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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Amanda and Jenn recommend short stories on audiobook, poetry collections for beginners, and more on this week’s Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam. 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! North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud Birds of a Lesser Paradise by Megan Mayhew Bergman Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell Tor.com Collection: Season 1 Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Ariel by Sylvia Plath Billy Collins Dispatch from the Future by Leigh Stein Life on Mars by Tracy K Smith The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman A Good American by Alex George Life after Life by Kate Atkinson The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Being Mortal by Atul Gawande The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi The Faithful Scribe by Shahan Mufti Body Where I Was Born by Guadalupe Nettel, J.T. Lichtenstein (Translation) Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera,  Lisa Dillman (Translation) Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, translated by Thomas and Carol Christensen The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden The Vegetarian by Han Kang Deborah Smith (Translator) Re Jane by Patricia Park Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin, Kim Chi-Young (Translator) Jade Lady Burning by Martin Limon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:10.2

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0:20.7

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

0:24.2

This is episode 22 and we're recording on Tuesday, March 29th.

0:27.6

I'm Amanda Nelson and I'm here with Jen Northington and we are coming to you from Book Riot.

0:31.6

And Book Riot live tickets are on sale now.

0:33.3

Yes, they are.

0:34.5

Hooray! Sorry, my voice gets like really excited.

0:55.5

I have found a new octave. Tadda. Yes, Book Riot Live. Tickets went on sale on Monday. And it's very exciting. You should buy them. Early words get good things. So, yes. Yeah, come to see us.elav.com. When is it? November 12th and 13th. Yes.

0:55.8

Mm-hmm.

0:56.1

Yes.

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Yeah.

0:56.7

So come to New York and hang out with us.

1:08.3

So if you are new to this show, this is a personalized breeding recommendation write-in show. So you send us your book rec requests. if you need a book recommendation for yourself or for your book club, for a gift,

1:10.3

if you need to read a like,

1:11.4

because you read like the night circus or whatever

1:13.6

and want something to fill that place, that hole in your heart, we can help you with that. You can send them to us via email at get booked at book at book at bookwit.com or you can go to bookriot.com to the get booked section and there is a form at the bottom of every episode show notes where you can drop your question there. Or you can send them to us on Twitter. We save them if you send them to us on Twitter. I'm Amanda Nelson and Jen is at GenIRL, Jen with two ends. All right. So let's just jump right in. You want to read the first question? Yes. Go GoGaggett. Go Go Gadgett podcast. I don't have any retractable like screwdrivers, but I'll do my best. So the first question is from Stacey. Let's see. I am hoping you can help me with some recommendations for something new I'm

2:01.6

getting into short stories. I have a back and forth commute from work slash school every day

2:06.3

totaling about one hour, perfect time for audiobooks. I am not at all familiar with many

2:11.2

short stories or authors and would appreciate any help starting me out. I enjoy a wide variety

2:15.9

of genres, but I do lean towards fantasy and most

2:18.3

recently creepy slash horror. This is a perfect segue for our first sponsor. Okay, so our first

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