Amanda and guest Rebecca discuss nonfiction about the Midwest, whimsical reads, morally ambiguous characters, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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FeedbackThe River by Peter Heller and Nevada Barr’s Anna Pigeon series (rec’d by Kate)
The Mike Bowditch series by Paul Doiron (The Poacher’s Son) (rec’d by Kate)
Michael McGarrity (Kevin Kerney series), William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor series, Rich Curtin’s Manny Rivera mystery series, Paul Doiron (Mike Bowditch series), CJ Box (Joe Pickett series), Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon series) (rec’d by Audrey)
Books DiscussedHoney Olives Octopus by Christopher Bakken
Open City by Teju Cole
American Harvest by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England by Ruth Goodman
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
His Hideous Heart, ed. by Dahlia Adler
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Girl Who Circumnavigated series by Catherynne M. Valente
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas (tw suicide)
Penance by Kanae Minato
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