Amanda and Jenn discuss “will they, won’t they” romance, fiction set in DC, memoirs by survivors of abuse, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

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Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James (rec’d by Lauren)

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (rec’d by Leenie)

Books Discussed

The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourne (#1 A Curious Beginning)

Lady Sherlock by Sherry Thomas (particularly A Conspiracy in Belgravia #2)

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by HG Parry

The Fatma al-Sha’arawi series by P. Djèlí Clark (A Dead Djinn in Cairo)

The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Love Is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Perveen Mistry series by Sujata Massey (#1 The Widows of Malabar Hill) (tw: domestic violence)

Gethsemane Brown series by Alexia Gordon (Murder in G Major) (cw: ableist language)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (tw racism, rape)

Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee (cw: child abuse, transphobia, dissociation/PTSD)

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (tw harm to children)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (tw: abuse towards women and children, child deaths)

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