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All the Books!

New Releases and More for November 24, 2020

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Barely Functional Adult, Ruinsong, Escape Pod, and more great books. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; Sips By; and Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense Eventually by Meichi Ng What Cats Want: An illustrated guide for truly understanding your cat by Dr. Yuki Hattori  Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology edited by Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya Ruinsong by Julia Ember Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon, creator of Your Fat Friend WHAT WE’RE READING: Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to all the books, a weekly show of recommendations and

0:14.8

enthusiasm regarding the week's new book releases. This is episode 287,

0:18.9

and today we are talking about books being released on November 24th, 2020 and more. I'm Liberty Hardy, here with

0:25.2

Patricia Elsie Tuttle and we're coming to you from Book Riot.com. Patricia, hello.

0:29.8

Hey, hey! Did you ever do that thing when you were a kid where you like asked your mom if your friend could stay over in front of your mom so that like your mom didn't feel like she could say no?

0:40.0

Or like, you know, they say like you should take somebody out in public if you have to tell them something bad so like maybe they won't freak out at you?

0:46.6

Yeah, you wanted both witnesses and accountability.

0:50.6

Right. This is all to say that I wanted to tell you Patricia that I pounded a red bull like

0:56.8

right before I started this phone call. Oh wow thank you. Thank you.

1:01.4

I was like should I tell her before we start talking or after?

1:06.6

I try not to drink Red Bull, but it's been a week.

1:10.4

I haven't had Red Bull in ages isn't it like neon color am I remembering?

1:15.9

I don't know I drink it out of the can which is not see through so I honestly couldn't tell you what color it is.

1:21.5

Now that you said that like I really don't think I know what color it is. I mean I get the

1:25.6

impression that it's light colored but you could be right I don't know.

1:28.6

Yeah if I if I remember correctly it's some like a natural color like is this uranium like what is going on yeah

1:37.9

probably now I'm worried I could have spider legs in it and I wouldn't know I've never

1:41.8

actually looked at it I should probably look at it maybe not

1:45.2

Maybe ignorance is bliss

1:47.9

That's true I caught up my zoomy juice

1:51.6

zoomy juice. oh God. Yep. So last night was the National Book Awards. Yes. And I'm just

1:59.0

going to say that back on January 28th when Interior Chinatown came out by Charles U I said this book is

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