This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Writer's Room, The Red Winter, Get Home Safe, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom by Brandon Andrew Robinson

The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie da Cunha Lewin

Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TikTok by Oliver James

All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More by Zachary Rubin, MD

I Didn't Want to Either: Transforming Therapy from Daunting to Doable by Cody Qureshi

Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power by Rana Abdelhamid

Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity

The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy by Josh Ireland 

Kin by Tayari Jones

Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff 

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

It's Never Too Late: A Memoir by Marla Gibbs

What We're Reading:

Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 by Hanif Abdurraqib with Glenn Stout

Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson

Still Life by Louise Penny

Paperbacks:

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Kindling by Traci Chee

The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker

Bestsellers:

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb

Links:

Partita by Barbara Kingsolver

Death by Christmas Cake by Nicole Glover

The Goodfolke Family by Roshani Chokshi

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