232: Holiday Gift Guide 2024 (with Sarah!)

In This Episode:

If you do something two years in a row, that makes it a yearly tradition right? With that in mind, here’s the very traditional Holiday Gift Guide episode. I’m joined by Sarah in our Damn Library and we talk some books and get down to the business of gift giving this season. It’s a present, open it up!

THE EP. 232 BOOKSHELF

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Sarah: Against Landlords by Nick Bano
Christopher: Bear by Marian Engel, Little Mysteries by Sara Gran

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Claire DeWitt Series by Sara Gran
Sunnyside by Glen David Gold

DRINK RELATED GIFTS:

Gray Whale Gin
Maillard Granola Liqueur
Crate and Barrel Rocks Glasses
Apple Pie Infused Whiskey Recipe
S’mores Infused Liqueur Recipe

FOOD RELATED GIFTS:

Economy Candy Care Packs
Chomp! Vegan Chocolate
Danish Kringle

CANDLE GIFTS:

DS & Durga Portable Christmas Tree
Thymes Frasier Fir Candle
Candle Holders/Candelabra
The Book of Candle Magic by Madame Pamita
Wick by graypants
Dirty Martini Matchbooks

ETC.:

Bungu Postage Framing Stamps
Envelope Decor Stamps
Stationery
Color changing thermal nail polish

BOOK GIFTS:

Biblioasis’ Christmas Ghost Stories
Penguin’s Little Black Classics Box Set
The Peanuts Papers Edited by Andrew Blauner
A Mickey Mouse Reader edited by Garry Apgar
The Annotated Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Smythson Luxury Bookmark
NYPL Rose Room Chair Miniature
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
The Onion print subscription

CHARITIES:

Your local public library
Books Beyond Bars
Hearts and Bones Rescue

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher: Finish a book from the bottom of your TBR

THE DAMN BAR:

Sarah: Whiskey + Pickle brine + Seltzer
Christopher: Creme de Menthe + Creme de Cacao + Seltzer