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🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Amanda and Jenn recommend books about pregnancy, mysteries, Irish fiction, and more! This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and The Girls by Emma Cline. 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 Mentioned LGBTQ Episode Gilead by Marilynne Robinson A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (rec’d by Angel Cruz) Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers After Birth by Elisa Albert The Blue Jay’s Dance by Louise Erdrich Breeder by Ariel Gore From the Hips by Rebecca Odes and Ceridwen Morris, rec’d by Rachel Smalter Hall Ms. Marvel, Vol 1: No Normal by G Willow Wilson (editor Sana Amanat’s TED talk) The Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, translated by Marilyn Booth The Faithful Scribe by Shahan Mufti Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki (rec’d by Rioter Kareem Shaheen) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Destiny’s Embrace by Beverly Jenkins The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan Wallbanger by Alice Clayton A Night Like This by Julia Quinn Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy Black Lake by Johanna Lane Saints and Sinners by Edna O’Brien Green Shadows, White Whale by Ray Bradbury Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery,
0:04.6	which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza,
0:07.3	you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
0:10.2	Save and splurge at Arcado, the online supermarket.
0:12.9	Geographical and other restrictions.
0:14.5	Minimum spend, 60 pounds and charges apply.
0:16.6	New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at Accardo.com.
0:25.0	This is the Get Booked podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.
0:28.7	This is episode 33 and we are recording on June 14th.
0:32.7	I'm Jen Northington and I'm here with Amanda Nelson and we are coming to you from Book Ride.
0:33.6	Hello.
0:34.6	Hello.
0:39.8	My landscaping guys in the apartment complex where I live are mowing the lawn right under my window.
0:40.8	So if you all can hear that, I apologize.
0:42.7	I have like shut the window and put sweaters in the gap.
0:48.2	The sound can't come in, but advance apologies.
0:51.5	They're on the same schedule as us, it seems like... Yep, because every week, every week.
0:55.0	It's like, really?
0:56.0	Could you not?
0:57.0	I mean, do your job.
0:59.0	I'm not a special snowflake, but still.
1:02.0	On a less hilarious note, we wanted to take a minute to, like I don't even know, have a moment of recognition for the massacre in Orlando.
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