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We're in the dead of winter - the perfect time get cozied up in an armchair and read a fun book. This month, Jes and Sarah are talking about books (and TV shows) that bring them during these cold, dark days. The hosts conveniently have grouped their selections into different tropes and categories to help you peruse!
SHOW NOTES
- Sign up for the 2025 Reading Challenge: Book Bingo
- What They're Reading
- Books That Bring Us Joy
- Books Jes is re-reading
- Found Family/Chosen Family/Ragtag Group books
- Kid/Teen Graphic Novels
- Lyrical Escapism
- Hobby-ing Makes Everything Better
- Community and Action
- Books that Remind You Humans are Innately Good
- Beautyland, by Helene Marie-Helene Bertino
- The Wedding People, by Alison Espach
- Fresh Water for Flowers, by Valeri Perrin
- Light From Uncommon Stars, by Rya Aoki
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
- TV Shows by Michael Schur, Bill Lawrence, Elizabeth Merriweather, Quinta Brunson, or Daniel Levy
- Popular Self-Help Books
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