Amanda and Jenn discuss poetry, East Asian fiction and fantasy, books in translation, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Two Old Women by Velma Wallis (rec’d by Terry)

The Blind Contessa’s New Machine by Carey Wallace (rec’d by Terry)

Books Discussed

How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee (tw rape)

Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu (Grace of Kings #1)

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (rec’d by Tika)

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (Cinder #1) 

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, transl by Ginny Tapley Takemori

A Hero Born by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), translated by Anna Holmwood

Recommended with Sherry Thomas 

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: discussion of child abuse and child pornography)

The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth (tw: self harm, fatal overdose, torture, gore)

The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett

All the Wild Hungers by Karen Babine

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

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