Amanda and Jenn discuss escapist reads, Gothic fantasy novels, and lady detectives in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

The Gauntlet and The Battle by Karuna Riazi

The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch

Weather by Jenny Offill

Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz (tw, MANY, incl: graphic harm to children, drug use, sexual assault, mental illness, homophobia, self-harm, suicidal ideation, racism)

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

Lawless by Jeff Salane

If We Were Villains by ML Rio (tw partner violence)

Bunny by Mona Awad (rec’d by Kelly) (tw: violence towards animals) 

From the Wreck by Jane Rawson

Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeanette Ng

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison

Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

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