About this episode

The episode reflects on the best reads and cocktails of 2025 while looking forward to 2026.

We look back at our reading through 2025 to pick our favorite podcast books, favorite books overall, and favorite cocktails! We take a look forward into 2026 - what will we do differently?? 2025 will be hard to top with each of us having more 5-star reads than in year's past. We end the year with what might be our best "get cozy and read" cocktail of the year: A Warm and Fuzzy! 8 oz freshly brewed coffee 1 oz Irish Cream liqueur 1 oz nut-flavored liqueur (we used Frangelico) Whipped cream and freshly grated nutmeg for garnish Make yourself a Warm and Fuzzy and look back with us at a great 2025 Reading Year. We can hardly wait for the great books we'll uncover in 2026!

People in this episode

Host: The Reading Lounge

Topics covered

• reading recap
• favorite books
• cocktails
• 2025 highlights
• 2026 preview

Keywords

• reading recap
• favorite books
• cocktails
• 2025
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Irish Cream liqueur, nut-flavored liqueur, Frangelico

Books & works: 2025 Reading Recap!, A Warm and Fuzzy

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