About this episode
It's a new year and a new episode. Join Kate and Laura as they consider reading intentions for the year ahead, and try to set some realistic goals. Will 2025 be the year Kate gets into poetry? Will it be the year Laura weans herself off romance novels? And as always, they're thinking of book club reads to come. Meanwhile Phil sets a goal for himself in 2025 that might surprise you.Books mentioned 4,000 Weeks and Meditations for Mortals by Oliver BurkemanRejection by Tony TulithamutteBliss Montage by Ling MaThe George Smiley novels by John le Carre Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway My Struggle, Karl Ove KnausgardThe Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Assembly and Universality by Natasha BrownAlso a Poet and Crush by Ada CalhounOur Country Friends and Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart Intimacies and Audition by Katie Kitamura