Hey there you're listening to the Lazy Genius podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.

Today if you are listening on release day it it is Christmas day, so Merry Christmas to you.

It's more likely you are listening a little after Christmas, so holiday wishes, whenever and

however they land.

Today is also episode 346 my 10 favorite discoveries of 2023.

Yearly recaps are the most fun aren't they?

I love seeing people's reading lists and favorite things and all of the end of year reflections that

happen. I hope that you are taking some time to make some kind of list of your own.

Today though we are going to look through a very specific lens and I'm just going to

share my favorite discoveries of the year.

Things I did not know about or use or love before 2023.

It's a random list, but a lot of fun.

So let's jump in.

The first and most favorite discovery of 2023

we're starting with a bang for me is Stephen King.

Hear me out before you skip ahead because you are a self-proclaimed

Scaredy Cat.

I had never read Stephen King before,

and I, like many people, had a particular idea of what his books would be, namely that they were super scary,

but also like just scary.

You know, I did not expect there to be anything there for me that was deep or layered or thoughtful or funny.

I thought he just like wrote straight horror like just gross bloody scary horror and

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