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🗓️ 11 August 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Amanda and Jenn recommend light-hearted love stories, graphic novels for kids, books about food and more on this week’s episode of Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey and EveryLibrary. 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 Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade Whatever by SJ Goslee The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Delancey by Molly Wizenberg Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Life Is Meals by James Salter (beloved by Rebecca Schinsky) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris (rec’d by Rebecca Schinsky) Period: A Girl’s Guide by JoAnn Loulan et al (rec’d by Kristina Pino) Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee The Swap by Megan Shull Space Dumplins by Craig Thompson Hildafolk by Luke Pearson Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre Kraken by China Mieville Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Hexed: Harlot and Thief Vol. 1 by Michael Alan Nelson and Dan Mora The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy Taking a Chance by AM Arthur Sunset Park by Santino Hassell 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
0:10.8	at Arcado, the online supermarket. Geographical and other restrictions. Minimum spend, 60 pounds
0:15.7	and charges apply. New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at Accardo.com.
0:21.0	This is the Get Booked podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.
0:24.7	This is episode 41 and we are recording on Tuesday, August night.
0:28.1	I'm Amanda Nelson and I'm here with Jen Northington and we are coming to you from Book Riot.
0:32.0	Welcome.
0:33.1	Hooray.
0:34.3	Tuesday.
0:35.3	Tuesday.
0:36.5	I have no words about it.
0:39.0	That's the name of the day.
0:40.4	I'm just excited because it's a Tuesday during the Olympics, which are my problematic fave.
0:45.1	Like, they're terrible for the cities that they're in, but I also do love watching them.
0:49.6	So, yeah, I had, like, rowing on in the background while I was prepping this morning.
0:53.4	I haven't been watching the Olympics, but I've been watching Twitter watch the Olympics, which is also great. It's so entertaining because they get so mad about, like they get really mad about stuff that would irritate me if I saw it also. You know, like the way that the female athletes are being covered by the media and all that. But then they also make gifts like Michael Phelps weird face.
1:12.8	And I love it.
1:14.9	And the board lifeguard. I love the board lifeguard.
1:17.0	If you guys haven't seen that, please go look it up.
1:19.1	It's really great. It's good. Every time you feel like your life is bad,
1:21.8	remember that somebody has to be the lifeguard at the Olympic swimming events.
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