Welcome to the final episode of Bookish Blether for 2017! Today Holly and Nicola are sharing their favourite books of 2016 and some reading goals for 2017.

After this episode, we’re taking a hiatus and we’ll be gone for a few months. Thank you SO MUCH for listening to Bookish Blether! We’ll be updating our Twitter with news about our return. In the meantime, please do keep us in your podcast feeds and we’ll be popping up sometime in 2017.

Happy New Year and lots of bookish love from us both x

–– What We’re Currently Reading ––

Nicola

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | http://amzn.to/2huy1XG

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis | http://amzn.to/2hqIvtkAlso mentioned: Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante | http://amzn.to/2huvYCQ

HollySee What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (sent by Tinder Press for review) | http://amzn.to/2gNvJ8sMissing, Presumed by Susie Steiner | http://amzn.to/2hO1VW8

–– Books We Recently Acquired ––

NicolaSwimming Lessons by Claire Fuller | http://amzn.to/2iF1cL5(Out 7 February from Tin House in the USA, out 26 January from Fig Tree in the UK)Sign up to Book of the Month club here | https://www.mybotm.com/76q1bdfcgx5stt9

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante | http://amzn.to/2htJisHAlso mentioned: Max from Well Done Books | https://www.youtube.com/welldonebooks

Moth Box | http://mothbox.weebly.com/Curated by Mercedes | https://www.youtube.com/user/MercysBookishMusingsTrio by Sue Gee | http://amzn.to/2htxJ4RCall of the Undertow by Linda Cracknell | http://amzn.to/2ihL7ds

HollyThe Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty (sent for review by Michael Joseph) | http://amzn.to/2hNTt9vAlso mentioned: Pretty Little Liars

–– Our Top Books of 2016! ––

Refresh your memory about our Best Books of the Year (So Far) from half-way though 2016!

Nicola’s FavouritesGone With The Wind by Margaret MitchellStranger on a Train by Jenny Diski The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride Also mentioned: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride Night Waking by Sarah Moss Also mentioned: The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss

Holly’s FavouritesThe Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes Rain by Melissa Harrison The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebank The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ullman

–– Follow us! ––

You can subscribe to Bookish Blether on SoundCloud, iTunes and Stitcher, or your podcast app of choice.

Love our podcast? Leave us a review and share it with a friend!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/BookishBlether
Instagram: http://instagram.com/bookishblether
Tumblr: http://bookishblether.tumblr.com
Email: [email protected]

Holly:
http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmith
http://instagram.com/hollyjunesmith
http://www.heyhollyjune.co.uk

Nicola:
http://twitter.com/robotnichttp://robotnic.cohttp://youtube.com/robotnichttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6523767.Nicola_Balkind