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🗓️ 30 May 2019

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Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse) Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse) The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery) The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror) Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture) The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery) SPOILERS FOR GOT 31-35:45h The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization) A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.8	This is episode 183, and we're recording on May 28th.
1:06.8	I'm Amanda Nelson, and I'm coming to you.
1:08.6	I'm here with Jen Northlandson, and I'm coming to you from apparently the struggle bunch again.
1:15.6	No, JK, everything's cool. We're doing it.
1:18.1	Yes, everything's good. It's post-memorial day, which is always, it's a Monday Tuesday, so, you know, things are.
1:25.1	It's not really the struggle bus. It's just getting back into it.
1:27.6	It's just Monday, Tuesday. That's all. It's Monday Tuesday. And it's Game of Thrones episode. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. So, as you all know, I don't know how you could have avoided it. Game of Thrones is over. The show, not the book. The book is never happening. I'm just... We all know that, right?
1:44.7	Like, that book is never coming out.
1:45.8	Okay.
1:46.4	You're going to get so many angry. The show, not the book. The book is never happening. I'm just, we all know that, right?
1:44.7	Like, that book is never coming out.
1:45.9	Okay.
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