I can’t stop listening to the news, it’s stressing me out to the max, you say?

I’m literally listening to the news right now, and may be developing an anxiety-induced twitch, you say?

If that’s how you’re feeling right now, you may be in need of a little escape this summer.

Perhaps a good book is in order?

Well, if that’s the case you’re in luck because our next guests are here to hook you up with novels, non-fiction roller coasters, and storylines that’ll make you forget TikTok dances exist for a while. You’ll be like Tyla Dance what, never heard of her.

Book Recommendations:

• Jenna Zarzycki, adult services librarian at King County Library System
  • You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo (Summer Pick)
  • Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura (Beach Read)
  • No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Local Recommendation)
  • Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Horror)
  • The Yellow Handkerchief (El Pañuelo Amarillo) by Donna Barba Higuera (Children's)
  • This is Chance! by Jon Mooallem (Non-fiction)
• Charlie Hunts of Charlie's Queer Books:
  • Goblin Mode by McKayla Coyle (Summer Pick)
  • THE GUNCLE series by Steven Rowley (Beach Read)
  • Someplace Generous edited by Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame (Beach Read)
  • Second Night Stand by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters (Local Recommendation)
  • Cryptid Kids: The Bawk-ness Monster by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter (Children's)
  • Off with their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Young Adult Horror)
• Katie Campbell, KUOW editor and reporter
  • Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Summer Pick)
  • Subduction by Kristen Millares Young (Local Recommendation)
  • Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Local Recommendation)
  • Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang (Mild Horror)
  • The Last One by Will Dean (Medium Horror)
  • The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons (Hot Horror)
  • The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Thriller)
• Diana Opong, KUOW host
  • Dinner at the Brake Fast by Renee Beauregard Lute (Children's)

Guests:

• Jenna Zarzycki, adult services librarian at King County Library

• Katie Campbell, KUOW editor and reporter who runs KUOW's book club

• Charlie Hunts, owner of Charlie's Queer Books in Fremont

Relevant Links:

• KUOW Book Club
• King County Library Summer Reading Program

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