Book Cult

Is this finally The Giver sequel that we have all been waiting for? Not exactly but it's closer! Today we are talking about Son by Lois Lowry. If you like working out, fish hatcheries, and living without electricity then this is the book for you! Seriously though Lois, if you are listening please tell me how they got rid of colors.

WARNING: sexual assault, forced pregnancy, kidnapping, child abuse

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Did Ashley Flowers just solve the Jon Benet Ramsey case? Today we are talking about All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers (yes, of Crime Junkie fame). If you like solving cold cases, accusing cops of misogyny, and the Midwest then this is the book for you!

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The final book in the series? Today we are talking about The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong. If you're a teen who can raise the dead, has a werewolf boyfriends whose acne is clearing up, and you've been genetically modified then of course you are going to free a demon and maybe have satan say you're cool!

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Is the live action The Cat in the Hat a horror movie? Today we are talking about the life and legacy of Dr. Seuss, a guy who has had a least one 100th birthday. Would you move to New York after earning $25?

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What is scarier than a leprechaun? Both of these stories that are leprechaun free! Today we are talking about a short story by Oscar Wilde about the only generous millionaire ever and a story about a man who realized someone wasn't into him and so he said "jk". 

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Is it a sequel to The Giver or to the Bible? Today we are talking about Messenger by Lois Lowry. If you liked the giver but wanted it to better reflect current US politics than you came to the right place! Did the devil want them to build a wall or is it just a weird man who has some game machines?

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What's awake? It's a corpse! Today we are talking about the second book in the Darkest Powers series, The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong. In this one we get reanimated bodies, demons who really wants to spill the tea, and more teen runaways doing some running. Not all truck drivers are murderers but that one guy totally was.

WARNING: death, child abuse, murder

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6 year olds should not have to be heroes. Today we are talking about Ruby Bridges and her book "Through My Eyes" which describes her experience being the first black kid in an all white elementary school in Louisianna. Everyone needs to go read this book (and cry) because it's important to remember that this was not that long ago and is still very relevant!

WARNING: Racism, death

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It's not The Giver part 2. Today we are talking about Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry, which maybe the sequel to The Giver but don't expect it to be a sequel to The Giver. Instead we get kids talented at art, the amazement of indoor plubming, and finding out what the real beast in the woods is.

WARNING: ableism, murder, child abuse

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Have you ever read a Harlequin romance? No? Well I bet you have heard of them. And now you get to learn how they got started and how they got so not very spicy.

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