S10:Ep205 - 2023 Year in Review - 1/17/24

Website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland (Rec by Ritu Mukerji) 2- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (Rec by Anna Pitoniak) 3- The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Rec by Anna Pitoniak) 4- Working by Robert Caro (Rec by Rachel M. Harper) 5- The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Rec by Mel Joulwan of Strong Sense of Place Podcast) 6- A Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel (Rec by David Humphries of Strong Sense of Place Podcast) 7- The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club) 8- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (Rec by Kristine Eckart of Gilmore Book Club) 9- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Rec by Kika Hatzapoulou) 10- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby (Rec by Katrina Kittle) 11- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Rec by Katrina Kittle) 12- Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century by Dana Stephens (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious Podcast) 13- River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit (Rec by Mick Sullivan of The Past and the Curious Podcast) 14- If We Were Villains by ML Rio (Rec by Katrina Monroe) 15- The Wanderers by Meg Howrey (Rec by Lydia Welker of the Appalachian Prison Book Project) 16- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Rec by Kelsey Madges, middle school librarian) Carrie's Favorite Books of the Year 1- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean 2- Atomic Family by Ciera Horton McElroy 3- Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan 4- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith 5- We All Wants Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Amy's Favorite Books of the Year 1- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 2- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher 3- Martin Marten by Brian Doyle 4- Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donahue 5- The Keeper by Kelcey Ervick 6- Horse by Geraldine Brooks Other Recommendations: 1- American Murderer by Gail Jarrow 2- Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and 500 Miles Across Spain by Andrew McCarthy 3- These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant 4- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 5- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan 6- The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris 7- Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby 8- Wool by Hugh Howey (and the TV adaptation on Apple + called Silo) Escambia County Dictionary Ban - www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio…ban/72202686007/