Jeff MacDougall

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