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🗓️ 27 August 2020

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Amanda and Jenn discuss cathartic reads, wintery settings, historical fiction for kids, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The History of Literature – A Podcast, The Switch by Beth O’Leary, and Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale, with Fierce Reads. 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 The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (rec’d by Christina) The Bear by Claire Cameron (rec’d by Eugenia) Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara and The Flavia DeLuce series by Alan Bradley (The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie) (rec’d by Sherry) Finding God in the Waves: How I lost my faith and found it again in science by Mike McHargue (rec’d by Treva) All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson (rec’d by Stacey) Books Discussed The Novice by Taran Matharu Discworld: The Wyrd Sisters (Witches #1) or The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching #1) by Terry Pratchett A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, transl by Hildegarde Serle “Cold Wind” by Nicola Griffith Spider-Man: Far From Home by Preeti Chhibber, illustrated by Stéphane Kardos Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru Teen Titans Go!: Party! Party! by Sholly Fisch and Lea Hernandez Seidman Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones (tw: racism, police violence) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (tw: rape/sexual assault, genocide of indigenous populations, medical experimentation) The Yield by Tara June Winch (tw child sexual abuse, racism, genocide) All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk (TW: PTSD, violence to women and children) Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White, translated by EM Connor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.2	This is the Get Booked podcast, a weekly show for personalized reading recommendations.
0:47.7	This is episode 246, and we are recording on August 25th.
0:51.0	I'm Amanda Nelson, and I'm here with Jen Northington, and we are coming to you from Book Riot.
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