188 - 2025 Holiday Wrap Up

In Episode 188, we're saying goodbye to 2025 with a look back at all we've read this past year, and a look forward to what's in store for 2026. Show Notes Since we recorded this before we actually had final reading numbers for the year, we'll give you a brief update in our first episode back in 2026 to see where we ultimately landed. If you're looking for romance books in Toronto, go check out Hopeless Romantic! We're going to be doing all of the art things in 2026. Our first episode of 2026 will be Gen's book club pick, Interior China Town by Charles Yu. After that, we're going to follow Gen down the Heated Rivalry rabbit hole with a Page to Screen episode. (This might be the most unhinged you'll ever see Gen.) Books and Media Mentioned Beloved by Toni Morrison Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Fall Shook Up by Piper Sheldon Happy Medium by Sarah Adler Wild Love by Elsie Silver Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie You, Again by Kate Goldbeck The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish Casket Case by Laura Evans Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch Picture This by Lynda Barry Crazy Spooky Love by Josie Silver The Honey Crisp Orchard Inn by Valeria Bowman Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Root Rot by Saskia Nislow Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver The Holiday Fakers by Evie Alexander The Holiday Whoopie by Sara L Hudson Wild Side by Elsie Silver Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez A Five Letter Word for Love by Amy James Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy