Amanda and Jenn discuss actionable activism, romances with elves, unrequited love, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Night Boat to Tangier and That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry; The Heart’s Invisible Furies and Shuggie Bain (rec’d by Elizabeth)

Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World and A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon (rec’d by Amber)

The Guest List by Lucy Foley (rec’d by Becky)

Books Discussed

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (tw: domestic abuse)

Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons by Marilyn Hacker (sample poem)

Uptown Thief by Aya de Leon

Travelers Along The Way by Aminah Mae Safi

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim (tw: rape)

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood 

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

Bonus TV rec: Our Beloved Summer on Netflix side character, from Jamie

Geekerella by Ashley Poston 

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

Elvish by SG Prince

Witchmark by CL Polk (cw: PTSD, harm to women and children)

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