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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Amanda and Jenn discuss the Scottish Highlands, books for introverts, Rent read-alikes, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Nurx, and Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young. 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. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Feedback Lion Heart by Fran Seen A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Books Discussed Dune by Frank Herbert Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom September by Rosamunde Pilcher The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes The Day of the Duchess by Sarah Maclean A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert (tw: discussion of domestic violence) Tessa Dare’s Castles Ever After series (Romancing the Duke #1) Witchmark by CL Polk The Awakened Introvert by Arnie Kozak Post: Life-Changing Books for Introverts I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (TW self-harm, sexual assault, harm to children) Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whitall A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Book of Happiness by Nina Berberova (tw: suicide) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery, which means if you were to

0:05.8

buy a four cheese pizza, you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free. Save and splurge

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at Arcado, the online supermarket. Geographical and other restrictions. Minimum spend, 60 pounds and

0:15.9

charges apply. New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at Arcado.com. This episode of Get Booked is brought to you by Book Riot Insiders.

0:24.5

If you are struggling to keep up with the latest releases or want to keep an eye on what's

0:28.6

coming out in the next few months for work or your own personal pre-ordering needs,

0:32.8

or if you need help turbocharging your TBR, Book Riot Insiders, is here for you. Our new release index,

0:39.1

which is available at the novel level for just $5 a month, is curated by our resident Velocer

0:44.7

Liberty Hardy from the All the Books podcast, and she keeps track of the most exciting books pre-publications

0:50.6

so that you can browse them, know when your favorite author's next novel hit stores, or find your next favorite read. So go to insiders.bookriot.com to sign up.

1:01.6

This is the Get Booked podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.

1:06.0

This is episode 173, and we are recording on March 19th. I'm Jen Northington and I'm here with Amanda Nelson

1:12.5

and we are coming to you from Book Riot. How's it going? Oh, good, good, good. Have you been

1:18.8

following the tournament of books? No, I haven't. I totally missed it. What's going on there?

1:25.8

The Milkman got eliminated this morning and I I just keep reading the judgment over and over.

1:31.6

Because it doesn't – I haven't read The Milkman yet, to be clear.

1:34.8

So, like, I have no dog in this site.

1:37.5

What a terrible metaphor that is.

1:39.3

I just realized.

1:41.1

I have no dog in the site.

1:42.5

But, like, it won the booker, didn't it? And I don't know. I'm just

1:47.0

confused by this. I feel like the tournament of books values different things than the booker.

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