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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss “will they, won’t they” romance, fiction set in DC, memoirs by survivors of abuse, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James (rec’d by Lauren)

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (rec’d by Leenie)

The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourne (#1 A Curious Beginning)

Lady Sherlock by Sherry Thomas (particularly A Conspiracy in Belgravia #2)

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by HG Parry

The Fatma al-Sha’arawi series by P. Djèlí Clark (A Dead Djinn in Cairo)

The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Love Is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Perveen Mistry series by Sujata Massey (#1 The Widows of Malabar Hill) (tw: domestic violence)

Gethsemane Brown series by Alexia Gordon (Murder in G Major) (cw: ableist language)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (tw racism, rape)

Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee (cw: child abuse, transphobia, dissociation/PTSD)

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (tw harm to children)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (tw: abuse towards women and children, child deaths)

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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Reverb by Anna Zabo.

CW: stalking (cyber and in-person)

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Amanda and Jenn give their current favorite cozy reads across genres in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones (tw: rape)

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

All the Wild Hungers by Karen Babine (cw: cancer treatment, fertility and pregnancy issues)

The True Queen by Zen Cho (Sorcerer Royal #2)

Safe As Houses by Marie Helene Bertino

Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli (tw: domestic violence)

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons (tw: suicide)

Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (cw: reference to sexual assault, harm to children)

Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (cw: description of panic attacks, reference to child abuse, abductions)

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

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This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell.

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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)

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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This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Imaro by Charles R. Saunders.

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Crash Course in History of Black Science Fiction by Nisi Shawl

Charles Saunders’ obituary in the NY Times

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

David Anthony Durham’s Acacia series

Kai Ashante Wilson

Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

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