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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss multi-generational family stories, realistic small towns, queer international horror, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead (rec’d by Laura) The Mickey Rawlings mystery series by Troy Soos (rec’d by Suzanne) We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (rec’d by Alicia)  Joe Harris, the Moon by Joyce A. Miller (rec’d by Marilyn) Books Discussed Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Subpar Parks by Amber Share Jawbone by Mónica Odeja, transl. by Sarah Booker A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba, transl. by Jocelyne Allen Weather by Jenny Offill Incarceration Nation by Baz Dreisinger The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (tw racism, domestic abuse) The Twel

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss a bunch of great queer reads, give book picks inspired by “Burn, Butcher, Burn” (IYKYK), and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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. Books Discussed Girl Serpent Thorn by Melissa Barshardoust (rec’d Margaret) The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by CM Waggoner (cw: drug use, addiction, & drug related morally gray choices) Tentacle by Rita Indiana, transl. by Achy Obejas The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (cw: rape, racial slurs, racism, harm to children) From Scratch by Tembi Locke The Book of Delights by Ross Gay The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud Burning Roses by SL Huang (cw: animal death, child abuse) Next Year, For Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson Weekend by Jane Eaton Hamilton (cw: racism, t

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss baseball in fiction, women in music, “histo-tainment”, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King (rec’d by Kate) Books Discussed The Body Where I Was Born by Guadalupe Nettel, transl. by JT Lichtenstein The Girl With Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod Dead in the Garden by Dahlia Donovan LGBTQ+ Mystery Post  Criminal Gold by Ann Aptaker Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (cw: harm to animals, gore)  Shelter by Jung Yun (tw domestic violence, sexual assault) The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang (cw: speculated harm to animals) Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooklyn Al

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss war stories, the Cold War, wealthy women, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (rec’d by Amanda) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (rec’d by Annie)  The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (rec’d by Elizabeth) Books Discussed You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe What It is Like To Go To War by Karl Marlantes Honey, Olive, Octopus by Christopher Bakken Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki, transl. by Karen Van Dyck (rec’d by Rebecca Hussey) The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch The Gilded Wolves series by Roshani Chokshi (cw: ableism, antisemitism, racism) House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (rec’d by Cassie)

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder and Markus Juslin. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about artists, nature, boundaries, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Secret of Snow by Viola Shipman and Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews (rec’d by Amanda) Real Life by Brandon Taylor and In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (rec’d by Elizabeth) Books Discussed The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (cw: slavery & related violence, complications in pregnancy, rape) Shepherd by Catherine Jinks (tw: bad things happening to animals) Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (cw: discussion of suicide, child abuse, and rape; on-page drug use) Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble (tw: suicide, harm to animals) Once Upon A River by Bonnie

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss nostalgia reads, sapphic fantasy, nature writing, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili (TW: war, addiction, loss of a pregnancy, violence and Nazis) (rec’d by Cat) Books Discussed The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (tw: child abuse) Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson (cw: child abuse, addiction) Witchmark by CL Polk Vivid by Beverly Jenkins (cw: racism) The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera The Unbroken by C.L. Clark (cw: abuses of the colonial variety) The Home Place by J Drew Lanham  World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil You Sexy Thing by C

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss their favorite books and reading stats from 2021, and their goals for 2022 in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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. Best Books of 2021 Cultish by Amanda Montell The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Matrix by Lauren Groff Jenn’s SFF picks: the Holiday Gifting episode & Year End Favorite episode of SFF Yeah! Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Girl With Stars In Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod Believers by Lisa Wells Decoding Despacito by Leila Cobo Books We Maxed Out In 2021 Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Conductors by Nico

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Middlemarch by George Eliot. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss queer book club picks, courtroom dramas, romance fantasy, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Seraphina’s Lament by Sarah Chorn (rec’d by Jen Zink) Books Discussed The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc Northern Light by Kazim Ali (cw: discussion of suicide) The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (tw: sexual assault) A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (rec’d by Jamie) Death by Dumpling by Viven Chien Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (cw: harm to children, racism and racial slurs) Sam Wu is Not Afraid series by Katie and Kevin Tsang, Nathan Reed Illustrator (Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts) Rutabaga the Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal The Seafarer’s Kis

This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Sweat Equity by Jason Kelly. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn give some holiday gifting recs, immersive historical fiction, thrillers for book club, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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. Books Discussed The Secret History by Donna Tartt Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (cw: antisemitism, harm to children)  Pushout by Monique W. Morris The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (cw: racism) The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan The Ibis Trilogy by Amitav Ghosh (Sea of Poppies #1) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: sexual assault, mental illness, self-harm) So Lucky by Nicola Griffith The Lost Man by Jane Harper (tw: domestic violence, sexual assault) Lady Sherlock (A Study in S

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Intimacies by Katie Kitamura. Follow 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss Dune read-alikes, books about motherhood, guides to witchcraft, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow 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 Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (rec’d by Carol) Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan and The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi (rec’d by Jenny) Books Discussed A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (cw: mention of suicide) Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples  The Celestial Trilogy (A Spark of White Fire #1) by Sangu Mandanna How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids by Carla Naumburg Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T. Dungy Post: Great Books About Motherhood The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (tw: racism) Wh