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Hello, Should-Heads! Why do we love retellings so much? Why is it so fun and (honestly a little comforting) to read these tales as old as time? We ponder these questions, share our favorite ones and debate where the line is between "homage" and "fanfiction." 

Links from show:
Dawn from Netflix's Babysitters Club has been recast. https://www.eonline.com/news/1250032/the-baby-sitters-club-announces-a-recast 

https://twitter.com/netflixqueue/status/1372599859530788865 for video

Currently Reading:     
Julia: Stepsister (Jennifer Donnelly) 
Kelly:  Girls With Razor Hearts (Suzanne Young)  
Rachael: The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey) and People Like Her (Ellery Lloyd)

 Recent Acquisitions:

Kelly: Girls With Rebel Souls (Suzanne Young) and Lost in the Never Woods (Aiden Thomas)

Rachael: Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)

 Our recommendations:

 K. Ancrum: Spindle's End (Robin McKinley), The Rough-Face Girl (Rafe Martin; illustrated by David Shannon) and Sirena (Donna Jo Napoli)

Julia: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Mirror Mirror (Gregory Maguire), All the Ever Afters (Danielle Teller) and A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney)

Kelly: Tiger Lily (Jodi Lynn Anderson), Cinderella is Dead (Kalynn Bayron) and Bookish and the Beast (Ashley Poston)

Rachael: Fierce Fairytales (Nikita Gill), Circe and a Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller) and Anna K (Jenny Lee)

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Twitter: @KaylaAncrum

Preorder Darling (out June 22): https://bookshop.org/books/darling-9781250265265/9781250265265 

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 Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun on April 11! 

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Hi, Should-Heads! We're joined by Allison Dickson (the Steve Martin of our podcast!) and we're discussing "good for her!" books about women who are righting wrongs in various ways (some of those ways are violent). In light of everything going on right now, even being who you are can be a revolutionary act.

Links mentioned in this episode:

 Pandemic novel: https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-new-york-john-grisham-douglas-preston-coronavirus-pandemic-b918d7eeac8386a9c3bcc69aab74bc88 

Novel Menagerie Etsy shop:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/thenovelmenagerie  

Jay-Z song parody about books: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFD32AF15DDC5B596 

Currently Reading:    
Julia: Stepsister (Jennifer Donnelly) 
Kelly:  Girls With Sharp Sticks (Suzanne Young) 
Rachael: The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey), The Fountains of Silence (Ruta Sepetys) and Anna K (Jenny Lee)

 Our recommendations:

Allison: My Lovely Wife (Samantha Downing) and the books of Wendy Heard

Julia: The Power (Naomi Alderman) and Shrill (Lindy West)

Kelly: They Never Learn (Layne Fargo) and The Lady Upstairs (Halley Sutton)

Rachael: Perfect Match (Jodi Picoult) and Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)

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Hi, Should-Heads and welcome to one of our more expensive episodes. Our friend Stephanie Henderson joined us to discuss Black speculative fiction, and she's got a lot of great recommendations. You'll definitely want to get every one you don't already have. It's a really fun conversation and there are so many great books out; we're very lucky.

Links mentioned in this episode:

 Leah Johnson book deal: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/85794-book-deals-week-of-march-15-2021.html

"Please Stop Talking About the `Rise' of African Science Fiction": https://lithub.com/please-stop-talking-about-the-rise-of-african-science-fiction/ 

Interview with Octavia Butler:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UgiE8vYuI 

Octavia Butler's Kindred to be a TV show:  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fx-adapting-octavia-e-butlers-kindred 

Currently Reading:   
Julia: Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas) and The Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) 
Kelly:  They Never Learn (Layne Fargo) 
Rachael: Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna), Valentine (Elizabeth Wetmore) and Fountains of Silence (Ruta Sepetys)

 Our recommendations:

Stephanie: The works of Octavia Butler, A Phoenix First Must Burn (anthology edited by Patrice Caldwell), My Soul to Keep (Tananarive Due), The Gilda Stories (Jewelle L. Gomez), The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction (Jerry Rafiki Jenkins), Black Female Vampires in African American Women's Novels (Kendra R. Parker), Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Vengeance and Virtue (both by Tomi Adeyemi), Raybearers (Jordan Ifueko) and A Song Below Water (Bethany C. Morrow)

Julia: Legendborn (Tracy Deonn), Remote Control and Akata Witch (both by Nnedi Okorafor)

Kelly: Wings of Ebony (J. Elle) and Daughters of Jubilation (Kara Lee Corthron)

Rachael: The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)

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Oh, Should-Heads! If you haven't read Temporary, you are doing yourself a real disservice. It's clever and funny, but don't take our word for it. It's also received excellent reviews from The New York Times, The Washington Post and made Best Of 2020 lists from NPR and Publisher's Weekly and many more outlets. As we approach the first anniversary of quarantine, this is a book that will be the best possible distraction. Thank you so much for author Hilary Leichter, who is well versed in the rule of threes, for joining us! (Also in this episode: we all bought a lot of books and learned we didn't know anything about the Dust Bowl.)

