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All The Backlist! July 19, 2024 Jul 19, 2024

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This week, Vanessa shares some titles she'd nominate for the 100 Best Books of the Century and probably overthinks it a little.

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Books and Links Discussed

The Deep Dive: On Feeling Like an Unserious Reader

Book Riot Staff's Best Books of the 21st Century ballots

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (this one made the NYT list, but I had to talk about it!)

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59 #1) by Attica Locke

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New Releases and More for July 16, 2024 Jul 16, 2024

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Sharks Don't Sink, The Astrology House, I Was a Teenage Slasher, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

The Astrology House by Carinn Jade

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui

Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

The Building That Wasn’t by Abigail Miles

Smothermoss by Alisa Alering

The Design of Us by Sajni Patel

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All The Backlist! July 12, 2024 Jul 12, 2024

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This week, Danika talks about two amazing queer Indigenous books they read recently.

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Books Discussed

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

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New Releases and More for July 9, 2024 Jul 09, 2024

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This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss It's Elementary!, Ladykiller, Dead Good Detectives, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

It’s Elementary by Elise Bryant

Ladykiller by Katherine Wood

Dead Good Detectives by Jenny McLachlan, Chloe Dominique

Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain by Ed Simon

The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

A Thousand Times Before by Asha Thanki

Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson

Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

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All the Backlist! July 5, 2024 Jul 05, 2024

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This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books related to the week’s new releases!

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Books Discussed

Just Playing House by Farah Heron

Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators by John Long

In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton

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New Releases and More for July 2, 2024 Jul 02, 2024

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This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The God of the Woods, Cash Delgado is Living the Dream, Just Playing House, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski

Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia

The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, Sam Bett (translator)

Just Playing House by Farah Heron

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles

Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

The Night Ends with Fire by K. X. Song

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All the Backlist! June 28, 2024 Jun 28, 2024

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This week, Trisha recommends two books in which teenagers have secrets that follow and impact them well into adulthood.

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Books Discussed

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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New Releases and More for June 25, 2024 Jun 25, 2024

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This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss All the Colors of the Dark, The Eyes Are The Best Part, Dancing on My Own, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Dancing on My Own: Essays on Art, Collectivity, and Joy by Simon Wu

The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim

Magic Enuff by Tara M. Stringfellow

Woman of Interest: A Memoir by Tracy O'Neill

Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

Hot Summer by Elle Everheart

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All the Backlist! June 21, 2024 Jun 21, 2024

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This week, Vanessa shares two historical romances from her early days as a romance reader. Try not to judge her for forgetting what season the second book takes place in.

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