This week, Vanessa plays bookshelf backlist roulette to recommend two fun escapist reads.
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Books Discussed
Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Why Are So Many M/M Romances Written by Cis Women?
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
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All The Backlist! May 5, 2023

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Ocean’s Godori, Knife, and more great books.
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Books Discussed On the Show:
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan 
Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho 
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie 
Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise 
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea
Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall
Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson
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New Releases and More for April 23, 2024

Kelly digs into two books about the '90s that both lean into and critically examine nostalgia for the decade. 
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Books Discussed
Meet Me By The Fountain by Alexandra Lange
Throwback by Maurene Goo
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All The Backlist: April 19, 2024

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss You Know What You Did, Indian Burial Ground, Immortal Pleasures, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
You Know What You Did by K. T. Nguyen 
The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams 
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes 
Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina 
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki and Polly Barton 
While We Were Burning by Sara Koffi 
NORMA by Sarah Mintz
Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro
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New Releases and More for April 16, 2024

This week, Danika talks about a couple of messy sapphic twenty-something coming-of-age novels.
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Books Discussed
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
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All the Backlist! April 9, 2024

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss A Better World, Canto Contigo, The Gathering, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
A Better World by Sarah Langan
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
The Gathering by CJ Tudor
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez 
My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future by Alice Randall
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
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All The Backlist! May 5, 2023

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