# festive diaries #2: our festive book recs 🎄

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Podcast: [the matcha diaries](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-matcha-diaries-3011053)
Published: 2025-12-10T11:51:00+00:00
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## Resource

we’re very excited to be sharing our festive book recommendations (aka the festive books we’ve genuinely loved that are cosy, Christmassy comfort reads). If you want real, tried and tested winter book recommendations, this episode is for you ❄️ Festive reads (past favourites) Kiss Her Once for Me Alison Cochrun The Wedding Witch Erin Sterling His Dark Materials / The Book of Dust Philip Pullman I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron In a Holidaze — Christina Lauren The Christmas Book Hunt Jenny Colgan My December Darling Lauren Asher P.S - we kept saying Bah Humbug without actually knowing what it means so please ignore us being silly xoxo to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes and share any of your thoughts - pls do Follow us on ⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠tiktok⁠⁠ or subscribe to us on youtube ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! ☕ Thinking of joining our BOOK CLUB? We’d love to have you! Check it out ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! for advertising opportunities, or you don't have any social media and want to chat, please email us at: ⁠⁠thematchadiariespod@gmail.com⁠

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