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🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Amanda and Jenn discuss books set in Chicago, love-to-hate-them protagonists, magical realism, 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 Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright (rec’d by John) Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose (rec’d by Amanda) What is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi and Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (rec’d by JB) Books Discussed Chicago by Alaa Al-Aswany The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (tw: domestic abuse) Serena Singh Flips The Script by Sonya Lalli (cw: domestic violence) The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso (tw racism) The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani (cw: war crimes) Fairest by Meredith Talusan The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh (cw: domestic violence, self-harm, violence against women) What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur Small Change by Roan Parrish (cw: discussion of depression and self-harm) The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (tw: suicide) Dakota Blues by Lynn M Speer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, just leave on work now.
0:02.2	Sorry, it's a bit loud.
0:03.3	Um, basically, so I was thinking we could get Macies tonight.
0:05.7	Had a big Mac on my mind all day, and delivery fee on the app is now from 99P.
0:09.8	So you win?
0:11.0	Of course you are.
0:11.5	Love you.
0:12.1	Bye!
0:13.3	Exclusively on the McDonald's app.
0:16.0	18 plus, service fee and small order fee may apply.
0:18.1	Participating restaurants.
0:19.0	Serving times and teas and teas apply.
0:35.4	This is the Get Booked podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.
0:40.1	This is episode 276, and we are recording on April 6.
0:41.1	I'm Jen Northington.
0:42.5	I'm here with Amanda Nelson.
0:47.0	We are coming to you from Book Riot, and the birds are singing in my backyard.
0:49.4	They are so loud.
0:57.8	My kids have entered the, like, disappearing into the neighborhood for hours and coming back covered in mystery mud phase of the year.
0:58.9	So that's fun.
1:01.8	That's like just leave all your clothes in the front porch, please.
1:04.8	Do they, does Petunia get to roam with them or no?
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