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 Episode 234 This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss All-American Muslim Girl, Secondhand, Wild Life, and more great books.
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 Episode 30 How a gimmick to write more became one of the biggest literary events online.
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 Episode 44 This week Alice and Kim chat about new November releases! Alice makes the Crusades sound interesting, Kim ponders likability and leadership, and both struggle with what to call nonfiction graphic novels.
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 Episode 206 Amanda and Jenn discuss books about female sociopaths, horror, romance picks, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked.
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 Episode 55 Kelly and guest host Amanda Nelson talk about crossover reads, as well as their Swiss Army YA recommendations.
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Kidlit These Days

 Episode 17 Karina and Matthew talk about representation of neurodiverse individuals, giving authentic voice in children's literature, and building empathy for all students. Joining is special guest Elana K. Arnold, author of A Boy Called Bat and its sequels.
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Read or Dead

 Episode 64 Katie and Rincey talk about all of the recent mystery award winners and the books they picked up in honor of Nonfiction November.
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 Episode 11 Jeanette Winterson recommends Virginia Woolf and Nafiza Azad recommends Shailja Patel.
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 Episode 66 Sharifah and guest Liberty discuss their favorite tropes and shapeshifters in science fiction and fantasy.
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 Episode 338 This week, Jeff and Rebecca watch OverDrive jump into the Macmillan embargo fray, pass along a correction about The Little Free Library story, assess the nominees for the Goodreads choice awards, and ridicule some worse-than-clowns in Florida.
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When In Romance

 Episode 46 Jess and Trisha discuss the next WIR book club pick, romance authors who write in multiple subgenres, and how to fill the gap when your favorite author stops writing romance.
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