Nathan and Darby talk about books (again) and important topics like “what is a new year anyway?”  We may or may not be late with this segment about our top picks from 2022 (though we are totally early for Nowruz/Persian New Year, so there!). Our top picks: FICTION GENERAL FICTION: A Funny Kind of Paradise by Jo Owens -Victoria author TOP SERIES: The Rockton/Casey Duncan series by Kelley Armstrong -Canadian author Start at the beginning with City of the Lost BEST MYSTERY: The Verifiers by Jane Pek HISTORICAL FICTION: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen DUAL LITERARY FICTION & TOP BOOK CLUB PICK: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich GRAPHIC NOVEL MEMOIRS: Ducks: two years in the oil sands by Kate Beaton Our Little Secret: a graphic memoir by Emily Carrington -Gabriola Island author NON-FICTION: Adrift: the curious tale of the Lego lost at sea by Tracey Williams The Pocket: a hidden history of women’s lives, 1660-1900 by Barbara Burman Nomadland by Jessica Bruder Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin KIDS/JUVENILE NOVEL: The Golden Swift by Lev Grossman (Silver Arrow sequel)