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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Amanda and Jenn discuss non-Christmas holiday reads, African authors, dark histories, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Subscribe to 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 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (rec’d by Rebecca) Born in Fire by K.F. Breene, Ilona Andrews, and Patricia Briggs (rec’d by Stephanie) Books Discussed My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb Snow in Love by Melissa de la Cruz et al Together at Midnight by Jennifer Castle (rec’d by Hey YA) The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso (tw racism) The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (Zambian writer) (tw: colonialism, racism, racial slurs, just all the racial triggers, rape) From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum Ross Gay (esp. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude) When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through, edited by Joy Harjo with Leanne Howe and Jennifer Foerster A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (tw: all of them) Chang-Rae Lee; On Such a Full Sea (tw: sexual assault, medical experimentation, abduction and imprisonment), Native Speaker 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.
0:34.7	This is the Get Booked Podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.
0:38.8	This is episode 260 and we are recording on December 8th.
0:44.0	I'm Jen Northington. I'm here with Amanda Nelson and we are coming to you from Book Riot on this very Tuesday of Tuesday. Well, it's Thursday if you're listening to it, but it's Tuesday here.
0:49.3	It's Tuesday in my heart. It's the end of the eager, y'all. We're a little punchy. This is going to be, this is just what it is. This is where we are. Like, as a nation, I feel like everyone understands. Yeah, yeah. We're all in this together or something. All right. So let's talk about how this show works. If this is the first time you're tuning in. Welcome. It is,
1:12.8	as I said at the top, a show for personalized reading recommendations, which means you can
1:17.3	send in your request for maybe there's a book that, like, put a hole in your heart and you need
1:22.4	help finding others that are similar, or maybe you need recommendations for friends and family,
1:27.0	or for a trip or a book club, or whatever. need recommendations for friends and family, or for a trip,
1:28.0	or a book club, or whatever. You can send those questions in either via email, get booked at
1:33.7	bookrriot.com, or you can drop them at the form that's at the bottom of the show notes on the
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