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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Scythe, Eating Words, Victoria, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by ThirdLove, BALLS: It Takes Some to Get Some by Chris Edwards and Madison Reed.

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Books discussed on the show:

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin

The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Sandra M. Gilbert and Roger J. Porter

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths

The Infinite by Nick Mainieri

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

A Trail Through Time: Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book Four by Jodi Taylor

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach

What we’re reading:

Blood Plagues and Endless Raids: A Hundred Million Lives in the World of Warcraft by Anthony R. Palumbi

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

Sins of a Wicked Duke (The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls) by Sophie Jordan

More books out this week:

Palatino: The Natural History of a Typeface by Robert Bringhurst

Cross the Line (Alex Cross) by James Patterson

Pogue’s Basics: Money: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) About Beating the System by David Pogue

Island People: The Caribbean and the World by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

The Spy by Paulo Coehlo

The Good Negress by A. J. Verdelle

Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams by Mark Ribowsky

Dying for Christmas by Tammy Cohen

Moonglow by Michael Chabon

I’ll Take You There by Wally Lamb

The Spy by Paulo Coelho

Fate of Flames (The Effigies) by Sarah Raughley

The Innovation Illusion: How So Little Is Created by So Many Working So Hard by Fredrik Erixon and Bjorn Weigel

Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vol. 3 by Erika Moen

Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves by Adam Levin, with Beau Friedlander