All the Books!

This week, Danika recommends some Heartstopper readalikes in honor of the release day for Heartstopper Forever.

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter

Encore! by Miles Toriko Burks

Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu and Mad Rupert
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Jeff and Rebecca go over what books are selling, being talked about, and otherwise generating a little heat this month.

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Our Knives Will Save Us, Famous Men, Fixer Chao, and more great books!

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This week, Sharifah recommends Kin by Tayari Jones and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang!

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Books Discussed on the Show

Kin by Tayari Jones

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss An Infinite Love Story, The Great Wherever, False Prophet, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton

False Prophet by Afsheen Farhadi

Heartstopper #6 by Alice Oseman

Kiss, Marry, Kill by Cara Tanamachi

The Brides by Charlotte Cross

Every Version of You by Natalie Messier

Good Morning Means I Love You by Kendra Allen

The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders

A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood 

The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen 

Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

The Man by Laura Sims

You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters by Rachel Aviv

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves 

Some People by Parini Shroff

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle 

Man Overboard! by Kathleen Rooney

Perverts: Stories by Mac Crane 

We Will See You Bleed by Ron Currie

What We're Reading:

Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen

Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More) by Jane Leeves

TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go by Jane Wiedlin

Take My Word for It: A Memoir by LeVar Burton

Paperbacks:

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart by Nishant Batsha

The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

Links:

Ursula K. Le Guin shortlist

Henry by Caroline Wray

Tomi Adeyemi on the upcoming adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone

Bestsellers:

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi  

Whistler by Ann Patchett  

The Deal by Elle Kennedy  

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  

The Divorce by Freida McFadden

The Clock House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji and translated by Ho-Ling Wong

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

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