In episode 18 we talk about Terry Pratchett's classic 1996 novel Hogfather, which uses Christmas to discuss the importance of belief and ritual.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• The Nowhere Child by Christian White
• The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
• On Sunday She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield
• The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Mark Mupotsa-Russell
• Voidverse by Damien Ober

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In episode 17 we talk about the Monk & Robot duology by Becky Chambers, containing A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.

We discuss the first novella until 39 minutes into the episode, then we talk about the second novella.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by R. L. Killmore
• We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
• Katabasis by RF Kuang
• A Forest, Darkly by A. G. Slatter

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In episode 16 we talk about the first six books in Martha Wells' brilliant Murderbot sci-fi series: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and Network Effect, plus we also talk about the recent Apple TV series, which contains the events of All Systems Red.

Please forgive our erratic pronoun usage when referring to Murderbot - the irony of not getting this right when discussing a series about a character's personhood is not lost on us.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• Strange Pictures by Uketsu
• Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada
• The Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono
• The Cold House by Angela Slatter
• The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
• Isn't it nice we both hate the same things by Jessica Seaborn

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In episode 15 we chat about Jessica Townsend's delightful magic and wonder-filled middle-grade book Nevermoor, the first of the Nevermoor series!

Other books dicussed in this episode:

• Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
• Human Rights by Juno Dawson (Her Majesty's Royal Covenant series)
• Once a Villain by Vanessa Len
• Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
• We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
• If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw

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In episode 14 we chat about Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men, the first of the Tiffany Aching series within the Discworld.

Other books dicussed in this episode:

• Willow Close by Helena O'Connor
• Different, Not Less by Chloe Hayden
• My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
• Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert
• Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronica de Ponte
• The Women Are Not Fine: A Dark History of a Poisonous Sisterhood by Hope Reece
• A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
• Assistant to the Villain series by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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In episode 13 we chat about one of our favourite genres by revisiting one of our favourite books from recent years: Travis Baldree's cosy fiction masterpiece Legends & Lattes!

Other books dicussed in this episode:

• The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Welcome to the Hyunam Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
• A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
• Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
• Beyond Climate Grief by Jonica newby
• Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
• The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo
• The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
• The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura
• Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

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In episode 12 we discuss the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta, and it's movie adaptation directed by the Wachowski sisters.

Other books we discuss in this episode include:

• Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
• Hearts that Cut by Kika Hatzopolou
• A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher
• Made of Steam and Stardust by Bianca Breen
• The Distance Between Dreams by Emily Paull
• Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
• The Language of Trees by Katie Holton

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In episode 11 we discuss the first of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy, titled Uglies, published in 2005.

Other books we discuss in this episode include:

• the Murderbot series by Martha Wells
• Murder by Memory by Olivia Wright
• The Forcing by Paul E. Hardesty
• Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
• The Thinning by Inga Simpson
• Human Nature by Jane Rawson
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Lightfall book 1: The Girl & The Galdurian

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