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New year, new book! Hannah and Laura are digging into the first half of Faithful Place by Tana French. They chat about French's love for the main character, her ability to crush us with a family drama, and Laura guesses whodunnit at the end of the episode! They also chat about some manga series that Laura has been enjoying, an incredible audiobook that Hannah listened to, Hannah's thoughts on the final season of Stranger Things, and how Laura has reached her "sexy quota" for the year already.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for Faithful Place by Tana French. Spoiler section begins at: 28 min 11 secs *

**CW for the episode: discussions of murder, abuse, sexual abuse, trauma, divorce, familial trauma, police, detectives, violence, poverty, familial disputes, alcoholism, corpses, death, strangulation, mental illnesses

*Apologies for some audio issues on Hannah's end! *

Media Mentions:

Faithful Place by Tana French

Blue Box by Kouji Miura

A Side Character's Love Story by Akane Tamura

Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama

Heated Rivalry---HBO Max

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

Stranger Things---Netflix

Taskmaster---YouTube

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It's the last day of 2025, so Hannah and Laura are sharing their favorite books, movies, and things of the year! Thanks so much for listening and supporting OWWR podcast in 2025!

*CW for the episode: discussions of infertility, mental illness, grief, depression*

*This episode contains minor spoilers for The Pitt and Severance.

Media Mentions:

Sinners---HBO Max

Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Frankenstein---Netflix

Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura

Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Bloodsworn Saga by John Gwynne

Severance---AppleTV

Up---Disney+

Coco---Disney+

The Pitt---HBO Max

The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire

Nghi Vo's works

The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi

Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett

Digital Extremities by Adam Bassett

Hollow Knight: Silksong the videogame

Azul the board game

Cascadia the board game

Wingspan the board game

A Gentle Rain the board game

Calico the board game

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the trick-taking game

Flamecraft the board game

Root the board game

Disney Villainous the board game

A Place for All My Books the board game

Howl's Moving Castle---HBO Max

KPop Demon Hunters---Netflix

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

They Came in the Night by Ravi Novais

Jester by Tim Carter

Lightfall by Ed Crocker

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

Stephen Graham Jones' works

School Spirits---Netflix

Andor---Disney+

Arcane---Netflix

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story---Prime Video

Taskmaster---YouTube

Would I Lie to You? ---YouTube

N.K. Jemisin's works

Tana French's works

Jordan Ifueko's works

The Diplomacy of the Knife by C.M. Caplan

Cello's Gate by Maurice Africh

Jendia Gammon's works

Rebecca Crunden's works

Alison Cochrun's works

Soultaming the Serpent by Tar Atore

Petition by Delilah Waan

Haroun and the Study of Mischief by Lynn Strong

Ashes Fall at Dawn by Kara M. Zone

One Shot by A.C. Wonderland

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Legenborn by Tracy Deonn

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Hannah and Laura are still in disbelief over the plot of Tana French's book, The Likeness. They chat about the book's characters and themes and try to sort out if anything in it is believable. Hannah and Laura also chat about a fun thriller, some Christmas activities, hobbies, and a Netflix show that is pretty fun.

*This episode contains SPOILERS for The Likeness by Tana French. Spoiler section begins at: 32 min 5 secs.

**CW for the episode: discussions of death, murder, mental illnesses, cult behaviors, police, detectives, abusive relationships, physical abuse

Media Mentions:

The Likeness by Tana French

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Taskmaster---YouTube

Death by Lightning---Netflix

Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang

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