Amanda and Jenn discuss secretly bad-ass female characters, Belgitude, adventure chapter books, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan (rec’d by Megan)

Alastair MacLean: The Navarone series, Where Eagles Dare (rec’d by Wynnde)

Books Discussed

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (tw: racism, child abuse)

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth (tw: self harm, fatal overdose, torture, gore)

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Lady Killer by Joelle Jones, Jamie S. Rich, and Chelsea Cain

La Femme de Gilles by Madeleine Bourdouxhe (tw: suicide)

Brussels Noir, edited by Michel Dufranne

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March (rec’d Nicole Hill)

The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Bunny by Mona Awad (tw: animal cruelty/death)

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy (rec’d by multiple Rioters)

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