We wrap up The Sparrow. We loved it and it made us sad. We're also blown away at the quality of books being made into TV shows. Well, only a pilot and a trailer but so far so good. But should you risk reading a book and seeing a movie or TV show too? Maybe not!

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Jameson's Select Reserve Black Barrel
Veronica: Hendricks Gin

QUICK BURNS

Yento: New trailer for The Expanse. I'm trying so hard not to get too excited about it because syfy but this looks like it could be pretty good.

Louie: First look at The Man in the High Castle adaptation. (Israel also alerted us)

Dara: SyFy is really into adapting books. Now they're turning Robert Charles Wilson's Spin into a miniseries.

Warren: Screenwriter Zak Penn, who's written the Ready Player One adaptation, has revealed that Ernest Cline is currently working on a second novel.

David: "Gollancz have acquired the English translation and publication rights to three further Witcher books by Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski." via The Wertzone

BARE YOUR SWORD

Steve: How to dislodge the movie from the book?

Jonathon: Big, Long Series to Fill Gap Left By WoT

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Next month's pick: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (We'll formally kick off next episode)

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

TS: Disappointed With The Ending (full spoilers)

ADDENDUMS

We have a new producer! Hi Jacob!

Well we're here to kick off the new year AND celebrate our 200th episode so we gathered drinks and cheer and your favorite books of 2014 as well as our own and a few others. You'll never guess which one everybody picked! That's not true. You'll totally guess. You probably already guessed. But listen to the show anyway, OK. For us?

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