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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Vagabond, Queer Enlightenments, The Scammer, and more! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Books Discussed On the Show: Vagabond: A Memoir by Tim Curry Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder by K. Valentin Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum by Michael J. Fox, Nelle Fortenberry Red City (The New Alchemists) by Marie Lu The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	After a magical visit to the kingdom of caring,
0:02.6	there's been a spooky mashup in Happy Meal,
0:05.2	and the Care Bears are all jumbled up.
0:07.1	Join the Care Bears on their most spellbinding adventure yet.
0:10.2	Some fun, some food, it's all inside this happy meal.
0:14.0	Until 4th of November from 11am,
0:15.9	includes one pre-selected book or toy,
0:17.3	while stocks last.
0:18.0	Subject to availability, fair ordering policy applies.
0:30.7	Thank you. book or toy. While stocks last. Subject to availability, fair ordering policy applies. You're listening to All the Books, a weekly show of recommendations and enthusiasm regarding
0:35.3	the week's new book releases.
0:37.2	Today, we are talking about
0:38.5	books being released on October 14th, 2025, and more. I'm Liberty Hardy, here with Vanessa
0:44.3	Diaz, and we're coming to you from bookbriot.com. Vanessa. Liberty. How's it going?
0:51.9	Well, if this was a visual medium, well, you wouldn't have seen this because we didn't hadn't hit record. But right before I sat down to record, I apparently bumped my Roomba. And then it just went away. And I spent the 15 minutes that we delayed recording by trying to chase it because it decided to go under my bed and I couldn't find it and it's been chaos this morning.
1:29.3	So I really hope it doesn't like go off again because it keeps every 15 minutes for a while there. It was like, please put us back where we built. I'm like, I know, you idiot. I'm trying to get you to do that. So anyway, if you hear a disembodied voice, it's probably the Roomba, but hopefully not. Maybe it's haunted. It woke be up at like four in the morning the other day and there was no way.
1:30.9	I obviously wasn't touching it.
1:29.3	It's in a different room. hopefully not. Maybe it's haunted. It woke be up at like four in the morning the other day and there's no way.
1:30.9	I obviously wasn't touching it.
1:31.7	It's in a different room.
1:36.7	So yeah, it might be haunted and maybe that's its contribution to spooky season.
1:37.9	Anyway, how are you?
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