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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Amanda and Jenn discuss a bunch of different book group recs, books about caregiving, modern novels for classics lovers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Feedback Inflamed by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel (rec’d by Heather) Of Echoes Born by ‘Nathan Burgoine, House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, Alone by EJ Noyes, Nottingham and Thorn by Anna Burke (rec’d by Wynnde) Pine by Francine Toon (rec’d by Georgia) Books Discussed The Soul of Care by Arthur Kleinman A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Out by Natsuo Kirino, transl. by Stephen Snyder (tw: sexual assault, domestic violence/abuse, also very murdery) Blake or the Huts of America by Martin R. Delaney (cw: slavery & related violence) h/t Nisi Shawl’s Black Speculative Fiction reading list Matrix by Lauren Groff Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza  A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (tw: suicide) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Cordova The Evangelicals by Frances FitzGerald Blessed by Kate Bowler American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht (cw: child abuse, homophobia, antisemitism) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hear that? It's your big McDonald's hunger calling.

0:03.0

Because the Big Arch is back.

0:04.8

And this time, it's here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that Big Arch sauce.

0:09.9

Hungry? You are now.

0:11.6

Order delivery on the McDonald's app.

0:15.0

Serve from 11am.

0:16.2

Upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders.

0:17.9

Subjects availability, price and participation may vary.

0:35.5

This is the Get Booked podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.

0:39.7

This is episode 306, and we are recording on November 9th. I'm Jen Northington. I'm here with Amanda Nelson. We're coming to you from

0:44.6

Book Riot and my post-daylight savings disorientation. Death to time changes.

0:52.7

I am so conflicted about it because I really appreciate having that light in the morning to help me wake up.

0:58.0

But then when it's dark at 5.30, my soul is sad.

1:02.3

So, like, I have too many feelings about it is really what's happening here.

1:06.9

Well, you know, as a parent or even if you have, like like dogs, right, the fallback is torture if your kids are young. Because then instead of getting up at five, they're getting up at four, you know, or whatever. I mean, mine are older. They're, they wake up at 6.30 or whatever I die. And they feed themselves breakfast. So it doesn't really affect me anymore. But I remember the young days of like, oh, cool, I'm going to be up at three in the morning for the people of

1:31.0

future. Just kill me. I was talking to two of our coworkers about that yesterday because they both have children under the age of three. And they were like, this is rough. Yeah, it is. I'm sorry. I'm sorry parents.

1:41.0

If you have like cats that are so insistent about eating it's the same exact time every morning,

1:45.7

then Fallback is like, just stop.

1:47.2

And then you can't reason with them. They speak English. They are unreasonable. It's true. All right. Well, that's our rant about daylight savings. You're welcome. Let's move on now. How does this show work? You might be wondering if you're new here. Welcome. It is, as we said, a show for personalized reading recommendations, which means you can send in your questions for any kind of recommendation. Maybe it's something for you. There's a kind of book you love. You're having trouble finding more. Maybe you need something for a family member or a friend, for a gift, for your book club,

2:17.8

whatever. You can send those in either via email, get booked at bookride.com, or you can drop

2:23.4

them in the form that's at the bottom of the show notes on the site for each episode. If you have a

2:28.4

time-sensitive request, you're hoping to hear back, for example, by, you know, before Christmas,

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