It started with an old cabbage. I was going to chuck it out, but my knee's resolution is being more resourceful.

So, I searched reducing food waste on Tik-Tock and bound loads of videos on there. A Kimchi recipe really caught my eye. I gave some

to my neighbours and they loved it. And here I am. My first day at the local farmers

market with my new side hustle.

Kaleen's kimchi. Not bad for leftovers. It starts on Tik-Tock. Hello and welcome to She Dunnet the podcast that unravels the mysteries behind

classic detective stories. I'm Caroline Crampton and today I'm going to be taking

you behind the scenes a little bit of the making of this show. Whenever I chat to She Dunit

listeners online or meet you out in the real world, one of the most common

topics to come up is research and reading. People really seem to like that I put a lot of effort

into exploring the backstories of the authors and novels I discuss on the show.

And I love doing it.

But keeping up a high standard of research for a podcast that comes out every two weeks can

be a lot of effort. and I do have to be very

organized and deliberate about the way I read to make sure I get through everything

I need to and I have. My production assistant Leandro Griffith does an awful lot of the work of tracking down and reading, obscure stories and novels, as well as organizing all the information we find.

She also has a highly evolved reading process.

And so I thought today we would share with you some of our reading habits and plans,

as well as our highs and lows from the last year of reading and the things we're looking forward to in the next year.

I hope our conversation gives you a bit of an insight into what goes into the making of she done it,

and perhaps provides you with a book to check

out or a tip to try. Let's start with the bad bit, Leandro. What would you say is the worst book that you read in

2023? I am fortunate that it's not going to be something from the

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