Amanda and Jenn discuss books for dealing with homophobia, novels from around the world, and a variety of cozy reads in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Brigg for this and also any Charlaine Harris supernatural series (The Sookie Stackhouse series; Midnight, Texas; Grave series) (rec’d by Julie)

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews and Love and Saffron by Kim Fay (rec’d by Amanda)

Books Discussed

Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawab

Judith Butler Interview regarding feminism and transphobia (and a follow-up)

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

The Immortals of Tehran by Alireza Taheri Araghi (TW suicide)

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (cw: slavery and related violences)

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (tw graphic harm to children, suicide)

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke (cw: violence against women and children)

The Man with the Poison Gun by Serhii Plokhy

The She-Devil in the Mirror by Horacio Castellanos Moya, rec’d by Vanessa Diaz

From Duke Till Dawn by Eva Leigh

The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (cw: gory violence, mention of rape)

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