A Necromantic Mouse Named Buttons

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.

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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, transphobia, infertility and miscarriage, intimate partner violence, death by suicide, ableism, hospitalization for chronic illness, deadnaming)

Luster by Raven Leilani

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (cw: bullying, disordered eating, harm to children)

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

We Set The Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

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