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E216: The Highest High Fantasy That Ever Highed
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:45:52
Publish Date: 2020-01-30 05:00:00
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Amanda and Jenn discuss heroines in high fantasy, nonbinary reads, Swedish fiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast, Scout Press, an imprint of Gallery Books, and Book Riot Insiders.

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Survived by Her Longtime Companion by Chris Paynter (rec’d by Wynnde)

Montmorency series by Eleanor Updale, Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone and The Woman in White, In the Woods by Tana French (rec’d by Miranda)

The Living by Annie Dillard (rec’d by Katie)

QUESTIONS

1. I cannot even imagine you all can do this one. So… no hard feelings if you all just toss this request. I have a 14 year old daughter (whom I like very much or else I would not be doing this) who would like to start reading more books, but she hasn’t found anything she likes since reading through The Warriors series. She has tried all of the “Animal Saga” books as well — pretty much ALL of the authors who make up “Erin Hunter” (Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Gillian Philip, Inbali Iserles, Tui T. Sutherland, Kasey Widhalm and Rosie Best). She liked the Dragon series ok, but pretty much was not interested in anything but the Cats. (Bears, Dogs, Lions, etc… not interested). She wasn’t into the Redwall series. And she may be a little tired of animals. She wants a big Saga that is NOT about romance and is interested in relationships between/among people… and prefers stories where multiple species/types interact. Right now I have her sitting up in her room trying out the Becky Chambers “Long Way to a…” series. We’ll see how that goes. She has not shown ANY interest at ALL in the Murderbot Diaries. I have just read Ninefox Gambit, but that seems like it would be too hard sci-fi for her, although I will try that. She doesn’t like Mysteries, supposedly. I had hoped that maybe _The Rook_ would pique her curiosity, but no. I mean, seriously. She’s a very easy-to-please kid about most things… but she gets very persnickety around music and books. She did enjoy reading _Of Mice and Men_ at school and discussing it within the classroom environment. She didn’t like Harry Potter at all. She read the first couple of books to humor her mother. She has shown no interest in _Divergent_, _Hunger Games_, _Maze Runner_, and she won’t read graphic novels (so Lumberjanes was a no-go). I have so many fails at this point that I am desperate. If you are able to come up with a book she might actually enjoy, that would be amazing. If this is too much “picky reader” I completely understand!

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