Episode 289
The Best Books of December 2020
This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss their favorite books of December 2020, including Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder, A Curse of Roses, and Red Hands.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:
Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder: A Novel by T.A. Willberg
A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha
Red Hands by Christopher Golden
Yoga Where You Are by Kat Heagberg and Dianne Bondy
Revolutions of All Colors (Veterans Writing Award) by Dewaine Farria
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau
WHAT WE’RE READING:
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:
Cheeky: A Head-to-Toe Memoir by Ariella Elovic
The Particulars of Peter: Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog by Kelly Conaboy
Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei, Canaan Morse (translator)
Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford
Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz
Take It Back: A Novel by Kia Abdullah
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 2) by Nghi Vo
Escaping Eleven by Jerri Chisholm
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories edited by James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic by Kenya Hunt
The System: A Novel by Ryan Gattis
D (A Tale of Two Worlds): A Novel by Michel Faber
The Butterfly Effect: A Novel by Rachel McKenny
The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates by Robin Lane Fox
Snowdrift (An Embla Nyström Investigation) by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (translator)
Crosshairs: A Novel by Catherine Hernandez
The Dead Season (A Shana Merchant Novel Book 2) by Tessa Wegert
Desert Oracle: Volume 1: Strange True Tales from the American Southwest by Ken Layne
They Don’t Need to Understand: Stories of Hope, Fear, Family, Life, and Never Giving In by Andy Biersack
Ferdinand, The Man with the Kind Heart: A Novel by Irmgard Keun and Michael Hofmann
A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology by Dhonielle Clayton
