Pagecast Year In Review with Samantha Herbst

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Welcome to day 5 of Pagecast's Year in Review.

It's Pagecast’s holiday season. This December, we’re looking back and reflecting on all the incredible books published in 2022. We’ve asked a few special guests to review their top pick of the year; and to give us a taste of what they’ll be reading this holiday and in the new year.

In this episode editor, content creator and cohost of
@thegreatequalizerpodcast takes us on a ride of her year in books. She chats about the ones that she enjoyed most and those she recommends as holiday reads!

Samantha's stand-out book for 2022 is Witches by Brenda Lozano, and she plans to read three books over the festive season, including:
-Floor Sample by Julia Cameron
-I Came All This Way to Meet You by Jami Attenberg
-I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
-Healing Through Words by Rupi Kaur

Enjoy this episode!
11 Dec 2022 English South Africa Books · Society & Culture

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