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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Amanda and Jenn discuss grown-up American Girl stories, soft sci-fi, LGBTQ romance, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by What Counts As Love by Marian Crotty and 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. 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. Books Discussed Giveaway! bookriot.com/bookstoregiveaway The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin Moon Called by Patricia Briggs An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole Kopp Sisters books by Amy Stewart (Girl Waits With Gun) The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Provenance by Ann Leckie Eerie Elementary series by Jack Chabert (The School Is Alive) Chronicles of Claudette by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado (Giants Beware) Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler Want by Cindy Pon Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Warcross by Marie Lu Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf The Living is Easy by Dorothy West Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:34.9

This is episode 102 and we are reporting on October 17th. I'm Amanda Nelson and I'm here with Jen Northington and we are coming to

0:41.4

you from Book Riot. Welcome. Hello. There's my Delilah voice. If anybody wants to

0:47.4

check that up on the bingo cards out. Hooray. Hooray.

0:57.2

Anyway, what are you reading, Jen?

1:01.7

I just started this morning the Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin.

1:03.4

My library hold came in yesterday.

1:06.1

The insiders were talking about it.

1:10.6

So I guess I haven't, I've only read one of her books, and it wasn't the one that mentioned this.

1:16.4

But I guess she has this, like, theory about how people respond to expectations,

1:19.7

um, and you are one of four things.

1:21.7

And I do love a good sort. So I was like, well, clearly I need to know what thing I am.

1:26.1

Um, so I just started it. So far it's like, it's interesting. I feel a little, I feel a little hesitant about it, but I'm not sure why. I think I might just not like my diagnosis. Aw. Or I don't know. Anyway, it's interesting. It's interesting. It's like when you get sorted into the wrong Hogwarts house. I know, right? This quiz is wrong.

1:45.7

Right. Exactly. Exactly. But you get to see the beautiful thing about Hogwarts sorting is that you get to decide ultimately.

1:52.3

Like the sorting hat takes into account your preferences, whereas people like trying to psychologically sort me do not.

1:59.8

In fact, often are like, it's not what you think you are

2:02.3

it's what you actually are um which like gets me a little riled up sometimes but it's interesting

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