Ep. 171- This is the first book that makes sense. (Faithful Place)

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 

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 3:56 Laura loves a slice of life romance manga.
• 8:59 The characters in Spy x Family are delightful.
• 9:35 Laura is getting caught up on Witch Hat Atelier! Finally!
• 11:19 Laura's "sexy quota" for 2026 has almost been reached.
• 15:52 Hannah listened to a delightful sci-fi book.
• 19:20 Thornhedge is a great read that has Hannah wanting to read more T. Kingfisher books.
• 20:45 The Wayward Children series continues to be great.
• 21:45 Hannah has some thoughts about the final season of Stranger Things.
• 26:42 The Taskmaster Champion of Champions episode was amazing.
• 28:11 Hannah and Laura cover the first half of Faithful Place by Tana French.