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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Dial A For Aunties by Jessie Q. Sutanto.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss books about witch trials, X-Files read-alikes, rainforest stories, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris (TW for racism and death of a child) (rec’d by Ashley)

The Cat, the Quilt, and the Corpse by Leanne Sweeney; Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs; Lowcountry Boil by Liz Talbot; The House on Tradd Street by Karen White (rec’d by Laura)

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon; Certain Dark Things by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (rec’d by Cari)

My Name is Red by Orham Pamuk, transl. Erdag M Goknar

Kedi, dir. Ceyda Torun

Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak (cw: attempted sexual assault, prison abuse and torture)

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

The Unidentified by Colin Dickey

Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Lady Sherlock by Sherry Thomas 

Circe by Madeline Miller (tw sexual assault, child abuse)

The Machineries of Empire trilogy by Yoon Ha Lee (cw: coercion, rape, violence)

Affections by Rodrigo Hasbun, transl by Sophie Hughes (tw: nazis)

City of Beasts by Isabelle Allende, transl. Margaret Sayers Peden

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss cuddly YA books, friendships in fiction, nonfiction for LGBTQ+ allies, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Nervermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (rec’d by Summer)

The Emporium trilogy: Furyborn by Claire Legrand

Rurouni Kenshi (manga) by Nobuhiro Watsuki; Moribito by Nahoko Uehashi; Keigo Higashino, Malice; Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen; Hiromi Kawakami, Nakano Thrift Shop (rec’d by Kelly)

Educated by Tara Westover (tw: child abuse, harm to children, pretty gross injuries from just a lot of random shit, domestic violence)

The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward

Iron Cast by Destiny Soria

Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas (cw: deadnaming, transphobia)

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam

Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby

Jade City by Fonda Lee (cw: child abuse)

God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines

Sorted by Jackson Bird

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

My Real Children by Jo Walton (cw: domestic violence) 

New Kid, New Scene by Debbie Glasser, Emily Schenck

New Kid by Jerry Craft (rec’d by Hannah Gomez of Hey YA)

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Amanda and Jenn discuss several geographically specific reads, COVID art, memories in sci-fi, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila (rec’d by Carol)

Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody (rec’d by Laura)

A Painted House by John Grisham, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (rec’d by Suzanne)

Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings (rec’d by Rachel)

Good Enough to Eat by Jae and Alison Gray, CW: it deals with real addiction and alcoholism (rec’d by Rose)

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang (rec’d by Susan)

Alabama: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Utah: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (cw: homophobia)

Kingdom Cons by Yuri Herrera, transl Lisa Dillman

The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (tw: rape, child abuse)

The Premonition by Michael Lewis

Together, Apart, by Erin A. Craig, Jennifer Yen, et al

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon (tw: harm to children)

The Blue Fox by Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb

Cheese and Culture by Paul Kindstedt

Edible by Daniella Martin

The Deep by Rivers Solomon, et al

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Chimes by Anna Smaill

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee (cw: death of a child)

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast And Fair by Kim Scott.

Content warning: Multiple instances of sexual assault and rape

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Amanda and Jenn discuss non-human narrators, stories about ladies doing it for themselves, books set in Japan, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Stoner by John Williams, Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones and Sing Unburied Sing, Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, and My Antonia by Willa Cather (rec’d by Elizabeth)

Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, White Palace by Glenn Savan (rec’d by Wynnde)

Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, and The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (rec’d by Cate)

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton (rec’d by Kelly)

Spinster by Kate Bolick

Finding Freedom by Erin French (cw: addiction, domestic abuse, harm to animals)

Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt (cw: harm to children, mostly off-screen)

Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

When Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff, Kaylani Juanita

The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood

A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (cw: harm to children, graphic violence)

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: rape, harm to children)

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka (Roxane Weary #1) (cw: violence against women and minors including rape, kidnapping, imprisonment)

The Deep by Rivers Solomon (tw: slavery)

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton (narrated by a crow and also a cow and a polar bear, dogs and cats and sparrows)

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