Just Plain Wrong

Wrapping up 2025: Our Favorite Books and Media of the Year

The MennoBrarians Season 8 Episode 2

In this week's episode, the MennoBrarians look back on 2025 and chat about some of our favorite books and media from this past year. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

Erin’s 2025 Favorites

  • The collected works of Ali Hazelwood
  • Basketball, particularly the Iowa Hawkeyes and the WNBA
  • Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The music of Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Chappel Roan

Tillie’s 2025 Favorites

  • Murderbot TV series on Apple TV - 
  • Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green 
  • DC universe comics and movies
  • In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 

Abby’s 2025 Favorites

  • Holes by Louis Sachar (1998)
  • Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor (2006)
  • KPop Demon Hunters & My Neighbor Totoro
  • The Everlasting by Alix Harrow


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