Amanda and Jenn discuss romances WITH pining, some great picture books, uplifting and escapist reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Mythos, Heroes, or Troy by Stephen Fry (rec’d by Alice)

Books Discussed

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (tw: child abuse)

All The Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (cw: sexual assault, death of animals)

First Laugh: Welcome Baby by Rose Ann Tahe, Nancy Bo Flood, Jonathan Nelson

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua

Island of the Sea Women by Lisa See

The Man With the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi, translated by Darryl Sterk (cw: suicidal ideation, loss of a child)

Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

How To Catch A Queen by Alyssa Cole (cw: description of panic and anxiety attacks)

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by CM Waggoner

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (tw: suicide)

Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

American Hippo by Sarah Gailey

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