Season 7, Episode 24: Mary and Roxanna's Top Reads of 2024!
Release Date: 01/20/2025
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info_outlineOn this episode of Currently Reading, Mary and Roxanna are sharing their favorite reads of 2024. We are excited to give them the reins for a full episode, and they bring some awesome reads for you to add to your TBR!
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1:24 - Mary and Roxanna’s Reading Year In review
2:06 - Mary read 84 books in 2024, 59% print, 24% digital, 17% audio
2:54 - Mary read 71% adult, 16% middle grade, 7% young adult and 6% new adult
4:29 - Currently Reading Patreon
7:45 - Roxanna read 70 books in 2024, 19 were 5-star reads.
8:18 - Roxanna read 81% fiction, 19% nonfiction
9:09 - Both Mary and Roxanna want to increase their POC/Diverse reads im 2025.
10:48 - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Reads of 2024
10:57 - The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand (Roxanna #10)
12:15 - The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
13:23 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (Mary #10)
14:39 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
15:22 - Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah (Roxanna #9)
16:51 - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
17:45 - Death in the Dark Woods by Annelise Ryan (Mary #9)
17:51 - A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan
20:33 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Roxanna #8)
21:13 - The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das
23:52 - Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman by Patrick Hutchison (Mary #8)
26:27 - It’s Easier than you Think by Sylvia Boorstein (Roxanna #7)
30:18 - A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush (Mary #7)
30:56 - @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram
31:19 - Winter Hours by Mary Oliver
32:03 - Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark (Roxanna #6)
34:58 - The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (Mary #6)
35:09 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
37:24 - Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (Roxanna #5)
40:05 - The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman
41:52 - Heir by Sabaa Tahir (Mary #5)
43:47 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
46:44 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Roxanna #4)
50:12 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach (Mary #4)
53:38 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Sylvia Vasquez-Lovado (Roxanna #3)
54:02 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
54:04 - Finding Me by Viola Davis
57:00 - The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury (Mary #3)
58:59 - Be Ready when the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (Roxanna #2)
1:02:08 - The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop
1:02:25 - The Baddest Bitch in the Room by Sophia Chang
1:04:36 - A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall (Mary #2)
1:08:22 - Matrix by Lauren Groff (Roxanna #1)
1:08:39 - Search by Michelle Huneven
1:11:15 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Mary #1)
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