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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Amanda and Jenn discuss characters with social anxiety, “intellectual angst,” gothic thrillers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Elsewhere by Dean Koontz, and Sourcebooks. 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 Delicacy by David Foenkinos, translated by Bruce Benderson (rec’d by Catleen) The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (rec’d by Heather) Abby Jimenez’s The Friend Zone & The Happy Ever After Playlist (rec’d by Nicole) Books Discussed Humankind by Rutger Bregman, transl. by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Modern Lovers by Emma Straub Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee with Carol Mithers (tw: domestic abuse) Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:09.0

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0:13.0

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0:17.0

and even generates reports or presentations out of it. So you can cut through the

0:22.1

waffle, work smarter and save time. Do that with Acrobat. Learn more and try it out on

0:28.7

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

0:46.0

This is episode 254, and we are recording on October 20th.

0:50.3

I'm Jen Northington.

0:51.4

I'm here with Amanda Nelson, and Petunia theia the puppy and we are coming to you from Book Riot.

0:58.3

Yeah, all three of us are coming to you from book. He's in his crate, which is in my office, because if he is in his crate in another room where he cannot see me, he screams as if I have tried to murder him,

1:12.2

which is annoying. So he's in here. He's quiet right this second. So we'll see how it goes.

1:17.6

We'll see how it goes. He does not like to be in a room where he cannot see the people who he knows

1:22.1

are in the house. Right, right. Well, we'll see what happens. I'm also in a new situation and my cats may decide to wage assault on the new recording closet. So...

1:32.6

Hey, mom, what are you doing? It'll be a pet adventure.

1:37.5

We're a children's book. Yeah, seriously. That's it. That's the get book Children's book right there. We just wrote it.

1:45.6

Amanda and Jen make chili and then hide from their animals.

1:53.1

Coming soon to a bookstore near you. All right. Well, if you, if this is your first time

1:58.1

joining the show, welcome. You're welcome, I'm sorry.

2:00.9

We swear we actually do talk about books.

2:03.8

This is, as I said at the top, a show for personalized reading recommendations, which means you can send in your request for a book that is like books you have loved and have had trouble finding similar ones to.

2:17.3

Maybe you need help

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