This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Impossible Creatures, Scam Goddess, We Need No Wings, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes by Laci Mosley

The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, Volume 1 by Tri Vuong

A Pinecone! by Helen Yoon

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

We Need No Wings by Ann Davila Cardinal

The Scarlet Throne (The False Goddess, #1) by Amy Leow

Zetas Till We Die by Amber and Danielle Brown

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