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E220: Social Justice Lady Factory
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:40:54
Publish Date: 2020-02-27 05:00:00
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Amanda and Jenn discuss books about refugees, fantasy series, indie horror, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Mariner Books, and Flatiron Books, publisher of Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore.

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Questions

1. Hi ladies,

New listener, so sorry if you’ve answered this question already. I am temporarily relocating for work to a place I’ve never been where I don’t know anyone, and I need a good rec to help with the transition. I’m looking for an epic saga in which to get lost. I want multiple books, huge stakes, big cohesive story. The problem I often run into w/ theses types of stories is I am often let down by the ending. If I’m going to invest this much time and energy into a book, I want it to be worth it. I want to miss the characters when they are gone. I tend to lean toward fantasy, but it’s not a must, so long as the ending is realistic and satisfying, and prefer some sort of magic or mystic component or creature. I read a lot of YA, but also not a must. Adult themes okay as long as it’s not too graphic. I get bored with intricate battle sequences and too much imagery. What I care about are character driven, relationship driven stories. My absolute favorite is the Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta. Anything by her actually, I read all her books. Do you have any recs along these same lines? Bonus points if it’s available in audiobook.

Other series I enjoyed:
– Harry Potter
– Fever Series (1st 5 books) – Karen Marie Moning
– Seven Water Series – Juliet Marillier
– Lunar Chronicles – Melissa Meyer
– Songs of Lioness – Tamora Pierce
– Hunger Games
– Graceling – Kristen Cashore (didn’t love book #3, but I loved the first one so much, it gets a bit of a pass)
– Daughter of Smoke and Bone series – Laini Taylor
– Queen’s Thief – Megan Whelan Turner

Series that fell short:
– Divergent Series
– Inheritance Cycle
– Caraval – Stephanie Garber
– Lord of the Rings (Don’t hate, great story, just too much imagery)
– City of Bones Series – CassandraClare
– The Maze Runner – James Dashner
– Twilight Saga – Stephanie Meyer.
– Incerceron – Catherine Fisher

Thanks in advance,

-Brittany

2. Hello ladies. I work closely with the grade 6 English teachers at our school. We do a lit circle at the end of the year and we are wanting to give the students a choice of books. We are wanting to do a theme around refugees or being displaced. So far we have “Refugee” and “A Long Walk to Water”. It might even be great to have any about First Nations. We are a school in Vancouver, Canada.
Thank you for any great ideas.
-Jennifer

3. I am looking for a response before the end of 2020.

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