It's a new year, and we're so excited to be joined by HIllary Kelly, a book and TV critic at Vulture, The New Yorker, and LA Times. Angela and Hillary talk about the books they missed in 2021, and what to look forward to in 2022. They also talk about the hype machine, talking about books others pretend to like, how doing a profile of Claire Vaye Watkins helped her get over her own fears, and why she doesn't know what books about happy people want from her.Books discussed in this episode:Bewilderment by Richard PowersI Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye WatkinsNight Bitch by Rachel YoderEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenHappy All The Time by Laurie ColwinSo Long, See You Tomorrow by Richard MaxwellMiddlemarch by George EliotHillary's favorites from last year:Night Bitch by Rachel YoderEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenHillary's picks for next year:The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'RourkeForeverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage by Heather HavrileskyAncestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud NewtonThe Candy House by Jennifer EganTo Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Thanks so much for listening! In two weeks, we'll be speaking with Wajahat Ali, author of the forthcoming Go Back To Where You Came From.

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