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This month, ROMANCE is in the air! Well, not exactly. Deb and Mindy discuss what is the romance genre. Tropes they like and don't like and what constitutes as romance. Join them as they deep dive into the genre.

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No new Spotlight for July and Whatcha read ep for August. We'll be back August 27th.

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Join Deb and Mindy as they talk about their reading month. 

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Books Discussed:

Brickmakers by Selva Almada translated by Annie McDermott

Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford

Tomorrow They Don't Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras translated by Simon Leser

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

Since places are beginning to open up Stateside, Deb and Mindy discuss books set in places where they want to travel to! Join them as they talk about books that might or might not have anything to do with the country they want to go to, and the itineraries that were created pre-pandemic!

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Books Discussed:

The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman and Nancy Freedman

I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee Wilson

Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield

My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme

M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang

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Austenland by Shannon Hale

For the latest bookclub episode, Deb and Mindy discuss the last book in the Queen's Thief series by Meghan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief. Join them as they discuss the big finale to the story of Eugenides, the characters they hated and loved, and the war with the Mede Empire!

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Deb and Mindy talk about their reading month! 

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Books Discussed:

Network Effect by Martha Wells

Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

Beautiful Things: A Memoir by Hunter Biden

A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Deb and Mindy discuss the formative YA novels read during their teen years! Girls dressing as boys to be in a male dominated job(yes), glitter grunge(of course), and diaries of a certain Genovian princess(ALWAYS). Join them as they try to remember plots and the wild trips down memory lane.

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Books Discussed:

The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot

Tamora Pierce

I was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Vivian Vande Velde

Bloody Jack Series by L.A. Meyer

Not a Bookclub's bookclub book! This month Deb and Mindy read the fifth book in Meghan Whalen Turner's The Queen's Thief series: Thick as Thieves.

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Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss their reading month! Memoirs galore, charming love stories with reality TV settings, and fictional rockbands from the 70's!

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Books Discussed:

Docile by K.M. Szpara

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

My Name is Selma by Selma van de Perre

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

Educated by Tara Westover

Deb and Mindy talk about the most openly unexclusive "secret" club there is: fanfiction. Join them as they take a walk down memory lane and talk about their guilty(not really) pleasure. 

Disclaimer: All opinions are personal with no judgement on others preferred fanfiction reading experience and tags.

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