Nerdette Book Club: ‘Come and Get It,’ discussed!
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Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Nerdette Book Club is keeping things moving in 2024 with Kiley Reid’s sophomore novel, ‘Come and Get It.’ It’s a juicy, messy novel that takes place on a college campus and explores issues around class, ambition and constantly-shifting power dynamics.
Our readers this month are the hosts of WBEZ’s ‘The Rundown’ podcast, Erin Allen and Adora Namigadde.
We do get into spoilers in the conversation! If you’re not ready to find out what happens yet, listen to our spoiler-free conversation with author Kiley Reid in the feed first.
And in case you want to read ahead, we have the next three months of books chosen! Here they are:
March: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
April: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
May: A Table for Two by Amor Towles
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| 1:08.6 | From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, |
| 1:10.5 | and this is the Nerdette Book Club. |
| 1:11.4 | It's just like a regular book club, except you don't have to share your snacks. It is February, and our selection this month |
| 1:17.3 | is Come and Get It by Kylie Reid. It is about Millie, an R.A. at the University of Arkansas, |
| 1:22.8 | Agatha, a teacher at the school who's writing a book about young people and money, and Kennedy, Tyler, |
| 1:28.5 | and Peyton, three girls who share a dorm room next to Millie. This is your spoiler warning. |
| 1:34.3 | If you do not want to know what happens in this book and you haven't read it, you should go back |
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