Best Of December 2018 (Plus Winter and Christmas Kids Books)

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🗓️ 4 December 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week, Jenn and María Cristina discuss Revolution Sunday, Here Comes Jack Frost, Once Upon a River, A Loud Winter’s Nap, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Riddance; or, The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children by Shelley Jackson, and Third Love. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (video read aloud) Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara Revolution Sunday by Wendy Guerra, translated by Achy Obejas Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak Hex Vet: Witches in Training by Sam Davies (Dec 18) Little Santa by Jon Agee Santa Duck by David Milgrim My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (tw: domestic violence, suicide, harm to children) WHAT WE’RE READING Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T. Dungy (Persist Instagram Book Club!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
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1:08.7	book right dot com slash insiders to find out more. You're listening to all the books, a weekly show of recommendations and
1:25.8	enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases. This is episode 187 and
1:30.8	today we are talking about December new releases and more.
1:34.0	I'm Jen Northington here with Maria Christina Garcia Lynch and we are coming to you from
1:39.2	Book Riot. Liberty was sadly unable to join us today. Her beloved pet Steinbeck
1:46.4	passed away this morning and we're all real bummed and sad for her and so the show goes out to her. But she will be back soon and in
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