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Listen in to hear our thoughts and our pairings for this book club pick, including Abdi Nazemian’s Like a Love Story (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST (Highlight)
I Missed that Train: Favorite Guilty Pleasure Reads (Short)
Describe That in Detail: Tiffany Haddish's THE LAST BLACK UNICORN (Book Club)
My Worst Fears Were Realized: Book-to-Screen Adaptations (Short)
Those of You Who Have Been Listening Will Not Be Surprised: Monica Wood's THE ONE-IN-A-MILLION BOY (Book Club)
This Awkward Game . . . Unabridged Style: Bring Your Own Book Game #1 (Short)
None of Us, I Should Say, Is a Physicist: Blake Crouch's DARK MATTER (Book Club)
This Is A Vulnerable Time For Us: Lit Chat Game #3 (Short)
This Is the Slamming Doors Episode: Gabrielle Zevin's YOUNG JANE YOUNG (Book Club)
I Had to Stop Somewhere: "Go To" Authors (Short)
More Ugly Tears from Jen: Robin Benway's FAR FROM THE TREE (YA Book Club)
Rollin' in on the Party Bus: Kwame Alexander's SOLO (YA Book Club)
I Am Having a Huge Guilt Trip Over Here: Favorite Memoirs (Short)
Walking Around in Our Pajamas: Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS (Book Club)
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I Was Using Book Darts All Over the Place: Emily X. R. Pan's THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER (Book Club)
We Are All Really Frightened: Lit Chat #2 (Short)
I Am More Playing Devil's Advocate: Siobhan Fallon's CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES (Book Club)
If I Don't Like It, I Ditch It: Unpopular Opinion Alert (Books Everyone Else Loved, But We Didn't) (Short)
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