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Currently Reading:  
Julia: A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney) 
Kelly:  The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah). Recently finished Later (Stephen King) and Float Plan (Trish Doller) 
Rachael: Temporary (Hilary Leichter), The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah) and Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine ). Recently finished Ask Again, Yes (Mary Beth Keane) 

 Recent Acquisitions: 
Julia: The Versions of Us (Laura Barnett),  God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), The Duke and I (Julia Quinn), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron), Much Ado About You (Samantha Young), In the Quick (Kate Hope Day)  Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro) 
Kelly: Later (Stephen King), Float Plan (Trish Doller), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron), Who is Maud Dixon (Alexandra Andrews), I Think I Love You (Aurianne Desombre), Yolk (Mary H.K. Choi), Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)  That Summer (Jennifer Weiner)  The Cost of Knowing (Brittney Morris). 
Rachael: Gilead (Marilynne Robinson), Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel), Whispers of Shadow and Flame (L. Penelope), Raybearer (Jordan Ifueko), Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers), The Lost Apothecary (Sarah Penner)  Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro).

Hilary's recommendations: Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), Pachinko (Min Jin Lee) and That Time of Year (Marie NDiaye)

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Website: https://www.hilaryleichter.com/ 
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We are so excited to discuss Outlawed! We all absolutely loved it, and if you haven't read it, you need to. It's set in the past (and an alternate past) and it still feels very timely. (Bonus sidebar topics include westerns, pandemic life and, as always, a bunch of recommendations.)

Books mentioned in the episode: 

How Much of These Hills is Gold (C Pam Zhang), God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters), The Prophets (Robert Jones, Jr.) and The Distance (Hernan Diaz).

Other things Anna North mentioned:

The Hole in the Wall Gang:  https://www.legendsofamerica.com/hole-in-the-wall-gang/ 

Shaker dwellings: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/shaker-style-design-lessons-canterbury-shaker-village/ 

Krazy Kat comic strips: https://www.comicskingdom.com/krazy-kat 

Reese Witherspoon in Outlawed-inspired costume:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrE3jflN-3/ 

Learn more about the TV deal: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/anna-north-outlawed-show-amy-adams-a24-1234892587/ 

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Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge):    https://twitter.com/damnreadathon

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Hi Should-Heads! This is a fun but expensive episode. We're joined by Claire Handscombe, author, bookseller, noted West Wing enthusiast and podcaster! Claire came with a great list of recommendations and they all sound amazing. You're going to want to take notes and hit up your library or favorite bookstore (or Blackwell's.com--just one of many hot tips we get from this episode). 

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 Rachael Reads on Youtube:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Bachelor Nation reading challenge:         https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge):    https://twitter.com/damnreadathon 

Currently Reading: 
Julia: Olive (Emma Gannon--one of Claire's recommendations!) and Temporary (Hilary Leichter)
Kelly: The Kingdom of Back (Marie Lu)
Rachael: Graceling series (Kristin Cashore)

 Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: none, somehow 
Kelly: Life in the Balance (Jen Petro-Roy), Cool For the Summer (Dahlia Adler), Sloppy Firsts re-release (Megan McCafferty) and Wings of Ebony (J Elle)  
Rachael: Love is For Losers (Wibke Brueggemann)

Other Books Mentioned (Claire bankrupts us): Unscripted (Claire Handscombe), The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans), Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling (Emer McLysaght), the Georgia Nicolson series (Louise Rennison), Eleanor Olyphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman), One Day in December (Josie Silver), Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert), Olive (Emma Gannon), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 and 3/4 (Sue Townsend), One Day (David Nicholls), Love, Nina (Nina Stibbe), Freshers/Freshmen (Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison), The Paris Connection (Lorraine Brown) and the collected works of Kazuo Ishiguro.

Follow Claire Handscombe:
Twitter: @bookishclaire and @britlitpodcast
Instagram: @claireandherbooks
Podcast: https://linktr.ee/britlitpodcast
Buy Unscripted: https://bookshop.org/books/unscripted/9780997552324 

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Hi, Should-Heads! We're joined by Michael Koryta, bestselling author, screenwriter, nature enthusiast and murderer of sleep. His new book (Never Far Away) is out now and it is amazing. We talk about that, his upcoming movie (Those Who Wish Me Dead; out in theaters and HBO Max in May) and many other topics. 

