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Teen volunteer Kathy returns to the show to review the classic science fiction dystopian title, Brave New World.

Val rejoins the show to review a true crime book that investigates the events leading up to the mass murder/suicide at the Peoples Temple in Guyana in 1978.

Sabrina reviews Matthew McConaughey's autobiography... which she was surprised to discover contained less behind-the-scenes info about Hollywood and more... bar stories than anything else.

New librarian Kathy (not to be confused with our teen volunteer named Kathy) joins the show to review a scandalous thriller and crime procedural about a grisly murder and three prime suspects.

Jamie and Jake join the show to review a historical fiction book titled Hamnet, which is about the very short life of Shakespeare's son.

One of our library holiday traditions is to recommend books to each other each year. Eight of our librarians review the books that were chosen for them.

Titles reviewed are:

The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

Afterland by Lauren Beukes

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden

Erline *loved* Ready Player One and read Ready Player Two as soon as it was published... only to be left disappointed by the sequel.

Lionel and Kevin join the show to discuss the book White Fragility and how to use the book as a framework to have authentic conversations about race. 

Our previous recording of the Anti-Racist Reading Companion can be found here: https://allbooked.podbean.com/e/episode-113-the-anti-racist-reading-companion/

Chazley reviews three very different science fiction novellas in an episode that is bound to appeal to a variety of science fiction readers! The books reviewed are:

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Not all books are a hit... and this one is definitely more of an oddity than anything else.