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All the Books! Podcast, Episode #30: December releases, Dec. 1, 2015

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Liberty Hardy

Senior Contributing Editor

Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her favorite exclamation is “Holy cats!” Liberty reads more than should be legal, sleeps very little, frequently writes on her belly with Sharpie markers, and when she dies, she’s leaving her body to library science. Until then, she lives with her three cats, Millay, Farrokh, and Zevon, in Maine. She is also right behind you. Just kidding! She’s too busy reading. Twitter: @MissLiberty

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of December’s new releases, including The Verdict, The Rogue Not Taken, and Drawing Blood.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Verdict by Nick Stone

The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah Maclean

Drawing Blood by Molly Crabapple

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have with People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want to Do by Sarah Knight

Bryant & May and the Burning Man: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher May

Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden

Sophia by Michael Bible

Descent by Tim Johnston

What we’re reading:

Year of the Goose by Carly J. Hallman

Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories by China Miéville

Books out this week:

The Rosemary Spell by Virginia Zimmerman

Full Measure by T. Jefferson Parker

Twister by Genanne Walsh

Slavemakers by Joseph Wallace

Beirut Noir edited by Iman Humaydan

Forbidden by Eve Bunting

Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley

Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries by Kim MacQuarrie

Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir by Michael Peppiatt

The Age of Reinvention by Karine Tuil

What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan

Marseile Noir edited by Cédric Fabre

Dig Two Graves by Kim Powers