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 Book news:
Publishers Weekly credits agent for Angie Thomas' success: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/85617-lit-agent-under-fire-from-former-clients-including-bestselling-ya-author.html 

 Rachael Reads on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Bachelor Nation reading challenge:        https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge):   https://twitter.com/damnreadathon 

Currently Reading:
Michael Koryta: Later (Stephen King), My Life as a Villainess (Laura Lippman), Simon the Fiddler (Pauline Giles), Sloane Crosley's body of work, When We Were the Kennedys (Monica Wood), Kosti Ruohomaa: The Photographer Poet (Deanna Bonner-Ganter) 
Julia: Outlawed (Anna North) and Likes (Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum)

Kelly: The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes (Elissa R. Sloan)

Rachael: Admission (Julie Buxbaum) and The Girl With the Louding Voice (Abi Dare)

 Recent Acquisitions:

Julia: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw) and The Pull of the Stars (Emma Donoghue)
Kelly: Life in the Balance (Jen Petro-Roy) and a great bookmark!
Rachael: The Project (Courtney Summers), Slay (Brittney Morris), Elatsoe (Darcie Little Badger) and A Secret History of Witches (Louisa Morgan)

 Other Books Mentioned: So Cold the River, The Ridge, Those Who Wish Me Dead and If She Wakes (all by Michael Koryta) and When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail (D. Dauphinee)

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Happy Valentine's Day, Should-Heads! In today's episode, we talk about love--and specifically love stories by Black authors. We also discuss that Slate article and the Netflix documentary we can't stop thinking about.

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Book news: 

Slate article on Bridgerton novels (it'll just make you mad): https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/bridgerton-books-review-first-time-romance-duke-and-i.html 

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Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge):  https://twitter.com/damnreadathon 

Links mentioned:

Out of Print shirt https://outofprint.com/collections/frederick-douglass
Mina Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNrAmbO7lmiGdFK0PWkBwA
Ashley at Bookish Realm: https://www.youtube.com/user/bookishrealmCurrently Reading:
Julia: The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
Kelly: Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam (Jake Anderson)
Rachael: Never Far Away (Michael Koryta) and The Kindest Lie (Nancy Johnson)

Recent Acquisitions:

Julia: https://bookbeau.com/collections/po15/products/copy-of-anatomical-heart 
Kelly: The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna), Black Widows (Cate Quinn) and The Book of Delights (Ross Gay)
Rachael: The Poppy War (R.F. Kuang) and The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)

Romance Recs:
Julia: The Boyfriend Project (Farrah Rochon) and the Grip Trilogy (Kennedy Ryan)
Kelly: Bingo Love (Tee Franklin) and Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Rachael: Reluctant Royals series (Alyssa Cole) and Get a Life, Chloe Brown (Talia Hibbert)

Other Books Mentioned: Legendborn (Tracy Deonn), Hidden Sins (Selena Montgomery), Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Emmanuel Acho) and Five Days (Wes Moore and Erica L. Green).

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Happy Tuesday, Should-Heads! We're happy to share our second book club with you, and this book gave us a lot to talk about. (If you haven't read it, you need to. It's even better than An American Marriage, and that's a high bar.) Highlights include secrets, family folklore and what makes for a happy ending. 

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Book news: 

Jezebel vs. Book Riot:  https://bookriot.com/book-people?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Riot%20Rundown%20020521&utm_term=BookRiot_TheRiotRundown_DormantSuppress Bachelor Nation reading challenge:      https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge): https://twitter.com/damnreadathon 

Currently Reading:
Julia: Legendborn (Tracey Deonn)
Kelly: Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Rachael: A Duke By Default (Alyssa Cole) and recently read A Princess in Theory (Alyssa Cole) and Mill Town (Kerri Arsenault)

Recent Acquisitions:

Julia: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew (Daniel Pool) and Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas)
Kelly: Survive the Night (Riley Sager), Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid), I am the Rage (Martina McGowan), many BOMC books
Rachael: The Kindest Lie (Nancy Johnson), The Bad Muslim Discount (Syed M. Masood) and The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)

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You Should Read: Something For Galentine's Day!

Hello, Should-Heads! We're here today to celebrate Galentine's Day! Yes, we're a little early but this way, you can have some great books to read while you think about how wonderful your best girl friends are. (It's Feb. 13, so you have time.) Next year, we'll all celebrate together.

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Book news:
Liane Moriarty has a new book out this year: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-novel-moriarty-apples-never-fall-out-september-1234619#:~:text=Due%20out%20in%20hardback%2C%20e,wounds%20and%20moments%20of%20humanity.  Talia Hibbert has some Austen-themed books coming, too! https://twitter.com/TaliaHibbert/status/1354858374630932484  Nora Roberts is right again: https://www.today.com/popculture/nora-roberts-criticism-over-alyssa-milano-casting-netflix-movie-t207214  Bachelor Nation reading challenge:     https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link  Currently Reading:

Julia: Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones)
Kelly: Plain Bad Heroines (emily m. danforth)

Rachael: Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones) Galentine's Day books (and shows): Julia: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (Mindy Kaling), Truth & Beauty (Ann Patchett) and In Five Years (Rebecca Serle) Kelly: Outlawed (Anna North), Topics of Conversation (Miranda Popkey) and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares); you should also watch The Bold Type. Rachael: Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Text Me When You Get Home (Kayleen Schaefer) and Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty) Follow What You Should Read:
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest, Dr. Sherna Phillips!

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