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Book Riot

Society & Culture, Books, Fiction, Arts

4.6577 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Amanda and Jenn discuss queer reads, graphic novels, management advice, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller giveaway, All That’s Dead by Stuart McBride, and Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee, read by Oliver Wyman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. 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. Feedback Here’s to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army by Carla Kelly (rec’d by Kate) Boom Town by Sam Anderson (rec’d by Miranda) I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (rec’d by Miranda) How Not To Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg (rec’d by Miranda) Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (rec’d by Miranda) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (rec’d by Miranda) The Tairen Soul series by C. L. Wilson (rec’d by Victoria) Books Discussed Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (tw: slavery and violence inherent therein, harm to children, rape, incest) Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub (tw: depression, suicide) Lazarus Vol 1 by Greg Rucka, Michael Lark Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Ríos (cw: nudity/prostitution) No Hard Feelings by Liz Fosslien and Molly West Duffy Ask A Manager by Alison Green (and the online columns!) An American Marriage by Tayari Jones The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (tw: torture, harm to children, gore) Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend / Lupe Vargas y Su Super Mejor Amiga by Amy Costales, Alexandra Artigas Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, transl. by Ginny Tapley Takemori Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Passing Strange by Ellen Klages About a Girl (Metamorphoses #3) by Sarah McCarry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.8

to learn more. This episode of GetBook is sponsored in part by our giveaway of the best mysteries and

0:35.0

thrillers of the year so far. So if you are a mystery and thriller

0:38.8

reader, this one is for you. We're giving away the 10 best mysteries and thrillers of the year so

0:44.1

far as far as we are concerned to one lucky book riot reader or podcast listener. The prize plaque

0:50.3

includes Miracle Creek by Angie Kim, The Lost Man by Jane Harper, American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson, and more.

0:57.9

Go to bookriot.com slash best mysteries to enter to win.

1:01.9

And don't forget to leave your lights on.

1:04.2

Do do, do, do.

1:04.8

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

1:19.6

This is episode 198, and we are recording on September 17th.

1:24.6

I'm Jen Northington, and I'm here here with Amanda Nelson and we're coming to you from

1:28.0

Book Riot. Hello Amanda. Hey, I try so hard not to laugh when you do pre-rolls, but you're so,

1:34.8

like, you're so funny. I can tell that in the background it's going to be like me chuckling.

1:39.9

Oh, thanks. I try to have a little fun with it because why not. Do do, do, do, do. I mean, that line, I think, did you write that line. I think you did write that line. It cracks me up every time I read it. So, like, I can't not put a little spin on it.

1:54.6

Well, anyway, thank you all for tuning in to the Jen and Amanda show. If you are a newcomer, welcome.

2:01.4

As we said at the top, this is a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations,

2:05.7

which means you send us questions about what you should read next,

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