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EPISODE · Dec 28, 2021 · 1H 4M

2021 Revisited

from Cracked Spines · host Amelia Fisher and Sarah Palmer

In the final episode of 2021, Sarah and Amelia dig through their year's worth of reading materials in a ruthless gladiatorial death match of arbitrary categories and favoritism (but like, in a chill way). Triumphs are hard-won, emotional depths are plumbed, and favors are ruthlessly extorted under false pretenses and then upheld as law.  Join us on a journey through our top picks in categories like "best nonfiction," "juiciest dynamic," and "guaranteed to rip your heart out and eat it in front of you." Books discussed in this episode: The Heart of a Vicar by Sarah M. EdenDream Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij JohnsonPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting and A Seditious Affair by K.J. CharlesThe Man Who Ended History by Ken LiuNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigiro Unnatural Magic by C M Waggoner Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn GalaBullshit Jobs: A Theory by David GraeberTwo Truths and a Lie by Sarah PinskerThe Unspoken Name AK Larkwood Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir I Capture The Castle by Dodie SmithThe Only Ones by Carola DibbellThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoHouse in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneKingdom of Copper by SA ChakrabortySupport the show

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In the final episode of 2021, Sarah and Amelia dig through their year's worth of reading materials in a ruthless gladiatorial death match of arbitrary categories and favoritism (but like, in a chill way). Triumphs are hard-won, emotional depths are plumbed, and favors are ruthlessly extorted under false pretenses and then upheld as law. Join us on a journey through our top picks in categories like "best nonfiction," "juiciest dynamic," and "guaranteed to rip your heart out and eat it in...

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