A bit of a different podcast this time around: I read some books in 2024. Here, I review them with a mixture of emotions. Watch this podcast in video format on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0C0MWkKfhU&t=9s. Timestamps: 00:47 - The Mysteries (Bill Watterson & John Kascht) 07:23 - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury) 10:50 - The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood) 17:56 - Hollywood (Gore Vidal) 23:00 - The Last Empire (Gore Vidal) 29:14 - A Decent Life (Todd May) 34:47 - The Cider House Rules (John Irving) 39:22 - Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) 44:07 - Cocksure (Mordecai Richler) 47:11 - The Psychology of Money (Morgan Housel) 53:08 - Joshua, Then and Now (Mordecai Richler) 56:22 - Home Sweet Home (Mordecai Richler) 1:01:39 - Straw Dogs & The Silence of Animals (John Gray) 1:07:57 - Why Nations Fail (Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson) 1:14:10 - Picture This (Joseph Heller) 1:16:50 - A Sort of Life (Graham Greene) 1:22:44 - Life Before Man (Margaret Atwood) ++++++++++++++ Music credits: Synth 52684 (1 with FX) by Beetlemuse. License: Attribution 4.0