Hey everyone, I'm Kellynerskin. And I'm David Vance. Welcome to The Book Pile. Happy New Year.

I thought we're going to say that at the same time. So over the holidays, Dave and I threw together this

end of the year episode for you. We hope you enjoy it. First, I'm going to list off my five

favorite books that we covered on the podcast in 2021. Then Dave is going to list off his five favorite

books that he read in 2021 that we haven't covered yet. Dave just tends to read a lot of extra books. And then after that, we've

included a previously unreleased 10 more minutes of the best moments from our lost episode.

That is, the rough audio that was recovered from our botched live recording of the roast of

New Moon. It's a lot of fun. There's even a short Q&A at the end. As usual,

please rate and subscribe, enjoy this episode, and come back next Monday as well for a full

episode where we roast the Da Vinci Code. Finally, if you want to see me live, I'll be

headlining the San Francisco Punchline, January 20th through the 22nd.

Go to punchlinecom.com. All right. And without further ado, here are the five books that affected me the most in 2021.

Number five is Leonardo da Vinci. I love this biography so much. Just a thorough history about an insatiably curious

procrastinator. I just love that it's essentially the most flawed self-help book.

Never commit to one project.

Bounce from thing to thing.

Look for a patron who will pay you money to do whatever you want.

I just, yeah, I love that it was rather than a traditional book in that genre, which it's nice, you know, it's a biography, rather than like a perfect expert telling you everything you should do.

You just learn what to do and what not to do from the most renaissance of all Renaissance men.

For example, promise you can deliver war machines you have never made.

Here's a quick one too. For example, what to do, write stuff backwards in a notebook

so no one can figure out your secrets. What not to do? Don't tell anyone about your discoveries

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