{"id":14917,"date":"2021-12-19T13:44:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T18:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?page_id=14917"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:45:04","slug":"the-guest-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list","title":{"rendered":"The Guest List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of each year, I ask that year&#8217;s podcast-guests to answer two questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What was the favorite book you read this year?<\/strong> (Not necessarily published this year, but your fave that you read during the year.) (Okay, it can be more than one)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are there books or authors you hope to read next year?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a lot of work to make this annual episode, but my listeners\/readers love discovering wonderful books. Here are the archives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2013-guests-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy! And <a href=\"mailto:groth@chimeraobscura.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let me know<\/a> what you&#8217;re reading &amp; who you hope to read in the year ahead!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of each year, I ask that year&#8217;s podcast-guests to answer two questions: What was the favorite book you read this year? (Not necessarily published this year, but your fave that you read during the year.) (Okay, it can be more than one) Are there books or authors you hope to read next &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Guest List&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14918,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14917","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4C7K-3SB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7805,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/myers-books","url_meta":{"origin":14917,"position":0},"title":"Myers Books","author":"Gil","date":"April 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"My podcast conversation with D.G. 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Seventeen guests participated, so listen to the show to hear about the books they loved this year, and use this\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6720-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C633&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6720-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C633&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6720-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C633&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6720-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C633&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6720-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C633&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14921,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021","url_meta":{"origin":14917,"position":5},"title":"The Guest List 2021","author":"Gil","date":"December 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"We asked the past year's podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2021 and the books they hope to read in 2022 for our special year-end Guest List episode! 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