This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hurts to Love You, Emergency Contact, Improvement, and more great books.

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Books discussed on the show:

Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi

Hurts to Love You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai

Improvement by Joan Silber

Killing It: An Education by Camas Davis

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell

Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

Odd Girl Out: My Extraordinary Autistic Life by Laura James

What we’re reading this week:

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Temper by Nicky Drayden

Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist by Sarah Hays Coomer

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