We’re recapping all kinds of stuff this week, and today: our top five podcast episodes from 2024! Looking at the year overall, these are the top five most listened to Smart Podcast, Trashy Books episodes of the year – and thank you to everyone who listened, recommended, shared, and posted about the show. Special thanks to all our Patreon community members, who helped shape this season and keep the show going each week! Honorable Mention … Continue reading Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: Best of 2024 →
We’re traveling all over the world again, from the west coast of the US to Germany to discuss the price of PopTarts, book recommendations, and wishes for 2025 with Megan, Alanna, Sue, and Rhonda. Thank you for being part of these episodes!
RECOMMENDED: Witch King by Martha Wells is $2.99! Carrie reviewed this and gave it a B+:
The biggest thing you need to know about Witch King is that it is very different from Murderbot. If you are hoping for a fantasy version of Murderbot you will be disappointed. The tone is different, the humor, when it exists, is dryer, the scope is different, and the violence is dialed waaayyy up. However, on its own merits, Witch King is a complex, interesting fantasy novel that keeps two timelines moving and introduces a group of allies who gel into a found family.
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NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2024. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2024 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2024, Part Two →
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey is $1.99! This is book two in the Bellinger Sisters series and is a friends to lovers romance. Are you a fan of this series?
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Tonight is Christmas Day and the first night of Hanukkah. Get ready, we’re going into the new year with candles and jelly donuts and latkes and it’s going to be a party! Traditionally, I do giveaways for each night of Hanukkah, but this year, I want to do something different: care packages! Yup, we’re sending you a care package just in time for the beginning of 2025. First: my Hanukkah wishes for you tonight and for … Continue reading Hanukkah 2024: Care Packages! →
NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2024. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2024 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2024, Part One →
RECOMMENDED: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert is $1.99! Kiki really loved this one and gave it an A:
Get a Life, Chloe Brown saw my expectations’ proffered hand and kissed it gently, and then proceeded to charm their pants off. In a tent. With s’mores. (Not with s’mores, because s’mores apparently are not a thing in the UK.) This metaphor got away from me, but you get the idea. This book is outstanding.
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NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and our most popular pieces of writing this year. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … Since we feature other things … Continue reading Best of Posts 2024 →
RECCOMENDED: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman is $1.99! Lara previously squeed about this one:
Honestly, writing this review has been so challenging, because I just want to scream ‘nuance’, ‘depth’ and ‘originality’.
Oh, and most of all, ‘Please read it so I can talk to you about it!’
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